International Financial Institutions and Human Rights - INVITATION
EuroIFInet, an informal network of European CSO working on International financial Institutions and development finance are organising a seminar entitled - International Financial Institutions and Human Rights - taking place on the 19th of March in Berlin.
The seminar will examine ways of enhancing the network’s participation on issues relating to IFIs and Human Rights, as well as increase network members knowledge of the issues of the relationship between IFIs and Human Rights.
We would very much welcome your participation to share your knowledge and experiences and to promote cooperation between organizations working on IFis and human rights. Please find attached the draft agenda, and should you wish to have more information, please contact myself,nhonkaniemi@eurodad.org or the organisers at Urgewald, Knud Vocking knud@urgewald.de.
We look forward to welcoming you in Berlin!
New Calls and Updates from EuropeAid
bengo call-info Nr. 65 vom 04.03.2010
NSA/LA
Yemen
129781 - Non State Actors and Local Authorities - Yemen 2009/2010
Deadline: 5/05/2010
Budget: 3.025.163 €
Sierra Leone
129670 - Non State Actors and Local Authorities in Development - in Country Call - Sierra Leone
Deadline: 28/07/2010
Budget: 6.000.000 €
Guinea-Bissau
129715 - Programa para Actores Não Estatais e Autoridades Locais no Desenvolvimento Guiné-Bissau
Deadline: 3/06/2010
Budget: 2.500.000 €
Sri Lanka
129742 - Non State Actors in Development: Sri Lanka 2009-2010
Deadline: 30/04/2010
Budget: 1.336.000 €
Kenya
129756 - Local Authorities in Development
Deadline: 31/05/2010
Budget: 1.000.000 €
Western Samoa
129695 - Non-State Actors and Local Authorities in Development Actions in partner countries Samoa
Deadline: 17/05/2010
Budget: 250.000 €
Paraguay
129759 - Agentes No Estatales y Autoridades Locales en desarollo - Acciones en países socios, Paraguay
Deadline: 15/04/2010
Budget: 1.231.210 €
Human Rights
Guyana
129721 - European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR) Country-Based Support Schemes - Guyana. Call for Proposal - AAP 2009
Deadline: 27/04/2010
Budget: 300.000 €
Latin America
all countries
129786 - Programme de coopération entre l’Amérique latine et l’Union européenne dans le domaine des politiques de lutte contre les drogues, COPOLAD
Deadline: 31/05/2010
Budget: 6.000.000 €
UPDATES
Update All Countries Human Rights
129329 - EIDHR - Support to Master's Degree Programmes in Human Rights and Democratisation outside the European Union Open » 2/03/2010
Correction: Address Forms
Update Russia
129536 - EIDHR 2009 - CBSS for Russia, Restricted call for Proposals 2009 Open » 5/04/2010
Guidelines published in Russian language
For Your Information
Vacancy @ TRIALOG
Information Officer
TRIALOG is now seeking an Information officer (maternity leave replacement).
A more detailed job descrioption is hereby attached.
If you are interested, please send your CV and motivation Letter to Christine Bedoya, by March 21 at the latest.
Local Authorities and DE - seminar 12 March Bucharest
Platforma, the European Platform of local authories for development, organises a seminar in Bucharest on 12 March, which will focus on the role of local and regional authorities in development education. The conference is open to NGO participants. Would might want to consider participation, as local authorities are an increasingly important actor on development education, also regarding European Commission funding instruments. While travel costs cannot be reimbursed by the organisers, participation for NGO representatives is free.
Please find attached the draft programme and inscription form.
Dear All,
The Mollina University will take place from September 12 to September 19, in Mollina, Spain.
Call for activities
Attached you will find a detailed call for partners, as well as the form to propose activities.
If you want to propose an activity, send the filled form to Marcos Andrade (marcos.andrade@coe.int) before March 5th.
Main aims of the University of Youth and Development
- To create a political space where youth can act upon and acknowledge the role they play in Global Development.
