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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
Investing
in People - Good Health for All: To develop capacity and advocacy on
Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Policies.
- In all
development countries, until 17.11.2008, budget: 9,000,000 €
Good
governance programme « Gutwara Neza » : To strengthen the capacities of
actors protecting vulnerable youth.
- In Burundi, until 17.11.2008,
budget : 400,000,000 FBU
Socio-economic measures to support
conflict- affected IDPs, returnees and HOST communities in Sri Lanka:
Amongst others, to prevent/reduce gender based violence through close
monitoring, provision of legal actions and campaigns.
- In Sri Lanka,
until 20.11.2008, budget: 35,000,000 €
If you work in the field of
SRHR and need further assistance, please don’t hesitate to contact us at:
info-eu@dsw-brussels.org
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EU News: World Leaders pledge $16 Billion for MDG's
including Malaria
25 September
From the 22nd to 26th of September,
the United Nations hosted a High-level summit on the Millennium
Development Goals, bringing together representatives of government,
business and civil society to evaluate and accelerate the world’s progress
towards achieving the MDGs on schedule. Among the results of the meeting,
$3 billion has been pledged towards eliminating Malaria, $500 million
towards the Global Fund and an extra $9 billion to be spent by 2015
towards affecting MDG 4 and 5: amounting to a $16 billion package to fund
a number of health, education, food and water security initiatives. You
can view Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon’s closing statements and summary of
the summit here:
http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/2008highlevel/sgstatement.shtml
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EU News: “Euromapping 2008” study
released
29 September
DSW, together with the European
Parliamentary Forum (EPF), released “Euromapping 2008”, a study of EU
development aid over the past year. According to the study, funding for
family planning and basic reproductive health services in poor countries
fell by 7.8% from 2007, a loss of more than 160 Million USD. In addition
to identifying trends in ODA spending, the study compared ODA
contributions from all EU and non-EEA countries: the least performing
countries in terms of ODA spending per capita were Portugal, Italy,
Austria and Greece, contributing less than US$1 per annum; while the ‘best
performer’ in ODA spending was Norway, contributing as much as US$ 41.
Based on these findings, DSW and EPF call on European decision-makers to
affirm their commitments to increase ODA spending; assistance that is
essential to help the 200 million women unable to access family planning
services. The full “Euromapping 2008” study, along with specific country
profiles, are available online at:!
http://www.euroresources.org/euromapping.html
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Upcoming Events: ReProductive Aid Global Civil
Society Forum
6-10 October
ReProductive Aid is an internet-based
global community of civil society representatives networking, learning,
and strategizing effective ways to address SRH in the new development aid
architecture. The forum began with a series of online discussions on how
civil society can influence donors at the country-level. The next
discussion is scheduled for the week of 6-10 October, the topic of which
will be “Budget Support and Reproductive Health”. The initiative will
culminate in a web-based Global Video Forum at the end of October, which
will connect participants through the internet and in meeting sites in
Europe, Africa and Asia to identify important themes, create networks and
catalyze human and financial resources for global SRHR.
To participate
in the online discussions, or to learn more about the initiative and the
Global Video Forum, you can visit the following website:
http://www.weltbevoelkerung.de/en/advocacy/european_development_days.shtml?navanchor=10077
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Upcoming Events: 7th International Dialogue on
Population and Sustainable Development
15-16 October
DSW is co-organizing this
international forum and conference in Berlin, which will explore the
interface between SRHR and culture, gender issues and human rights. In
addition to other guests and speakers, Mona, our advocacy officer from
Uganda, will be presenting DSW’s project work in Ethiopia on gender issues
and particularly the struggle against fistula. The conference intends to
discuss policy recommendations on international development for German and
international actors alike.
http://www.eurongos.org/Default.aspx?ID=1496&M=Calender&CalenderEventID=1308
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Resources: Euromapping 2008
Euromapping 2008 is the only comprehensive study
analysing EU development aid for population assistance. It “names and
shames” good and bad performers, and includes specific recommendations to
improve reproductive health and reduce poverty. The study is available
online at:
http://www.euroresources.org/euromapping.html
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