Transcript ITUC Training

EuropeAid
ITUC Development Cooperation Network
Training Seminar
19 November 2009
Maxime Montagner
Unit F1 / Relations with civil society & coordination
EuropeAid Cooperation Office
European Commission
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Index
EuropeAid
• The EU development aid context
• Geographic instruments: focus on the Development
& Cooperation Instrument
• Overview of thematic programmes: focus on NonState Actors & Local Authorities programme
• From the DCI to the signature of a contract: a
multi-stakeholders decision-making process
EuropeAid
The EU development aid context
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European Cooperation
EuropeAid
Fight against poverty
Article 177 of the
EU Treaty defines
3 concentration
domains for the
EU cooperation
Economic integration
Sustainable development
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EC response: the policy framework
EuropeAid
• 2000 UN 8 Millennium Development
Goals, fixing poverty reduction objectives
for 2015
• 2005 OECD Paris Declaration, 60
recipients and
50 donors on aid effectiveness
• 2005 European Consensus, the EU
development policy, tying Member States
and Commission
• 2007 EU Code on Division of Labour
• 2008 Accra High Level Forum on aid
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EU & EC aid implementation
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EU the largest donor in the world
• 27 + 1 donors together responsible for 60% of
all development aid (2008: 48,6 billion)
• USA provides 22%
European Commission on its own:
• Second largest donor of humanitarian aid
• Third largest donor of development aid
(11%, after USA and Germany)
• Present in aprox. 140 countries
Based on OECD/DAC preliminary figures 2009
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The EC and the external aid budget 2008
External aid: €12.8 bn
(9%)
Non-EuropeAid
Budget: €3.3 bn
(26%)
Commission budget inside EU:
€124 bn (91%)
EuropeAid
EuropeAid EDF
fund: €4.8 bn
(37%)
EuropeAid Budget:
€4.6 bn (37%)
EuropeAid implements external assistance. This excludes pre-accession aid,
humanitarian aid, and Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) aid. EC total budget
includes European Development Fund (EDF). NB – 2008 provisional figures (April 09)
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EuropeAid in the RELEX Family…
EuropeAid is part of the External relations
family within the EC :
DG External Relations (RELEX)
DG Development (DEV)
DG Enlargement (ELARG)
DG Trade (TRADE)
Humanitarian Office (ECHO)
…. and Delegations !
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Division of labour
• Political strategies (programming
DGs) : RELEX & DEV in charge of the
elaboration of the programming documents
• In charge of implementation:
EuropeAid and Delegations
EuropeAid
EuropeAid Mandate
● Created in 2001: in charge of the
implementation of external programmes
worldwide.
● Aims at delivering development aid in
an efficient and effective way.
● Responsible of different steps of
the project cycle (with Delegations):
identification, feasibility, financing
decision, procurement, monitoring,
evaluation, audit etc.
EuropeAid
EuropeAid
Geographic instruments: focus on the
Development & Cooperation Instrument
Geographical coverage
EuropeAid
IPA
ICI
DCI
ICI
EDF
DCI
ICI
Geographic distribution of funds - 2008
EuropeAid
In M€
Neighbourhood
south: 1137M
19%
Neighbourhood
east: 318M
5%
Africa,
Caribbean,
Pacific: 3443M
60%
Asia: 673M
11%
Latin America:
310M
5%
EuropeAid spending per region, ODA and OA, ACP including South Africa and Bananas
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Geographic instruments
- The bulk of the EC cooperation
- Cooperation with Partners States via Country
Strategy Papers signed between the EC and
national authorities: 3 and 5 priorities in the
cooperation.
- Involvement of Non-State actors (depends of the
context):
• Dialogue with state authorities
• Capacity-building programmes: internal governance,
networking & advocacy capacities etc.
EuropeAid
Development cooperation instrument (DCI)
EuropeAid
Scope I
Funding
Regions
Country specific programmes
Average € 1.4 billion p.a.
Latin America
€ 380 million
Asia
740
Central Asia
100
Middle East
70
South Africa
140
Scope II
Funding
Region
Ref
Sugar production restructuring
Average € 180 million p.a.
18 African, Caribbean, Pacific countries
Reg: 1905/2006 of 18.12.06
Development cooperation instrument (DCI)
(2)
Scope III Thematic programmes
Funding
Average € 800 million p.a.
Region
All third countries
except industrialised / pre-accession
Themes
Investing in people € 150 million
Environment
120
NSAs / local authorities 230
Food security
240
Migration / asylum
60
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EuropeAid
Overview of thematic programmes:
focus on NSA&LA
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Added-value of thematic programmes
EuropeAid
• Do not result from a direct negotiation between the state
and the EC but proposed by NSA&LAs or managed
jointly with international institutions
• Complementary to geographic programmes: actororiented, can reach more easily the local level.
• Illustration of the EU as a « soft power », willing the spread
its common values around the world such as fight against
death penalty, mitigation of climate change, gender equality
etc.
Distribution of funds by horizontal
programme - 2008
EuropeAid
2008, payments per thematic programme, in M€
Stability
instrument:
34M
4%
Nuclear safety:
75M
8%
Democracy &
human rights:
112M
12%
Thematic
programmes*:
690M
76%
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* Thematic programmes include: non-state actors & local authorities, investing in
people, gender, environment, migration and food security
EuropeAid
Non State Actors (art. 24 of the DCI regulation):
NGOs, political foundations, trade unions,
universities, cooperatives, etc.