- To initiate and encourage debate aimed at defining the role youth play in elaborating development policies and in co-operation for development initiatives.
- To facilitate a process aimed at defining and implementing projects within the field of youth.
Joint theme 2010
On the occasion of the International Year of youth, proclaimed by the United Nations, the 11th Edition of the University on Youth and Development will be held around the promotion of awareness and discussions on sustainable development and its connection with human rights and fundamental freedoms, progress, solidarity, peace and security, the fulfillment of which are essential in order to achieve the Millennium Development Goals. The key role that young people and youth organization play in this process will be also emphasized. The Joint programme but also the training activities, seminars and discussions that partners will bring to the university are encouraged to be a contribution to this debate.
Workshop on Water and Sanitation
8th & 9th April 2010 at the clubhouse of the Hungarian Red Cross in Balatonlelle, Hungary
This project is co-funded bythe European Union
In any large scale natural disaster or armed conflict the affected population needs to be provided with shelter, water, food and health services. In particular access to safe drinking water, sanitary facilities and hygiene knowledge is crucial to prevent diseases that cause suffering and death. Moreover, water, sanitation and hygiene is not only vital in emergencies, but also the focus of numerous development projects throughout the world.
The Austrian Red Cross in cooperation with the Hungarian Red Cross offers an induction training in water, sanitation (WatSan) and hygiene in the context of international disaster relief and development projects. The two day workshop aims at raising awareness for the prospects, challenges and risks in the WatSan sector. The approx. 25 participants will learn about various aspects of successful and sustainable WatSan interventions. The agenda includes:
- Technical and institutional aspects in WatSan
- Water treatment and quality
- Hygiene promotion and public health
- Emergency response tools
- Social and gender aspects in WatSan
The workshop opens insight into an interesting working field, offers networking possibilities and shall encourage aid agencies to become new or more professional players in the WatSan sector.
The Austrian Red Cross (AutRC) has long experience in water and sanitation in disaster relief, recovery and development cooperation. Water, sanitation and hygiene are core areas of the AutRC’s field activities. The expertise is pooled in the ServiceCenter Water & Sanitation. Its main activities are technical consultancy and capacity building. The workshop facilitators are experienced members of the ServiceCenter Water & Sanitation.
Target participants are employees and volunteers of relief and humanitarian organizations. They should be interested in becoming involved in international Wat-San interventions or simply in raising their understanding of the sector. As the workshop is designed as induction course, no previous WatSan experience is required. Nevertheless the workshop is also eligible for persons with sound knowledge of WatSan who want to refresh or deepen their expertise and learn about new aspects from a different way of consideration.
Participation, accommodation and meals are covered due to funding by the European Commission’s Humanitarian Aid Department (ECHO). Participants need to pay travel cost only.
Application
Please send an email (juerg.graf@redcross.at) to receive the application form or for further information. Deadline for application is 10th March 2010. In case of demand exceeding the available places we reserve the right to make a selection of participants.
Contact:
Jürg Graf, Austrian Red Cross, ServiceCenter Water & Sanitation
Wiedner Hauptstr. 32, A-1040 Vienna
Phone: +43 1 58 900 707, Mobile: +43 664 122 3431
Email: juerg.graf@redcross.at
IPetitions: Keep your promises to the poor!
CONCORD Denmark has launched the first citizen initiative under the Lisbon Treaty supported by AidWatch: Keep your promises to the poor!
In 2009 the international aid watchdog AidWatch published a report that calls attention to the issue that only six of the 27 member states of the EU are meeting the requirements regarding development aid that was decided in 2005. Italy for instance should have paid more than 7.000 million euros in 2008 but only paid less than half. By this initiative we wish to create a breakthrough in the fight against poverty by forcing the rich countries to take responsibility.
