Transcript EuropeAid reorganisation

Summary
1. Overall framework for the
implementation of the Commission’s
external assistance
2. EuropeAid 2004 Performance
3. Towards a new strategic financial
framework
Overall framework
for the
implementation
of the Commission’s
external assistance
The origin of EC external aid
• The Treaty of Rome in 1957 and the creation
of the European Development Fund in 1958
• 2 Youndé Conventions 1963-1974 with 18 to
20 EAMA countries.
• 4 Lomé Conventions 1975-2000 with 46 to 68
ACP countries.
• The Cotonou Agreement signed in 2001 with
77 ACP countries.
• Mediterranean Protocols and Asia-Latin
America Regulations starting from years ’80s
Political objectives (1)
As defined in the Maastricht Treaty (1992) :
• sustainable economic and social development
• gradual integration of developing countries
into world economy
• fight against poverty
• promotion of Human Rights and strengthening
of democracy and the rule of law
Political objectives (2)
• The Amsterdam Treaty (1997) consolidated
the approach on sustainable development
and the importance of human rights
• The Constitutional Treaty (2004) confirms
that development cooperation is an EU policy
in its own right for which the Community has
a shared competence with the Member
States; poverty eradication remains the
priority objective
EU Development Policy
• Development Policy Statement (2000)
• Main goal : poverty reduction
• Coherence with the Millenium Development
Goals (MDGs)
• 6 priority sectors:
trade & development / regional
integration and co-operation / transport / governance & institutional
capacity building / sustainable rural development and food security /
macro-economic policies & access to social services
• Development of Sector Policy support and of
Budget support
• Update of Development Policy Declaration in
2005 (Commissioner Michel)
The Commission, today,
a major development actor
• Third donor of Official Development Assistance
(ODA) after the USA and Japan
• First donor of humanitarian aid (€ 513,3
million in 2004)
• 2004: new commitments (grants) amounted to
€ 8,5 billion (EuropeAid’s portfolio + Humanitarian Aid + PreAccession instruments + CFSP + Rapid Reaction Facility)
• Co-operation with more than 150 partner
countries, territories and regional organisations
• Network of 130 Delegations
EuropeAid’s mission
Implementation of all external aid instruments
to third countries
Geographical programmes.
Community budget :
CARDS : Balkans
TACIS : New Independent States
MEDA : Middle East and Mediterranean
EPRD : South Africa
ALA :
Asia and Latin America
. EDF 6, 7, 8 and 9 : ACP
Thematic Programmes
Food security, NGO co-financing, democracy
and human rights, environment, forests, …
Exceptions
Pre-accession
CFSP and Rapid Reaction
Facility
Humanitarian assistance
Macro-financial
assistance
Fishery agreements
Thus in 2004
New financing decisions :
6,9 billion €
Payments : 6,2 billion €
EuropeAid 2004
Performance
Financial Performance (1)
Amounts committed in 2004: 6.9 billion €
(-10%)
• Africa, Caribbean, Pacific
• Middle East/Mediterranean
2 647 million €
1003 million €
• Balkans
663 million €
• Asia
611 million €
• New Independent States
504 million €
• Latin America
312 million €
• South Africa
133 million €
• Thematic Programmes
1 040 million €
EuropeAid’s portfolio
(end 2004)
The Balkans
6%
Tacis
8%
Latin america
6%
EDF
44%
Asia
9%
Meda
13%
Others
5%
DHR
2%
Food aid
5%
South Africa
2%
Financial Performance (2)
Amounts paid in 2004: 6.2 billion €
(+9% - Increase of payments with 73%
since 1997)
Billion €
6.000
6,2 billion €
4.000
EDF
Budget
2.000
0
1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Financial Performance (3)
Stabilisation of outstanding commitments
around 20 billion euros since 2000
Billion euros
20.000
21 billion euros
(provisional)
15.000
10.000
EDF
Budget
5.000
0
1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Financial Performance (4)
Decrease in implementation years
years
6
5
4
Budget
3
EDF
Total
2
1
0
1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Devolution nearly completed (1)
77 Delegations out of 80
already devolved (beginning 2005)
• 7 in Europe / Caucasus / Central Asia
• 9 in the Mediterranean
• 36 in Africa
• 14 in Latin America and in The Caribbean
• 11 in Asia and in The Pacific
• Underway (3 Delegations): Burundi, Haiti,
Israel
Devolution nearly completed (2)
Increase of staff in Delegations:
Increased number of staff managing external aid
