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DG ECHO Burundi  
MEPs address financing shortages for humanitarian aid

On Tuesday  morning, 4 March at 10:00 the Committees on Budgets and on Development will jointly exchange with Budgets Commissioners Janusz Lewandowski and the Humanitarian Aid Commissioner Kristalina Georgieva. The meeting has been convened to discuss possible solutions to prevent recurrent shortages of funding (payment appropriations) for EU humanitarian aid operations.

 
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ACP-EU Assembly's co-presidents, Louis Michel and Dr. Joyce Laboso  
15-19 March: ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly in Strasbourg

Parliamentarians from more than 70 countries of Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific states as well as MEPs, including several members of the Development committee, will meet in Strasbourg for committee and plenary meetings of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly. Agenda items include migration, the crisis in the Central African Republic, regional integration and modernisation of customs, the global spread of terrorism via the internet, seabed mining and the fight against AIDS.

 
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Meeting 3 March: EU-Africa parliamentary summit, European Year for Development 2015

On Monday, 3 March (15:00 - 18:30) the Committee on Development will vote on the outcome of negotiations with the Council on a decision to make 2015 the 'European Year for Development', as well as on reports on child soldiers, Policy Coherence for Development, a resolution on aid for the DR Congo in support of governance and an opinion in view of the forthcoming UN General Assembly. MEPs will discuss a study on the Joint EU-Africa Strategy and, jointly with AFET, preparations for the EU-Africa summit and the parliamentary summit preceding it on 31 March to 1 April.

 
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UNDP  
10 years EU-UNDP Partnership

Ten years ago, the European Commission and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) signed a Strategic Partnership Agreement. Through the partnership, the EU has provided EUR 3.3 billion to UNDP’s activities in 115 countries. On 19 February, the EP Committee on Development held an extraordinary meeting in which Rebeca Grynspan, UN Under-Secretary-General and UNDP Associate Administrator and Fernando Frutuoso de Melo, European Commission, Director General DG DEVCO/ EuropeAid presented a report on the implementation of the partnership and prospects for its future continuation. MDGs and the convergence of the post-2015 development agenda with the Rio+20 Sustainable Development Goals were also discussed. Download the report or watch the video recording below.

 
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Aid volunteers  
Parliament endorses Regulation setting up EU Aid Volunteers initiative

An agreement reached between MEPs and the Council on the Regulation setting up a EU Aid Volunteers initiative was approved by an overwhelming majority in plenary (600 in favour, 30 against) on 25 February. Over the next seven years (2014-2020), the 'EU Aid Volunteers' initiative should offer some 4000 Europeans the opportunity to volunteer in humanitarian operations worldwide, and provide capacity-building for an additional 4,400 local staff and volunteers. The budget for the initiative over the seven year period will be € 147.9 million. Parliament's Rapporteur and Committee Vice Chair, French MEP Michèle Striffler underlined that the volunteers will play "an essential role in disaster preparedness, disaster risk reduction and in linking relief, reconstruction and development". She stressed that all European citizens could apply to become an EU Aid Volunteer: young people, experts but also pensioners.

 
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EU has to pay its humanitarian aid bills, said budget MEPs
BUDG DEVE 04-03-2014 - 12:58  

The EU must honour its promises to pay humanitarian aid bills by all possible means and make full use of the budget flexibility secured by Parliament, said speakers during a debate on Tuesday in the budgets committee on the funding difficulties affecting EU humanitarian aid. Commissioner Kristalina Georgieva said the EU humanitarian aid portfolio needs a further €400 million.

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The 'Right2Water' campaign: EP hearing on first European Citizens' Initiative
ENVI PETI DEVE IMCO 10-02-2014 - 16:55  

Parliament is to hold a public hearing next Monday on the universal right to clean water, the first EP hearing under the European Citizens' Initiative allowing the public to ask the EU authorities for new legislation.

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Committee responsible for:
1.   the promotion, implementation and monitoring of the development and cooperation policy of the Union, notably:
(a)  political dialogue with developing countries, bilaterally and in the relevant international organisations and interparliamentary fora,
(b)  aid to, and cooperation agreements with, developing countries,
(c)  promotion of democratic values, good governance and human rights in developing countries;
2.   matters relating to the ACP-EU Partnership Agreement and relations with the relevant bodies;
3.   Parliament's involvement in election observation missions, when appropriate in cooperation with other relevant committees and delegations.
The committee coordinates the work of the interparliamentary delegations and ad hoc delegations falling within its remit.
 
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Chair of the DEVE Committee  
 

Hello and welcome. My name is Eva Joly. I am a Green MEP from France and I chair the European Parliament's development committee.
More than a billion people around the world live in extreme poverty. Many more face hunger and disease or have no access to healthcare or education. And, increasingly, people in poor countries face the devastating effects of climate change.
The citizens of Europe firmly believe that the EU has a duty to put a stop to poverty and suffering in a world where there is enough for everybody, if fairly shared. Most Europeans are, like me, proud that Europe gives more in development aid than anyone else — billions of euros every year.
It is my job — and the job of the members of the development committee — to make sure the EU does as much as it can to help those who need our help. And to make sure we are spending our money wisely overseas.
So what do we do? We help set the budget. We keep a close watch on the European Commission and everyone else who puts Europe's development policies and humanitarian aid into practice. And, together with EU member countries, we make the laws that frame our development activities.
We also meet frequently to discuss with politicians and experts from around the world about the situation on the ground and what's really needed. And when we can we go and see for ourselves, in places like Gaza, Haiti and Nepal.
You'll find lots more details on our site.