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UK aid legislation update
In an interview with a UK newspaper, Secretary of State Andrew Mitchell stated that legislation legally enshrining the increase in UK aid spending to 0.7% of GNI from 2013 has been delayed to allow other bills to take priority.
He went on to underline that legislation on aid, a commitment in the coalition agreement, will still be fulfilled.
Bond Chief Executive Lyndall Stein said, "We welcome the strong support by the UK government to reach 0.7% GNI aid spend by 2013. Legislating for this target will show the UK's continued international leadership on aid." Read more on the policy page.
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Value for money paper
Value for money: what it means for UK NGOs is a practical guide to the value for money concept which focuses on the practices of UK NGOs. It will help NGOs explore value for money in their own work and activities, identify ways to improve their practices and help them to make a strong and defensible case to funders.
Value for money - weighing up the costs and benefits of different activities and choosing those that achieve the best results - is high on the political agenda and is a priority for the UK government and DFID.
We have also produced a practical tool for integrating value for money into the programme cycle and collated a collection of useful value for money resources produced by NGOs, donors, and consultancies.
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New consultations
The European Commission is drafting a Communication on 'Social Protection in European Union Development Cooperation' to be adopted in 2012. They welcome contributions.
This is just one of five current consultations that can be fond on our policy pages; others include inquiries into Zambia, tax and Malawi.
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My Bond - coming soon
My Bond will be a social network for the international development sector. Once launched, in spring 2012, it will change the way that we communicate with our members and the way members interact with each other.
At the same time we'll be refreshing the rest of our website with a new look and feel, clearer navigation and some new functionality too.
Read more, get a sneak preview of our new design and sign up to be one of the first to access the beta on our new website page.
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EU "marginalising anti-poverty objectives"
A new report finds that the European Union is marginalising anti-poverty objectives within the European External Action Service and that the EEAS has done little to prioritise Policy Coherence for Development in its programmes.
CONCORD, the European NGO Confederation for Relief and Development, together with Bond, have launched the report one year after the establishment of the EEAS.
Read Bond and CONCORD's five recommendations for the future or download the report.
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Read the November-January issue of Bond's magazine, now out.
Effectiveness and transparency are concepts that have recently gained infinitely greater currency in our sector.
This issue focuses on these ideas in the lead up to the Fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness at the end of November.













