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EUROPEAN Development Days

looking back on two exciting and inspiring days
Blog by Serap Altinisik, Head of Office
See the impact of our work

Towards an EU external strategy against early and forced marriages

The European Parliament is asking the European Commission to keep ending child, early and forced marriage as a priority for development cooperation, and to reinforce its work by developing a dedicated strategy together with partners. This would complement clear commitments to end this harmful practice which are already formulated in several EU policy documents: the European Consensus for Development, the Gender Action Plan (GAP II), the EU Guidelines on the Rights of the Child and the EU Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy.

EU must take urgent action to safeguard gender equality in its budget for 2021-2027

Statement follows:
"Despite supposedly being a key priority, gender equality is hardly mentioned in the recent European Commission proposal for the new Neighborhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI) in the next Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF). As civil society organisations, we are extremely concerned by this minimal approach. The MFF Communication made zero reference to gender equality. Unfortunately, the NDICI Regulation does not remedy this and if adopted as such, would represent a major step backwards for gender equality in EU external action.

Sport for development

Sport also inspires: by highlighting what people are capable of, it increases ambition, leadership, and hope for girls and young women. In development projects, it also helps to break down negative gender stereotypes and is a powerful entry point to engage communities in conversations around gender equality.
Our results last year
  • 91 projects
    funded by the EC running in 2016-17
  • 49 countries
    implementing EC-funded projects
  • 15 million
    people benefiting from EC-funded projects
Publications

Girls' Rights Gazette 2017

Girls’ lives - their challenges and their successes - deserve to be front page news. The Girls' Rights Gazette makes them such. The 2017 issue features articles and interviews with girl advocates themselves, as well as EU High Representative Federica Mogherini, UN Deputy Secretary General Amina Mohammed and European Commissioner Neven Mimica, among others.

