DEEEP is a programme initiated by the Development Education Forum of CONCORD that aims at strengthening capacities of NGDOs to raise awareness, educate and mobilise the European public for world-wide poverty eradication and social inclusion.

Target groups are

• the European NGDOs (to strengthen their capacity as multipliers of development-related issues and mobilisers of European citizens)
• EU and Member States? institutions  (to gain their support to Development Education and Development Awareness)

Objectives

1. Increased capacity of the European NGDOs to raise awareness, educate and mobilise the European public for world-wide poverty eradication and social inclusion
2. Increased co-operation between NGDOs and with other civil society actors in Europe to maximise effectiveness and impact of Development Education and Development Awareness
3. Establishment and improvement of strategic partnerships between NGOs and European institutions and Member States, increasing their political support for Development Education and Development Awareness

Management

DEEEP is managed by a consortium of three DE NGOs - UCODEP (Italy), ITECO (Belgium), DEA (United Kingdom) - under the auspices and in co-ordination with the Development Education Forum of CONCORD.

For more information see our leaflet:

leaflet_deeep2_en.pdf

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The Development Education Exchange in Europe projects goes into its second phase. DEEEP 2 will go DEEEPER, to consolidate the work already done and further Develop European public Engagement for the Eradication of Poverty through Education and Reflection.

The main activities DEEEP will work on during the next three years are:

• Support to the Development Education Forum and CONCORD to achieve the Development Education     priorities approved by the General Assembly on November 2005. In particular DEEEP will support the multistakeholder process towards a European Development Education Strategy Framework.
• Development Education Summer Schools
• Reflection and training seminars at national and regional level. In particular we will focus on the evaluation of impact, continuing the work already done in DEEEP 1.
• Information and documentation, through the website, the newsletter, the mailing lists.

DEEEP will also act as an antenna in Brussels catching the opportunities offered by the Brussels environment.