Udviklingsorganisationerne i de nye EU-lande klager over EU’s regler for støtte til oplysningskampagner. Kravene er diskriminerende – og ikke kun over for de knap så erfarne organisationer fra de 13 nyeste medlemslande.
The platforms of the EU13 recently joined forces to draft a letter to development Commissioner Neven Mimica (fra Kroatien, red.) about their concerns related to development education and awareness raising (DEAR) funding from the European Commission (EC) reports Trialog on its website.
Concerns raised by the group relate to the trend for fewer larger projects being funded and the impact this has on smaller organisations that are unable to access funds for the vital work they are doing.
The letter gathered great support from colleagues in the EU15 – 12 of them signed on to the letter, as well as the co-chairs of the two relevant CONCORD working groups: FDR (funding for development and relief) and the DARE Forum (Development Awareness Raising and Education Forum).
As well as smaller organisations becoming less able to access the funding, larger organisations are also facing problems under the new funding structure – having to take on additional responsibility and workload for larger projects with a greater number of partners.
Gordan Bosanac from Croatian platform CROSOL presented the letter to the Commissioner during a meeting on Friday 13 February 2015 and all who signed are committed to continuing their advocacy work to bring about change in the funding situation.
Læs brevet til kommisær Neven Mimica (PDF, 3 sider).
Læs mere om DEAR på EU-kommissionen netsted.
