Netherlands Development Minister Sets Priorities for Governing Coalition
June 27, 2003, The Hague
by Netherland Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Minister van Ardenne's communication with the House placed special emphasis on education, the environment. HIV/AIDS, and reproductive health care, and lists ten keys to policy:
1. Integrating development policy into planning for other elements of the Netherlands' foreign policy;
2. Enduring coherence among all these policy elements, such as aid and trade, for example;
3. Implementing regional rather than national approaches;
4. A focus on Africa;
5. Coordinating and harmonizing delivery of aid;
6. Enahncing the private sector's role in development;
7. Promoting and implementing development partnerships;
8. Using aid to advance and reinforce sustainable development;
9. Development policies aware of international human and financial flows; and
10. Placing the Millennium Development Goals at the center of development strategy.
See http://www.minbuza.nl/default.asp?CMS_ITEM=001CD610AE254F7383EDC055BD76E5B8X3X32955X97 for more information.