ESTONIAN ROUNDTABLE FOR DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION (AK

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ESTONIAN ROUNDTABLE FOR DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION
(AKÜ)
Arvo Anton Sue Tack AKÜ Coordination March 9,
2006 Trialog Central Training Budapest, Hungary
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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

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National Strategy for DC

• Problems
• Lack of time
• Little interest
• Little involvement
• Low capacity
• Format of consultation process
• Successes
• Informal success

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Policy Dialogue

• Member organisations
• Policy dialogue and AKÜ priorities
• Eastgate
• Building network of expertise
• Development Education
• School curriculum
• Awareness raising

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Advocacy and Development Education

• Global dimension in school curriculum
• Small scattered actions
• Too late?
• Prepare the ground
• Long term
• Share best practices

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• National level and EU level
• Capacity building
• Networking
• Strengthening relations

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Thank you! For more information on
AKÜaky_at_euroopaliikumine.eehttp//www.terveilm.n
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