Austrian Development Agency (ADA)

The Austrian Development Agency (ADA) is the operational unit of the Austrian Development Cooperation, which is part of the Austrian government. The Austrian Development Cooperation is part of Austria’s foreign policy and the development policy of the European Union, which is aimed at promoting global peace in concert with other industrial and developing countries. Good governance, human rights, conflict prevention, and peace-building and human security are central focuses of the Austrian Development Cooperation. They are needed to reduce poverty and to bring about a long-term improvement in the living conditions of people in developing countries. Development and security go hand in hand.

Violence is a major contributory factor behind poverty. There can be neither development without peace nor peace without development. However, much still remains to be done to link development cooperation practically and operationally, politically and analytically, to human rights, the issue of gender, conflict prevention and the fight against terrorism as well as sustainable use of natural resources.

Development cooperation contributes to prevent crises through poverty reduction, promotion of socially sustainable economic structures, preservation of the natural environment and not least education. For the resources of development cooperation to take effect, increased endeavours are being made to develop coherent national and international policies, i.e. at the political and operational levels, with the aim to achieve consistent courses of action in the context of development cooperation, trade, defence and foreign policies.

CCRR has a partnership with ADA through Diakonie International Humanitarian Aid Austria since 2006. ADA has supported CCRR's 'Young Negotiators Program' and 'Women and Conflict'.