New report condemns donor proliferation in climate change sector, EURODAD.

Over the past year and a half, no less than 14 new financing mechanisms have been established to address climate change issues in developing countries.  While it is gratifying to see a key global concern translate into hard cash, the manner in which these initiatives have mushroomed overnight with little attention to harmonisation amongst the [...]

Alain Joyandet Speech at the European Parliament, 17th July 2008.

On the 17th of July, Mr. Alain Jodanyet, expressed the main priorities of the current EU Presidency concerning, aid effectiveness, financing for development and other relevant issues. In his speech Mr Joyandet defined three main axes regarding the most relevant issues of the EC Aid, such as the Human, economic and climatic aspects, theAid Effectiveness, [...]

The role of NEPAD in the improvement of aid effectiveness.

The third panel of the Brussels briefing on “New drivers, new players in ACP rural development” examined the current trends of aid effectiveness, alignment and harmonization among donors. After the experience of the World Platform Development Donors and the Japanese International Cooperation Agency, Mr. Amadou Diallo has presented the role of NEPAD in the search [...]

Southern consultations: 17, 22 and 30 May 2008

This report has been prepared on the basis of interviews conducted with several stakeholders from the civil society in the South. The primary objective of this targeted interview process was to gather additional inputs from Southern civil society stakeholders on EC development aid in there respective country. Three interviews have been conducted on the 17th, [...]

Simulation game on the Third Accra Agenda for Action, at the Autonomous University of Barcelona.

This simulation game has been prepared on the basis of the discussion held during the simulation of a roundtable which would take place during the Third High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness in Accra on next September. The exercise took place in the University Institute of European Studies at the Autonomous University of Barcelona and its participants were [...]