ESTONIAN ROUNDTABLE FOR DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION (AKÜ)
Arvo Anton & Sue Tack AKÜ Coordination
March 9, 2006
Trialog Central Training
Budapest, Hungary
Advocacy and policy dialogue in 2005
- AKÜ was established on civic initiative in 2002 to create a policy dialogue on Estonian Principles of Development Cooperation
- In 2005 again consulted as a platform on the 1st national strategy paper on DC and humanitarian aid
National Strategy for DC
Problems:• Lack of time• Little interest• Little involvement• Low capacity• Format of consultation process
Successes:• Informal success
Policy Dialogue
• Member organisations
• Policy dialogue and AKÜ priorities– Eastgate
• Building network of expertise
– Development Education• School curriculum• Awareness raising
Advocacy and Development Education
• Global dimension in school curriculum– Small scattered actions
– Too late?
• Prepare the ground
• Long term
• Share best practices
• National level and EU level – Capacity building
– Networking
• Strengthening relations
Thank you! For more information on AKÜ:[email protected]://www.terveilm.net