The new GLEN cycle 2009 starts very soon. The call for tutors for GLEN 2009 is open now - for both, the English and the French speaking group. Download the calls from the following links:
http://www.trialog.or.at/images/doku/call-for-tutors-glen2009.pdf (English)
http://www.trialog.or.at/images/doku/call-for-tutors-glen2009-fr.pdf (French)
Experience with GLEN and involvement in one of the GLEN partner organisations is a strong advantage. Submit your application to Kasia Szeniawska (kasia.szeniawska@gmail.com), co-ordinator of GLEN at European level, until January 8, 2009.
Find more information on GLEN at: http://www.glen-europe.org/
Information provided by Laure Heinrich, InWEnt
Thursday, 20 November 2008
CONCORD Flash and Working Groups Newsletter
The latest October issue of the CONCORD Flash reports news from the European NGO Confederation for Relief and Development.
In this issue:
- Don’t forget world hunger, urge development NGOs
- Almost 100 national NGO platforms gather in Paris
- NGOs: how can you communicate better with your members?
- Coming soon: the 2009 Czech presidency
- Breaking a record: more than 116 million people Stood Up against poverty
- European civil society challenges the EC on the lobbying register
- Young Africans win the "World Views on Europe" competition
… and more.
You can download the Flash from the publication section of the CONCORD website http://www.concordeurope.org/ or use the direct link: http://www.concordeurope.org/Files/media/internetdocumentsENG/4_Publications/1_CONCORD_Flash/Flash2008/October-Flash-En.pdf
The latest CONCORD Working Groups newsletter reports about the work of all CONCORD working groups and projects such as DEEEP and TRIALOG during the first semester of 2008 (January-June). Download the publication from: http://www.concordeurope.org/Files/media/extranetdocumentsENG/NavigationPrincipale/06.Publications/WG-Newsletter-10---1st-semester-2008-EN.doc
Information provided by Agnes Philippart and Guenola Henry, CONCORD.
In this issue:
- Don’t forget world hunger, urge development NGOs
- Almost 100 national NGO platforms gather in Paris
- NGOs: how can you communicate better with your members?
- Coming soon: the 2009 Czech presidency
- Breaking a record: more than 116 million people Stood Up against poverty
- European civil society challenges the EC on the lobbying register
- Young Africans win the "World Views on Europe" competition
… and more.
You can download the Flash from the publication section of the CONCORD website http://www.concordeurope.org/ or use the direct link: http://www.concordeurope.org/Files/media/internetdocumentsENG/4_Publications/1_CONCORD_Flash/Flash2008/October-Flash-En.pdf
The latest CONCORD Working Groups newsletter reports about the work of all CONCORD working groups and projects such as DEEEP and TRIALOG during the first semester of 2008 (January-June). Download the publication from: http://www.concordeurope.org/Files/media/extranetdocumentsENG/NavigationPrincipale/06.Publications/WG-Newsletter-10---1st-semester-2008-EN.doc
Information provided by Agnes Philippart and Guenola Henry, CONCORD.
Wednesday, 19 November 2008
CEE Trust: Civil Society Forum
The Trust for Civil Society in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE Trust) is initiating a discussion about the state, the role and the future of civil society in Post-Communist Europe.
To join the Civil Society Forum and to give your input, you can visit http://ceetrust.org/civil-society-forum.html
Information provided by CEE Trust, trust@info.ceetrust.org
To join the Civil Society Forum and to give your input, you can visit http://ceetrust.org/civil-society-forum.html
Information provided by CEE Trust, trust@info.ceetrust.org
Christmas and New Year office closure; Reimbursements
Please note that the TRIALOG Vienna and Brussels offices will be closed between December 22 and January 6. From January 7 onwards, we will again be at your disposal.
We would also like to inform you that the last reimbursements before the Christmas/New Year's break will be made on December 16. Please be aware that all open reimbursement claims which do not reach our Vienna office before December 12, will be processed only in January 2009.
Thank you for your understanding. The next TRIALOG Information Service (TIS) will come out in January 2009. Early Season's Greetings to everybody from our team!
