Advocacy is one of DEEEP's main activity. The advocacy officer supports and co-operates with the Development Education Forum, in lobbying the European Institutions (European Parliament and Commission) for the promotion and political recognition of development education.

  

 

"The Consensus on Development: the contribution of Development Education and Awareness Raising" is the main outcome of the European Multi-stakeholder group on Development Education. Such document was unveiled in Lisbon in November 2007, during the European Development Days.

The Multi stakeholder Group is now facing new challenges. Discover them!

Discover all the international Commitments on Development Education

•  Report on the Challenge of EU Development Cooperation Policy for  New Member States, adopted by the European Parliament on February 12, 2008

Read the entire Report

 

• Strenghtning the European Union's role as a global partner for development: the 18- month programe on development policy of the EU presidencies of Germany, Portgal and Slovenia (January 2007- January 2008), January 2007

Read the full programme

 

• Helsinki Conference On European Development  Education, 3-4 July 2006- Organised by the Finnish NGDO Platform to the EU in cooperation with CONCORD and with support of the Finnish Ministry for Foreign Affairs and the European Commission.

Read the final report and presentations

 

• The European Consensus on Development, jointly adopted by the EU Council, the Member States, the European Commission and the European Parliament, in 2005

Read the Consensus on Development

 

• European Commission White Paper On a European Communication Policy "Plan D for Democracy, Dialogue, Debate"- October 2005

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• European Conference On Public Awareness and Development Education For North-South
  Solidarity, Brussels, 19-20 MAY 2005- Jointly organised by Belgian Development Co-operation Directorate-General and the European Commission.

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• United Nations Decade of Sustainable Development (2005-2014)

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• The Maastricht Global Education Declaration

This declaration was released by the participants to the Europe-Wide Global Education Congress, that took place in Maastricht, the Netherlands, on November 15-17 2002.

Download the Maastricht Declaration

 

• Council Resolution on DE

The Council resolution was adopted on November 8 2001.

Learn more on the Council Resolution.