DSW’s EuroLeverage project bridges a gap between one of the world’s largest donors to reproductive health and the organisations providing reproductive health information, services and supplies.
On one end of the bridge is the European Union’s desire to improve the effectiveness of its development co-operation assistance. On the other end of the bridge are organisations around the world with expert local knowledge and experience regarding how to improve access to reproductive health information, services and supplies.
With the exception of very few large organisations, these NGOs/CSOs (especially in the developing world) find it very difficult to understand the changes in EU development assistance policies and access EU funds. EuroLeverage bridges this gap, empowering NGOs with guidebooks, training and technical assistance while strengthening the technical knowledge of key EU staff on reproductive health and conducting "watchdog" monitoring of EU fund disbursements.
AHEAD: Advancing HEalthy ADvocacy for Reproductive Health
DSW has implemented AHEAD for Reproductive Health since February 2009. This project aims to strengthen the capacity of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) to promote reproductive health in the new aid environment.
While coordinated by DSW Brussels, AHEAD for Reproductive Health builds on a partnership between four organisations with expert knowledge of the advocacy environments in their respective regions: Equilibres et Populations Burkina Faso, DSW Tanzania, AFPPD Thailand and DISVI Nepal.
DSW and its partners will conduct four regional workshops between October 2009 and February 2010 that will build the technical and managerial competencies of CSOs related to the design and implementation of innovative advocacy activities. More information on the project can be found here.
AHEAD is funded by the Reproductive Health and Research Department, World Health Organization (WHO).
