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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.
Non-State
Actors and Local Authorities in Development (Actions in partner countries
- Multi-country): to improve the capacity of Non-State Actors, to improve
partnerships, and to provide innovative service delivery.
- In all
developing countries, until 11.02.2008, budget: € 35,047,500.
Non-State Actors and Local Authorities in Development - Actions in
partner countries (In-Country): to strengthen the capacity of civil
society organisations through support to their “own initiatives”.
- In
Afghanistan, Benin, Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cape Verde, Comoros,
Djibouti, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Haiti, Kiribati, Lesotho, Liberia,
Maldives, Mali, Mauritania, Moldova, Niger, Nigeria, Sao Tome &
Principe, Senegal, Solomon Islands, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Togo and
Tuvalu, until 11.02.2008, budget: € 36,855,400.
European
Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR): to support civil
society organisations where they operate with difficulty and where there
is little room for political pluralism.
- In all developing countries,
24.01.2008, budget: € 11,492,917.
Programme of cooperation in the
areas of migration and asylum: to help third countries better manage all
aspects of migratory flows (including protection of migrants' rights,
prevention of exploitation and exclusion, and fight against trafficking in
human beings).
- In all developing countries, until 14.02.2008, budget:
€ 61,955,438.
Support to Civil Society Dialogue - People to People
Actions: to support partnerships between CSOs with a focus on those active
in the promotion of minorities’ rights.
- In Albania, Croatia, Bosnia
and Herzegovina, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro,
Serbia and Kosovo, until 03.03.2008, budget: € 1,950,000.
Food
Security Programme: to support food security in all its dimensions
(including by an improved nutrition and health status).
- In Myanmar,
until 13.03.2008, budget: € 8,000,000.
Aid to Uprooted People: to
improve the livelihoods and social status of uprooted people (including by
improved health and better access to health services).
- In
Burma/Myanmar, until 13.03.2008, budget: € 8,000,000.
- In Thailand,
forecast, budget: € 8,000,000.
European Instrument for Democracy
and Human Rights (EIDHR): to strengthen the role of civil society in
promoting human rights & democratic reform and to consolidate
political participation and representation (including explicit
mainstreaming and monitoring of women's and children's rights).
- In
Rwanda, until 27.02.2008, budget: € 900,000.
Euro-Med Jeunesse III:
To enhance participation of youth NGOs in civil society and to contribute
to youth policies.
- In Algeria, until 20.02.2008, budget: € 460.000.
- In Morocco, until 01.02.2008, budget : €
585.000.
Revitalising the health sector in Côte d’Ivoire: to
strengthen the « district sanitaire opérationnel » and promote community
health.
- In Côte d’Ivoire, until 18.03.2008, budget : € 5.000.000.
If you work in the field of SRHR and need further assistance,
please don’t hesitate to contact us at: info-eu@dsw-hannover.de.
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EU News: The EU will spend € 8 million more in 2008
for health in developing countries
13 December
The plenary of the European Parliament
voted on an increase for health in developing countries (excluding the
EC’s contribution to the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and
Malaria. The total amount available for this topic in 2008 is €29 million.
See:
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=TA&reference=P6-TA-2007-0616&language=EN&ring=A6-2007-0492
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EU News: Final text of the EU-Africa strategy with
action plan includes wording on SRH
8-9 December
In a joint effort, DSW and colleagues
from all over the world prevented strong wording on SRH to be taken out of
the EU-Africa strategy. Paragraph 62 of this strategy states: “Sexual and
Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) will be promoted with the aim of
achieving universal access to reproductive health by 2015 and to reduce
newborn, infant and maternal morbidity and mortality, as set out by the
International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) and the
Maputo Plan of Action, in the context of the Action Plans of this Joint
Strategy.” Also the Action plan clearly refers to SRH. Please find the
full text here:http://www.consilium.europa.eu/ueDocs/cms_Data/docs/pressdata/en/er/97496.pdf
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EU News: EU development cooperation and reproductive
health seminar for new member states
3-4 December
The Hungarian and Dutch Foreign
Ministries organised a seminar on “EU development cooperation and
reproductive health” in Budapest, targeted especially at the new EU member
states. Parliamentarians, ministry officials and NGO representatives
assessed the current state of play at a crucial phase in the transition
from recipient to donor countries. The seminar was a useful forum of
exchange for information and best practices in order to foster future
cooperation – but there is still a long way to go to establish SRH as a
priority for development aid in the EU-12.
Link to SRH section of the
Dutch Foreign Ministry:http://www.minbuza.nl/en/developmentcooperation/Themes/Development,reproductive_health_and_rights
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EU News: UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to
Health: SRH top priority
10 December
On Human Rights Day, UNFPA and the
European Commission hosted a lecture by Gunilla Backman, Senior Research
Officer of the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health. Speaking in
Brussels, Ms Backman argued the case for a human rights-based approach to
sexual and reproductive health in development policy. Paul Hunt, the UN
Special Rapporteur, made SRH one of his top priorities and devoted several
reports to the subject.
http://www2.essex.ac.uk/human_rights_centre/rth/
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