We would also like to inform you that the last reimbursements before the Christmas/New Year's break will be made on December 16. Please be aware that all open reimbursement claims which do not reach our Vienna office before December 12, will be processed only in January 2009.
Thank you for your understanding. The next TRIALOG Information Service (TIS) will come out in January 2009. Early Season's Greetings to everybody from our team!
Tuesday, 18 November 2008
UNDP announces 2009 Procurement Training Calendar
United Nations Development Programme offers procurement-related training courses to staff in NGOs, inter-governmental organizations, the UN system, development banks and their borrowers, and governments. The following courses are offered regularly in Bangkok, Copenhagen, Dubai, New York and Vienna:- Fundamentals of Public Procurement
- Procurement Strategy Development
- Contract and Supplier Relations Management
- Logistics and Incoterms
- Risk Management in Contracting for Construction Services
- Effective Negotiations in Projects and Procurement
In addition to these regularly scheduled courses, all training courses can also be delivered at your preferred location and time on cost recovery basis. UNDP can also collaborate with you to deliver tailor-made courses to meet your specific needs.
To download the 2009 Calendar or Course Catalogue, for more information about tailor-made options and to register on-line, go to the UNDP procurement training website: http://www.undp.org/procurement/training.shtml.
In case of any further questions, please email to: procurement.training@undp.org.
Information provided by Michelle Cumming Lokkegard, UNDP Procurement Support OfficeFriday, 31 October 2008
First conference and TRIALOG workshop on development cooperation in Macedonia
The conference under the title "Development Cooperation in the EU Integration Process” was held in Skopje, Macedonia on 21st October, 2008. The conference was organized by TRIALOG in cooperation with 3 local civil society organisations (CSOs) - Macedonian Center for International Cooperation (MCIC), Macedonian Helsinki Committee (MHC) and Sigme7.The aim of the public conference was to raise awareness on EU development policies and to assess the required steps and actions in order for Macedonia to be able to actively participate in this field as a future EU member state. The conference was addressed by Mr. Ivica Bocevski, Vice-Prime Minister in charge of EU Integration, from the Government of the Republic of Macedonia. In his keynote address Mr. Bocevski stressed: “The Government is open to inputs from CSOs on issues relating to development” and added that the relationship between the Government and CSOs is the key to fully utilizing development capacities in the country. The conference was attended by around 40 representatives of CSOs, ministries, universities, international organizations and media.
The second day featured a workshop for interested CSOs to discuss the current situation, needs and possibilities for their future engagement in development cooperation. In the workshop entitled "Macedonian CSOs' future role in EU Development Cooperation" the participants learned more about the activities of NGDO platforms in Europe as well as current possibilities for their concrete involvement on project-level (Non-State Actors and Local Authorities in Development programme). At the end, concrete steps were agreed among 19 CSO representatives for further steps such as exchange of information, identification of best practices and identification of further organizations interested in future cooperation, meetings, study visits, roundtables etc. on development issues, and in working towards a possible creation of a Macedonian NGDO platform.
For further information, please contact TRIALOG Capacity Building Officer, Petra Kreinecker, p.kreinecker@trialog.or.at or MCIC Project Officer, Tanja Hafner Ademi, thf@mcms.org.mk
Links:
MCIC website, http://www.mcms.org.mk/
MHC website, http://www.mhc.org.mk/
Information provided by Tanja Hafner Ademi, MCIC, thf@mcms.org.mk
The EPAN Working Group meets again
Members of the CONCORD working group on Enlargement, Pre-Accession and Neighbourhood (EPAN) which is convened by TRIALOG met in the middle of October for one of the group’s twice-yearly meetings in the Slovenian capital of Ljubljana. The agenda included updates on the group’s work since the last meeting and brainstorming of ideas for next year’s work plan.
