| New Slovak Platform Project Manager - 15.0ct.2010
From 1st October, 2010, Jana Bielikova became a new project manager of Slovak NGDOs Platform (Platforma MVRO). She studied International Relations at University of Economy in Bratislava and is experienced in NGO management, marketing, project and event management. She has worked in different countries, among them the Philippines and Pakistan. Daniela Balazova, a former journalist, became external collaborator in function of media coordinator of the Slovak NGDOs Platform. The contacts of the secretariat of the Slovak NGDO Platform are published on the platform's website http://www.mvro.sk/en/contacts |
| Slovak Contribution to the Millennium Development Goals - Friday, 15 October 2010
On 13th September, 2010 the Slovak NGDOs Platform organized in cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Slovak agency for international development aid a public event titled the "Contribution of Slovakia to the fulfillment of the Millennium Development Goals and the reduction of world poverty“. The aim of the meeting was to evaluate the commitment of Slovakia to give the highest attention to the sustainable growth and battle against poverty, which was signed at the UN Millennium Summit in September 2000. The NGDO Platform also presented a study about the fulfillment of MDGs during 2004-2009 at the event to the highest representatives of the Slovak Republic who took part in the UN summit about MDGs on 20th – 22nd September, 2010 in New York.
Speaking at a plenary session of the UN summit, President Ivan Gasparovic stated that the "Slovak Republic is aware of the shared responsibility of developed countries for global development. Despite a tight budget of the Slovak Official Development Assistance (ODA), Slovakia allocates funds to help developing and transition countries each year and intends to continue this policy. Our development assistance is not very significant in terms of volume, but the activities and results in partner countries are perceived very positively. This is mainly due to our efficient performance based on the knowledge of local conditions and in accordance with the needs of partner countries”.
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| Mrs. Oľga Algayerova met with Mr.Michel Rentenaar (Publikované dňa: - State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Slovak Republic Mrs. Oľga Algayerova met with Mr.Michel Rentenaar, former Civilian Commander of Task Force and Director of Provincial Reconstruction Team in Urzgan in Afghanistan. During the meeting the both parties discussed the possibilities of project implementation through the Slovak Official Development Assistance as well the perspectives of Dutch-Slovak cooperation on reconstruction of Afghanistan. After the meeting, a round table was held on leading the Provincial Reconstruction Team in Afghanistan with the participation of the representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affaires of the Slovak Republic, Ministry of Interior of the Slovak Republic and Slovak non-governmental organizations.
Tlačový odbor Ministerstva zahraničných vecí SR
Telefón: 00421-2 / 5978 3981
Fax: 00421-2 / 5978 3999 (3989)
E-mail: tlac@mzv.sk
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| Feb. - June 2009: Events of the FoRS EU Presidency project - In the first half of 2009, the Czech Republic is the second country from the 12 new member states to hold the EU presidency. The Czech development NGO platform FoRS is organising a number of activities in the scope of the FoRS EU presidency project.
The time schedule of the FoRS EU Presidency project looks as follows:
February 2009: 3 expert seminars on - Sustainable Technologies for Sustainable Development; Agriculture and Food Security; Migration and Development
Contents: Good practices and experience sharing in relation to effectiveness of the development actions of CSOs in the different thematic areas.
10 March 2009: Roundtable on "Good governance and democracy governance: development cooperation and mainstreaming of human rights and democracy conditionality"
Contents: Discussion of key NGO players in development and pro-democracy field to search for certain common understandings
28 – 29 May 2009: International Conference on Development Education
Contents: Critical discussion on impact of awareness raising and development education in the Czech and the European context
23 – 24 June 2009: International Conference on CSO Development Effectiveness
Contents: Main FoRS EU Presidency event organised as part of global CSO Development Effectiveness process; Presentation of CSO development effectiveness principles
Read more about the thematic priorities of the FoRS programme for the EU presidency 2009 in this TIS at: http://trialog-information-service.blogspot.com/2008/11/programme-of-czech-ngdo-platform-for-eu.html
Download the Presidency Programme of FoRS at: http://www.trialog.or.at/images/doku/fors_cz_pres_programme_eng.pdf
For further information about the events, please contact Marie Zázvorková: presidency@fors.cz
Information provided by Jana Krczmarova, Director, FoRS Secretariat
30.01.2009 J.Č |
| Berlin: Short Term Training at Humboldt-Universitaet - Dear Madame, dear Sir,
I would like to draw your attention to a training programme in the area of international development cooperation: The SLE plus: Berlin Training for International Development Cooperation at Humboldt-Universität, Berlin. The SLE is funded by the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and the Senate of Berlin.
