Www.trocaire.org/sites/trocaire/files/pdfs/policy/Biofuels-Fueling-Poverty.pdf. OECD urges EU to spell out its aid message more clearly | Global development. The EU needs to develop a more cohesive approach to development aid and speak consistently with a unified voice or risk its influence and impact weakening, a major assessment of its aid programme has claimed. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) peer review on Tuesday also warned of the strong possibility that the EU will miss its target of boosting collective aid to 0.7% of gross national income by 2015 because of financial pressures. Greece and Portugal, most dramatically, slashed their aid budgets by more than 30% last year as the value of OECD aid in 2011 dropped for the first time in 15 years. With increased public scepticism and more intense scrutiny of aid budgets, the OECD urged the EU to better hone its development message to the public, shifting the current emphasis on ensuring visibility of EU development support towards communicating priorities, challenges and impacts.
The EU bloc of 27 states is a major player in development aid. Consultation on "Towards a Post-2015 Development Framework" Policy field Global governance, International Cooperation, Development Target groups International Organisations, Government bodies, Academic institutions, Civil Society Organisations, Private Sector Organisations, Foundations, individuals. Period of consultation From 15.06.2012 to 15.09.2012 Objective of the consultation In 2013, a UN special event will follow up on efforts made toward achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and will likely raise the issue of what might follow after the target year of 2015. The global political and economic landscape has significantly changed over recent years. Recently, discussions on the formulation of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have been held in the context of the Rio+20 Conference.
The Millennium Declaration, affirming the "collective responsibility to uphold the principles of human dignity, equality and equity at the global level" remains relevant in many aspects. Related document Contributions Contact details. Beyond 2015. World We Want .ie. Commission supports civil society. European Commission Press release Brussels, 19 September 2012 Enhancing democracy and fighting poverty: European Commission commits to further support civil society in partner countries In a new Communication on "The roots of democracy and sustainable development: Europe's engagement with Civil Society in external relations", the European Commission announces it will engage further and will provide more support to civil society organisations (CSOs) in its partner countries.
EU Commissioner for Development Andris Piebalgs commented: "The Arab Spring, as well as other recent events over the world, has confirmed that civil society organisations can be powerful actors of change. Štefan Füle, European Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy, added: "Civil society organisations have a crucial role to play in the transformation process and in holding governments to account. Examples of EU-funded projects in support of CSOs Background For more information. Dóchas on Council Conclusions. Welcome to the Civil Society website. Consultation: Civil Society in development cooperation. The consultation is now closed. The European Commission has sought the views of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and other stakeholders on the future policy of the EU with regard to support to CSOs in partner countries in the field of development cooperation.
This policy will be announced later in 2012. An executive summary [495 KB] , a full report [2 MB] and annexes [971 KB] of the online consultation have been published. CSOs are increasingly recognized as key players in promoting democratic governance, equitable development and inclusive growth. In the context of the preparation for this policy, the Directorate-General for Development and Cooperation – EuropeAid (DG DEVCO) undertook stakeholder consultations. The purpose of this online consultation is to gather views and good practices in relation to the key themes of the consultation paper. CSOs and other stakeholders were invited to respond to the questions in this consultation paper. Consulting Civil Society Organisations to Shape Future EU Policy. The European Commission has opened a public consultation addressing civil society organisations to contribute to the future EU policy on "Civil Society Organisations in Development Cooperation". Kristian Schmidt, Director of Human and Society Development at EuropeAid, comments on the need for improved dialogue at various levels to realise the new role foreseen for civil society organisations.
From March 12th to May 7th 2012, civil society organisations (CSOs) and other stakeholders have the opportunity to share their viewpoints and record best practice to inform the future policy of the EU support to CSOs in the field of development cooperation. A public consultation has been launched, which can be accessed on-line. In addition, consultation meetings are being organised by Delegations in partner countries. “We really hope that we will go beyond, if I may say, the ‘usual suspects’,” said Kristian Schmidt, Director of Human and Society Development at EuropeAid, in Brussels last week. EC Communication on Civil Society. EC on Resilience. EU strategy for supporting disaster risk reduction in developing countries - Documents & Publications. Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament: This document proposes an European Union (EU) strategy for supporting disaster risk reduction (DRR) in developing countries through both development cooperation and humanitarian aid, to help support the 2005 Hyogo Framework for Action and achieve the Millennium Development Goals.
It aims at ensuring that the EU works more closely and more effectively together when supporting developing countries efforts for reducing the risk of disasters. Based on Article 180 of the Treaty establishing the European Community, this Strategy forms one half of a package covering aspects of DDR within and beyond the EU, addressing also appropriate links between the two dimensions.
It complements and supports existing EU initiatives on climate change. Keywords Themes:Capacity Development, Climate Change, Complex Emergency, Disaster Risk Management, GovernanceShort URL: What is Disaster Risk Reduction? Disaster risk reduction (DRR) There is no such thing as a 'natural' disaster, only natural hazards. Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) aims to reduce the damage caused by natural hazards like earthquakes, floods, droughts and cyclones, through an ethic of prevention. Disasters often follow natural hazards. A disaster's severity depends on how much impact a hazard has on society and the environment. The scale of the impact in turn depends on the choices we make for our lives and for our environment. These choices relate to how we grow our food, where and how we build our homes, what kind of government we have, how our financial system works and even what we teach in schools. Each decision and action makes us more vulnerable to disasters - or more resilient to them.
Disaster risk reduction is about choices. Disaster risk reduction is the concept and practice of reducing disaster risks through systematic efforts to analyse and reduce the causal factors of disasters. International Day for Disaster Reduction. The Step Up initiative started in 2011 and will be focusing on a different group of partners every year leading up to the World Conference for Disaster Reduction in 2015 - children and young People (2011), women and girls (2012), people living with disabilities (2013), the ageing population (2014), and traditional, indigenous and local knowledge (2015).
The International Day for Disaster Reduction (IDDR) encourages every citizen and government to take part in building more disaster resilient communities and nations. The International Day for Disaster Reduction started in 1989 with the approval by the United Nations General Assembly. The UN General Assembly sees the IDDR as a way to promote a global culture of disaster reduction, including disaster prevention, mitigation and preparedness. 2015: Knowledge for Life 2014: Resilience is for Life The world is ageing. 2013: Living with Disability and Disasters 2012: Women and Girls: the [in]Visible Force of Resilience 2003: Turning the tide...
Food Security Thematic Programme (FSTP) Fighting hunger. Reducing by half the number of people suffering from hunger by 2015 is a priority for the EU and the International community enshrined in the first Millenium Development Goal. Over 900 million people are estimated to be malnourished - most of them in Sub-Saharan Africa and in South Asia. Even if food prices eased in the second half of 2008, they are still very high and subject to volatility in some developing countries, affecting access to food for low income population groups. What's On Helping people to better cope with future shocks: the EU adopts a new Communication On the 3 October 2012, the European Commission adopted a new communication on helping vulnerable communities in crisis prone areas across the world build resilience to future shocks. The EU Approach to Resilience: Learning from Food Security Crises – Communication and Factsheet Financial support For the period 2007-2013, the EU food security policy is financed through three types of instruments: Background information.
Development Education. Policy Coherence for Development.