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Dé Máirt 20 Bealtaine 2025
Dé Máirt 20 Bealtaine 2025
Dé Máirt 20 Bealtaine 2025
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Structured dialogue on the Commission Work Programme with Commissioner Lahbib
On 13 May, the Committee on Development held an exchange of views ("Structured Dialogue") with Commissioner for Equality, Preparedness and Crisis Management, Hadja Lahbib. This annual dialogue was an opportunity to comment on the implementation of the current Commission Work Programme and to formulate the Committee's expectations for the next one. It was also an opportunity to follow up on the commitments made during the Commissioner's hearing last year and to convey any other political messages related to the state of EU humanitarian assistance.
Safeguarding humanitarian access worldwide, the definition of an integrated approach to fragility, and maintaining a significant, independent humanitarian envelope in the next long-term EU budget are of particular interest to DEVE Members, in the current context of a drastic reduction of humanitarian funding by the US administration and a broader trend of declining ODA also in EU Member States.
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The exchange of views will be on the 'Impacts of cuts in development aid on sexual and reproductive health programmes, as well as on other health programmes for vulnerable groups, including children and persons with disabilities', from 14:30 to 15:30. This discussion will take place against the backdrop of a global trend of declining official development assistance (ODA), further aggravated by the recent US decision to terminate 83% of USAID programmes, creating a funding gap of USD 60 billion.
The Committee will have an Exchange of Views with the Chair of the OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC) since March 2023, Mr. Carsten Staur. Before being elected OECD DAC Chair, Mr. Staur served as a prominent Danish diplomat, holding positions among others as Director and Under Secretary in the field of development cooperation, and as Danish ambassador to the OECD and UNESCO from 2018-2023.
How to make the case for continued needs-based humanitarian funding in line with the humanitarian principles Exchange of views with Jan Egeland, Secretary General of the Norwegian Refugee Council
DEVE - DROI Public hearing on "Advancing International Humanitarian Law (IHL) and International Human Rights Law (IHRL) in Conflict Zones and Fragile Contexts to Protect the Most Vulnerable" 14 May 2025 from 10.00 to 12.30 Spinelli 1G2