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First ‘Alliance2015 Office’ opened in Managua, Nicaragua
This month the first Alliance2015 Office in Nicaragua was inaugurated. Alliance members Welthungerhilfe, Acted, Ibis and Hivos expect reduced costs, a better coordination among themselves and an improved standing vis à vis the donors. With joint offices the Alliance wants to increases its aid effectiveness.
Bilateral joint offices between Alliance members are nothing new and have come and gone whenever they made sense, helping members to cooperate and save costs. There are joint offices in Africa (e.g. Sierra Leone and Liberia), Asia (e.g. Afghanistan, Cambodia) and Latin America (e.g. Haiti, Bolivia).
In time for our 10-year Alliance2015 anniversary, however, the new office in Managua is the first one to host all Alliance members who work in the country under one roof. The office has been functional since May, with regular meetings ongoing.
For their joint agenda, the four organizations decided to focus on field-level emergency response planning, sharing and mapping, planning joint projects and to focus on a joint lobby & policy dialogue. The joint office is a step that Alliance is taking to increase its aid effectiveness.
From the beginning, Latin America has always been the most active continent regarding Alliance cooperation and joint activities. In Nicaragua, Welthungerhilfe and IBIS had previously been cooperating on the MISTAP project, an EU co-financed integrated development project for indigenous people in north-eastern Nicaragua.
Hivos and Alliance2015
Hivos is part of the Alliance2015, a strategic partnership of seven European development NGOs working together to play their part in reaching the Millennium Development Goals. Alliance2015 cooperates at the programme level in developing countries and at the policy level in Europe. For the past seven years, a key focus of that policy work has been Europe’s development policies. Other members are:
ACTED (France)
CESVI (Italy)
Concern (Ireland)
Ibis(Denmark)
People in Need (Czech Republic)
Welthungerhilfe (Germany)
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