Keep your promises to the poor
EU is the most important donor in the world regarding developing countries. If we want to keep this position we need to meet the requirements that we together have decided. That is why Concord Denmark is launching a huge petition with a goal on 1 mill. signatures. An article in the Lisbon Treaty says that if 1 mill. EU-citizens join in some critical manifestation the European Parliament can introduce a bill. The principle of development aid is supported by 90% of the EU-citizens so that is why we find it of great importance to make this subject heard. We need to change the bad statistics so we can help the poor.
What can you do?
The development aid is very important to the developing countries. You can sign the petition here: http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/promises/
CONCORD Denmark has also a Facebook-fan page that you are welcome to join: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Keep-Your-Promises-to-the-Poor/201229962981
The EU in total has obliged to donate 0,56% of its GNI but in 2008 this amount only reached 0,40%. It only gets worse when scrutinizing the aid because many member states of the EU are inflating their aid by making other projects not related to developing countries count as development aid. In 2008 9% of the sum of development aid was actually debt cancellation which means that the developing country does not pay back money to the donor country, but does not receive any money either for the fight against diseases, hunger, poverty etc. Also costs attached refugees in the EU and student costs are in many occasions placed under the development aid. These two groups composed 6 % of the total development aid in 2008.
We hope that you will disseminate the message on Keep your promises to the poor! and thus get friends, collegues and other organisations involved by giving their signature. We would also appreciate very much if you will link to the petition on your webpage. CONCORD Denmark needs the signatures before 1st of May.
For Your Information
World Vision Austria, World Vision germany and World Vision Romania are now seeking a consultant for a EU funded project.
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
The 3 year project "Youth envisioning the future in Europe and Africa- strengthening capacity for innovative approaches to DE" aims at involving youth aged 14 to 18 in peer-to-peer education. The project is conducted in 3 different EU countries: Germany, Romania and Austria. It has a different topic for every year: HIV/AIDS in 2010, Child and maternal health in 2011, and food security in 2012.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
The assigned consultant has a pedagogic background and already collected experience in composing and generating teaching material. HE/She has expereince in teaching youth aged 14/18 as to be able to evaluate different methods with regards to their values for the apckage. The consultatnt has, at least a proven basic understanding of the 3 different yearly topics. He/She has proven proficiency in writing and speaking German and English.
TEACHING PACKAGE: AIM AND OBJECTIVES
Collecting, composing and if necessary developing teaching materail for peer to peer education which enables youth aged 14/18 from Germany, Austria and Romania to educate their peers about development issues and at the same time encourages them to create activities on their own.
For more information, please see the attached Terms of Reference, or contact Johannes Backhaus (johannes_backhaus@wvi.org)
Deadline for submitting your proposal including a realistic timetable and a final price (VAT included) is February 22, 2010.
Donations in aid of Haiti Earthquake Victims
Caritas Malta Donations may be passed on to all Maltese and Gozitan Parish priests or sent directly to Caritas by cheque payable to ‘Caritas Haiti Fund’, to the following address:
Caritas Malta, 5, Triq l-Iljun, FlorianaFRN 1514.
The donations may also be deposited in the following three bank account numbers:
APS - 20000887495
BANK OF VALLETTA - 40018761294
HSBC - 089021513051
Malta Red Cross Society. Donations can be made directly at:
104, Saint Ursula Street, Valletta
or at the
Gozo Branch, Mgarr Road, Xewkija.
They can also be deposited in the following account number:
Bank of Valletta - 10206374012
For further information kindly contact Franco Vella, Malta Red Cross, Communications Officer on 99441112
Salesians of Don Bosco. Donations can be deposited in the following account number:
HSBC 085111995050
Salesians: EMERGENCY HAITI or alternatively they can be sent to Fr. Eric Cachia,
SalesianOratory, 20, Triq Karm Galea, Sliema.
