Subject: EuropeAid DEAR Call 2016 (Reference EuropeAid/151103/C/ACT/MULTI) published 18th March 2016

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1 6 th April 2016 Subject: Aid DEAR Call 2016 (Reference Aid/151103/C/ACT/MULTI) published 18th March 2016 Dear Commissioner Mimica, dear Director General Mr. Rudischhauser, dear Ms. Bento Pais, dear Mr. Lenormand While the new Aid Development Education and Awareness Raising (DEAR) Call 2016 ( lang=en ) is highly appreciated as a timely call for proposals reflecting very well the development and DEAR priorities of the an union as well as new international frameworks like the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the outcomes of the UN Climate Change Conference (COP21), it - however - holds a very problematic administrative provision on page 18 of the guidelines, stating: Number of applications and grants per applicants: A legal entity may only apply once either as a lead applicant, co-applicant or affiliated entity under this call for propsals (all lots). All applications that do not respect the above condition will be rejected. This provision is problematic and is threatening the community of experienced DEAR NGOs that network and share best practices on an level. because: This provision is not coherent with the documents that represent the legal basis of the present call. It is neither based in the Development Cooperation Instrument (DCI , ), being the legal basis of the call, nor in the Multiannual Indicative Programme for the thematic programme Civil Society Organisations and Local Authorities for the period ( nor in the Commission implementing decision of 30 June 2015 on the Multi-Annual Action Programme for years 2015 part II, 2016 and 2017 Civil Society Organisations and Local Authorities to be financed from the general budget of the an Union ( ). As the above documents being the basis for the present Call for proposals numerous partnerships of NGOs (CSOs) as well as Local Authorities have already started to work on proposals not knowing about the new provision. Despite the fact that this change of policy (a radical change from all earlier call for proposals) has huge implications but there was no earlier notice that was given to CSOs. As each organisation can only participate in one application, this new provision will diminish the number of applications to the call, and, while this may put less pressure on the DEAR proposals evaluators, it will also diminish the diversity and innovation of the applications presented, as old well-established DEAR NGO organisations will use their single chance for an application in their established core field. Opportunities for new, innovative partnerships will be highly diminished and this will have a specific impact on smaller NGOs (especially from new member states) that will have less chances to participate in partnerships with experienced DEAR NGOs and increase their capacity and work in different fields of work as they are only allowed to participate in one application. Similarly, new actors like trade unions, smaller new member state NGOs, local authorities etc. will have less possibilities to partner with experienced DEAR NGOs and increase their capacity as they can only be in one application. This provision will not favour diversity in applicants and applications: while bigger NGOs have a number of other possibilities for funding their projects and programs, smaller but experienced DEAR-NGOs having to rely only on one application would be really limited in their work, if not threatened in their existence. We therefore call on the EC to publish a Corrigendum to the guidelines for the call erasing this provision stated above. On behalf of 19 NGO platforms/networks and 53 NGOs as listed below.

2 Signatory organisations, networks, platforms NGO-platforms/networks: Name Country Logo Global Responsibility Austrian Platform for Austria Development and Humanitarian Aid Coordination Office of the Austrian Bishop's Conference for international Development and missionary work Austria FoRS - České fórum pro rozvojovou spolupráci Arengukoostöö Ümarlaud / Estonian Roundtable for Development Cooperation Estonia Global Call to Action against Poverty World Fair Trade Organization Coordination SUD France EDUCASOL (Plate-frome francaise d éducation à la citoyenneté et à la solidarité internationale) France VENRO - Association of German Development and Humanitarian Aid NGOs

3 Weltladen-Dachverband e.v. Hellenic Platform for Development Greece HAND - Hungarian Association of NGOs for Development and Humanitarian Aid Hungary World Fair Trade Organisation International SKOP Malta Plataforma Portuguesa das ONGD Portugal Foundations, Organisations & Institutions, Middle East and Africa, Habitat for Humanity International Slovakia Slovak Non-governmental Development Organisation Platform Slovakia Sloga - Slovenian NGDO platform for development cooperation and humanitarian aid Slovenia IDEAS (International Development Education Association of Scotland) UK

4 NGOs: Name Country Logo Aussätzigen-Hilfswerk Österreich Austrian Austria Leprosy Relief Association Global Friends of the Earth Austria Austria Südwind Verein für Entwicklungspolitik Austria Balkan Institute for Labour and Social Policy Bulgaria Centre for Peace studies Croatia Future Worlds Center (leg. reg. Cyprus Neuroscience and Technology Institute) Cyprus ARPOK, o.p.s

5 Caritas Humanitarian Aid and Development Cooperation Department Ekumenická akademie / Ecumenical Academy NaZemi People in Need Středisko ekologické výchovy a etiky Rýchory - SEVER Association Humana Estonia Mondo Estonia Estonia Electronics Watch

6 an Environmental Bureau (EEB) Fair Trade Advocacy Office Plate-Forme pour le Commerce Equitable France RESACOOP (Réseau Rhône-Alpes d appui à la coopération internationale) Christliche Initiative Romero France INKOTA-Netzwerk e.v. WEED - Weltwirtschaft, Ökologie & Entwicklung e.v. Fair Trade Hellas Greece Artemisszió Foundation Hungary

7 Tudatos Vásárlók Egyesülete / Association of Conscious Consumers Hungary Amref Health Africa COASIC (Coordinamento delle ONG e delle Associazioni di Solidarietà Internazionale della Campania) Comunità Volontari per il Mondo COONGER COP Consorzio Ong Piemontesi COSPE ONG-Onlus Equo Garantito LINK 2007 LTM NGO - Gruppo Laici Terzo Mondo

8 MARCHE SOLIDALI - Coordinamento delle Organizzazioni di cooperazione e solidarietà internazionale delle Marche ProgettoMondo Mlal Green Liberty Latvia Environmental Centre for Administration and Technology/ECAT-Lithuania Lithuania Koperattiva Kummerċ Ġust Fundacja Koalicja Sprawiedliwego Handlu Fairtrade Polska Malta Poland Fundacja Kupuj Odpowiedzialnie / Buy Responsible Foundation Poland Polish Fairtrade Association Poland Centre of Environmental and Ethical Education Zivica Slovakia People in Peril Association Slovakia

9 Društvo za človekove pravice in človeku prijazne dejavnosti HUMANITAS / Society for Human Rights and Supportive Action HUMANITAS Slovenia Focus, Association for Sustainable Development Slovenia Peace Institute Slovenia Slovenia CERAI (Centro de estudios rurales y de agricultura internacional) Federación SETEM Spain Spain IM Swedish Development Partner Sweden Banana Link Ltd People and Planet UK UK Think Global UK