The group is divided into two subgroups. One focuses on the EU’s neighbourhood policy, and is currently preparing for the funding instrument’s (ENPI) mid term review next year through two case studies, looking at the situation in two neighbouring countries – Egypt and Ukraine. The second subgroup is working on pre-accession issues, including access of civil society organisations to funding under the relevant instrument (IPA) and preparing ways to contribute to this instrument’s mid term review in 2010.
The meeting agenda covered points related to CONCORD processes, such as the strategic framework that is currently being drafted, and preparations for the European elections 2009.
Other highlights were provided by the guest speakers – one from the city’s university, who gave an academic perspective of the current situation in Georgia; and a second from an organisation providing training to government departments in the Western Balkans.
The group elected two new members into the steering group, and has a long list of interesting things to do before it meets again as a full working group in March 2009, in Brussels.
For more information please contact TRIALOG Policy Officer, Rebecca Steel: Rebecca.Steel@concordeurope.org
Information provided by Rebecca Steel, TRIALOG
The group is divided into two subgroups. One focuses on the EU’s neighbourhood policy, and is currently preparing for the funding instrument’s (ENPI) mid term review next year through two case studies, looking at the situation in two neighbouring countries – Egypt and Ukraine. The second subgroup is working on pre-accession issues, including access of civil society organisations to funding under the relevant instrument (IPA) and preparing ways to contribute to this instrument’s mid term review in 2010.
The meeting agenda covered points related to CONCORD processes, such as the strategic framework that is currently being drafted, and preparations for the European elections 2009.
Other highlights were provided by the guest speakers – one from the city’s university, who gave an academic perspective of the current situation in Georgia; and a second from an organisation providing training to government departments in the Western Balkans.
The group elected two new members into the steering group, and has a long list of interesting things to do before it meets again as a full working group in March 2009, in Brussels.
For more information please contact TRIALOG Policy Officer, Rebecca Steel: Rebecca.Steel@concordeurope.org
Information provided by Rebecca Steel, TRIALOG
Nov./Dec. 2008: TRIALOG training on EC funded development education projects
The EC Call for Proposals in "Public Awareness and Education for Development in Europe" within the "Non-State Actors and Local Authorities programme" is expected to be launched in November or December 2008. In preparation of this upcoming Call, TRIALOG will hold 3 decentralised training events: one in Latvia and two in cooperation with the "Global Initiative on Psychiatry" in Lithuania and Bulgaria, with the aim to prepare local development NGOs to actively participate in the EC call, to be aware of all related issues and successfully develop project proposals, possibly together with other European partners.
The training events will focus on the following issues:
- Introduction into the topic of “Development Education and Awareness Raising”
- Introduction into European funding posssibilities, with focus on the budgetline “Non State Actors - Local Authorities”
- Partner search for EU-funded development education projects in Europe
- Explanation of the guidelines (Call for Proposal 2008)
- Elements of the logframe
- Eligible costs and the (EU-project-)budget
The dates for the training events are:
Vilnius (Lithuania): November 11-12
Riga (Latvia): November 25-27
Sofia (Bulgaria): December 4-5
Local development NGOs who would still like to register for one of the trainings, please contact TRIALOG Capacity Building Officer Petra Kreinecker at p.kreinecker@trialog.or.at or get in touch with your national NGDO platform representatives.
The training events will focus on the following issues:
- Introduction into the topic of “Development Education and Awareness Raising”
- Introduction into European funding posssibilities, with focus on the budgetline “Non State Actors - Local Authorities”
- Partner search for EU-funded development education projects in Europe
- Explanation of the guidelines (Call for Proposal 2008)
- Elements of the logframe
- Eligible costs and the (EU-project-)budget
The dates for the training events are:
Vilnius (Lithuania): November 11-12
Riga (Latvia): November 25-27
Sofia (Bulgaria): December 4-5
Local development NGOs who would still like to register for one of the trainings, please contact TRIALOG Capacity Building Officer Petra Kreinecker at p.kreinecker@trialog.or.at or get in touch with your national NGDO platform representatives.
New EC website for the search of Call for Proposals
The EC has renewed its webpage with the searching function on Call for Proposals, which you can now find under the following address:
https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/europeaid/online-services/index.cfm?do=publi.welcome
What´s new?
