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e-zine nEUws, 71st edition
E-zine nEUws, 71st edition
1 September 2006
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Calls for Proposals
The Calls on the following budget lines are usually open for organizations and projects interested in SRHR. For further details on any of these Calls or corrigenda see the EuropeAid website, http://ec.europa.eu/comm/europeaid/cgi/frame12.pl.
EIDHR projects
These Calls for Proposals aim at maximizing the effectiveness, impact and visibility of actions undertaken in support of the protection and promotion of human rights and democratization in
- Jordan: submit proposals to either foster a culture of human rights
(Budget: € 340.000) or promote the democratic process (Budget: €460.000) until 18 October 2006
- Algeria: submit proposals to either foster a culture of human rights (Budget: € 340.000) or promote the democratic process (Budget: € 460.000) until 09 September 2006;
- Vietnam: submit proposals to advance equality, tolerance and peace until 07 September 2006; Budget: € 150.000
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EU News
European Commission proposes measures to enhance Governance
30 August 2006
The EC has adopted a Communication on “Governance in the European Consensus on Development: towards a harmonized approach within the European Union” and set aside an incentive envelope of EUR 3 billion on this purpose for the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP)countries. For the first time, in the context of the new European Development Consensus, the Commission is proposing to the EU a common approach to governance. More information here.
EP Development Committee Meeting
28 August 2006
The European Parliament Development Committee met for the first time after summer recess and adopted a report, “More and better cooperation: the 2006 EU aid effectiveness package” in which it recalls the EU Member States' commitment on reaching the ODA target of 0.7% of GNP by 2015 while rejecting "creative accounting". In its conclusions of April 10/11, 2006 the European Council had supported allocating 50% of the increases in development aid to Africa, but this will depend on Member States' contributions, which will finance between 80 and 90% of the future increases in EU aid. In its next meeting on September 04, 2006 in Strasbourg, the Committee will vote over the Budget 2007 and the proposed ammendments.
Find all documents debated in the Committee Meeting here.
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Upcoming Events
TRIALOG Development Education (DE) Partnership Fair
TRIALOG, in cooperation with CONCORD, is organising a Development Education (DE) Partnership Fair in Vienna on Oct. 9-11, 2006 in preparation of the expected EC funds of 10m € for DE activities in new EU member states (NMS) and Romania, Bulgaria. The objective of this DE Partnership Fair is to initiate partnership between European NGOs which will result in joint Development Education actions in NMS, Romania and Bulgaria to be co-financed by the European Commission under the budget line 21-02-03. The deadline for application is September 13, 2006. More information here: http://www.trialog.or.at/main.asp?m=4,24,223.
UNFPA – State of World Population 2006
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) will launch its report “State of the World Population 2006 – A Passage to Hope: Women and International Migration” on September 06, 2006. UNFPA: “Half of all international migrants – 95 million – are women and girls. Yet, despite their substantial contributions to both families at home and communities abroad, the needs of migrant women have been overlooked and ignored – until now.” In the course of the official launch, UNFPA and the European Parliament Working Group on Reproductive Health, HIV/ AIDS and Development (EPWG) will present the report in a joint event on September 13, 2006 in Brussels. See: http://www.unfpa.org/swp/swpmain.htm.
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Resources
DSW Datenreport
09 August 2006
DSW releases its "Datenreport 2006", which provides the newest data on the all important population indicators for more than 180 countries and regions in the world. The report includes an article of Dr. Peter Piot, Executive Director of UNAIDS, highlighting the impact of HIV/Aids on the demographies of the world's countries. DSW's "Datenreport 2006" can be downloaded from our website.
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