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February 15-17, 2010
2nd Partnership Fair, Vienna

150 civil society representatives from 25 different countries joined the Partnership Fair in Vienna between 15th and 17th of February 2010.
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Documentation of the Prague Conference,
May 14-16, 2008

Development cooperation in the new EU member states and accession countries

February 15-17, 2010
2nd Partnership Fair, Vienna

150 civil society representatives from 25 different countries joined the Partnership Fair in Vienna between 15th and 17th of February 2010.

The event included:

Presentations on EuropeAid funding mechanisms and civil society perspectives on these mechanisms,
a Market Place where participants had the possibility to directly present their own organisations,
Expert Presentations on partnerships and partners such as the local authorities, on how to write a project proposal and on how to finance these projects
and, most importantly, concrete work on project ideas and shaping up project proposals for future calls.

View the agenda and description of the event.

Have a look at the list of participating organisations.

Listen to the impressions of some participants

Justyna Janiszewska
Education for Democracy Foundation, Poland

Find further feedback of participants here.

Download the presentations held during the event:

Pre-view of the 2010 call for proposals: Development Education and Awareness Raising, other relevant calls for proposals for NGDOs

Funding for Development and Relief (FDR) Working Group - EC funding, by Elisabeth Schreiber (FDR) and Elise Vanormelingen (CONCORD secretariat)

Development Cooperation Instrument: Thematic programme "Non State Actors and Local Authorities in Development", by Karina Chircu (EuropeAid/Unit F1)
Study on the Experience and Actions of the Main European Actors Active in the Field of Development Education and Awareness Raising (DEAR), by Karina Chircu (EuropeAid/Unit F1)

Further information in the following EuropeAid presentations:
The European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights
Development Cooperation Instrument: Thematic programme “Investing in People”