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Mid-term review "in country" phase extended to 15 November - 21.10.09 - The European Commission has put back the deadline for its Heads of Mission in ACP countries to submit draft mid-term review reports until 15 November.  This is to ensure that there civil society and other non state actors are engaged in the preparation of the draft report.  The Commission's Director General for Development has informed Heads of Mission that there must be an effective involvement of civil society for the draft reports to be accepted in Brussels. See note to delegations


08-06-09- Gabon's leader Bongo died - The president of Gabon, Omar Bongo, has died after 41 years in power in the west central African country.  Read BBC article


New website for journalists provides single entry point to EU development cooperation. -

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EU-ACP Council of Ministers - EU-ACP Council of Ministers to be held on 29 May in Brussels. Find the provisionnal agenda here


Guidelines for MTR - 05.08.09. EC announces the guidelines for the Mid-term review will be ready by June 12th. (see here)
Civil society statements
  • Can Aid Be Effective without Civil Society? The Paris Declaration, Accra Agenda for Action and Beyond (ICSW) (en)
  • Speeding up progress toward poverty eradication: Accra Agenda for Action: Aid Effectiveness Reviewed (en)
  • Speeding up progress towards poverty eradication: Financing for Development and Aid Effectiveness (en)
  • We decide, You "own"! An assessment of the Programming of European Community aid to ACP countries under the 10th European Development Fund (EDF) (en - fr)
  • Letter to Commission on lack of involvement of civil society actors in programming, 30 october 2006 (en)
  • Declaration on Governance's debate , Concord Cotonou working group, June 2006 (en - fr )
  • Declaration of french CSOs concerning the regional workshop on reflexion and exchanges about EPAs and the 9th and 10th EDF, Niamey Niger, 5 - 8 June 2006 (fr)
  • CSO Letter to ACP ambassadors, 19 May 2006 (en - fr)
  • CSO Letter to ACP/EU Joint Council, 18 May 2006 (en - fr)
  • Eurostep Benchmarks on the ACP Programming Process, 29 March 2006 (en - fr)
  • CSO Briefing on EDF 10 Programming Process, March 2006 (en - fr)
  • Civil society reaction to allocation criteria, Concord Cotonou working group, 20 March 2006 (en)
  • Eurostep statement to the 27th Session of the ACP - EC Joint Council of ministers in Punta Cana, 28 June 2002 (en)

  • Democratic scrutiny of EU aid: Benchmarks for scrutiny of joint EU programme to Africa, Caribbean and Pacific regions, August 2007 (en - fr). List of endorsements


  • Cotonou Working Group Briefing Paper on the 'Challenges of the 10th EDF programming process' (en)

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    The mid-term review

    Letter from DG Development to Delegations on extending deadline for consultations on the MTR to 15 November (English)
    Response letter from Commission to EU NGOs on civil society engagement in the mid-term review (English)
    Letter from EU NGOs to the Commission on civil society engagement in the mid-term review (English)
    Please click here to engage in the mid-term review.
    Please click here for our blog on the mid-term review.
    The European Commission has now adopted the guidelines for the MTRs (English) (French)
    EC Delegations in ACP countries should now be preparing consultations with civil society and other non state actors. The in-country stage runs from July to mid October. See timetable As of 16 October 2009 the deadline for the "in-country" phase has been extended to 15 November
    A toolkit has been prepared to provide orientation for civil society actors to engage in the MTR (English) (French)
    The EC has proposed a road map for engaging civil society in the MTRs (English) (French)
    WWF orientation paper for the MTR (English)
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