Transcript TRIALOG - International Trade Union Confederation

TRIALOG:
Strengthening CSOs
in EU12/AC for
active engagement
in Global
Development
TRIALOG 2000-2012
Trialogue between:
WEST
EU15
EAST
EU12/AC
SOUTH
Developing
Countries
Overall objective
Deeper awareness and stronger involvement of CSOs from
EU12 and AC in global learning and in efforts towards
global poverty eradication.
Specific objective
strengthened and empowered national platforms and their
members for their effective engagement in global
development education and raising public awareness.
DEAR in EU12
General situation:
 Low public awareness on development issues
 Little funding available for DEAR activities
 Only starting multi-stakeholder processes
 Responsibility for DEAR not clearly defined (MFA, MoE,
agency, teachers/schools etc.)
 DEAR working groups in all national CSO platforms
 Increasing communication with state representatives
(ministries, EU parlamentarians etc.)
National DEAR/GE strategies
 Czech Republic signed its National Strategy for Global
Development Education 2011-2015 in 2011.
 In May 2011 the Polish national platform signed an
Agreement on Global Education with the MFA and the
MoE (joint product in the frame of multi-stakeholder
process).
 In Slovakia, the National Global Education Strategy for
2012 - 2016 was also agreed in a multi-stakeholder
process.
CZ National Strategy for Global
Development Education 2011-2015
 Making global development education an integral part of
formal education at all levels;
 Boosting the importance of global development education
in informal education, while also supporting awarenessraising activities aimed at the public and media;
 Developing global development education cooperation and
partnership with all relevant stakeholders;
 Ensuring long-term financing for quality global development
education programs;
 Systematically increasing the quality and effectiveness of
global development education programs.
DEAR national funding in EU12 (2008)
BG
CY
CZ
EE
HU
0
0
680.000
160000?
0
LT
LV
MT
PL
RO
SI
SK
0 –390.000
0
0
800.000?
75.000
60.000
285.000
Source: DE Watch
EC funding for DEAR
NSA/LA programme: ~30 Mio €/year for DEAR
20% preferably allocated to EU12 lead applicants
EC co-funding up to 90% of the budget for EU12 lead
applicants
Partnerships with EU12 CSOs are encouraged
EC DEAR Study 2010
TRIALOG support
 DEAR partnership fair
 Partner search support
 Training on EC proposal writing, PCM,
contract management etc.
 Information on funding opportunities
 Advocacy for special EU12 conditions
 Advocacy support for national co-funding
to EC projects
 …..