Source: Initiative Entwicklung

August 04, 2010
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Onlinepetition: Initiative Entwicklung
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Engagierte Personen aus den unterschiedlichsten Bereichen - Entwicklungszusammenarbeit, Wissenschaft, Kultur, Wirtschaft, Kunst, Sport u.a. – haben sich zusammengefunden, um auf das Thema EZA aufmerksam zu machen und um weitere Einsparungen in der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit abzuwenden.
Neben interessanten Fakten und Hintergrundinformationen zum Thema gibt es auf der Webseite der Initiative auch die Möglichkeit, online eine Petition zu unterzeichnen.

Auszug:
"Auch in ökonomisch schwierigen Zeiten darf Entwicklungszusammenarbeit nicht als Almosen, sondern muss als internationale Verpflichtung und als wichtiger Beitrag zu einer positiven „Weltinnenpolitik“ verstanden werden. Entwicklungspolitik und -zusammenarbeit müssen als wesentliche Bestandteile einer zukunftsorientierten Außenpolitik betrachtet werden."

Webseite: http://www.initiative-entwicklung.at
Unterschreiben: Petition

Source: GDN

June 28, 2010
GDN: 2010 Annual Global Development Awards and Medals Competition launched

The Global Development Network (GDN) is now accepting submissions for its annual competition for development research proposals/papers and development projects on the crucial topic of development finance. Researchers and NGOs from developing and transition countries are invited to participate in the competition.

Competition themes:
- External Capital Flows and Financing for Development
- Domestic Resource Mobilization and Financial Sector Development: Another Angle to Look at the MDGs in a post-crisis world?
- Innovative Sources of Development Finance

Excerpts from the guidelines (projects):
'The Japanese Award for Most Innovative Development Project is a competitive grant program administered by the Global Development Network (GDN) and supported by the Ministry of Finance, Government of Japan. The program identifies and funds innovative, early-stage projects with high potential for development impact to exceptionally marginalized and disadvantaged groups located in developing and transition countries. Since its inception in 2000, GDN has awarded roughly US$ 2 million in travel and grants to finalist and winners. Nearly 6,500 researchers and development practitioners from developing and transition countries have participated in this competition. Using GDN funding as a launching pad, many projects go on to scale up or replicate elsewhere.'
'The Award is open to all development projects being implemented in Africa, Asia, Commonwealth of Independent States, Middle East, Latin America and the Caribbean, Pacific Islands, and the transition economies of Eastern Europe and Central Asia. The project must be managed by a non-governmental organization with its headquarters in a country in one of the above regions. The project must have been implemented before June 30, 2009.'

Website, guidelines:
http://www.gdnet.org/~2010awards und
http://www.gdnet.org/cms.php?id=2010_awards_launch_feature
Download: Flyer 87 kb
Deadline projects: September 22, 2010
Deadline proposals/completed research papers: October 25, 2010

Source: Radio Orange

June 10, 2010
Wissen.Schafft.Entwicklung
Recorded radio broadcast

Walter Gössinger talks with Willibald Loiskandl (BOKU), Robert Burtscher (ADA), Petra Koppensteiner and Ismael Ndao (Horizont3000) about water as a critical topic in development co-operation.

Download: Webstream

Source: EU

May 6, 2010
Development Aid & MDGs in European Context:
EU commission demands more and better aid!

'In 2009, the EU aid level has slightly decreased and amounted €49bn. This corresponds to 0.42% of EU GNI, making the EU still far from meeting the intermediate collective target of 0,56% GNI by 2010, before reaching 0.7% EU GNI by 2015. The EU remains the most generous global donor, providing over half of global aid. The Commission proposes to Member States a number of actions in support of MDGs. They aim at increasing the level of aid while making aid more efficient and focused on those countries and sectors most in need. To feed into the action plan, the Commission also adopted a Communication on taxation and development which aims at increasing developing countries' domestic revenues through building stronger domestic fiscal systems and fighting tax evasion internationally. The action plan sets out a possible EU position ahead of the UN Summit on the MDGs this September.'

