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KEHYS’ Presidency Project 06:Policy Coherence for Development
”Call for Coherence”
• The need for coherence between development policy and all other policies having an impact on development goals
• The need for internal coherence within development policy
• The need for better coherence between policy-making and implementation
Policy Coherence on the Official Agenda
• The operational programme of the Council 2006 (Austria and Finland)
• The preliminary agenda for Finland’s EU Presidency
EU and Policy Coherence
• Treaty of Maastricht (1992) and Treaty of Amsterdam (1997). The principles that guide EU development implementation, as specified in the Treaties, include: – Coherence between EU policies with
development objectives; – Consistency of all external activities of the EU.
• European Consensus on Development (2005)
• Communication from the Commission Policy Coherence for Development (2005)
Objectives of KEHYS’ Presidency Project
• KEHYS wants to raise awareness on the importance of the issue
• KEHYS wants to find new tools and mechanisms to monitor and improve policy coherence for development
Chosen sub-themes under “Call for Coherence”
• Security and development ([email protected])
• Trade and development ([email protected])• Migration and development
([email protected])• Environment and development ([email protected])• HIV/AIDS and development
The Role of KEHYS during the Finnish EU presidency
• Monitoring the official development agenda:
advocacy work in Finland and other EU-countries
• Coordination and information sharing between NGOs
• Promotion of networking between NGOs
Partners
• Finnish NGOs interested in development policy– Over 50 NGOs involved in the Presidency Project– Over 110 subscribers for the Presidency e-mail list
• CONCORD– Evert Vermeer Foundation
• Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland (Department for Development Cooperation Policy)
• Development Policy Committee of Finland
KEHYS’ Activities during the Finnish EU Presidency
• Manifesto• Presidency internet page: information and
advocacy• Regular coordination meetings with the NGOs
• 2 international conferences: main event on policy coherence and follow-up conference on Development Education
Manifesto
• Introduction to the main theme– What does policy coherence mean?– How does policy incoherence affect the
developing countries?– How are trade, security, migration, environment
and HIV/AIDS policies linked to development policy and to each other
• Practical cases and recommendations from the NGOs
• Target group: media and decision-makers
Main Event on Policy Coherence
• 2-day international conference 2.-3.10 (tbc) in Helsinki
• In cooperation with NGOs, CONCORD, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Development Policy Committee of Finland
• Joint discussion forum for different actors• Objective: to find new tools and
mechanisms to monitor and improve policy coherence for development
Follow-up Conference on Development Education
• 2-day international conference 3.-4.7 (tbc) in Helsinki
• Follow-up for a high level Development Education conference held in Belgium (May 2005)
• Objective: how the recommendations list of the Belgian conference has been taken into account in Member States + EC
• Participants: delegates from the Ministries of the Member States, Commission, European Parliament, national parliaments and civil society (approx. 100)
Asia Europe People’s Forum
• 3.-6.9. forum for NGOs and civil society groups organised by KEPA (parallel to the official Asia Europe Summit, ASEM).
• KEHYS invites delegates from the new member states to take part in the forum
• Matchmaking -event
Preliminary Timetable
• 9 May Manifesto and the internet page• 3 – 4 July Follow-up conference on Development
Education• 3 – 6 September AEPF• 2 – 3 October Main event on Policy Coherence• 16 – 17 October General Affairs and External
Relations Council (GAERC) in Luxemburg – trade and development ministers meeting
More information:
Secretary General Rilli Lappalainen:[email protected]
Information Officer Anna Pollari: [email protected]. +358-9-23150560
www.kehys.fi
