On 13-14 October, EuroNGOs [1] held their annual Conference and AGM in Warsaw under the theme ‘Future Perspectives on Development Cooperation – Putting SRHR on the Right Track’.
With the 2014 Program of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD PoA) and the 2015 Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) deadlines ahead, this year’s conference enabled participants from over 34 countries to discuss the future of not only the ICPD PoA and the MDGs, but of the development cooperation agenda per se beyond 2015.
Discussions from highly experienced activists and thinkers revolved around several themes such as Counteracting (political and religious) opposition to SRHR; Strengthening the role and development of civil society in development cooperation, the role of youth in the roadmap towards 2014/15; and how to deal with the neo-liberal, economic approach to development cooperation.
The Conference was opened by high profile speakers, experts on development cooperation and SRHR, including: Prof. Dr. Thomas Pogge (Professor of Philosophy and International Affairs, Yale University, USA), Prof. Dr. Gita Sen (Adjunct Professor of Global Health and Population, Harvard School of Public Health, USA), Dr. Gorik Ooms (Department of Public Health, Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp, Belgium), Ms. Alanna Armitage (Director of Geneva Office, UNFPA) and Ms. Vicky Claeys (Regional Director, IPPF EN).
Their speeches together with information on the Conference and Strategy workshop held prior to the Conference on "How to Advocate for SRHR when Aid is Decentralized ?" are available for download via: http://www.eurongos.org/Default.aspx?ID=26055 and http://www.eurongos.org/Default.aspx?ID=27589
For more information, contact Patrizia Pompili, Coordinator ad Interim, EuroNGOs Secretariat at patrizia.pompili@eurongos.org
[1] EuroNGOs is a European network of non-governmental organisations that cooperate in the field of sexual and reproductive health and rights, population and development. IPPF EN has observer status with EuroNGOs.