In our comparative analysis, titled “Official Development Assistance in the Western Balkans, 1990-2022: A Study of the Levels, Sources and Aims of ODA in the Western Balkans” we have explored development assistance progress towards Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, Northern Macedonia, Albania, Kosovo and Turkey. Our analysis has shown that…
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NGO International Medical Corps Croatia, a member of CROSOL, is involved in direct assistance to earthquake victims in Marocco and flood affected areas in Libya, through the partnership with its sister organization, International Medical Corps US. In Morocco, International Medical Corps completed first distribution yesterday to those affected by the…
“The project “Stronger for CROSOL-idarity “was supported by € 4,995 financial support from Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway under EEA Active Citizenship grants.” Implementation of the project began on April 25, 2022, and will last a total of 3 months. Contact person: Branka Juran, branka.juran@crosol.hr Project summary: At the moment, around 10,000…
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Today, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) announced that over the course of 2021 members of the Development Assistance Committee (DAC) allocated 178.9 billion USD to official development assistance (ODA), more commonly known as ‘development aid’, representing an increase of 4.4% in real terms, compared to the previous…
Your Excellency Mr. Kyrylych, Ambassador of Ukraine to the Republic of Croatia, We would like to express our support to the courageous people of Ukraine in their stand against military aggression by Vladimir Putin’s murderous regime. We have started to organize Croatian civil society organizations’ support to your cause, both…
Last week, the OECD’s Development Assistance Committee (DAC) failed to agree on a plan to report the donation of excess Covid-19 vaccine doses as aid. Yet, donors willing to report their excess vaccine donations will still be able to do so as in-kind donations, despite the lack of agreement. We,…
An open letter to the OECD by Eurodad and other civil society organisations on the latest proposal for valuation of donations of excess Covid-19 vaccine doses to developing countries in ODA. We understand that members of the Development Assistance Committee (DAC) are reaching consensus towards reporting the donation of excess…
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The report provides a detailed analysis of the quantity and quality of EU ODA throughout 2020 in four categories: Enough? Employed correctly? Effective? Equality-focused? ENOUGH? In 2020, the EU’s ODA represented 0.50% of its GNI, up from 0.42% in 2019. The EU, despite retaining its position in 2020 as the…
DAC Recommendation on Enabling Civil Society in Development Co-operation and Humanitarian Assistance
The Development Assistance Committee (DAC) Recommendation on Enabling Civil Society in Development Co-operation and Humanitarian Assistance was adopted by the DAC on 6 July, 2021. The DAC Recommendation aims to support DAC members and other development co-operation and humanitarian assistance providers to enhance how they address civic space and work…
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The LiD Grant Facility by the European Union and UNOPS will support refugees and other displaced persons to become productive members of their host communities and participate in furthering their common resilience, socio-economic growth and development. The strategic priorities for the Facility are: Early engagement of development-led approaches to forced displacementA…
