Alliance2015

© Sebastian Bolesch / Welthungerhilfe

Alliance2015 is a partnership of seven like-minded non-government organizations working in the field of development cooperation. The Alliance 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, who became a full member in June 2009.

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. At the same time, our goal is not to become a monolithic block, but to respect and benefit from the diversity of our member organisations. By joining forces, our organisations can have access to a larger infrastructure without giving up individual philosophies, approaches or brands.

Photo: Welthungerhilfe

The purpose of the Alliance 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 works towards reaching the Millennium Development Goals.

In the South, Latin America was the first continent where Alliance members successfully implemented joint projects and e.g. obtained funding for consortia projects from the EU. The tsunami of 2004 and Cyclone Nargis in 2008 then intensified cooperation, making Asia the most active continent when it comes to Alliance members operating jointly. In Africa, cooperation in the areas of education and HIV&AIDS is strong in countries such as Sierra Leone and Liberia, and Namibia and Mozambique respectively.

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 (since 2004), which monitor EU progress toward the MDGs. The (also EU-funded) Virus Free Generation campaign that addressed HIV&AIDS in a fresh and dynamic way, focusing on a young target audience, ended in the beginning of 2009 with only Cesvi and People in Need continuing. In 2007, IBIS started leading the Alliance on the issue of aid effectiveness, creating a strong civil society voice during the High Level Forum in Accra in 2008.

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