This summer the SLE plus: Berlin Training for International Development Cooperation is offering three short term courses:
- Decentralised Management of Regional Development (3.08.-14.08.2009)
- Project Cycle Management (17.8.-28.8.2009)
- Conflict Prevention and Conflict Management (31.8.-11.9.2009)
A framework programme provides participants with the opportunity to become familiar with scholarly discussions in the area of development cooperation, and to meet with representatives of German governmental and non-governmental organisations active in the field of development cooperation.
The programme is open to young professionals from all fields and all over the world in the area of development cooperation. In 2007 participants came from over 25 different countries, Germany included.
Costs for each 10-day-course are € 500.00. (Partial) DAAD scholarships funded by the Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development and the Office of Foreign Affairs will be available for qualified alumni of German institutions of higher education and for alumni of universities who received a German sur-place scholarship. The SLE will be of assistance in finding adequate accommodation in Berlin.
The training gives future decision-makers the opportunity to receive high-quality training in the area of development cooperation and to familiarise themselves with European partners and their organisations as well as with partners from developing countries.
Applicants for a scholarship have to fill out the online application form until May, 3rd 2009.
For further information, including on scholarship requirements, please check our website: www.berlinerseminar.de.
We would greatly appreciate if you could make SLE PLUS: Berlin Training known. Please find attached our flyer.
Best regards from Berlin,
Anja Kühn
Anja Kühn
Programmkoordinatorin SLE plus:
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
SLE
Hessische Strasse 1-2
10115 Berlin
Tel.: +49+30+2093 69 17
E-Mail: anja.kuehn@agrar.hu-berlin.de
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| Humanitarian aid for Palestine - The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Slovak Republic provided humanitarian aid for Palestine in amount of 44.000 Euro. Humanitarian aid was provided by financial contribution for World Food Programme, dated December 17, 2008, in the frame of WFP Project - Protracted Relief Operation for Non-Refugee Palestinians in the West Bank of Gaza.
Author: ORPO
Publishing date: 02.01.2009
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| Slovak Humanitarian Assistance for families in South Ossetia (Publikované dňa: 27.08.2008) - The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Slovak Republic Mr. Jan Kubis has decided to extend the Slovak Humanitarian Assistance to Georgia and approved additional 2 mil. SK as direct financial aid to civilians affected by the recent arm conflict in South Ossetia. The rapid assistance will be provided to 250 afflicted families from South Osetia (approximately 1500 persons) in close co-operation with International Organization for Migration (IOM). The Slovak Republic already provided aid to Georgia in the value of 5, 6 mil. SK.
Hovorca Ministerstva zahraničných vecí SR
Telefón: 00421-2 / 5978 3010
Mobil: 00421-918 / 660 040
Fax: 00421-2 / 5978 3019
E-mail: hovorca@foreign.gov.sk |
| European Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid Mr. L. Michel payed visit in Bratislava (Publikované dňa: 17.10.2008) - Mr. Louis Michel, the European Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid payed visit to the Slovak Republic on 17 October 2008, upon the invitation of Mr. Ján Kubiš, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Slovak Republic.
During his visit, the Commissioner held meetings with the Deputy Speaker of the National Council Mr. Miroslav Číž, Vice-Prime Minister of the Government Mr. Dušan Čaplovič, Minister of Finance Mr. Ján Počiatek, State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Mrs. Oľga Algayerová, as well as other representatives of the National Council of the Slovak Republic.
The Commissioner also participated at the Conference „Development Day – World without Poverty“ organised by the Slovak NGDO Platform. The Conference was held in the framework of the International Day of Fight against Poverty and was focused on Development Cooperation and Policy.
Tlačový a komunikačný odbor Ministerstva zahraničných vecí SR
Telefón: 00421-2 / 5978 3621
Fax: 00421-2 / 5978 3638 (3639)
E-mail: tlac@foreign.gov.sk |
| Slovak Humanitarian Assistance for people of Kyrgyzstan (Publikované dňa: 09.10.2008) - Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Slovak Republic Mr. Ján Kubiš decided to earmark 2 million Sk for humanitarian assistance for the people of Kyrgyzstan stricken by the recent earthquake. During on-coming visit to Kyrgyzstan the State Secretary to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Slovak Republic Mrs. Oľga Algayerová will discuss modalities of the relief with Kyrgyz officials. The aim of her visit to this Central Asian country is also to checkup projects of Slovak Aid implemented there by now.