The selection criteria are mainly the same, but additionally you have the possibility to limit the date-related search with the function “published before” and “published after”. The menue “Programme” allows a better overview due to a new subdivision into regional and thematic programmes.
Therefore you will now find the Calls for Proposals of the thematic programmes under their own headings, that means you will find all related Calls for “Non-state actors and local authorities” under that specific title (and no more under “others”).
Information provided by bengo; bengo eu-mail-info Nr. 239: 29.10.2008
https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/europeaid/online-services/index.cfm?do=publi.welcome
What´s new?
The selection criteria are mainly the same, but additionally you have the possibility to limit the date-related search with the function “published before” and “published after”. The menue “Programme” allows a better overview due to a new subdivision into regional and thematic programmes.
Therefore you will now find the Calls for Proposals of the thematic programmes under their own headings, that means you will find all related Calls for “Non-state actors and local authorities” under that specific title (and no more under “others”).
Information provided by bengo; bengo eu-mail-info Nr. 239: 29.10.2008
New DEEEP Development Education Advocacy Toolkit
How to convince decision makers to support development education? The brand new Development Education (DE) Advocacy Toolkit, published by DEEEP, the Development Education Exchange in Europe Project, provides solid arguments and strategic advice on how to promote development education towards politicians, state authorities and within civil society organisations.
It consists of three parts:
• Arguments recalls the definition of development education and its relation to other fields like global learning or citizenship education. It outlines in eight arguments why development education is important and provides links to more detailed background information. Furthermore, it gives an overview on the situation of global education strategies and funding in Europe.
• Methods is a training module on advocacy strategy planning, including tips for successful lobbying and practical advice on meeting with decision makers.
• Examples shows three successful advocacy processes which led to better recognition of development education: The European multi stakeholder process, the way towards a national DE strategy in Spain and the strengthened support of the Polish government for DE.
The toolkit will be updated regularly in order to include latest data and evidence. You can download it for free from the DEEEP website: http://www.deeep.org/advocacytoolkit.html
For further information, contact: Tobias Troll, DEEEP Advocacy officer, at t.troll@deeep.org
Source: DE Times-October 2008, http://www.deeep.org/
It consists of three parts:
• Arguments recalls the definition of development education and its relation to other fields like global learning or citizenship education. It outlines in eight arguments why development education is important and provides links to more detailed background information. Furthermore, it gives an overview on the situation of global education strategies and funding in Europe.
• Methods is a training module on advocacy strategy planning, including tips for successful lobbying and practical advice on meeting with decision makers.
• Examples shows three successful advocacy processes which led to better recognition of development education: The European multi stakeholder process, the way towards a national DE strategy in Spain and the strengthened support of the Polish government for DE.
The toolkit will be updated regularly in order to include latest data and evidence. You can download it for free from the DEEEP website: http://www.deeep.org/advocacytoolkit.html
For further information, contact: Tobias Troll, DEEEP Advocacy officer, at t.troll@deeep.org
Source: DE Times-October 2008, http://www.deeep.org/
CONCORD Manifesto for the 2009 European Parliament Elections
In June 2009 more than a half billion citizens of the 27 member states of the European Union (EU) will elect their representatives to the European Parliament for the 2009-2014 term. On this occasion, the CONCORD manifesto identifies and discusses three essential EU objectives, namely sustainable development, more and better development aid and democratic accountability and urges Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) to act on them.
Trade, agriculture, environment, migration and many other policies have an impact on sustainable development. Yet, these policies have not sufficiently and directly contributed to poverty eradication and the promotion of human rights at the EU, as well as the global level. In addition, the fact that the implementation of these policies exacerbates the situation of people outside the EU is very often ignored.
To promote a responsible Europe, the European NGO Confederation for Relief and Development CONCORD calls for a partnership between civil society and the European Parliament in order to uphold the right to sustainable development and responsible citizenship. In this regard, we believe that particular attention needs to be paid to climate justice and gender issues.
