[Aidwatch] AID/WATCH Trivia Night

[AID/WATCH E-Bulletin]

AID/WATCH E-Bulletin Thursday 3 November
1.   Event: AID/WATCH Trivia Night 

2.   Publication: Tracking the Independent Review - Measuring up the Multilaterals 

3.   Take Action: Make Aid Transparent Campaign

4.    People and Planet: Social Justice & Environment Calendars and Diaries 2012 

5.    Event: PACER-Plus - The impact on Australia, the Pacific and future trade negotiations

6.    Donate to AID/WATCH

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1.     Event: AID/WATCH Trivia Night 

AID/WATCH's annual trivia night is on again. Come along and enjoy a great night's fun & prizes, while supporting AID/WATCH. We would love to see you there. 

 

Where:  Camperdown Bowling Club, 31a Mallet Street, Camperdown, NSW

When: Thursday 1 December, 6 to 10pm

Entry Cost:  $20 (concession); $35 (waged); $50 (passionate AID/WATCH supporter)

RSVP: Please complete and return the booking form today; for more information contact Mandy at 02 9557 8944 or email info at aidwatch.org.au 



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2.      Publication: Tracking the Independent Review - Measuring up the Multilaterals 

AusAID has moved quickly to implement the 'Australian Multilateral Assessment' (AMA), a process recommended by the Government's Independent Review. This process is designed to assess multilateral institutions by ranking them against a fixed set of criteria. As part of our 'Tracking the Aid Review' project, AID/WATCH will be releasing alternative profiles of multilateral agencies that consider criteria that AusAID is not looking at, including ecological impact and footprint, genuine pro-poor focus and commitment to working with the poor, not merely on their behalf.

 

Click here to find out more and how you can get involved 

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    3.    Take Action: Make Aid Transparent Campaign
AID/WATCH along with 98 organisations from all over the world is calling on governments to publish more information about the aid they give. The campaign, Make Aid Transparent, will culminate in just four weeks' time at a high level meeting on Aid Effectiveness in Korea where we will be demanding that governments redouble efforts to meet their aid transparency promises.

 

Increased aid transparency would give a huge boost to poverty reduction efforts around the world, and would enable citizens in rich and poor countries to hold their governments to account. 

 

Time is running out. Add your voice to our call for greater aid transparency ahead of the meeting in Korea so we can make sure that aid money is getting to the people and places that need it the most.

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4.      People and Planet: Social Justice & Environment Calendars and Diaries 2012

Support AID/WATCH by purchasing the 2012 People & Planet Diary and Wall Calendar, featuring extraordinary images of people and places around the world. Each beautiful image is accompanied by a short story about one of the planet's social or environmental challenges.

 

Calendars cost $24.95 plus $6 for postage and handling

Diaries cost $21.95 plus $6 for postage and handling

 

To order your copy contact Mandy at AID/WATCH on (02) 9557 8944 or email info at aidwatch.org.au

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5.     Event: PACER-Plus - The impact on Australia, the Pacific and future trade negotiations  

TIN - The International Network and Fair's Fair, in co-operation with Victoria Law School, the European Focus Group of the Law Council of Australia and Hunt & Hunt Lawyers, are presenting a seminar on the latest PACER-Plus negotiation rounds and their implications for the Pacific region. Mr Andrew Hudson, Partner, Hunt & Hunt Lawyers and Mr Wesley Morgan, Oxfam Australia, will give a detailed overview on the latest developments, the impact on Australia and the Pacific as well as on future trade negotiations

 

Click here for more information

 

When: 17 November 2011, 10am - 11am

Where: Room 1.02, Queen St Campus, Victoria Law School, Victoria University, 295 Queen St, Melbourne (enter through Little Lonsdale St)

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6.      Donate to AID/WATCH

AID/WATCH is a community-based organisation and does not accept government or corporate funding. We need your help to continue our work as the independent monitor of Australia's aid and trade and to improve the effects of development on the planet and its people. Only through being financially self-sufficient can we have the freedom to criticise or applaud with objectivity. Together with you we can achieve change without compromise.

Click this link to give to AID/WATCH today: http://www.aidwatch.org.au/donate

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