Hovorca Ministerstva zahraničných vecí SR
Telefón: 00421-2 / 5978 3010
Mobil: 00421-918 / 660 040
Fax: 00421-2 / 5978 3019
E-mail: hovorca@foreign.gov.sk |
| Trialog - 1. Activities of European NGDOs (5 entries) http://trialog-information-service.blogspot.com/search/label/Activities%20of%20European%20NGDOs
Citizens from developing countries expressed themselves via a photo exhibition http://trialog-information-service.blogspot.com/2007/11/citizens-from-developing-countries.html
Act in Europe with the Global Call to action against poverty (GCAP) http://trialog-information-service.blogspot.com/2007/11/act-in-europe-with-global-call-to.html
Malta: 15,948 STAND UPs on the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty http://trialog-information-service.blogspot.com/2007/11/malta-15948-stand-ups-on-international.html
Fair Trade Advocacy Forum in Brussels
http://trialog-information-service.blogspot.com/2007/11/fair-trade-advocacy-forum-in-brussels.html
Aid Effectiveness workshop: Report by the Romanian platform representative http://trialog-information-service.blogspot.com/2007/11/aid-effectiveness-workshop-report-by.html
2. EU development policy and EU enlargement (5 entries) http://trialog-information-service.blogspot.com/search/label/EU%20development%20policy%20and%20EU%20enlargement
Europe has now a common strategy on development education and awareness raising http://trialog-information-service.blogspot.com/2007/11/europe-has-now-common-strategy-on.html
EC published Enlargement Strategy and Progress Reports for Candidate countries in 2007 http://trialog-information-service.blogspot.com/2007/11/ec-published-enlargement-strategy-and.html
Parliamentary debates in New Member States on MDGs http://trialog-information-service.blogspot.com/2007/11/parliamentary-debates-in-new-member.html
New EC Eurobarometer on how EU New Member States see development http://trialog-information-service.blogspot.com/2007/11/new-ec-eurobarometer-on-how-eu-new.html
Call for support: How to avoid the iron curtain between the EU and Belarus?
http://trialog-information-service.blogspot.com/2007/11/call-for-support-how-to-avoid-iron.html
3. Events (5 entries)
http://trialog-information-service.blogspot.com/search/label/Events
January 16-18, 2008: Workshop on Fair Trade in new EU Member States, Prague http://trialog-information-service.blogspot.com/2007/11/january-16-18-2008-workshop-on-fair.html
February 1-3, 2008: European Fair Trade Fair; Lyon http://trialog-information-service.blogspot.com/2007/09/february-1-3-2008-european-fair-trade.html
February 19-20, 2008: TRIALOG Central Training, Brno http://trialog-information-service.blogspot.com/2007/11/february-19-20-2008-trialog-central.html
May 14-16, 2008: TRIALOG-CONCORD conference, Prague http://trialog-information-service.blogspot.com/2007/11/may-14-16-2008-trialog-concord.html
June 9-10, 2008: SLOGA Development Education Conference, Slovenia http://trialog-information-service.blogspot.com/2007/11/june-9-10-2008-sloga-development.html
4. Job vacancies (2 entries)
http://trialog-information-service.blogspot.com/search/label/Job%20vacancies
Two ActionAid job adverts based in Budapest http://trialog-information-service.blogspot.com/2007/11/two-actionaid-job-adverts-based-in.html
GLEN call for tutors 2008 is open
http://trialog-information-service.blogspot.com/2007/11/glen-call-for-tutors-2008-is-open.html
5. News from NGDO platforms (5 entries)
http://trialog-information-service.blogspot.com/search/label/News%20from%20NGDO%20platforms
In memoriam Yvonne Kojuharova
http://trialog-information-service.blogspot.com/2007/11/in-memoriam-yvonne-kojuharova.html
First Hungarian Aid Watch Report published http://trialog-information-service.blogspot.com/2007/11/first-hungarian-aid-watch-report.html
Bulgaria: National Debate on MDGs
http://trialog-information-service.blogspot.com/2007/11/bulgaria-national-debate-on-mdgs.html
Romania's contribution to the achievement of the MDGs http://trialog-information-service.blogspot.com/2007/11/romanias-contribution-to-achievement-of.html
Seminar in Lithuania on Development Education http://trialog-information-service.blogspot.com/2007/11/seminar-in-lithuania-on-development.html
6. TRIALOG News (4 entries)
http://trialog-information-service.blogspot.com/search/label/TRIALOG%20News
New TRIALOG bulletin and website, including Capacity Building Guidelines http://trialog-information-service.blogspot.com/2007/11/new-trialog-bulletin-and-website.html
Rebecca Steel is the new TRIALOG Policy Officer in Brussels http://trialog-information-service.blogspot.com/2007/11/rebecca-steel-is-new-trialog-policy.html
EPAN working group meeting in Romania
http://trialog-information-service.blogspot.com/2007/11/epan-working-group-meeting-in-romania.html
EC decided on development education projects in new member states http://trialog-information-service.blogspot.com/2007/11/ec-decided-on-development-education.html
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| Next meeting of Working Group Enlargement – where to in 2007? - Information provided by Asya Bocheva, TRIALOG.
