Development Aid Under Fire (Special reports)

Special reports published by EurActiv in September 2014.

+ EU must develop ‘best supporting actor’ role in war zones
The new European Commission needs to shift its focus from humanitarian aid in conflict zones to conflict prevention and intervene more as a ‘best supporting actor to the UN’, said a paper by the European Think Tanks Group published on 1 September 2014.

+ Piebalgs: Aid to conflict zones ‘becoming the rule, rather than the exception’
Andris Piebalgs, the EU development commissioner, told EurActiv in an interview that Europe’s engagement with fragile and conflict-prone states was increasingly becoming the mainstay of its developmental work.

+ EU source: Gaza reconstruction aid is ‘made in Israel’
A row is brewing over claims that Israel is earning millions of euros from a de facto policy of preventing non-Israeli reconstruction aid from entering the Gaza Strip.

+ EU considers throwing ‘cordon sanitaire’ around ISIS
The EU is weighing a proposal to impose a ‘cordon sanitaire’ around a swathe of territory the size of the UK, that is controlled by the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group.

+ EU aid to Palestine ‘cannot continue indefinitely’ without results
European frustration with the glacial pace of moves to Palestinian statehood could lead to the bloc’s aid contributions to the region becoming unsustainable in as little as 3-4 years, officials say.

• Primary Source

EurActiv, 01.09.14: EU must develop ‘best supporting actor’ role in war zones http://www.euractiv.com/sections/development-aid-under-fire/eu-must-develop-best-supporting-actor-role-war-zones-307997

EurActiv, 02.09.14: Piebalgs: Aid to conflict zones ‘becoming the rule, rather than the exception’ http://www.euractiv.com/sections/development-aid-under-fire/piebalgs-aid-conflict-zones-becoming-rule-not-exception-308087

ESO: Background information: External relations: Development policy http://www.europeansources.info/record/external-relations-development-policy/

EurActiv, 03.09.14: EU source: Gaza reconstruction aid is ‘made in Israel’ http://www.euractiv.com/sections/development-aid-under-fire/eu-source-gaza-reconstruction-aid-made-israel-308169

EurActiv, 04.09.14: EU considers throwing ‘cordon sanitaire’ around ISIS http://www.euractiv.com/sections/development-aid-under-fire/eu-considers-throwing-cordon-sanitaire-around-isis-308202

EurActiv, 05.09.14: EU aid to Palestine ‘cannot continue indefinitely’ without results http://www.euractiv.com/sections/development-aid-under-fire/eu-aid-palestine-cannot-continue-indefinitely-without-results

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