The Aid Watch annual meeting took place on 3-5 November 2010 in Brussels with representatives of most of EU national platforms and several international networks like Publish What You Fund or Oxfam. As several platforms from New Member States are very active in the Aid Watch group, they were also well represented.
This year’s AidWatch seminar was intended to take stock of 2010 and to set the way forward for 2011. It was also meant to allow AidWatchers to have a more profound debate about the long-term policy focus and priorities of AidfWatch up to 2015. The 3 day seminar started with a conference on Least Developed Countries, co-organised with the Belgian platform 11.11.11 and several guests from the South. It was followed by two and a half days of AidWatch discussions concerning next years activities, the budget, the position of the AidWatch group on issues such as the upcoming results survey on the implementation of the commitment to 0.7 % of MS budgets spend on ODA, or different tax revenue alternatives for development funding such as Financial Transaction Tax etc.
The following capacity building needs were identified: Human rights based approach and its link to aid effectiveness, ODA analysis/report writing, Creditor reporting system, Engagement with governments. The date for it is already scheduled for 24-25 February 2011 in Vienna. And will be coorganised by CONCORD, TRIALOG and the French national platform, Coordination Sud. More information will be available soon at the CONCORD and TRIALOG websites.
Additionally, the subgroup on advocacy was mandated to develop a work plan for 2011 based on the decisions and suggestions made at the AidWatch seminar. Members of the advocacy group, the report group and the media group for 2011 were identified.
The full programme and minutes from the meeting can be found at the CONCORD website. For further questions, please contact TRIALOG Policy Officer in Brussels: trialog@concordeurope.org .
Information provided by Monika Matus and Ulrike Bey, TRIALOG
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