On 21 and 22 November 2006 CONCORD’s Working Group Enlargement (WGE) is going to meet
in Brussels to discuss the European Neighbourhood Policy as well as the future of WGE, including
organisation structure and thematic objectives. A working plan for 2007 will be elaborated.
The second semester of 2006 has been rich in events of institutional importance for the group. In
September, the external evaluation of TRIALOG II was finalised (see article "TRIALOG Evaluation
completed"), making some specific recommendations on the structure and the mandate of
WGE. In June, the members of WGE took a decision to extend the discussion on the group’s
future to national platforms during the summer, and thus give them the opportunity to express
their specific needs and expectations. As a result, in September a consolidated version of
suggestions was established. Last but not least, in October CONCORD presented the
recommendations on its institutional architecture in the framework of the Assessment and
Adjustment process. All these provide a ripe basis for a fruitful working session.
Thematically, the WGE continues to work on the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP). The ENP
Taskforce within the WGE has finalised a policy paper on the implementation of the ENP
instrument which has been adopted by the Council and Parliament in October. During the next meeting the discussion will focus on the neighbourhood policy from the perspective of the EU
neighbouring countries themselves – what do they expect from the EU and how do they consider
the instrument? Guests from the countries in question (Armenia, Moldova, Palestinian Territories)
have been invited to share their point of view.
If you are interested to know who represents your country in WGE and would like to feed into the
discussions of the WGE on the national level, please contact your national NGDO platform. For
more information on the upcoming WGE meeting please contact TRIALOG Policy Officer Asya
Bocheva: trialog@concordeurope.org |
| ODACE : Canadian - Slovak Development cooperation - The Canadian International Development Agency’s (CIDA) bilateral assistance (country-to-country) in Eastern and Central Europe has moved over the last few years, towards a more focused relationship with fewer countries where Canadian assistance can have a greater impact.
Nearly all country-to-country Canadian assistance to Slovakia concluded in March 2004, in recognition of its significant progress towards reform and in anticipation of its accession to the European Union. The final program, the Official Development Assistance in Central Europe (ODACE), will conclude in March 2008 and aims to help establish eight partner countries, including Slovakia, as donors in their own rights.
Slovakia remains eligible for funding through core multilateral programs, including the International Humanitarian Assistance Program. In 2003-2004, Official Aid to this country totalled $1.68 million.
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| The TRIALOG Information Service (TIS) is addressed to NGOs and individuals who are interested in development issues in the context of EU enlargement. - CONTENT
1. TRIALOG News
1.1. Subscription to TRIALOG Information Service (TIS)
1.2. Next Working Group Enlargement meeting
1.3. TRIALOG Central Training 2006
1.4. Welcome to new TRIALOG Brussels interns
1.5. TRIALOG support to NGDO platform creation in Cyprus
2. Events
2.1. March 22, 2006: Feminist assessment of the EU development policy, Vienna 2.2. March 31, 2006: Coherence under focus, Vienna 2.3. April 5, 2006: RPP EU-Africa Strategy Workshop in Bratislava
2.4. April 6-7, 2006: Aidwatchers seminar, Brussels
2.5. May-October 2006: ESoDoc - European Social Documentary 2006 2.6. June 1-3, 2006: WIDE Annual Conference 2006, Warsaw
3. Information on EU and EU Enlargement issues
3.1. Towards 0.33%? EU New Member States ODA spending
3.2. Turkey as a potential force for democracy and development
4. Information on activities of European NGDOs
4.1. New challenges and opportunities for the Estonian National Platform 4.2. Fair Trade Education Meeting brought together NGOs from various EU countries 4.3. New Research Reveals Success of Fair Trade in Europe
5. Information on global development issues
5.1. Gender on the WTO agenda?
6. Sources of information
6.1. Development and Transition newsletter No.3
6.2. Human Rights Based Approaches to Development
7. Funding Opportunities
7.1. RPP launches the Second Call for Proposals
7.2. EADI Prize for Development Studies 2006 |
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