Infographic: Our year in review

In 2017, we worked with the EU to advance children's rights and equality for girls by engaging in evidence-based advocacy and impactful communications, and securing funds for girls, boys and young people in 91 countries around the world.
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Joyce, as a survivor and peer educator, speaks out against FGM and child marriage in her region.
Plan International EC-funded projects
Bolivia
ECHO: Strengthening communities resilience to shocks in departments of Cochabamba and Chuquisaca
Plan International Bolivia
Brazil
EuropeAid: Bridges to the Future: Employment Solutions for vulnerable youth
Plan International Brazil
Dominican Republic
ECHO: Mainstreaming resilience and ensuring a timely response to food and nutrition insecurity related to slow onset crisis via the improvement of absorptive, adaptive and transformative capacities
Plan International Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic
ECHO: Merging Disaster Risk Management strategies and tools with an inclusive approach in the Dominican Republic and Cuba
Plan International Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic
ECHO: Strengthening urban resilience through humanitarian protection, shelter and communication in Santo Domingo
Plan International Dominican Republic
Ecuador
ECHO: Support to Public Disaster Risk Management (DRM) Coordination Mechanisms in Ecuador
Plan International Ecuador
El Salvador
ECHO: A participatory and inclusive approach to resilient communities in La Libertad department
Plan International El Salvador
El Salvador
EuropeAid: Youth Economic Empowerment
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El Salvador
EuropeAid: Youth, civil society and the community working together for the full implementation of sexual and reproductive rights
Plan International El Salvador
Central America
ECHO: Institutionalisation of drought risk management tools and processes in Nicaragua, Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras
Plan International Guatemala
Central America
EuropeAid: Young people and civil society united for the defence of their rights
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Central America
ECHO: Protecting vulnerable groups in disaster preparedness and response through the incorporation of principles of humanitarian protection in Central America
Plan International Honduras
Haiti
EuropeAid: Fighting violence against children together
Plan International Haiti
Honduras
EuropeAid: Building citizenship for the rights of children and youth
Plan International Honduras
Nicaragua
ECHO: Urban Risk Reduction in the Caribbean Coast of Nicaragua
Plan International Nicaragua
South America
ECHO: More education, less risk: Strengthening disaster risk reduction and resilience through education in Paraguay, Ecuador and Colombia
Plan International Ecuador
Benin
EuropeAid: Action for the improvement of local governance and citizens' participation in local development
Plan International Benin
Burkina Faso
EuropeAid: Improved acess to water and sanitation services for women and children
Plan International Burkina Faso
Central African Republic
ECHO: Promoting education and peace among children
Plan International CAR
Cameroon
ECHO: Nigerian Refugees WaSH Assistance: meeting life saving needs and preventing disease in Minawao Camp
Plan International Cameroon
Ghana
EuropeAid: Young voices: Enhancing transformative change, good governance and accountability in maternal health delivery
Plan International Ghana
Guinea Bissau
EuropeAid: Community-Based Action Tackling female genital cutting
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Liberia
EuropeAid: Light up Our Futures
Plan International Liberia
Mali
EuropeAid: Improved living conditions of children and their families thanks to the access to modern and affordable energy services in 30 poor communities
Plan International Mali
Niger
EuropeAid: Eradicating early and forced marriage in Dosso Region
Read the case study
Sierra Leone
EuropeAid: Food Poverty Reduction Initiative
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Sierra Leone
EuropeAid: Child Survival and Development
Plan International Sierra Leone
Togo
EuropeAid: Promotion of young people's right to sexual and reproductive health
Plan International Togo
Togo
EuropeAid: Promotion of children's right to water and environmental health
Plan International Togo
Egypt
EuropeAid: Building an Inclusive Living Environment for Children and Young People with Disabilities
Plan International Egypt
Egypt
ECHO: Nima2 - Supporting pre-primary and primary education for Syrian refugees and Egyptian host communities in Alexandria and Sharkia
Plan International Egypt
Egypt
EuropeAid: Youth engagement and voice
Plan International Egypt
Ethiopia
EuropeAid: Combatting FGM by campaigning and supporting Community-Based Organisations
Plan International Ethiopia
Ethiopia
ECHO: Protection of boys and girls displaced by the South Sudanese conflict and those living in host communities
Plan International Ethiopia
Kenya
EuropeAid: Improving Access to Water and Sanitation in Matungulu and Masinga Districts
Plan International Kenya
Kenya
EuropeAid: Youth Action for Open Governance and Accountability at County Level through ICTs and Media
Plan International Kenya
Kenya
EuropeAid: Child Protection against Violence in Kenya
Plan International Kenya
Malawi
EuropeAid: Peri-Urban Sanitation and Hygiene Project in Mzuzu City
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Mozambique
EuropeAid: Poverty Reduction through Youth Empowerment, Technical Training and Employability
Read the case study
Rwanda
EuropeAid: Empowering Youth through an Inclusive Cooperative Movement in Rwanda
Plan International Rwanda
South Sudan
ECHO: Promoting Education and Peace for Children and Youth Affected by Conflict in Greater Pibor Administrative Area
Plan International South Sudan
