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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.
Support
Food Security for Women and Rural Poor: To improve the food and nutrition
security of women and the rural poor
- In Cambodia, until: 29.01.2009,
budget: 1,300,000 €.
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: Launch of the “Global Malaria Action
Plan”
25 September
The Roll Back Malaria (RBM)
partnership has released their “Global Malaria Action Plan,” a three-part
global strategy for the control and elimination of malaria. The plan has
received broad support from high-level government, religious and civil
society representatives, and aims to provide full, universal coverage of
malaria interventions by 2010, and to dramatically reduce the number of
malaria cases and deaths by 2015. The full report can be viewed from the
following address:
http://www.rollbackmalaria.org/gmap/toc.htm
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EU News: DSW Speaks in European Parliament on
Women's Rights
14 October
At the invitation of European
Parliamentarian Kathalijne Buitenweg, DSW's Vice Executive Director, Karen
Hoehn, joined a distinguished panel of speakers in a hearing in the
European Parliament regarding the merits of creating an EU Special Envoy
on Women's Rights. Other speakers included Benita Ferrero-Waldner,
European Commissioner for External Relations; Elisabeth Rehn (member of
the Global Leadership Foundation, former Minister, MEP, UN under Secretary
General); four Members of the European Parliament and a speaker from
Action Aid International. The conference aimed to promote and further
define the role of a possible new Special Envoy for Women’s Rights. For
more information on the initiative and its petition, please visit:
http://www.womensenvoy.eu/
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Upcoming Events: Conference on “The Future of
Parliamentary Involvement in Global Health and Development”
20 October
Hosted by the Belgian All Party
Parliamentary Group, Action for Global Health, as well as AFME and Sensoa,
this conference on the new aid architecture and ways to fund and achieve
the MDGs will be held in Brussels on the 20th of October. Karen Hoehn, the
Vice-Executive Director of DSW, will be one of the speakers at the
conference, which will emphasize the role of parliamentarians in
developing an effective dialogue, debate and promotion of global health
issues in their respective political environments.
http://www.actionforglobalhealth.eu/calendar/the_future_of_parliamentary_involvement_in_global_health_and_development
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Upcoming Events: Informative Session on "Innovative
Funding Mechanisms: Bridging the funding gap to achieve the
MDGs”
21 October
The European Alliance against Malaria,
with the kind support of the French Permanent Representation to the EU, is
organizing an informative session to be held on Tuesday 21 October in
Brussels. The session will explore the existing funding environment and
look at new innovative funding opportunities, such as the Affordable
Medicines Facility for Malaria (AMFm). Key speakers at the session will be
Dr. Jorge Bermudez, Executive Secretary of UNITAID, as well as senior
advisors of the Global Fund and Roll Back Malaria.
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Upcoming Events: ReProductive Aid Global Video
Conference
29 October
ReProductive Aid is an internet-based
global community of civil society representatives networking, learning,
sharing experiences and strategizing effective ways to address SRH in the
new development aid “architecture”. The initiative will culminate in a
web-based Global Video Forum on the 29th 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: Consultative session on the
progress report for “Programme for Action to Confront HIV/AIDS, Malaria
and Tuberculosis”
25-26 November
The EC is currently preparing a
progress report on their 2007-2011 “Programme for Action.” As part of this
process, the EC will be holding a consultation opportunity with civil
society, the private sector and the African Union on the 25th and 26th of
November in Brussels, followed by a second opportunity in the first week
of December at ICASA, in Dakar. For a summary of the original Programme of
Action, please visit the following website:
http://europa.eu/scadplus/leg/en/lvb/r12537.htm
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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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