For further information kindly contact:
Fr. Eric Cachia SDB, Tel.:2133 1447 - 21337809, Mob.: 79203983,
e_cachia@hotmail.com/salesjani@gmail.com
Civil Protection - Humanitarian Aid Collection in Marsa
Dates: Sat 16th January and Sun 17th January 2010
Time: from 09.00hrs - 16.00hrs on both dates
Items needed:
- Good clothes (not torn or cannot be worn)
- Tinned food
- Water
- Medicine
- and anything else you may think they may need
Directions to Humanitarian Aid in Marsa are:
- Pass by what used to be the old ship building
- Get to first round about
- Turn down left - as if going down to Marsovin
- Following the signs from there
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IPDTC 2010 Training Calendar
IPDTC is launching its 2010 Training Calendar with a range of programmes addressing core and expert skills and knoweldge training for policy makers and practitioners working in peacebuilding, conflict transformation, development work, humanitarian aid, gender, governance and related areas.
ADVANCED MEDIATION AND PEACEMAKING (AMP):
Achieving Resolution and Transformation in Intractable and Complex Conflicts
17th – 21st of May, 2010, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Advanced Mediation and Peacemaking is specifically designed to address key issues and challenges in mediation for high-level policy makers, conflict parties, members of mediation and negotiation teams and professional mediators. As a five-days Advanced Certificate Programme, the AMP provides additional key space and time to go in-depth into the issues and challenges faced by mediation and negotiation processes, review case studies and lessons learned, develop practical tools that can assist in enabling effective mediation and peacemaking, and improve the design and support for mediation and negotiation processes.
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DESIGNING PEACEBUILDING PROGRAMMES (DPP)
24th – 28th of May, 2010, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
DPP offers participants practical tools that can be used in their work. The methodology and format of the DPP enables participants to apply these tools directly to their programs and work in the field, customizing them for each participant and organisation. At the end, participants are provided with resource packs and access to a program specific web-site with all resources and materials from the program, including toolkits for each key aspect related to design, development, implementation, monitoring, evaluation and assessment of peacebuilding programs. These materials may be shared within participants’ organizations and with partner organizations, enhancing and broadening the impact and benefits of the program for your work.
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SYSTEMIC PEACEBUILDING:
Enhancing Effectiveness and Impact in Policy and Practice for Crisis Management and Prevention, Conflict Transformation and Peacebuilding
28th – 30th of June, 2010 – London, UK
Developed to bring together key experiences and best practices in systemic peacebuilding – including policy and strategic frameworks, conflict mapping tools, and peacebuilding lessons learned and best practices – the program is designed to improve quality and coherence of policy and practice, and enhance impact and effectiveness of peacebuilding, violence prevention, post-war recovery and stabilization on the ground.
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IMPROVING EFFECTIVENESS AND IMPACT IN THE DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF PEACEBUILDING PROJECTS AND PROGRAMMES
1st – 2nd of June, 2010 – London, UK
The training programme takes participants step-by-step through a customized methodology designed to improve the design, development and implementation of their programs to increase the quality and impact of their work in conflict affected communities and countries. The programme transfers and develops together with participants effective tools which can be used both by themselves and their organizations in improving program design, program and project-based conflict mapping and analysis, strategic planning for peacebuilding and interventions in conflicts and crisis, and monitoring and evaluation of programs and impact.
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PEACEBUILDING, CONFLICT TRANSFORMATION AND POST-WAR STABILISATION, RECOVERY AND RECONSTRUCTION (PCTR)
18th – 22nd of October, 2010, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
PCTR brings together a global group of practitioners, deployable civilian experts and policy makers from UN agencies, governments, donors and national and international organisations and agencies, helping to enhance understanding, coordination and coherence in peacebuilding and post-war stabilisation and recovery, in the field and between policy and practice. The program will address key issues facing those working with conflict and help them to improve the practical quality of their work and approaches to peacebuilding in the field, enhancing coherence, effectiveness and impact.
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GENDER AND PEACEBUILDING: INTEGRATING PLANNING AND ACTION IN THE FIELD
25th – 29th of October, 2010, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
The 5 days will provide structured and informal opportunities for dialogue and relationship building with colleagues from around the world, working in gender and peacebuilding – to expand your global network of collegial support and mutual learning. Through interactive working group processes and intensive group dialogue and debriefings, the participants will gain first hand experience in applying the tools and methods chosen for this programme and make steps to adapting them for your specific needs.
