Kommentar der Anderen Do we need a European Development Bank? (13.11.2019) (13.11.2019 – Kommentar der Anderen) A recent report to the EU proposes the creation of a new European Climate and Sustainable Development Bank. Peter Wolff, researcher at the German Development Institute, and Xavier Sol, director of Counter Balance, comment on the Pros & Cons of adding a new institution to the existing financial architecture for development. A Pro & Contra by Peter Wolff and Xavier Sol weiter
Conclusions 5th Humanitarian Congress Vienna: – The Future of Humanitarian Aid – Conclusions (30.04.2019) Conflicts are becoming more protracted, populations and inequality grows and environmental disasters are on the rise. Needs of humanitarian assistance, both short- and long-term, will be acute and widespread. In the next years policy and the aid sector will need to evolve and adapt. Considering the discussions of the 5th Humanitarian Congress and taking into account the experience and expertise of the 14 Austrian humanitarian organizations responsible for organising the Humanitarian Congress Vienna we conclude with the following demands for the Future of Humanitarian Aid: weiter
Event Report Planning Workshop for Inclusive Systems Development Project (13.03.2019 – Nachlese) After 2 one-week-trainings on the „market systems approach – MSD“ in October and November 2018, a group of 9 Austrian NGOs interested to further learn and apply this approach in their organisations met last week on March 13th to plan their consortia project „capacity development on inclusive systems development“. weiter
Magazin FUNKENSPRUNG – MAGAZINE FOR GLOBAL ENCOURAGEMENT (26.02.2019) Many people strive every day to ensure a bright future for the planet and those that live on it. This is why the global community, represented by the United Nations, has adopted 17 Sustainable Development Goals. In our unique magazine for global encouragement we will present you with some extraordinary examples of successful projects. weiter
Unterstützte Position EuropeAid: DEAR Call 2016 (07.04.2016) While the new EuropeAid Development Education and Awareness Raising (DEAR) Call 2016 is highly appreciated as a timely call for proposals reflecting very well the development and DEAR priorities of the European union as well as new international frameworks like the SDGs and the outcomes of COP21, it – however – holds a very problematic and threatening administrative provision on page 18 of the guidelines. 19 NGOs platforms/networks and 53 NGOs wrote a joint letter to the European Commission calling for a Corrigendum. weiter
Publikation Guide: to EuropeAid funding instruments 2014–2020 (18.11.2014) This CONCORD report aims to provide the reader with a comprehensive, up-to-date overview of the instruments and programmes (both thematic and geographic) used by the European Union (EU) in its development cooperation. weiter