Public monitoring of Polish developmental cooperation – continuation
Public scrutiny
Completed
mazowieckie
Warszawa
Association 61, Warszawa, Poland
2015-04-30 - 2016-04-30
142 955,51 PLN
108 805,51 PLN
national policies, public institutions
Project description
The Polish system for developmental cooperation is insufficiently transparent and effective. The government administration has poor knowledge on the key notion of the policy coherence for development (PCD). The formal education system lacks information on global aspects. The Parliament fails to exercise its control function in the area of implementation of the developmental cooperation policy.
The aim of the project was to enhance the transparency and the effectiveness of the system for developmental cooperation in Poland.
As a result of the project, the evaluation of the impact of Polish legislation on developing countries was introduced in the principles for law-making in Poland. Recommendations concerning global education issues in school handbooks were discussed with the Ministries of Education and Foreign Affairs. The good practice of regular meetings with officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and of observation of application evaluation in grant competitions was maintained.
Advocacy initiative was launched on introducing provisions on policy coherence for development in the Polish law. Information material on the policy was prepared and promoted, and the issue was discussed by the Program Council for Developmental Cooperation accredited to MFA. The ongoing activities of public institutions were monitored in the field of developmental cooperation, and statements and questions were published. The observers of the Foreign Group were present during the meetings of competition committee awarding public grants for developmental cooperation. Regular meetings with MFA officials and MPs were organised where advocacy initiatives were presented on the volume and the quality of the Polish developmental assistance. In addition, four school handbooks in geography and social sciences were analysed as to elements of global education. The publication containing recommendations for MFA and ME was discussed during an expert seminar.
The project activities benefited non-governmental organisations gathered in the Foreign Group, the central administration and MPs.
The partner helped to contact MPs interested in developmental cooperation.
We use the grant for capacity building
The aim of the project was to enhance the transparency and the effectiveness of the system for developmental cooperation in Poland.
As a result of the project, the evaluation of the impact of Polish legislation on developing countries was introduced in the principles for law-making in Poland. Recommendations concerning global education issues in school handbooks were discussed with the Ministries of Education and Foreign Affairs. The good practice of regular meetings with officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and of observation of application evaluation in grant competitions was maintained.
Advocacy initiative was launched on introducing provisions on policy coherence for development in the Polish law. Information material on the policy was prepared and promoted, and the issue was discussed by the Program Council for Developmental Cooperation accredited to MFA. The ongoing activities of public institutions were monitored in the field of developmental cooperation, and statements and questions were published. The observers of the Foreign Group were present during the meetings of competition committee awarding public grants for developmental cooperation. Regular meetings with MFA officials and MPs were organised where advocacy initiatives were presented on the volume and the quality of the Polish developmental assistance. In addition, four school handbooks in geography and social sciences were analysed as to elements of global education. The publication containing recommendations for MFA and ME was discussed during an expert seminar.
The project activities benefited non-governmental organisations gathered in the Foreign Group, the central administration and MPs.
The partner helped to contact MPs interested in developmental cooperation.
