This document discusses contributing to the European Consensus on Development through public awareness raising, development education, and campaigning. It outlines that the consensus aims to create a public that is better informed about global issues, able to support development, and involved in challenging practices that perpetuate poverty. It suggests that current education and awareness efforts need more impact and integration in formal education systems. The document proposes strategies like engaging policymakers, creating dialogue between organizations, and highlighting development issues' relevance to encourage joint work between educators, governments, NGOs, and institutions to develop activities that lead to sustained public engagement in local-global relations.

1. Contributing to the
European Consensus on Development
Public awareness raising, development education and campaigning - seminar
for NGDO platforms of new member states, 19th February 2008, Brno
Rilli Lappalainen, Chair of Development Education Forum

2. The European Consensus on
Development ...
... responds to 21st century challenges of:
the need for poverty eradication
the need for sustainable development

3. The European Consensus requires
...
A better informed European public:
able to relate global issues to local change and personal
behaviour
A better skilled public:
able to support others’ and enact their own right to
development
A better involved public:
able to challenge practices that perpetuate poverty and
hamper sustainable development

4. A contribution ...
... to meeting these requirements has been
developed by
NGO staff
Civil servants
Euro parliamentarians and
others with an interest in international development

5. Political commitments...
EU council of development ministers resolution on
DE 2001
Council of Europe Maastricht Declaration 2002
Brussels conference 2005
DE/AR a priority in European Consensus on
Development 2005
Helsinki conference 2006
DE/AR a priority in 18-month EU presidency
programme 2007

6. Development education and
awareness raising ...
... contribute to the European Consensus on
Development by ...
enabling people to be aware of and understand
global development concerns
enabling people to enact their rights and
responsibilities as inhabitants of a changing and
interdependent world in their own localities

7. Raising awareness of
development
Informs about development, for instance through:
publications, exhibitions, art, drama, TV, the internet
Engages people in support for development, for
example through:
local events
national and global events:
Global Call to Action against Poverty

8. Development education
promotes...
an educational response to ‘development’
investigations of global development issues and their
European, national, local and personal relevance
a knowledgeable, critical, but positive public
involvement in a changing world

9. However ...
... current Development Education & Awareness
Raising efforts need
more impact
better integration in existing formal and informal
education systems
collaborative strategies between EU, state and non-
state actors

10. Suggested strategies would
seek to...
Engage policy decision makers
Create dialogue between European, state, media
and civil society actors
Build mutual support in learning to improve existing
practice and in developing new ventures ...

11. and ...
Encourage cross European programmes and
activities
Highlight the relevance of global development to
European, national, local and public concerns

12. This requires joint work ...
including between:
Educators, youth workers
Government Education and Youth departments
NGOs and other civil society organisations
European Parliament
European Commission ...

13. ... to create ...
activities, projects and programmes:
from one-off involvement in public campaigning
to education and life-long learning that leads to
sustained public interest and engagement in local-
global relations

14. To make this work...
The proposed strategy framework suggests:
challenges for NGOs, governments, and European
institutions
and
an agenda for jointly tackling these challenges

15. With recommendations for ...
The European Commission
The European Parliament
EU member state governments and authorities
Non-governmental and civil society organisations
Media
and others with a stake in life in a globalised,
changing, and interdependent world
in other words:
FOR YOU

16. Lessons learned so far…
There is a momentum now !
The European Parliament has showed interest.
EU member states have signalled to the EC that it
must take seriously.
Presidencies good effect to put DE/AR higher up the
political agenda.
Leading role for NGOs
Multistakeholder forum has created.

17. Next steps…
Concretising the implementation of DE consensus
Legal binging document ?
Annexes to DE consensus
Good experiences, lessons learnt database
Slovenian DE conference, European Development
Days 2008
Coming presidencies

18. Thank you !
More information:
rilli.lappalainen@kehys.fi
t.troll@deeep.org