Local and regional authorities:
Municipalities, provinces, regions and their
associations
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DCI programmes
(1/5)
EuropeAid
Investing in People
Art. 12 of DCI
Ex-Programmes Health & Gender
Pilot and preparatory actions
507 m € for 2007-2010
131,2 m € in 2009
Improves people’s living standards
and well-being (Education, Health,
Gender, Culture)
DCI programmes
(2/5)
EuropeAid
Environment and sustainable
management of natural resources
Art. 13 of DCI
Ex-Programme
Tropical Forests &
Environment
470 m € for 2007-2010
160 m € in 2009
Environment and sustainable
management of natural
resources including energy
DCI programmes
(3/5)
Food Security
Art. 15 of DCI
Ex-Programme
Food Aid (ECHO) & Food Security
925 m € for 2007-10
243 million in 2009
• Improves food security of poorest and most
vulnerable people on medium and long term,
addressing structural causes of food insecurity
•Contributes to MDG 1 (poverty and hunger)
EuropeAid
DCI programmes
(4/5)
Migration & Asylum
Art. 16 of DCI & Regulation ENPI 1638/2006
Ex-Programmes AENEAS
and B-667 projects
205 m € for 2007-2010
84,5 m € in 2009-10
(48 m € for 2009)
Support third countries in their efforts to
.
better manage migratory
flows
EuropeAid
DCI programmes
(5/5)
NSA & LA
Art. 14 of DCI
Ex-Programme
Co-financing with NGOs &
Decentralised Co-operation
903 m € for 2007-2010
217,4 m € in 2009
• Strengthens NSA & LA’s capacities
• Awareness raising (Education Dev)
• Coordination
EuropeAid
OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAMME « NSA-LA »
To support small scale initiatives from NSA and LA in the
field of development & reinforce the capacity of intervention
of NSA and LA in the policy making process
EuropeAid
3 objectives :
• promote an inclusive and empowered society in partner
countries to facilitate non-state actors and local authorities
participation in poverty reduction and sustainable
development strategies,
• raise public awareness of development issues and
promote education for development in the EU and acceding
countries,
• support activities to strengthen coordination and
communication activities of NSA and local authority
networks in the EU and acceding countries.
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NSA&LA 2009
EuropeAid
• In-country interventions in priority countries : country based calls
for Proposals managed by EC Delegations: 82 targeted countries in AAP
2009
• 2009: +/- 137,8 m€ (121,7 m€ for NSA, 16,1 m€ for LA)
• Multi-country, global and regional interventions: global calls for
Proposals managed by EC Brussels (Obj 1)
• Obj 1: +/- 40,6 m€ (30,5 m€ for NSA, 10,1 m€ for LA)
• Objectives 2 and 3: CfP managed in Brussels
• Obj 2: +/- 30,5 m€ (26 m€ for NSA, 4,5 m€ for LA)
• Obj 3: +/- 4,5 m€ (3,75 € for NSA, 0.75 m€ for LA)
• Direct grants: +/- 3,1 m€
• Support measures: +/- 1 m€
-For more information:
Europeaid Unit F1; Contact: [email protected]
NSA&LA 2010
• 3 calls for proposals to be launched by EuropeAid
(corresponding to the 3 objectives) in spring 2010
• Between 80 & 85 Delegations will launch calls for
proposals at the local level
• Objective 2: capitalization study to be launched in January
concerning Development education projects.
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EuropeAid
From the DCI to the signature of a
grant contract
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Step by Step
• Legal Basis (2007-2013) … DCI
• Multi-annual Strategy Paper (2007-2010)
• Annual Action Programme (2009)
• Call for Proposals published on the EuropeAid website
• Selection of Proposals
• Contract signature
• Monitoring, Evaluation, Audit
EuropeAid
A multi- stakeholders Decision-making process:
From strategy paper to Call for proposals
EuropeAid
WHAT?
Office Quality
STRATEGY
INTERSERVICES
Support
Management
Right of
PAPER
CONSULTATIONS
Group
committee
scrutiny
(oQSG 1&2)
AIDCO
-DG DEV
(feedbacks
-Relex/AIDCO
delegations)
-Others DGs
WHO?
Annual Action
Publication
Programme &
calls for
Action Fiches
proposals
AIDCO:
-Directorate E
Members
European
-Geo & thematic
States
Parliament
directorates
Commission
AIDCO (F4)
Delegations
Tips for a successful proposal…
EuropeAid
• Very good knowledge of the context & priorities of the
cooperation between the EC & the State…
• Find relevant NSA&LA Partners in the country.
• Demonstrate the added-value of YOUR organisation.
• Writing the proposal: be specific, straight to the point & very
clear in terms of specific objectives & expected results.
Some challenges concerning civil society
involvement in EC cooperation
EuropeAid
• How to better define the roles & added-value European v.
local actors?
• How to deal with the very high competition coming from the
call for proposals procedure (and very low success rate of
applicants)?
• How to adapt EC instruments to be more strategic when
engaging with civil society organizations?
2010: Launch of a multi-stakeholders dialogue /
working group to try to answer to these questions.
ITUC will have a key role to play.
EuropeAid :
http://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/index_en.htm
EuropeAid
Calls for proposals :
http://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/work/funding/index_en.htm
Potential Applicant Database On Registration
(PADOR) :
http://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/work/onlineservices/pador/i
ndex_en.htm
Maxime Montagner
European Commission
Europeaid, Unit F1: Relations with civil society and coordination
[email protected]
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Many thanks for your attention!
Don’t be shy….
The floor is yours!!
EuropeAid