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sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt" size="2"><u><b>AID/WATCH
E-Bulletin
Wednesday 20 July 2011</b></u></font></font></p>
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<font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt"
size="2"><b>1. </b></font></font><font face="Arial,
sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt" size="2"><u><b>Event:
</b></u></font></font><font color="#000000"><font
face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt"
size="2"><u><b>Forum
to discuss the aid review, 27 July </b></u></font></font></font>
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<font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt"
size="2"><b>2. </b></font></font><font face="Arial,
sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt" size="2"><u><b>Media
Release: Aid review delivers report – can it deliver the
goods?</b></u></font></font></p>
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margin-top: 0.49cm; margin-bottom: 0.49cm">
<font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt"
size="2"><b>3. </b></font></font><font face="Arial,
sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt" size="2"><u><b>Update:
Make Aid Transparent Campaign </b></u></font></font>
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<font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt"
size="2"><b>4. </b></font></font><font face="Arial,
sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt" size="2"><u><b>Give
Development a Human Face, say Pacific Civil Society
Leaders</b></u></font></font></p>
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margin-top: 0.49cm; margin-bottom: 0.49cm">
<font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt"
size="2"><b>5.</b></font></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font
size="2"> </font></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font
style="font-size: 11pt" size="2"><span lang="en-AU"><u><b>Donate
to
AID/WATCH</b></u></span></font></font></p>
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face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt" size="2">+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++</font></font></p>
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<font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt"
size="2"><b>1.</b></font></font><font size="1"><b> </b></font><font
face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt" size="2"><u><b>Ev</b></u></font></font><font
face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt" size="2"><u><b>ent:
</b></u></font></font><font color="#000000"><font
face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt"
size="2"><u><b>Forum
to discuss the aid review, 27 July </b></u></font></font></font>
</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-top: 0.49cm; margin-bottom: 0.49cm"><font
color="#000000"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font
style="font-size: 11pt" size="2">On
6 July, the Australian Government released its response to
the
Independent Review of Aid Effectiveness. Come along and hear
civil
society representatives discuss the aid review. </font></font></font><font
color="#000000"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font
style="font-size: 11pt" size="2">Learn
what the aid review is all about, its strengths and
weaknesses and
its implications for the future direction of Australia’s aid
program. </font></font></font>
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm" lang="en-US"><font color="#000000"><font
face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt"
size="2">Speakers
include Archie Law, CEO of ActionAid Australia; Gary Lee,
AID/WATCH;
and Jubilee Australia (TBC).</font></font></font></p>
<b><font color="#000000"><font size="2"><font face="Arial,
sans-serif"><br>
</font></font></font>When: </b>Wednesday 27 July, 6:00pm<b><font
color="#000000"><font size="2"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><br>
</font></font></font>Where:
</b><b> </b> Amnesty International Australia<font color="#000000"><font
face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt" size="2"><br>
NSW
Action Centre<br>
</font></font></font><font color="#000000"><font
face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt" size="2">79
Myrtle
Street</font></font></font><font color="#000000"><font
face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt" size="2"><br>
Chippendale,
NSW 2008</font></font></font>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm"><font color="#000000"><font
face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt"
size="2">For
more information contact Gary at AID/WATCH on (02) 9557 8994
or email
<u><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:gary@aidwatch.org.au">gary@aidwatch.org.au</a></u></font></font></font></p>
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face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt" size="2">+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++</font></font></p>
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<font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt"
size="2"><b>2.</b></font></font><font size="1"><b>
</b></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font
style="font-size: 11pt" size="2"><u><b>Media
Release: Aid review delivers report – can it deliver the
goods?</b></u></font></font></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm"><font color="#000000"><font
face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt"
size="2">AID/WATCH
welcomed the government’s response to the Independent Review
of Aid
Effectiveness, but noted that it falls short in a number of
areas.
AID/WATCH expressed concern that 'national interest'
continues to be
used as a criterion for determining allocation of aid, and
expressed
disappointment that the Government has not committed to
establishing
AusAID as a separate department with a cabinet-level
minister for
aid and development. </font></font></font>
</p>
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</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm"><font color="#000000"><font
face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt"
size="2"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><a
href="http://aidwatch.org.au/news/media-release-aid-review-delivers-report-%3F-can-it-deliver-the-goods">Click
here</a> to read the media release </font></font></font></font>
</p>
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face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt" size="2">+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++</font></font></p>
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<font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt"
size="2"><b>3.</b></font></font><font size="1"><b>
</b></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font
style="font-size: 11pt" size="2"><u><b>Update:
Make Aid Transparent Campaign </b></u></font></font>
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm" lang="en-US"><font color="#000000"><font
face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt"
size="2">On
7 July, the first handover of the Make Aid Transparent
petition
signed by 5012 people from 115 countries took place at a
crucial
meeting of aid officials at the headquarters of the
Organisation of
Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in Paris.</font></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm" lang="en-US"><font color="#000000"><font
face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt"
size="2">Launched
in June, the campaign is currently endorsed by 76 civil
society
organisations including AID/WATCH. It will culminate at the
Fourth
High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness in Busan, Korea, at
the end of
the year where donors will be judged on their progress
towards
keeping increasing the transparency of their aid programs.</font></font></font></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm" lang="en-US"><font
color="#000000"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font
style="font-size: 11pt" size="2"><a
href="http://www.makeaidtransparent.org/">Click
here</a> to sign the petition to make aid transparent </font></font></font>
</p>
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lang="en-US">
<font color="#000000"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font
style="font-size: 11pt" size="2"><font face="Arial,
sans-serif"><a
href="http://www.makeaidtransparent.org/news/">Click
here</a> to view media release and photos of the
petition handover in
Paris</font></font></font></font></p>
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<font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt"
size="2"><b>4.</b></font></font><font size="1"><b>
</b></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font
style="font-size: 11pt" size="2"><u><b>Give
Development a Human Face, say Pacific Civil Society
Leaders</b></u></font></font></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm"><font color="#000000"><font
face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt"
size="2"><font face="Arial, sans-serif">A
Pacific regional meeting on aid and development
effectiveness in July
called for people to be put at the centre of development.
Pacific
civil society leaders emphasised the need for aid and
development to
be people-centred, respect human rights, and achieve
social justice. </font></font></font></font>
</p>
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face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt"
size="2"><a
href="http://www.betteraid.org/en/press-area/479-pacific-statement.html">Click
here</a> to read the media release</font></font></font></p>
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<font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt"
size="2"><b>5.</b></font></font><font size="1"><b>
</b></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font
style="font-size: 11pt" size="2"><u><b>Donate
to AID/WATCH</b></u></font></font></p>
<p class="western" lang="en-AU"><font face="Arial"><font
style="font-size: 11pt" size="2">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.</font></font></p>
<p class="western"><font face="Arial"><font style="font-size: 11pt"
size="2"><span lang="en-AU">Click
this link to give to AID/WATCH today:
<a href="http://www.aidwatch.org.au/donate" target="_blank">http://www.aidwatch.org.au/donate</a></span></font></font></p>
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face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt" size="2"><b>Administrivia: </b></font></font></p>
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