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Development Education and Awareness Raising (DEAR):

MIP: Multi-annual Indicative Programme 2014-2017

PFD 18/10/2012Markus PirchnerEuropean Commission

DEVCO1. What is DEAR?

• Aim: "Fostering EU citizens' awareness and mobilization for

development issues"

• Two forms / two approaches:

• Development Education: formal & non-formal

• Awareness Raising

• Implementation:

• +- 30 Million EURO/a (2007-2013) made available through NSA-LA

budget line

• Used to co-finance activities proposed by CSOs & LAs

• Implementation modus: Calls for Proposals, direct grants, joint

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2. Vision of DEAR(picture from EU children drawing competition)

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DEVCO3. Orientations of MIP & DEAR strategy 2014-2020

• Based on:

- 2010 DEAR study: strategy & consultation

- May 2012 stakeholder consultation meeting

- DEAR Staff working paper (under consideration)

- proposal of the COM for new DCI 2014-2020

- endorsement through Council of EU of 15/10/2012 confirming

that "the EU will continue to promote a strategic

approach to increase the level and quality of DEAR".

• Taking into consideration:

- operating in 27 EU MSs plus (potential) candidate countries

- no one size fits all

- fluid situation: evolving strategies in MSs, some without

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DEVCO4a. Outline of draft orientation for DEAR in MIP

• Clarify & explain our "Philosophical grounding"

= explain the "raison d'être"

"To develop citizens' awareness and critical understanding of the

interdependent world, of their role and responsibility in relation

to a globalised society; and to support their active engagement

with global attempts to eradicate poverty and promote justice,

human rights and a sustainable social-economic development in

partner countries."

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DEVCO4b. Outline of draft orientation for DEAR in MIP

• Concentrate on value added:

• Development Education: formal => complementarity

• Awareness Raising => European scale (=> bigger projects)

• Exchange of policies, experience and practices among DEAR

stakeholders

• Capitalisation, capacity building and networking for DEAR projects

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4c. Issues in the draft MIP that we would appreciate to discuss today

1. Requirement to demonstrate impact on programme level:

- Is the necessity to demonstrate impact on programme (and project)

level understood?

2. Proposal to open programme to "global citizenship" concept:

- Shall we open programme to partner countries (notably mid-

income) ?

3. Proposal to maintain the link to development:

- Shall the DEAR programme maintain its link to development

cooperation?

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Thank you for your attention!

• Markus PIRCHNER• European Commission – Directorate-General for

Development and Cooperation — EuropeAid , DEVCO/D/2• Unit “Civil Society, Local Authorities"• SC15 06/126, B-1049 Brussels

Tel: +32-2-29 87016, Fax: +32-2-29 66044• E-mail: markus.pirchner@ec.europa.eu• http://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/how/finance/dci/non_state_act

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