Alliance2015

Alliance2015 is a partnership of seven like-minded non-government organisations working in the field of development cooperation. The Alliance2015 members are Cesvi from Italy, Concern Worldwide from Ireland, Welthungerhilfe from Germany, Hivos from the Netherlands, IBIS from Denmark, People in Need from the Czech Republic and ACTED from France.

Since its founding in 2000, Alliance2015 has worked to consolidate this partnership by developing new ways of working together, which reflect the range of talent and experience in our ranks. We are not intending to become a monolithic block but respect and benefit from the diversity of our member organisations. By joining forces, we have access to a larger infrastructure, without giving up individual philosophies, approaches or brands.

Photo: Welthungerhilfe

The purpose of Alliance2015 is to fight poverty more effectively by cooperating on various levels, working together in developing countries as well as on campaigns to influence public and political opinion in Europe. By joining forces, we can meet the challenges and changing demands of donors. Alliance2015 continues to work towards reaching the Millennium Development Goals.

In 2010, the first Alliance2015 offices opened in Managua/Nicaragua and La Paz/Bolivia shared by all members working in those countries. Latin America was the first continent to successfully implement joint projects as Global Fund recipients. In Asia, the emphasis of the collaboration on emergency aid has meant that particularly strong links have been forged among the partners. This is due to the high incidence of catastrophes including the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar, and the floods in Pakistan. In Africa, the partnership has a strong focus on education in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Uganda. In 2011, there was a focus on the delivery of emergency aid due to the scale of the crisis in the Horn of Africa.

In Europe, Alliance2015 has been working successfully in lobbying and advocacy. Examples include the EU-funded Stop Child Labour campaign that has been running since 2003, and the 2015-Watch Reports series (2004 - 2010), which monitored EU progress toward the MDGs. Since 2007, IBIS has led Alliance2015 on the issue of aid effectiveness. Several members participated in the 4th High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness in Busan, Korea aimed at transforming aid relationships between donors and partners. In late 2011, the EU approved a new hunger campaign proposal in which 5 of the Alliance2015 members will be involved.

The future of aid and development work lies in greater cohesion and cooperation. This also applies to European development agencies.  We need to apply the principles of the Paris Aid Declaration also to ourselves: Harmonization, Ownership, Alignment, Accountability and Managing for Results.