The annual OECD DAC aid figures released in April 2010 show that EU countries reduced their levels of development aid in 2009, making these states unlikely to meet the targets set for 2015 and putting a large question mark over their commitment to meeting the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
The release of the aid figures was swiftly followed by the European Commission publishing the ‘April Package’, a cluster of documents released each spring that comprises a communication and staff working documents relative to European aid levels. This year, the staff working documents focus specifically on the MDGs, outlining the key challenges for the road ahead; aid for trade; financing for development; policy coherence for development (PCD) and aid effectiveness.
As part of capacity development events aimed to strengthen the work of CSOs working on aid, a workshop has been organised by CONCORD, the French national platform Coordination Sud and TRIALOG, with other partners, at the end of May in Paris. It will gather together representatives from across Europe to look at parliamentary scrutiny in development policy and aid budgets.
The AidWatch annual report will be launched in June, with a public awareness-raising stunt in Brussels and across European capitals.
Links:
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Development Assistance Committee (DAC) aid figures: http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/17/12/44981982.pdf
April package: http://ec.europa.eu/development/services/dev-policy-proposals_en.cfm
The CONCORD press release on the OECD figures and an AidWatch position paper on European aid in 2010 are available from the CONCORD website: http://www.concordeurope.org/Public/Page.php?ID=4&language=eng
Information provided by Rebecca Steel-Jasińska, TRIALOG
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