FOUR NGO NOTE AND COMPARE THE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES AND THEIR COMMITMENTS

USPA NEWS - Action contre la Faim, Action Santé Mondiale, CARE France and ONE have created a comparator of candidate-e-s programs in the presidential elections on development and international solidarity, in order to encourage them to engage in this field.

Action contre la Faim, Action Santé Mondiale, CARE France and ONE have created a comparator of candidate-e-s programs in the presidential elections on development and international solidarity, in order to encourage them to engage in this field. Although development aid is supported by 70% of French people, few candidates make ambitious commitments.--------------- What candidates have made international solidarity a campaign theme? Which do they want to condition aid for economic or migration management purposes? Are they finally committed to achieving the international target of 0.7% of gross national income for development? Our organizations created the aid-development-2017.org platform to compare candidates' positions on international development. The candidates' score will be updated regularly to monitor the progress of the projects during the campaign. The stakes are enormous: more than 800 million people still live in extreme poverty, one billion people do not have access to basic health services and malnutrition is the cause of 45% fewer deaths of children Of 5 years. By 2015, the international community is committed to eradicating hunger and poverty and facilitating access to health by adopting Agenda 2030. Given the scale of the challenge, many neighboring countries have assumed their responsibilities and respected - and even exceeded - the commitment of donor countries to allocate 0.7 per cent of their gross national income to development aid (United Kingdom, The Netherlands, the Scandinavian countries). France, by dedicating only 0.37% of its GNI, is largely lagging behind. In the face of mounting inequalities, the exacerbation of conflicts, climate challenges and the increasing interdependence of our societies, the next President of the Republic will have to make his development policy a central part of his policy The international community. Some candidates have already understood this, others are still slow to decide on the subject. NGOs give an appointment to citizens and candidates on aid-development-2017.org to discover this comparator and to follow its evolution until May 7, 2017.----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scores of candidates today (in alphabetical order): Michèle Alliot-Marie 0/10, Nathalie Arthaud 1/10, Jacques Cheminade 1/10, François Fillon 2/2, Henri Guaino 0/10, Benoît Hamon 6/10 , Yannick Jadot 6/10, Jean Lassalle 0/10, Emmanuel Macron 1/10, Charlotte Marchandise 5/10, Jean-Luc Mélenchon 7,5 / 10, Philippe Poutou 0/10, Rama Yade 2/10 Our tool evaluates the position and commitments of candidates on international development based on their program and their statements through 3 themes: O The political project (objectives, target countries and agenda) O The financial objective (resources allocated to official development assistance) O The place of development in the candidates' project (program and speaking) Official development assistance (ODA) is the aggregate of grants and loans on highly concessional terms (net of capital repayments) granted by public bodies to the countries and territories included in the list of beneficiaries of the " (DAC) of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). It provides infrastructure, strengthens water-sanitation-hygiene or food security systems, finances quality education and performs well-functioning health systems. Sourre AICF, CARE, ONE, ASM