DCI Group is a strategic public affairs and global issues management firm. We use a campaign-style approach to help corporations, trade associations, and nonprofit organizations address their most critical communications and public policy challenges.
Expertise and results are what we deliver to our clients. We constantly seek fresh angles and unique opportunities which position our clients for success.
DCI Group has managed global campaigns in the most challenging policy and communications environments. Our work has taken us to all 50 states and throughout Europe, South America, Asia, Australia and Africa. We can help you benefit from that experience, whether your issue is an isolated local challenge or an international communications initiative.
Since the firm's beginning in 1996, DCI Group has helped clients develop and execute winning campaigns around some of the highest-profile public policy issues.
http://www.dcigroup.com/home.html

DCI runs five thematic programmes: investing in people; environment and sustainable management of natural resources including energy; non-state actors and local authorities in development; food security; as well as migration and asylum.
The five DCI thematic programmes support actions in all developing countries (including those covered by ENPI and the EDF), global actions and external projections of as well as global actions and the fleshing out of Commission internal policies.
http://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/what/delivering-aid/funding-instruments/index_en.htm
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/site/en/oj/2006/l_378/l_37820061227en00410071.pdf
Thematical programs:
http://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/what/delivering-aid/funding-instruments/index_en.htm
http://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/where/worldwide/civil-society/details_en.htm

Democracy and human rights-EIDHR
EIDHR contributes to the development of democracy, the rule of law, respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms. It has been designed to complement the various other tools for implementation of EU policies in this area, which range from political dialogue and diplomatic demarches to various instruments of financial and technical co-operation, including both geographic and thematic programmes. It also complements the more crisis-related interventions of the new Stability instrument.
http://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/where/worldwide/eidhr/index_en.htm

Instrument for stability-IFS
The IFS aims to contribute to stability in countries in crisis by providing an effective response to help preserve, establish or re-establish the conditions essential to the proper implementation of the EU’s development and co-operation policies (the ‘Crisis response and preparedness’ component).
In the context of stable conditions for the implementation of EU co-operation policies in third countries, the IfS helps to build capacity both to address specific global and trans-regional threats having a destabilising effect and to ensure preparedness to address pre- and post-crisis situations (the ‘global and regional trans-border challenges’ component).
The ‘crisis response and preparedness’ component is managed by Directorate General External Relations. The ‘global and regional trans-border challenges’ component is managed by EuropeAid.
http://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/what/delivering-aid/funding-instruments/index_en.htm
Environment and natural resources
http://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/where/worldwide/environment/working-documents_en.htm

Food delivery
http://ec.europa.eu/development/ICenter/Publication/descript/pub9_3_en.cfm
 
Health-Investing in people
http://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/where/worldwide/health/documents/comm_2007_1957_1_en.pdf

Migration and refugees
http://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/where/worldwide/migration-asylum/working-documents_en.htm
Nuclear Safety co-operation instrument  
http://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/where/worldwide/nuclear-safety/index_en.htm

Practical guide for grant procedures
Here you will find working tools and any information necessary to undertake a procurement or a grant procedure of an EC external aid contract financed from the EC general budget (Budget) or the European Development Fund (EDF), from the very first steps to the award of contracts.  For more information, look on the left side under 'Work with us', where you will find all information needed such as how to get a grant, contract, opportunities, etc
http://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/work/procedures/index_en.htm
 
CONCORD vision of European commision and civil society in development field http://www.concordeurope.org/Files/media/internetdocumentsENG/4_Publications/3_CONCORDs_positions_and_studies/Positions%2020032006/060201-CSO-vision.pdf

European strategy for education and development which was set up by international government and non government organization under CONCORD leadership.  For more information, please see file attached under the name: Euro DEAR Consensus third draft.

Documents on development education
See attached : Position Paper on Development Education.

Civil society organization v South Europe
Balkan Civil Society Development Network (BCSDN)
You can read regular e-news on: http://www.balkancsd.net/default.asp?ItemID=6866F27AA762F44782784B90B144D46B    

Documents on cooperation between European Union and Africa with theme climate change in Africa
The document talks about what consequences will climate adaptations have on development in EU and there are many suggestions on how should Africa effectively adapt to climate change.  More information can be found in file attached with the name: 'Adaptation to climate change in Africa and the European Union development cooperation'      

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