The EU is the largest single donor supporting human rights and civil society in Angola today. This support is seen by these actors as invaluable to their continued existence and to opening up the space in which civil society can operate. The scale-down of the activities of humanitarian organizations in Angola and the departure of the UN Office for the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has led to a consequent reduction of financial support and strategic coordination of many human rights and democracy-related activities. This has placed increasing expectations on the EU Delegation and civil society clearly looks to it not just as a donor, but as a
‘champion of human rights and democracy’. (see section 2 of this report for more details).
DW Angola
Development Workshop Angola