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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
European
Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights: To combat violence against
women and to assist children in conflict with law.
- In Burundi, until
07.10.2008, budget : 600,000 €.
European Instrument for Democracy
and Human Rights : To strengthen the role of civil society in promoting
human rights.
- Belarus, until 31.10.2008, budget: 300,000
€.
Community Development through Village Initiatives: To improve
the quality of life in rural communities.
- In the northern part of
Cyprus, until 15.10.2008, budget: 5,000,000 €.
Support to Food
Security for Women and Rural Poor in Lao PDR
- In Laos, until
26.01.2009, budget: not published yet.
Institution Building and
Partnership Programme: To support civil society organisations and local
authorities in order to enable them to develop a participatory
approach.
- In Uzbekistan, until 31.10.2008, budget: 1,430,000
€.
Support to initiatives of non state actors regarding good
governance, democratic principles and gender equality.
- Comoros,
until 09.10.2008, budget : 250 000 000 KMF
If you work in the
field of SRHR and need further assistance, please don’t hesitate to
contact us at:
info-eu@dsw-brussels.org
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EU News: Development Committee of the European
Parliament (DEVE) votes for €10 million extra for health in developing
countries
1 September
Socialist MEP Thijs Berman’s
amendment, which requests a €10 million increase for health in developing
countries, was voted in favour by DEVE. “Other aspects of social and human
development” and gender should be allocated almost €3 million extra,
according to that committee.
Beginning of October the Budget Committee
will vote and after that the plenary of the European Parliament. Later you
can find the amendments here:
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/activities/committees/amendmentsCom.do?language=EN&body=DEVE
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EU News: Plenary of the European Parliament adopted
a motion for a resolution on maternal mortality
3 September
The motion for a Resolution ahead of
the UN High Level Event 25 September review of the MDGs, points to the
fact that MDG5 on maternal health “has fallen furthest adrift of its
target” and is particularly not achieved by developing countries in
Africa. 394 MEPs voted in favour, 182 against. Please find the motion
here:
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/activities/plenary/motion.do?language=EN&startValue=20
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Upcoming Events: European Parliament Working Group
on Reproductive Health, HIV/AIDS and Development (EPWG) meets on
UNGASS
17 September
Together with UNAIDS and Stop AIDS
Alliance (SAA), the EPWG will feature the three EU Institutions, civil
society and UN Agencies discussing how to move forward with implementing
the UN High Level Meeting on HIV/AIDS (UNGASS) 2008 and the XVII
International AIDS Conference in Mexico outcomes in the EU context in a
special meeting from 15.00 – 17.00. On the EPWG:
http://www.epwg.org/
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Upccoming Events: Launch event of the EU Research
Paper: "Millennium Development Goals at midpoint: where do we
stand?"
19 September
The draft of this study hardly deals
with MDG5 but rather focuses on the correlation between economic growth
and poverty reduction and also discusses the influence of domestic
policies and aid on MDGs outcomes. The document is also available on DG
Dev website at the following address:
http://ec.europa.eu/development/icenter/repository/2008%2008%2019%20MDG_Where%20do%20we%20stand_first_draft.pdf
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Resources: Accra Agenda for Action
4 September
Ministers of developing and donor
countries responsible for promoting development and heads of multilateral
and bilateral development institutions endorsed this agenda which mentions
that “1.4 billion people—most of them women and girls—still live in
extreme poverty, and access to safe drinking water and health care remains
a major issue in many parts of the world”. See:
http://siteresources.worldbank.org/ACCRAEXT/Resources/4700790-1217425866038/ACCRA_4_SEPTEMBER_FINAL_16h00.pdf
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Resources: DG Development website on Africa EU
strategic partnership website is launched
Please find the website here:
http://ec.europa.eu/development/services/events/africa-eu-strategic-partnership/index_en.cf
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