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EARLY WARNING, CRISIS PREPAREDNESS AND PREVENTION OF ARMED CONFLICTS
6th – 8th of December, 2010 – London, UK
This two-day intensive program designed for policy makers, aid and development workers, journalists, practitioners, and conflict specialists will provide a global overview of systems, tools and methods which can allow us to identify conflicts before they become violent (early warning) and successful lessons learned and policy options which can contribute to effective and comprehensive prevention. Concrete case-studies and examples will be used to illustrate lessons-learned and experiences in the field. Systems, tools and methodologies for early warning will be presented and reviewed, identifying strengths and benefits as well as shortcomings and challenges, and how these can be used by governments, national and international agencies, NGOs, local communities and the media to better identify conflicts, and escalating conflict situations and crisis, and prevent the outbreak of armed conflict.
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PREVENTING POLITICAL AND ELECTORAL VIOLENCE
9th – 10th of December, 2010 – London, UK
Politics is at the heart of many conflicts. From state failure and collapse to authoritarian regimes and political systems which are unable to represent or meet the needs of all sectors of the community / country, political factors are often driving / causal factors of armed conflicts and violence. Elections themselves are frequently ‘triggers’ – moments of heightened / intensified competition which may lead to increases in violence and possibly spark large-scale conflict. This programme draws upon operational and practical experiences in preventing political and electoral violence, using real case examples and identifying practical policy and operational instruments and options for improving prevention.
Full training programme outline: COMING SOON
For more information on course content, fees and application procedure, please see attachment or visit the IPDTC web-site: www.patrir.ro/training or write to training@patrir.ro
Please feel free to share this information with individuals and organisations that you think would be interested in attending the IPDTC training programmes.
We are looking forward to welcoming you to our trainings.
With best wishes,
IPDTC Team
REVIEWS FROM THE FIELD
EXPERIENCES OF PAST PARTICIPANTS
The training in Cluj was really the best thing ever! It gave me the opportunity to realize where I really want to go for my professional future. The experience in Cluj gave me a wave of fresh air. Both courses allowed me to think “out-of-thebox” in terms of new approaches to solving conflict. Specially the PCTR training has had a tremendous impact on me in terms of seeing “conflict” from a number of different perspectives, which I previously didn’t think about and if I may say, helps me to deal with “conflict” from a neutral or impartial point of view. The “Designing Peacebuilding Programmes” has enhanced my skills and abilities when designing development programmes. In this regard, as a programme manager, in charge of designing and implementing development projects, the approach used by PATRIR, which I would described as “learning by doing it” has really helped me to apply a different set of tools. I would like to thank you again and congratulate the wonderful team of PATRIR for your kindness and wonderful hospitality. Thanks again for the great experience! The Cluj experience has really exceeded my expectations!
Nicolas Martin
Programme Officer, UNDP Governance Unit, Dakar, Sénégal
For any one who is really intending to make use of practical knowledge that could be professionally reflected in his or her work, they have to seek an opportunity to attend one or two of the high quality trainings of the International Peace and Development Training Centre. I experience daily the feeling that I chose the right place. I have acquired high sensitivity to conflict since the training and found it extremely useful in my day to day activities. Much more importantly, the value is felt greater day after day. My profession is mainly about responding and reporting on violence. This requires that I work closely with other sections, working in advocating violence prevention and disseminating a culture of peace and peacebuilding. As a UN staff, the training was a milestone for my future work in peace building and conflict transformation The organizational level and quality of the training is very high. I alsolike the continual follow up of the impact of the training on the participants work. This is very much appreciated. I admire the full knowledge and experience of the trainers with their subjects.
Anwar GUBARA
Protection Officer, Protection of Civilians, UNMIS Khartoum/HQ
I found the course to be expertly taught and efficiently administered. The content was germane and perfectly designed to be of immediate utility to the practitioner and theorist alike.
