ROMANIA TRIALOG Central Training, March 9-10, Budapest

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ROMANIATRIALOG Central Training, March
9-10,Budapest
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Main achievements in 2005

• Info Seminar in Bucharest, together with
  TRIALOG, may 2005
• Over 70 representatives of Romanian NGOs
  participated at the event together with
  representatives of MFA, MPs, European Commission,
  and other European Development Platforms

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Main achievements in 2005

• Raising awareness of the Romanian NGOs regarding
  Romanias engagement in development cooperation
• Building a partnership relation with the Ministry
  of Foreign Affairs for the elaboration of
  Romanias strategy for development
• Connecting the Romanian organizations to the
  European and national platforms and networks for
  development.

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Objectives for 2006

• to identify all the Romanian NGOs willing to
  engage in development activities
• to raise the expertise of Romanian NGDOs on
  development policy
• to develop a legally established Romanian
  platform of NGDOs
• to connect Romanian platform of NGDOs to European
  platforms and networks
• to work with MFA for Romanias development
  cooperation policy elaboration

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The main issues for advocacy and policy dialogue
in 2006

• Romanian Strategy for International Development
  Cooperation finished and approved by MFA
• Methodology for selecting/financing/implementing
  projects in line with the acquis
• Action Plan for implementing the strategy by the
  moment of accession drafted and approved by MFA
• Coherent law/ legislative framework for the
  international development cooperation policy to
  be submitted to the Parliament by the mid 2006.

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The main issues for advocacy and policy dialogue
in 2006

• Seminar under the Phare Twinning Light Programme
  of MFA themed Romanian International Development
  Policy
• Public debate on policy orientation and
  prospective projects launched.