Development and Cooperation


	Contributions from the Column Facts and trends IMF/World Bank postpone debt relief Prospects for tsunami regions Controversy over UN reform ODA: security measures expanded Sudan: donors need common policy No growth for German ODA ratio Middle East role for Wolfensohn GTZ director stays in office UNDP report criticises Arab regimes 05/2005		Prospects for tsunami regions According to five major relief organisations from Germany, the focus in the regions struck by the Tsunami in December is now on long-term reconstruction, as the period of acute emergency aid is over. “For us, this means that the affected people must not be degraded to passive aid recipients,” says Martin Bröckelmann-Simon of Misereor. “They must be reconstruction actors right from the start.” Along with Brot für die Welt (Bread for the World), Medico International, German Agro Action and Terre des Hommes, his organisation founded the alliance “Together for people in need – development helps!” earlier this year. In April, members’ donations for tsunami victims amounted to 46 million Euro, of which twelve million was spent on emergency aid. The group defines the following aspects as quality criteria for relief work: orientation to the level of need, coordination with local authorities and UN organisations, monitoring by local partners, concern for social and environmental conditions and consideration of possible conflict potential. (dem)