South Sudan
EuropeAid: Empowering NSAs to provide youth with alternative livelihood opportunities for poverty reduction and peace building
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Sudan
EuropeAid: Strengthening Protective Environment for Children in Kassala State
Plan International Sudan
Sudan
EuropeAid: Empowering At-Risk Groups to Secure Climate Resilient Livelihoods
Plan International Sudan
Tanzania
EuropeAid: Preventing and Responding to Violence against Children in Tanzania: Linking community systems to a national model for Child Protection
Read the case study
Tanzania
EuropeAid: Preventing child marriage and FGM in high risk communities in Tanzania to support girls to realise their right: Tarime district, Mara region
Plan International Tanzania
Tanzania
EuropeAid: Preventing child marriage and FGM in high risk communities in Tanzania to support girls to realise their rights
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Tanzania
ECHO: Minimize and mitigate the negative impact of displacement and ensure the protection of vulnerable Burundian refugees
Plan International Tanzania
Tanzania
ECHO: Child protection and hygiene promotion strenghtening for Burundian refugees in Tanzania
Plan International Tanzania
Uganda
ECHO: Promoting Education, Protection and Peace for South Sudan refugee boys and girls in Adjumani District
Plan International Uganda
Uganda
EuropeAid: Combatting silent violence against younger children in post-conflict districts of Northern Uganda
Plan International Uganda
Uganda
EuropeAid: Empowering youth for sustainable livelihoods
Plan International Uganda
Uganda
ECHO: Promoting Education, Protection and Peace for South Sudan (PEPPS) refugee boys and girls in Adjumani District, Uganda
Plan International Uganda
Zambia
EuropeAid: Making law work for girls and boys
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Bangladesh
ECHO: Enhancing inclusive disaster resilience in Bangladesh
Plan International Bangladesh
Bangladesh
EuropeAid: Creating an enabling environment for young people to claim and access their Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights
Plan International Bangladesh
Cambodia
EuropeAid: Promoting Child-Friendly Communities through the Development of a National Child Protection System
Plan International Cambodia
Cambodia
EuropeAid: Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD) for ethnic minority children in Ratanakiri province
Plan International Cambodia
Cambodia
EuropeAid: Ensuring a brighter future for the most vulnerable children through the promotion of integrated early childhood care and development
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China
EuropeAid: Improved responsiveness of social protection for migrant and left-behind children in Qinghai and An´hui, China
Plan International China
India
EuropeAid: Promoting gender wage parity and non-discrimination in the work environment
Plan International India
India
EuropeAid: Combating the worst forms of discrimination against girls: female infanticide
Plan International India
Indonesia
EuropeAid: Young Women's Economic Empowerment
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Indonesia
EuropeAid: Strong CSOs for inclusive livestock value chain development in NTT (SCILD)
Plan International Indonesia
Laos
EuropeAid: Building Civil Society from the village up: participation, rights and gender equity for ethnic group adolescents
Plan International Laos
Laos
EuropeAid: Strengthening civil society to protect and promote social, economic and cultural rights of ethnic communities in Bokeo province
Plan International Laos
Myanmar
ECHO: Safer Coastal and Urban Communities through Inclusive Disaster Risk Reduction in Myanmar
Plan International Myanmar
Myanmar
ECHO: EU Children of Peace
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Nepal
ECHO: Shelter and Non-Food-Items relief to earthquake affected populations of the West and Central Development regions of Nepal
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Nepal
ECHO: Promoting and strengthening school safety in Nepal through operationalizing the Comprehensive School Safety Framework (CSSF)
Plan International Nepal
Pakistan
EuropeAid: Provision of access to market-driven training and employment opportunities
Plan International Pakistan
Philippines
EuropeAid: Collective Action to Promote Non-violent and Protective Society for Children
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Philippines
ECHO: Scaling Up Resilience in Governance (SURGE)
Plan International Philippines
Philippines
ECHO: Emergency Response to populations affected by Typhoon Haiyan
Plan International Philippines
Philippines
ECHO: Restoring Integrity and Resilience of the Internally Displaced Populations in the Philippines
Plan International Philippines
Philippines
EuropeAid: Strengthening social protection, resilience and inclusive development for marginalized people through citizens and civil society engagement
Plan International Philippines
South Asia
ECHO: ASEAN Safe Schools Initiative (ASSI)
Plan International South Asia
Sri Lanka
EuropeAid: Empowering women through e-governance
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Timor Leste
EuropeAid: Empowerment and inclusion of marginalised youth in the economic and political development of Timor-Leste
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Timor Leste
EuropeAid: Creating a Healthy Environment for Children in Rural Communities
Plan International Timor Leste
Vietnam
ECHO: Early recovery assistance to Typhoon and flood affected children and their families in Central Vietnam
Plan International Vietnam
Vietnam
ECHO: Joint Partnership to support the advancement of the National Community-based Disaster Risk Management programme and the action plan on Disaster Risk Reduction/Climate Change
Plan International Vietnam
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