Lt. Col. Justin Holt
Stabilisation Unit, UK
I have been working in the field of Peace Building and Conflict Sensitivity for more than two years, but after participating in the Systemic Peacebuilding course in UK I really learned to do Peacebuilding in a systematic way and to improve the quality of the work that I do! Also, the programme gave me an opportunity to learn form other participants what they do and how they work to promote peace in their contexts. During the course through the facilitators and friends, I regained the motivation to work for peace; which I had lost due to the situation in Sri Lanka. I came back to Sri Lanka with Hope! Thank you so much for giving me the opportunity.
Dilshan Annaraj
Programme Coordinator - Peace Building, World Vision – Sri Lanka
IPDTC-Patrir training programs are based on a very comprehensive view on conflict, violence and peace, providing a muchneeded but less-often heard peace perspective on issues that are important to us all. The programs challenge underlying assumptions, stimulate creative thinking about -what seem to be- intractable problems, and offer practical analytical tools. With ample time for sharing personal and professional experiences, I always came away feeling enriched, inspired and up to the task (again)!
Jeannine Suurmond
Kreddha, International Peace Council for States, Peoples and Minorities, The Hague
Clear explanation of programming tools and of major elements relating to the peacebuilding sector. Good group size, with ample opportunities for productive interaction. Enthusiasm and knowledge, particularly from practical experience of the trainers.
Andrew Byrne
European Commission, DG External Relation, Brussels
Join or support a European coalition of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) working to improve human rights, promote democracy and the search for peace in COLOMBIA.
Who we are
The International Office for Human Rights - Action on Colombia (OIDHACO) is a network of more than 30 European CSOs (both development and human rights CSOs) dedicated to providing information, doing advocacy and networking at the European Union (EU) and United Nations (Geneva) level. OIDHACO seeks to contribute to the construction and strengthening of democracy, rule of law and peace with social justice in Colombia.
Some of our achievements
Since its creation in 1995, OIDHACO has contributed to putting the human rights situation in Colombia on the agenda of the EU (European Parliament, Commission, Council and Member states). OIDHACO influenced the position of the EU on "Plan Colombia", and succeeded in getting the EU to reaffirm the priority it gives to the search for a negotiated solution in Colombia and to distance itself from any military assistance to this country. OIDHACO has contributed to EU public statements on human rights in Colombia and has led high level public events to raise awareness within the principal EU institutions.
At the UN level, OIDHACO played an important part in the process which led to the creation of a local Office of the UNHCHR in Colombia. More recently, it played an active and acknowledged role in the success of the Universal Periodic Review of Colombia.
What we need
Since the enlargement of the EU, our network has remained limited to the "old member states". This situation restraints our legitimacy and our advocacy capacity since many decisions in the EU Council are taken on a consensus basis, with many of the new member states being reluctant to engage in actions or take positions to further protect human rights and promote democracy in Colombia.
In the medium term we hope to welcome new members or observers from the new member states. We hope these organisations may be able and interested in organising advocacy and awareness raising activities on Colombia.
In the short term, we would appreciate very much any kind of support in terms of organising meetings, inviting Colombian representatives who are travelling to Europe, sending on key messages proposed by OIDHACO to your governments, contacting MEPs from your country, etc.
If you are interested in our work but you think your organisation does not have the capacity at this stage to commit, we can maintain you informed by sending you our newsletter.
What we offer
Ø Expertise on the situation in Colombia and in advocacy work on Colombia at the EU/UN level.
Ø Speakers from OIDHACO or from Colombia if there is an opportunity to raise the issue in a public event in your country.
Ø Tools for advocacy work (briefings notes, policy papers, campaign tools…)
Ø Connection with Colombian and European CSOs networks working on Colombia
Ø A wide range of contacts in the EU institutions and the UN in Geneva, regarding the work on Colombia.
Contact Person: Emmanuel Raison emmanuel.raison@oidhaco.org, oidhaco@oidhaco.org
www.oidhaco.net (website not completely built, but with relevant information).