The CONCORD Manifesto is available at: http://www.concordeurope.org/Files/media/internetdocumentsENG/4_Publications/3_CONCORDs_positions_and_studies/CONCORD-EU-MANIFESTO-FINAL.pdf
For further information please contact Melis Alguadis melis.alguadis@concordeurope.org
Source: http://www.concordeurope.org/Public/Page.php?ID=4&language=eng
Trade, agriculture, environment, migration and many other policies have an impact on sustainable development. Yet, these policies have not sufficiently and directly contributed to poverty eradication and the promotion of human rights at the EU, as well as the global level. In addition, the fact that the implementation of these policies exacerbates the situation of people outside the EU is very often ignored.
To promote a responsible Europe, the European NGO Confederation for Relief and Development CONCORD calls for a partnership between civil society and the European Parliament in order to uphold the right to sustainable development and responsible citizenship. In this regard, we believe that particular attention needs to be paid to climate justice and gender issues.
The CONCORD Manifesto is available at: http://www.concordeurope.org/Files/media/internetdocumentsENG/4_Publications/3_CONCORDs_positions_and_studies/CONCORD-EU-MANIFESTO-FINAL.pdf
For further information please contact Melis Alguadis melis.alguadis@concordeurope.org
Source: http://www.concordeurope.org/Public/Page.php?ID=4&language=eng
Thursday, 30 October 2008
NGDO Experts meeting on civil dialogue in Ljubljana
The experts meeting "Strengthening dialogue on global development affairs between civil society and government” was held in Ljubljana on 22 – 23 October 2008. The event was organised by SLOGA, the Slovenian NGDO platform, in cooperation with the Austrian, Hungarian, Czech and Slovak NGDO platforms in the framework of the Regional Partnership Programme (RPP).
The aim of the meeting was to exchange experiences of different civil dialogue practices on global development affairs in Europe. The outcome was a framework for effective civil dialogue in the RPP participating countries. Among the participants were representatives of the Austrian, Hungarian, Czech, Irish and Slovenian NGDO platforms, as well as a representative of Eurostep, the Slovenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Slovenian Ministry of Public Administration.
The debates were focused on advantages and disadvantages of various civil dialogue types (structured vs. informal) according to the experiences of the participating platform and governmental representatives, and on possible improvements of development consultation processes. It was stressed that the RPP significantly contributed to the establishment of civil dialogue with the ministries responsible for development cooperation in Czech Republic, Slovak Republic, Hungary and Slovenia, and improved NGDO abilities for advocacy work.
After the meeting, the platforms shall now work on the implementation of the proposed framework for dialogue. The implementation shall be adopted to the national circumstances, based on answers to the following questions:
-what is the communication culture in our country? Is informal consultation with state officials on the basis of personal contacts common or is our cooperation with the government regulated by law? Should we have a combination of both dialogue practices?
-what is our expertise? What kind of expertise does our government expect from us?
-should we become more flexible within the platform in order to shorten the reaction time to respond to the government?
-should our government work more on securing the NGDOs voice in the decision-making?
For further information please visit:
SLOGA webpage: http://www.sloga-platform.org/
RPP webpage: http://www.eu-platform.at/english/start.asp?b=872
Information provided by Anja Mesic, SLOGA, anja.mesic@sloga-platform.org
The aim of the meeting was to exchange experiences of different civil dialogue practices on global development affairs in Europe. The outcome was a framework for effective civil dialogue in the RPP participating countries. Among the participants were representatives of the Austrian, Hungarian, Czech, Irish and Slovenian NGDO platforms, as well as a representative of Eurostep, the Slovenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Slovenian Ministry of Public Administration.
The debates were focused on advantages and disadvantages of various civil dialogue types (structured vs. informal) according to the experiences of the participating platform and governmental representatives, and on possible improvements of development consultation processes. It was stressed that the RPP significantly contributed to the establishment of civil dialogue with the ministries responsible for development cooperation in Czech Republic, Slovak Republic, Hungary and Slovenia, and improved NGDO abilities for advocacy work.
