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Security and development

Tweets about "budget support" EU

Surprise, surprise! Europeans are not the most globalized. And it matters for security https://t.co/I4mpu9ykw6 pic.twitter.com/8qZEbtHGh2

— On security/Lundin (@londil) May 1, 2016
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Human development map Mediterranean https://t.co/0B4oGxTBbH pic.twitter.com/x7cDHBHTdz

— On security/Lundin (@londil) November 6, 2016
Tweets about EU Agenda 2030

Should the EU deliver assistance (budgetary support) without being able to monitor implementation?

— On security/Lundin (@londil) July 11, 2016

Seeing the links between terrorism, organized crime, other good and bad flows the conflict cycle , perceptions, values, corruption and assistance essential for strategy and a comprehensive approach 

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Look in the handbook!

How will the #SDGs differ from the MDGs? https://t.co/0zneDhnUSZ @fp2p & @takumo explain #post2015 pic.twitter.com/PzgjbXekAc

— Oxfam International (@Oxfam) November 1, 2015
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States of Fragility 2015 | OECD READ edition https://t.co/PxPLHFwsKb

— On security/Lundin (@londil) December 29, 2015
Tweets about EU development assistance
Tweets om SDG development
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'Stockholmsdeklarationen – början på en ny generations fredsbyggande?' (Mänsklig Säkerhet): https://t.co/Gj5Ep3UXcH pic.twitter.com/D5sxmzuj2D

— SIPRI (@SIPRIorg) April 14, 2016

Good news: Aid highest in history 2014. Bad news: Less to poorest countries. Latest figures: https://t.co/OC4PL0An2X pic.twitter.com/AVTrL3t6hG

— Erik Solheim (@SolheimDAC) January 5, 2016

Should the EU deliver assistance (budgetary support) without being able to monitor implementation?

— On security/Lundin (@londil) December 7, 2015

Panama leaks a wake up call.
How can we improve aid for better tax systems?
Good report: https://t.co/HpJylD3MDA pic.twitter.com/mIaVpZrj7a

— Erik Solheim (@SolheimDAC) April 8, 2016

Lets hope this will come true! https://t.co/lwwMNJMkFh

— On security/Lundin (@londil) February 8, 2016

More Africans have phone service than piped water - https://t.co/a1hVuHknj3 https://t.co/FjJt1aDbDH pic.twitter.com/ZTrMBt71AG

— On security/Lundin (@londil) January 21, 2016

Council conclusions on the 2015 Annual report on the #EU’s #development and external assistance policies https://t.co/uP5TzVxuLt

— EPLO (@EPLO_) December 16, 2015

Serious dilemmas are increasingly facing the donors of international assistance:

How should international donors respond to requirements from host governments to accept control of foreign NGO:s

— On security/Lundin (@londil) November 8, 2015

The Closing Space Challenge: How Are Funders Responding? - Carnegie Endowment for International Peace https://t.co/jE2vSeq8Sx

— On security/Lundin (@londil) November 8, 2015

Should EU development aid allocate more funds to African and ME security capacity building to prevent conflict?

— On security/Lundin (@londil) November 11, 2015

Should the development aid budget pay for the reception costs of migrants?

— On security/Lundin (@londil) November 2, 2015

@sida @CharlottePetriG states that less aid will lead many more people to flee and will have serious humanitarian/development consequences

— UNDP Sweden (@UNDP_Sweden) November 1, 2015

Retweeted Oxfam International (@Oxfam): How will the #SDGs differ from the MDGs? https://t.co/ne7Wh1nglw @fp2p &... https://t.co/OATQ7gZbwl

— Olin Thakur (@OlinThakur) November 2, 2015

What is the role of country ownership in development assistance? Thomas Carothers takes a look: http://t.co/tzmRUuUTkx

— Carnegie Endowment (@CarnegieEndow) October 8, 2015

Draft outcome document #Agenda2030 now available in 6 languages here #peacepost2015 http://t.co/AgY7o5nhji

— Saferworld (@Saferworld) August 28, 2015

Is it obvious to you that global engagement in the security and development of others will ultimately help you?

— On security/Lundin (@londil) December 6, 2015

Video explaining Swedish aid 

ENGELSKA

Great news - new millennium goals agreed in New York!

— Lars-Erik Lundin (@Lundinblog) August 3, 2015

Agenda 2030 on its way

Follow UN Webcast on Agenda 2030 expected adopted at 9pm EST today. Connect & be part of it. Read the proposed text https://t.co/82RPqaoG3x

— Nikhil Chandavarkar (@NikhilChandavar) August 1, 2015

Mimica onadoption of “Addis Ababa Action Agenda” by the Third International Conference on Financing for Development http://t.co/DEbbe51e4M

— On security/Lundin (@londil) July 17, 2015

Third International Conference on Financing for Development http://t.co/3vvVJLhZZJ

— On security/Lundin (@londil) July 16, 2015

The EU Strategic Review - some key excerpts on development policy illustrating a considerable elaboration of the link between security and development in comparison with the 2003 Security Strategy which focussed on security as a precondition for development:

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Understanding the drafting process towards a follow up document to the Millennium Development Goals: 

Read @Beyond2015 reaction to the #post2015 #ZeroDraft Full: http://t.co/ugTS1VI5eI Summary: http://t.co/U87Jvu5jFh pic.twitter.com/1rKAGfS5Ht

— Saferworld (@Saferworld) July 6, 2015
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Fragile States index 2014:

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Papers from the 8th International Conference on Migration and Development http://t.co/kHPlgOKivp

— On security/Lundin (@londil) June 6, 2015

Auer: The #EU needs a comprehensive approach & also to work together #EDD15 .@DIE_GDI .@ODIdev .@ECDPM http://t.co/aovfUwuWX9 #ETTG

— FRIDE (@FRIDE) June 5, 2015

@londil Hi there - fascinating page; is it manually curated or automatic?

— Corinne Podger (@corinne_podger) May 13, 2015
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Development assistance in context - see the links:


World Bank evaluation MDG 1:

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twitter feed about main features of eu development assistance 

Tweets about MDG development

The development NGO dilemma: accepting funds that could lead to extortion:


@IsabellaLovin Without inclusion no lasting peace. Next generation peacebuilding must focus on institutional strengthening. #NewDeal4Peace

— Afrikaenheten UD (@AfricaSweMFA) April 18, 2015

Enormous global progress on literacy! Almost everyone in youngest generation will read & write! But must learn more! pic.twitter.com/aJcDlRVyPb

— Erik Solheim (@SolheimDAC) April 20, 2015
See also the evaluation page - click here

join the debate:

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From the Twitter feed: EU calls for renewed efforts to reach ODA goals.


EU development assistance 

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Poverty should never be discussed without emotional intelligence 


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Click here to follow the the eu strategic review process - towards a new eu foreign and security strategy 

Om säkerhet och samarbete i Europa, kärnvapenfrågor mm. On European security and cooperation, nuclear issues and more 
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