development-cooperation
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30 June Jun 2016 1515 30 June 2016 The EU agenda behind the Migration Partnership Framework
Bob van Dillen, a migration and development expert, exposes the weaknesses of the European Commission's Migration Partnership Framework and questions its capacity to really serve the purpose of helping people in need.
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27 June Jun 2016 1704 27 June 2016 100 EU NGOs reject EU Commission migration response plan
The EU is set to open a dark chapter in its history unless it rejects the European Commission’s proposal on migration, a coalition of more than 100 NGOs warned on Monday.
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12 May May 2016 1605 12 May 2016 EU remains the biggest world aid donor. And so?
Today EU Ministers for Development cooperation gathered in Brussels adopted the Annual report on 2015 EU Official Development Assistance (ODA). If the EU remains the biggest world donor, NGOs underlines the challenges that Member States and EU institutions have to face, including tax evasion, the promise to reach the 0.7% benchmark and the ongoing refugee crisis.
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3 March Mar 2016 1643 03 March 2016 Inequality, the environment, and protecting future generations
The African, Carribean and Pacific group of states (ACP) and the EU’s trade and development cooperation treaty, the Cotonou Agreement, is up for renegotiation by June of this year. Civil society organisations are calling for an agreement that tackles inequality, and includes the commitments made at COP21.
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29 February Feb 2016 1414 29 February 2016 Almost nine out of ten EU citizens support development aid
Europeans are opening their hearts and their wallets. The new survey by Eurobarometer shows the highest support for development aid among EU citizens in 6 years, and a willingness to pay more for products from developing countries to support those living there.
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18 February Feb 2016 0921 18 February 2016 Paolo Gentiloni: “More development cooperation on migration and Isis”
From migration to Syria and Libya: The Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs speaks exclusively to Vita International outlining the Italian development cooperation strategy to address the current international crisis and its root causes. “The challenges associated with the management of refugees and migrants mean that a new, combined approach is urgently needed in order to ensure the conditions for safe, orderly and legal migration that respects human rights”, says the minister.
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28 January Jan 2016 0930 28 January 2016 Laura Frigenti: facing the challenges ahead at the new Italian Agency for Development Cooperation
Laura Frigenti is the Director of the new Italian Development Cooperation Agency, officially established by the Italian parliament with the approval of a new bill on development cooperation which came into force on January 1st, 2015. The bill was provided for the establishment of a new development agency as well as the creation of a development financial institution. In this esclusive interview, Laura Frigenti discusses the many challenges she faces in her new role.
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21 January Jan 2016 1350 21 January 2016 To be or not to be: EU incoherence on migration and development
This Wednesday in Brussels, CONCORD Europe held a conference to present its policy paper entitled “Coherence for migration and security - and what about development?” The paper addresses key issues surrounding EU migration policies and Policy Coherence for Development.
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18 December Dec 2015 1658 18 December 2015 Italy: skepticism on government’s agenda for international cooperation
The recent second meeting of the Italian National Council for Development Cooperation brought together all of its main stakeholders, including members of civil society. The results of the meeting were disappointing, according to Nino Sergi, founder of Intersos, one of the most important Italian NGOs.
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8 December Dec 2015 1203 08 December 2015 Have those hard-won accountability reforms had any impact?
Australian researchers Kate Macdonald and May Miller-Dawkins summarize the main points from recent contributions to the Global Policy Journal on the impact of accountability reforms in aid