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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-
EIDHR European
Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights
Enhancing respect for human
rights and fundamental freedoms in countries and regions most at
risk:
In: all regions, until: 15.06.2010, budget: 14,000,000
€
EIDHR Country based Support Schemes:
In: Angola, until:
30.07.2010, budget: 1,122,624 €
In: Malaysia, until: 28.06.2010,
budget: 291,000 €
In: Kazakhstan, until: 30.07.2010, budget: 600,000
€
In: Serbia, until: 30.06.2010, budget: 1,200,000 €
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 conducts in-depth research on Health
Aid Effectiveness in Tanzania
26-30 April
DSW completed a week of in-depth
research to assess the impact of the current aid architecture and aid
effectiveness on health spending in Tanzania. DSW met with representatives
from the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Health, Members of the
Parliament, the donor community and civil society and will publish a
policy briefing to strengthen advocacy for more effective EU aid to the
health sector. For more information on Action for Global Health:
http://www.actionforglobalhealth.eu/
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EU News: Mothers Night event in European Parliament
(EP) informs about underlying causes of maternal mortality
6 May
The European Parliament Working Group on
Reproductive Health, HIV/AIDS and Development (EPWG), in cooperation with
DSW and Amnesty International’s EU Office, hosted a Mothers Night lunch
debate in the EP entitled “Maternal Mortality: The Dark Side of Mothers
Day”. The event was chaired by MEP Sophie In’t Veld, and speakers included
Nicolas Berger, Director of Amnesty’s EU Office and Mme Traore of Family
Care International Burkina Faso. Both speakers gave detailed presentations
on the underlying causes of maternal mortality in developing countries
which generated a lively discussion amongst the 50 participants. The event
was linked to similar Mothers Night activities in several European
countries (Belgium, Germany, Hungary, Malta, and the Netherlands) that all
aim to increase public awareness and influence public opinion on maternal
health and its relation to poverty eradication, as well as on maternal
mortality and safe motherhood in developing countries with a focus on
sub-! Saharan Africa. For more information, please visit:http://www.mothersnight.org
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EU News: European Union Development Ministers adopt
Council conclusions on the EU’s Role in Global Health
10 May
The Development Ministers of the 27 EU
member states, in their biannual session in the framework of the Foreign
Affairs Council, adopted Council conclusions on the ‘The EU’s Role in
Global Health’, following a communication by the European Commission. The
conclusions are part of the overall process of establishing the EU
position for the MDG High Level Plenary Meeting to be held in New York
this September. The Council recognizes ‘women’s rights to have control
over, and decide freely and responsibly on matters related to their sexual
and reproductive health’, and strongly reaffirms ‘the linkage between
HIV/AIDS policies and programmes and sexual and reproductive health and
rights (SRHR) policies and services. The full text can be retrieved at:http://www.consilium.europa.eu/uedocs/cms_data/docs/pressdata/EN/foraff/114352.pd
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