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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.
Investing
In People – Good health for all: To engage civil society organisations to
support national health workforce policies, strategies, capacity building
and skills transfer.
- In developing countries, until: 08.01.2010,
budget: 6,500,00 €.
European Instrument for Democracy and Human
Rights: To strengthen the role of civil society in promoting human
rights.
- In Algeria, until: 30.12.2009, budget: 600,000 €.
Fund
for Development Initiatives: To strengthen the role of civil society in
political dialogue.
- In Guinea (Conakry), until: 15.01.2010, budget:
213.000.000 GNF.
Civil Society Funds: To improve coordination and
networking amongst non state actors and strengthen their capacity to
dialogue.
- In Ethiopia, until: 25.01.2009, budget: 1,400,000
€.
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: DSW carries out the first "AHEAD for
Reproductive Health" capacity building workshop in East Africa
14-16 October
DSW conducted a very successful
first regional workshop of the AHEAD project in Tanzania. The workshop
aimed at increasing the capacity of Civil Society Organizations from
Mozambique, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda and Uganda to advocate more
effectively for higher national support for RH in the New Aid Environment.
DSW trained 20 participants on how get involved more effectively in the
policy and budgeting processes of their national governments with the
final objective of increasing national budgets for Reproductive Health.
For more information on DSW services and the AHEAD project:http://www.dsw-online.de/en/advocacy/ahead_for_rh.shtml?navanchor=10037
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EU News: European Commission launches online
consultations on Global Health
14 October – 9 December
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=4765
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EU News: EU Presidency Statement - United Nations:
New Partnership for Africa’s Development and Decade to Roll Back
Malaria
20 October
The Swedish EU Presidency
Representative, H.E. Mr. Anders Lidén, delivered a statement at the UN
General Assembly, joint debate on behalf of the European Union as a whole.
He took this opportunity to jointly discuss development and health
together with peace and security in Africa. Mr Lidén assured his audience
that the European Union is fully committed to supporting African
countries, stressing that health was a particular challenge. With
reference to Africa’s health challenges, he said: “19 of the 20 countries
with the highest maternal mortality rate are in Africa. Last year, more
than 250,000 women died of complications during pregnancy and childbirth.
This is simply unacceptable.” His entire speech can be found at the
following link:http://www.europa-eu-un.org/articles/en/article_9131_en.htm
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EU News: European Development Days (EDD) gathers
development actors to raise awareness of global development
issues
22-24 October
The fourth edition of the European
Development Days was this year held in Stockholm, Sweden, to showcase the
EU’s enduring commitment to development. The event aimed to make
development aid more effective, to build a global coalition against
poverty and to achieve the Millennium Development Goals. Leading human
rights defenders, experts and activists came together to shed light on a
range of pressing issues in global development, one of them being women’s
sexual and reproductive rights. Paschal Mihyo, executive director of the
Organisation for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa
(OSSREA) observed in one of the events’ literature entitled “Can the MDGs
make poverty history?” that “while progress has been made towards
achieving the MDGs, there is still some way to go in Africa as maternity
mortality remains on the rise.” For a full overview of this event please
visit:http://www.eudevdays.eu/index_en.htm
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EU News: DSW presents the role of CSOs in advocating
in the new Aid Architecture at WHO-UNFPA Regional Workshop in West
Africa
27-29 October
DSW was invited to present and
facilitate a module on 'CSOs roles for advocacy in the New Aid
Environment' to 25 UNFPA and WHO country directors and officials from
Mali, Chad, Mauritania, Cameroon, Togo and Congo. The west African
regional workshop, a parallel project of the AHEAD for RH project
implemented by DSW, seeks to build the capacity of UN staff in different
regions to advocate better for RH. For more information on this workshop,
contact maria.bordallo@dsw-brussels.org
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Resources: First edition of European Report on
Development (ERD) "Overcoming fragility in Africa - Forging a new European
approach".
22 October
The ERD is a multiannual process and is
framed within the initiative “Mobilizing European Research for Development
Policies”. This year's first edition, elaborated under the lead of the
European University Institute (EUI) gathers Europe’s top experts to focus
on the development challenges faced by fragile African countries in an
unstable global economic context. Amongst their many findings, it was
revealed that fragile countries have significantly lower yardsticks for
the broad set of MDGs in relation to other developing countries and
maternal mortality is significantly higher than in non-fragile countries
due to underlining factors such as little or no public funding to the
health sector. The full report can be retrieved at:http://ec.europa.eu/development/icenter/repository/ERD_report_advanced_copy_20091020.pdf
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Resources: EU Study: “Aid Effectiveness: benefits of
a European Approach”
22 October
This independent report – a European
Commission initiative – has identified a number of areas where increased
development aid effectiveness could lead to significant efficiency gains.
With enhanced harmonization amongst European donors, the EU could save at
least 3-6 billion € annually. As EU Commissioner for Development and
Humanitarian Aid, Karel De Gucht said “at 60% of global ODA, we [the E.U]
are the major provider of aid. The EU can choose to become 60% of the
problem or 60% of the solution”. The full report can be retrieved here:http://ec.europa.eu/development/icenter/repository/AE_Full_Final_Report_20091023.pdf
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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=10005
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