Source:
http://europa.eu

Source: OECD

May 5, 2010
OECD: Development aid rose in 2009 and most donors will meet 2010 aid targets
Austria: Net ODA fell

The OECD reports for the year 2009 a rise in development aid. The total net official development assistance from DAC members rose by 0.7% and, excluding debt relief, the growth was 0.68%. If humanitarian aid is also subtracted the OECD reports a rise of 8.5% in real terms concerning bilateral aid for development programmes and projects. In regard of the financial crisis this is a remarkable increase. Austria is lagging behind: From 0.43% in 2008 Austria's ODA percentage of the GNI (Gross National Income) fell to 0.30%. A significant decrease of -31.2% due to reduced levels of debt relief. Austria's pledge to raise the percentage to 0.70% by the year 2015 is still far from being achieved.

Sources:
OECD: NET OFFICIAL DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE IN 2009 360 kb
OECD: Development aid rose in 2009 and most donors will meet 2010 aid targets

Weblinks:
OECD: Donors’ mixed aid performance for 2010 sparks concern
EU: Commission calls Member States to get back on track for more and better Aid
OEZA: OECD publiziert vorläufige Zahlen für öffentliche Entwicklungshilfeleistungen 2009
Globale Verantwortung: EU fordert mehr Hilfe für Entwicklungsländer: Österreich braucht Aktionsplan
KEF-Forum: Peer Review of 'Austrian Development Cooperation' 2009

Source: OEFSE

April 12, 2010
Internationalisation of Higher Education and Development.
Book presentation and discussion

Excerpt from the announcement:
'In der Reihe „ÖFSE-Edition“ publiziert die ÖFSE auf Initiative des Runden Tisches – Bildungszusammenarbeit und in Zusammenarbeit mit VWU/OeAD-GmbH und KOO einen Sammelband mit dem Titel „Internationalisation of Higher Education and Development - Zur Rolle von Universitäten und Hochschulen in Entwicklungsprozessen“. Dieser dokumentiert eine Tagung zum gleichen Thema, die im April 2009 an der BOKU stattfand. Vertiefende Beiträge aus drei Perspektiven – Afrika, Osteuropa und Westeuropa – verdeutlichen die Komplexität der Zusammenhänge vor dem Hintergrund der Globalisierung und ihrer Auswirkungen auf Höhere Bildung weltweit.'

Date: April 12, 2010, 5:00pm - 7:30pm
Venue: C3 - Centrum für Internationale Entwicklung, Alois Wagner Saal, Sensengasse 3, Vienna
Details: Invitation 437 kb
Website: http://www.oefse.at
Past KEF events: Information on the conference, review, reports, posters

Image: appear

March 11, 2010
appear:
Presentation of this new programme

Austrian Partnership Programme in Higher Education and Research for Development

The consortium OeAD and Latin-America Institute (LAI) implements the new programme of Austrian Development Cooperation (ADC) for the promotion of academic partnerships between North and South.

According to the development policy trend in Europe and the ADC programmatic guidelines appear supports partnerships between higher education institutions in Austria and ADC key regions and priority countries in the South. The objectives are to improve the quality in teaching and research, to make the management and the administration at the involved institutions more effective and to strengthen the scientific dialogue nationally und internationally.

Date: March 24, 2010, 3:30pm
Venue: Albert Schweitzer Haus, Schwarzspanierstraße 13, A-1190 Vienna
Registration: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
Deadline: March 17, 2010
Details: Invitation 336.88 kb
Website: http://www.appear.at

Additional information events in Salzburg and Graz:
Salzburg: March 25, 2010, 4:00pm-6:00pm
University Salzburg, Kapitelgasse 4, A-5020 Salzburg, Senatssitzungssaal, first floor
Graz: March 25, 2010, 4:30pm bis 6:30pm University Graz, Universitaetsplatz 3, A-8010 Graz, main building, first floor, room 01.18

Information event in Vienna:
Date: March 24, 2010, 3:30pm
Venue: LAI - Schlickgasse 1, 1090 Vienna, Austria
Registration: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
Deadline: April 7, 2010
Details: Invitation and programme
Website: http://www.appear.at

Image: ADC

February 22, 2010
Information and Knowledge Sharing:
An Essential Tool to Capacity Development in the Water Sector - the Role of Universities

Excerpt from the announcement:
"The major goal of the seminar is to propose and discuss possibilities to enhance scientific research and consulting for the effective management of the public and private water sector. One of the highlights of the seminar will be the presentation of concluded project reports and options for future cooperation between the Austrian and Macedonian Universities as an example for South-Eastern Europe. "

Date: March 23, 2010, 1:30pm
Venue: University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, A-1190 Vienna
Details: Invitation 49.23 kb
Website: http://www.entwicklung.at

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