Since January 2008, Terre des hommes – Child relief and "ActionAid":http://www.actionaid.org/ UK are leading a new EU funded project. On three years time, 'GREAT*' project is designed broadly around a *Human Rights Based Approach (HRBA) to development and global interdependency. The project is addressing topics such as Child rights, women's rights, Food rights, education rights (on skills such as: campaigning, lobbying, fundraising).
The website of GREAT Project is online "here":http://www.greatproject.eu/.
3 objectives of the action:
- To enhance the expertise and knowledge of NGOs in the new EU Member States on development issues from a human rights perspective;
- To enhance networking strategies between European NGOs and Developing country NGOs, highlighting the interdependence of the EU and developing countries;
- To enhance the active involvement of NGOs in the new EU Member States in engaging their governments on global development issues from a human rights perspective.
Read the news about this project "here":http://www.tdh-childprotection.org/projects/great
The partners of GREAT project:
- "Polish Humanitarian Organization":http://www.pah.org.pl/7109.html, Poland
- "Glopolis":http://en.glopolis.org/, Czech Republic
- "Ekvilib":http://ekvilib.org/en, Slovenia
- "Foundation Terre des Hommes "Lausanne" in Hungary":http://www.tdh-childprotection.org/content/view/176/63/, Hungary
- "Education for Democracy Foundation":http://www.edudemo.org.pl/pl1/index.php?lang=en, Poland
- "KOPIN":http://www.kopin.org/ (Koperazzjoni Internazzjonali) (Associate), Malta
Estimated results:
- The expertise and knowledge of at least 60 NGOs in the new EU Member States on development issues from a human rights perspective will be significantly enhanced.
- Networking strategies will be developed and active between European NGOs. These networks will be successfully highlighting the interdependence of the EU and developing countries.
- NGOs in the new EU Member States will be active in engaging their citizens and governments on global development issues from a human rights perspective, contributing to wider EU efforts to mobilize support for more equitable North-South relations.
- Development issues will be treated by policy-makers as an integral part of the foreign policy agenda and there will be a pressure from the politicians themselves to introduce development issues to the political party programmes, parliamentary debates and foreign policy strategy.