After the meeting, the platforms shall now work on the implementation of the proposed framework for dialogue. The implementation shall be adopted to the national circumstances, based on answers to the following questions:
-what is the communication culture in our country? Is informal consultation with state officials on the basis of personal contacts common or is our cooperation with the government regulated by law? Should we have a combination of both dialogue practices?
-what is our expertise? What kind of expertise does our government expect from us?
-should we become more flexible within the platform in order to shorten the reaction time to respond to the government?
-should our government work more on securing the NGDOs voice in the decision-making?
For further information please visit:
SLOGA webpage: http://www.sloga-platform.org/
RPP webpage: http://www.eu-platform.at/english/start.asp?b=872
Information provided by Anja Mesic, SLOGA, anja.mesic@sloga-platform.org
World without poverty: Development day in Bratislava
The Bratislava development day took place on the occasion of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty on 17 October 2008 in the premises of the University Library of Bratislava. The event consisted of two parts – an official one and attendant events.
The official part was arranged as an interactive public discussion, based on existing experience of Slovak organizations actively involved in development cooperation and focused on topics related to the Slovak Official Development Assistance system, including upcoming steps of Slovakia as a donor country, which are necessary to reach the Millennium Development Goals. Apart from the panel on "Slovakia and Development Cooperation", another panel and discussion dealt with the "Global Dimension of Development Cooperation".
International guests from the beneficiary countries as well as other development cooperation experts guaranteed a highly professional debate. The audience highly appreciated the presence of very interesting international guests - Mary Alice Onyura, Director of the Rescue Dada Centre (Mwangaza rehabilitation centre for drug addicted street children) from Nairobi, Muturi Mwangi, farmer and Member of Kenyan National Parliament and Louis Michel, Commissioner responsible for Development and Humanitarian Aid, European Commission.
In parallel with the official part, the attendant events comprised stands of member NGOs of the Slovak NGDO platform MVRO incl. the possibility to buy fair trade products, a photo exhibition about Kenya and South Sudan, paintings by young articsts from Nairobi etc. The programme was concluded by short movie screenings about development aid topics and a "volunteer fair" with volunteers presenting their experiences and informing about volunteer opportunities.
The Development Day in Bratislava was organized within the project „Building support in Austria and Slovakia for reaching the Millenium Development Goals“, financed by the European Commission and Slovak Aid. Find more information about the event on the website of the Slovak NGDO platform MVRO: http://www.mvro.sk/humanitarian-aid-world-without-poverty-development-day.html
Information provided by Lenka Nemcova, MVRO
The official part was arranged as an interactive public discussion, based on existing experience of Slovak organizations actively involved in development cooperation and focused on topics related to the Slovak Official Development Assistance system, including upcoming steps of Slovakia as a donor country, which are necessary to reach the Millennium Development Goals. Apart from the panel on "Slovakia and Development Cooperation", another panel and discussion dealt with the "Global Dimension of Development Cooperation".
International guests from the beneficiary countries as well as other development cooperation experts guaranteed a highly professional debate. The audience highly appreciated the presence of very interesting international guests - Mary Alice Onyura, Director of the Rescue Dada Centre (Mwangaza rehabilitation centre for drug addicted street children) from Nairobi, Muturi Mwangi, farmer and Member of Kenyan National Parliament and Louis Michel, Commissioner responsible for Development and Humanitarian Aid, European Commission.
In parallel with the official part, the attendant events comprised stands of member NGOs of the Slovak NGDO platform MVRO incl. the possibility to buy fair trade products, a photo exhibition about Kenya and South Sudan, paintings by young articsts from Nairobi etc. The programme was concluded by short movie screenings about development aid topics and a "volunteer fair" with volunteers presenting their experiences and informing about volunteer opportunities.
