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Calls for Proposals
The calls on the following budget lines are usually open
for organisations 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.
European
Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights: To strengthen the role of civil
society in promoting human rights.
- In Brazil, until: 25.11.2009,
budget: 600,000 €.
Support to Implementation of the Roma National
Action Plans: To improve the social integration of Roma in the field of
employment, housing and health.
- In Bosnia-Herzegovina, until:
21.12.2009, budget: 500,000 €.
If you work in the field of SRHR and
need further assistance, please do not hesitate to contact us at: info-eu@dsw-brussels.org.
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EU News: EU Presidency Statement - United Nations
3rd Committee: Advancement of Women
12 October
On the occasion of the 30th anniversary
of the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination
against Women, the Swedish EU Presidency Representative, H.E. Mr. Anders
Lidén, delivered a statement at the UN General Assembly Third Committee,
on behalf of the European Union as a whole. Mr. Lidén stressed the EU’s
concern about the lack of improvement in the area of maternal health, and
emphasized that “gender equality cannot be achieved without guaranteeing
women’s sexual and reproductive health and rights”. The whole statement
delivered by the EU Presidency can be found at:http://www.eu-un.europa.eu/articles/en/article_9079_en.ht
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EU News: European Commission launches online
consultations on Global Health
14 October
In the context of the preparations for
a major EU policy document on Global Health, which is to be finalized by
early 2010, DG Development of the European Commission has launched an
online consultation process to involve civil society organizations from
all over the world. On the EC’s website, an issues paper on the EU’s role
in Global Health and the main challenges ahead is accompanied by an online
questionnaire with 28 questions on issues such as aid effectiveness, the
involvement of civil society and the promotion of equitable access. The
consultations are open until 9 December 2009. More information can be
found at:
http://ec.europa.eu/development/how/consultation/index.cfm?action=viewcons&id=476
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EU News: High-level European Union and ACP
representatives discuss poverty eradication and sexual and reproductive
health and rights
14 & 15 October
In Brussels, 150
representatives from ACP governments, EU institutions, civil society, UN
agencies and donor governments gathered in the framework of an
international workshop to discuss the issue of “Poverty Eradication and
Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights”. From 2002-2008, the European
Commission had provided € 32 million to 22 ACP States to substitute for
the cuts in US spending after the introduction of the global gag rule and
to fill in the so-called “decency gap”. The workshop participants
discussed the outcomes and lessons learned from the different country
programmes to increase the access to and improve the quality of sexual and
reproductive health services and commodities, as well as ways forward.
Although, as many participants had hoped, no new EC/ACP programme with
specific focus on SRHR was announced, the European Commission stands
committed to their contributions under their existing development
cooperation instruments. More information can be found he! re:
http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/09/1503&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en
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Job Notice: DSW International Affairs
Manager
The German Foundation for World Population (DSW) is
recruiting an International Affairs Manager, focused on DSW’s
multi-country, international advocacy, especially in Africa and Asia. The
position will be based in east Africa, probably Nairobi, though there is
some flexibility about this. More information and a detailed job
description can be found here:http://www.weltbevoelkerung.de/en/about_us/jobs.shtml?navanchor=1000
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