News
New staff for ENNA in Brussels
ENNA is currently looking for new staff.
ENNA CoordinatorENNA Information and Administration Officer
Cafod new ENNA member
ENNA formally approved a new applications for membership at the Annual Review Meeting on the 3rd of June 2010 in Brussels. Cafod has been represented at our conferences in European Parliament during the past years and was welcomed as a formal member.
Letter to NATO Foreign Ministers
Ahead of the informal meeting of NATO foreign ministers, in Tallin 22-23 April 2010, ENNA together with BAAG and ACBAR sent letters to Foreign ministers across Europe.
Letter to Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs
Letter to new EUSR, Vygaudas Ušackas
On his first day in office the new EUSR Vygaudas Ušackas received a letter from ENNA members. Members highlighted the need for: stronger support to sub national governance; protection of EU's reputation as a non-military donor in Afghanistan and meaningful inclusion of Afghan women in reintegration programmes and reconciliation talks.
Letter to new EUSR
Humanitarian needs still low priority in Afghanistan
In April 2010 ENNA members took stock of the humanitarian funding to Afghanistan in a briefing discussed with the Spanish EU Presidency.
Humanitarian briefing
ENNA 4th Annual Conference in European Parliament, 9th - 10th December
ENNA's annual conference in the European Parliament 2009 was themed 'Afghanistan Post Elections: Civil Society and International Policy'. Civil Society's role in bringing new momentum to reconstruction and state-building in Afghanistan was discussed. For more information see programme:
PostElectionsProgramme
ENNA calls for coordinated European support to Afghanistan 22nd October 2009
At the start of European Development days ENNA issued a press statement calling for greater cohesion in the European support to Afghanistan. Earlier in October 2010 ENNA, in collaboration with the British and Irish Afghan Agencies Group (BAAG), forwarded their main concerns and suggestions to the European Council ahead of the release of the new European Council policy on Afghanistan. For more information see written submission and Swedish press relase below:
ENNA and BAAG EU_EC briefing
Swedish press release
ODAvsMilitaryCostsSurvey
ENNA at European Development Days October 2009
ENNA organised a sideevent during European Development Days, 22-24 October. The event was themed 'Security and Development: the impact of international missions on local society'. Speakers included Mirwais Wardak (CPAU), Abdul Salam Rahimy (SABA Media) and Bettina Muscheidt (DG Relex). For more information go to:
European Development Days 2009
Member state dialogue this autumn
ENNA members and partners in Norway, Netherlands, Germany and U.K worked together in the autumn of 2010 to promote two Afghan civil society representatives. Members invited Mirwais Wardak (CPAU) and Abdul Salam Rahimy (SABA Media) to discuss civil society's role in Afghanistan's development with NGOs, ministries and parlamentarians.
New members welcomed at Annual Review Meeting in Brussels
ENNA formally approved two new applications for membership at the Annual Review Meeting on the 12th of June 2009 in Brussels. Norwegian Afghanistan Committee (NAC) already collaborates with, ENNA member, Norwegian Church Aid on joint advocacy work in Norway. NAC will join ENNA as a new member. The Italian network Afgana collaborated with ENNA during the civil society conference in 2008 and will join ENNA as a associate member.
ENNA letter to His Excellency Mr. Jaap de Hoop Scheffer
NATO Secretary General
Together with BAAG and CCIC, ENNA forwarded the attached letter to the NATO Secretary General ahead of the NATO Summit meetings of Heads of State and Government in Strasbourg, France and Kehl, Germany on 3-4 April 2009.
Letter to NATO Secretary General
ENNA presenting at ECHO Annual Conference of Humanitarian Aid Partners of The European Commission
Civil Military relations will be the focus of ENNA's presentation at the Annual Conference of Humanitarian Aid Partners of the European Commission on the 9th of December 2008.
Conference Programme
ENNA's position on CivMil relations
ENNA/BAAG policy briefing paper 'Aid and Civil-Military Relations in Afghanistan' was launched on the 28th of November 2008. This paper outline's BAAG's and ENNA's concerns regarding civil-military relations in Afghanistan based on our experience and findigs in the research report below.
Aid and Civil-Military Relations in Afghanistan
DG Relex Conference 3rd of December 2008
DG Relex are organising a conference themed 'Media development, civil society and cultural perspectives in Afghanistan on the 3rd of December.
Conference Programme
ENNA Conference 12th of November 2008, Brussels
This years ENNA Conference in the European Parliament is titled 'Ascent out of Chaos: can it be done and if so how'. Peacebuilding in Afghanistan is on the agenda and we have invited Ahmed Rashid and Kristian Berg Harpviken along with representatives from Afghan Civil Society, ECHO, DG Relex and NATO to present their views.
Conference Programme
Exploring Afghan perception of civil-military relations
ENNA, in collaboration with the British Afghan Agencies Group, recently completed a 2 year research project into Civil Military relations. Some of the findings are outlined in the independent research report: Afghan Hearts, 'Afghan Minds: Exploring Afghan perceptions of civil-military relations' that can be downloaded from here:
Afghan Hearts, Afghan Minds