IX. Development education and awareness-raising

Subsidies for NGO's awareness-raising activities

In 2013, the General Terms and Conditions for development education and awareness-raising were revised with the Cercle of NGOs. The main innovations include the revision of the definitions of development awareness-raising and development education, self-promotion and advocacy/propaganda, as well as a selection grid. These new general terms conditions are the result of close collaboration between the Ministry and the NGOs.

In 2013, the Department cofinanced 11 annual awareness-raising projects and 9 multi-annual framework agreements for development education; the total public contribution was 1 860 624.80 euros. These subsidies have made it possible to support various activities covering a wide variety of issues, including the Millennium Development Goals, combating poverty, agriculture, food sovereignty, education, fair trade, the promotion of women’s and children’s rights and the link between health and development.