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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,
https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/europeaid/online-services/index.cfm?do=publi.welcome.
Non-State
Actors (NSA) and Local Authorities (LA) in Development: To strengthen the
capacity of civil society organizations and local authorities in order to
promote an inclusive and empowered society.
- In Burundi, until:
15.02.2010, budget: 1,500,000 €.
- In Nicaragua, until: 29.01.2010,
budget: 500,000 €.
Small Initiatives by Local Innovative NGOs
(SMILING): To support small scale initiatives to enhance access of
disadvantaged communities to local government services and improve their
health conditions.
- In Bangladesh, until: 15.12.2010, budget:
2,700,000 €.
INFOR: To support information, communication and
visibility activities of civil society organizations.
- In Burkina
Faso, until: 01.03.2010, budget: 1,700,000,000 F CFA.
Proactive
capacity building of civil society organizations (CSOs): To strengthen
CSOs to more effectively participate in political decision making on
poverty reduction and sustainable development.
- In Burkina Faso,
until: 29.01.2010, budget: 1,920,000 €.
RENFOR: To strengthen civil
society organizations’ internal capacity to participate in defining,
implementing and monitoring poverty reduction strategies.
- In Burkina
Faso, until: 01.03.2010, budget: 460,000,000 F CFA.
Governance and
Capacity Building Grants Facility: To promote policy dialogue between non
state actors and government.
- In Papua New Guinea, until: 27.01.2010,
budget: 2,600,000 PGK.
European Instrument for Democracy and Human
Rights: To strengthen the role of civil society in promoting human
rights.
- In Peru, until: 14.01.2010, budget: 600,000 €.
- In India,
until: 29.01.2010, budget: 1,200,000 €.
EU-Community Stabilization
Programme: To support projects enabling the sustainability of whole
communities, including social and cultural activities.
- In Kosovo,
until: 01.03.2010, budget: 2,000,000 €.
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: EU Development Council Conclusions on Aid
Effectiveness
16- 17 November
During their six-monthly held
meeting within the Council, EU development ministers established an
operational framework on aid effectiveness. Key measures to reduce the
burden on developing countries and to contribute to a greater efficiency
of aid delivery were adopted. There was an emphasis on the EU’s commitment
to ensure the implementation of the aid effectiveness agenda. The European
Commission and future Presidencies of the EU are invited to prepare early
in 2010 further action-oriented proposals. For more information, visit:http://www.consilium.europa.eu/uedocs/cms_data/docs/pressdata/en/gena/111291.pd
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EU News: Through the AHEAD regional workshop, DSW
builds the capacity of CSOs to increase advocacy for reproductive health
in South Asia
18-20 November
In Nepal, DSW in partnership with
DISVI Nepal conducted its second regional workshop of the AHEAD project.
The workshop aimed at increasing the capacity of Civil Society
Organizations from Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Pakistan to advocate
effectively for greater national support to reproductive health in the New
Aid Architecture. DSW trained 20 participants on how to affect the policy
and budgeting processes of their national governments, to increase
national funding for reproductive health. Speakers included the Dfid
Nepal, the WHO and UNFPA Nepal. The main outcomes of this workshop are the
country based advocacy action plans that the participants from each
country developed and will implement from 2010 onwards. For more
information on the AHEAD project, visit:http://www.weltbevoelkerung.de/en/advocacy/ahead_for_rh.shtml
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EU News: EU chooses low-profile candidates for new
top-posts after Lisbon Treaty
19 November
EU leaders have chosen the positions
mandated under the soon-to-be Lisbon Treaty. Belgian Prime Minister Herman
Van Rompuy is to hold the position of the first President of the European
Council which he will begin on the 1st January 2010. His said-priorities
include “more specifically the economic and social agenda”. The second
European “top-post” as High Representative for Foreign Affairs (HRFASP)
has been allocated to Catherine Ashton; a Briton had been responsible for
issues including education, justice, equality and human rights, when in
2004 she took up her role at the Department of Constitutional Affairs in
the UK. For more information on these two personalities, visit:http://www.europeanvoice.com/article/imported/the-eu's-reluctant-president/66521.aspx
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EU News: Health Experts and Policy Makers Renew
their Commitment to Family Planning
19 November
Over 1500 health professionals and
policy makers from all over the world attended the conference which
included more than 400 presentations and workshops covering various
aspects of family planning; including costing and financing, integration
of family planning and HIV/AIDS, and behavior change communication and
advocacy. DSW's Vice-Executive Director Ms. Karen Hoehn actively
participated in this event by conducting a presentation on the Euromapping
project. For more information on this conference, visit:http://www.fpconference2009.org/.
For more information on the Euromapping project, please visit:http://www.euroresources.org/euromapping
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EU News: President of the European Commission
unveils his new Development and Health Commissioners
27 November
European Commission President José
Manuel Barroso has announced the policy portfolios in the new Commission
and has reshaped the College of his second mandate. He has declared a
number of new portfolios; most notably the Commissioner for Development
(DG DEV & AIDCO - Andris PIEBALGS, Latvia, former Energy
Commissioner), the Commissioner for International Cooperation,
Humanitarian Aid and Crisis (DG ECHO - Rumiana JELEVA, Bulgaria, who is
affiliated with EPP, a centre-right wing Party) and the new Commissioner
for Health and Consumer policy (DG SANCO - John DALLI, EPP, Malta.). Both
DG DEV and DG ECHO will work in close cooperation with the new High
Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security (Catherine ASHTON),
although it remains to be seen which impact these new personalities will
make to development and SRHR. For more information, visit:
http://ec.europa.eu/atwork/index_en.htm
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Upcoming Events: The EU Lisbon Treaty’s entry into
force
1 December
The Lisbon Treaty which will transform
the European institutional structural design is now due to enter into
force having been ratified by all EU member states. The EU will acquire a
new legal personality, lose its current pillar structure and will also
obtain new positions of the High Representative, the European External
Action Service (EEAS) and President of the European council which will
undoubtedly alter the structure of the EU’s external relations and
development cooperation architecture. For more information, visit:http://europa.eu/lisbon_treaty/index_en.htm
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Resources: UNFPA – Launch of the State of the World
Population Report
18 November
The UNFPA has recently released its
"State of the World Population Report 2009", entitled "Facing a Changing
World - Women, Population and Climate Change" which establishes that
climate change is not just an issue of energy efficiency or industrial
carbon emissions, but also of population dynamics, poverty and gender
equity. For more information and to download the report, go to
www.unfpa.org/swp/2009/en/.
DSW has also produced a German summary of
the UNFPA report which can be found here:http://www.dsw-hannover.de/pdf/WBB_09_deutsch_final.pdf
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Resources: IHP Report on Innovative International
Financing for Health Systems
27 November
The International Health Partnership
has produced a report following the African parliamentary consultations
which focused on the Recommendations of the Global High Level Taskforce on
Innovative Financing for Health. The consultation was aimed at
capacity-building of African Innovative Financing for African health
priorities. For more information, visit:
http://www.internationalhealthpartnership.net/CMS_files/userfiles/Consultation%20with%20African%20Parliamentarians%20on%20High%20Level%20Taskforce%20FINAL.pdf
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