The Development Day in Bratislava was organized within the project „Building support in Austria and Slovakia for reaching the Millenium Development Goals“, financed by the European Commission and Slovak Aid. Find more information about the event on the website of the Slovak NGDO platform MVRO: http://www.mvro.sk/humanitarian-aid-world-without-poverty-development-day.html
Information provided by Lenka Nemcova, MVRO
Evaluation conference of the Regional Partnership Programme in Budapest
The Regional Partnership Programme (RPP) was a unique initiative of the Austrian platform (now called "Global responsibility") focusing on development cooperation among 5 European countries: Slovenia, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Hungary and Austria. The aim of the RPP, that started in 2005 and is finishing at the end of 2008, was to strengthen the capacities and the visibility of development cooperation in the participating Central European countries as well as to improve cooperation between them at the regional level.
A pilot project fund with the amount of EUR 1.100.000 was made available, financed jointly by the Austrian Development Cooperation (70%) and by the governments (20%) and NGDOs (10%) of
all participating countries. Through these calls for proposals for pilot projects, some of the "newcomer" NGDOs were for the first time able to gain applicable knowledge in proposal writing, reporting and implementation of development projects.
The RPP evaluation conference, held in Budapest on 25-26 September 2008, proved that the programme was a great success for the participating new member states and their platforms. The conference was a good opportunity for exchanging experiences made during the RPP among pilot project holders as well as their respective platforms and the official governmental representatives. Many of the pilot project holders stressed that the partnership with an Austrian NGDO, that was a precondition when applying for a project, allowed a mutual learning experience and facilitated networking that can be used for future cooperation. On the whole, 58 projects – 35 on development awareness and 23 on development cooperation were funded, with 53 different organisations participating from 5 countries.
In the framework of the RPP also a number of workshops and trainings has been organised to increase the capacities of platforms, eg. on "understanding EU development cooperation" and workshops on advocacy, lobbying and networking. Experience sharing among platforms proved to be very helpful, since many participants were facing similar problems with establishing a sustainable dialogue with the official side. The RPP proved to be a useful bridge between old and new member states. The programme contributed to cross border networking among platforms and opened up a forum for dialogue between MFAs and platforms. Therefore, a concept for continuing the cooperation will be developed among platforms and governments.
Find out more about the Budapest conference and RPP activities under http://www.eu-platform.at/english/start.asp?b=872
Download the brochure "Learning by doing" which summarises RPP activities from 2005-2008: http://doku.cac.at/rpp_broschure_a5_druckfertig_ansicht.pdf
Information provided by Danijela Janosevic, RPP
A pilot project fund with the amount of EUR 1.100.000 was made available, financed jointly by the Austrian Development Cooperation (70%) and by the governments (20%) and NGDOs (10%) of
all participating countries. Through these calls for proposals for pilot projects, some of the "newcomer" NGDOs were for the first time able to gain applicable knowledge in proposal writing, reporting and implementation of development projects.The RPP evaluation conference, held in Budapest on 25-26 September 2008, proved that the programme was a great success for the participating new member states and their platforms. The conference was a good opportunity for exchanging experiences made during the RPP among pilot project holders as well as their respective platforms and the official governmental representatives. Many of the pilot project holders stressed that the partnership with an Austrian NGDO, that was a precondition when applying for a project, allowed a mutual learning experience and facilitated networking that can be used for future cooperation. On the whole, 58 projects – 35 on development awareness and 23 on development cooperation were funded, with 53 different organisations participating from 5 countries.
In the framework of the RPP also a number of workshops and trainings has been organised to increase the capacities of platforms, eg. on "understanding EU development cooperation" and workshops on advocacy, lobbying and networking. Experience sharing among platforms proved to be very helpful, since many participants were facing similar problems with establishing a sustainable dialogue with the official side. The RPP proved to be a useful bridge between old and new member states. The programme contributed to cross border networking among platforms and opened up a forum for dialogue between MFAs and platforms. Therefore, a concept for continuing the cooperation will be developed among platforms and governments.
Find out more about the Budapest conference and RPP activities under http://www.eu-platform.at/english/start.asp?b=872
Download the brochure "Learning by doing" which summarises RPP activities from 2005-2008: http://doku.cac.at/rpp_broschure_a5_druckfertig_ansicht.pdf
Information provided by Danijela Janosevic, RPP
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