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  • Helping to secure a very positive signal on gender in development from EU Council

    • June 19, 2015
    • European Institutions
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    Countdown 2015 Europe is delighted at the strong political signal sent by EU Member States when their ministers adopted a set of Conclusions on Gender in Development at the Foreign Affairs Council on 26 May. Our national and Brussels-based partners played a very active role in providing input to officials...

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  • Ensuring a strong voice from European governments at CPD

    • June 19, 2015
    • European Institutions
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    The 48th session of the Commission on Population and Development (CPD) took place in New York from 13 to 17 April, with the theme “Realising the future we want: Integrating population issues into sustainable development, including in the post-2015 development agenda”. Countdown 2015 Europe partners were very active in the...

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  • Finland’s commitment to FP/RH in development under threat

    • June 17, 2015
    • Finland
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    Finland‘s government is currently examining a Programme containing plans to cut funding allocated to development cooperation by over €200 million in early 2016. The Programme will reduce the total amount of development cooperation funding from €1.01 billion in 2015 to €743.6 million in 2016. It also mentions a preference for...

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  • Paving the way for Europe to be heard in post-2015 processes

    • April 09, 2015
    • United Kingdom
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    On 24 February, Countdown 2015 Europe hosted, in partnership with the UK Department for International Development (DFID), a meeting in London that focused on strengthening the European voice on human rights and gender equality in post-2015 processes. The event brought together civil servant experts from 12 European countries and from...

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  • Our recommendations on Financing for Development

    • April 09, 2015
    • European Institutions
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    Countdown 2015 Europe has developed a set of recommendations to European governments for the new global partnership and means of implementation that will deliver and finance the post-2015 development agenda. We are calling for a transformative people-centred partnership that has poverty elimination, gender equality and human rights as its basic...

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