(+57%) favouring Delegations (+ 148%)
2500
2000
Staff in
Delegations
1500
Staff at
Headquarters
(EuropeAid,
DEV, RELEX)
1000
500
0
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
 Decrease in EuropeAid staffing from
1400 (2001) to 960 (2005)
Devolution nearly completed (3)
Percentage of devolved geographical
programmes
Management at
Headquarters
45%
Before the
Reform (1999)
55%
Joint Management
HeadquartersDelegations
22%
Management at
Headquarters
Today
(end 2004)
Management in
Delegation
78%
Towards a new strategic
financial framework
Towards a new strategic
framework (1)
• New financial perspectives 2007-2013:
COM
proposals in February, July and November 2004 / timing
foreseen: political agreement at the European Council in June
2005 and adoption of the full legislation before end 2005
• 3 new main lines for the external action of the
European Union:
 Continental strength (neighbourhood policy)
 Partner for sustainable development
 Global actor ensuring civil and stategic security
• Simplification and rationalisation of
instruments
• Budgetisation of the EDF
Towards a new strategic
framework (2)
New proposed instruments
Development
co-operation and
economic co-operation
(new)
Instrument
for Stability (new)
European
Neighbourhood
and Partnership
Instrument
(new)
Horizontal
Instrument for
Humanitarian Aid
Instrument
for pre-Accession
Assistance
(new)
Macro-Financial
Assistance
Instrument for
Pre-Accession (IPA)
• Integrated instrument to assist candidate
(Croatia, Turkey) and potential candidate
(Western Balkans) countries: replaces Phare,
ISPA, SAPARD, Turkey pre-accession, and
CARDS instruments
• Clear distinction between potential Candidate
Countries (support for participation in the
Stabilisation and Association process) and
Candidate Countries (adopt and implement the
acquis and implement EU funds on accession)
European Neighbourhood and
Partnership Instrument (ENPI)
• Financial instrument designed to support the
European Neighbourhood Policy and the
strategic partnership with Russia: replaces
MEDA, Tacis and other existing instruments
• ENPI covers Community assistance to 17
Countries: Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova, Armenia,
Georgia, Azerbaijan, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt,
Israel, Palestinian Authority, Syria, Jordan, Lebanon
• Specific Cross Border co-operation
component covering border regions in the
Member States
Development Co-operation and
Economic Co-operation
Instrument (DCECI)
• Financial instrument designed to support
development co-operation in pursuance of
Millennium Development Goals, for economic
co-operation, and for horizontal, thematic,
and global initiatives
• DCECI covers all Countries, territories and
regions not covered by IPA and ENPI:
mainly Africa, Caribbean, Pacific (but not Overseas Countries
and Territories), Asia, Central Asia, East-Jordan and Latin
America
Instrument for Stability (IS)
Financial instrument designed to support:
• Response to political crisis, man-made or
natural disaster, including Peace Support
• Response to urgent global and regional crossborder challenges affecting the security of the
citizen
• Safeguarding against critical technological
threats, nuclear safety, non-proliferation
Main common provisions (1)
• Central role of programming:
 dialogue with partner countries involving civil society
(ownership, national development strategies)
 country and regional strategies / multi-annual indicative
allocations based on needs and performance criteria
 Annual action programmes
• Possibility to extend geographical coverage of
instruments to global and trans-regional
activities
• External projection of internal EU policies
foreseen under the instruments
Main common provisions (2)
• Eligibility: no restrictions of the type of
beneficiaries (including civil society)
• Financing: no restriction on the type of
measures (including budget support) and
support measures (audit, evaluation,
devolution costs…)
• Procurement: consistent with untying
proposal
• Mechanisms for co-financing
Indicative amounts 2007–2013
(current prices – without administrative expenditure)
• Pre-Accession: 14 653 M€ (2.093 M€ to be committed
each year / a decrease of 17% compared to years 2004-06)
• Neighbourhood Policy: 14 929 M€ (2.133 M€ to be
committed each year / an increase of 67% compared to years
2004-06)
• Development: 44 229 M€ of which 23 572 for
ACP countries: EDF budgetisation as of 2008
(6.780 M€ to be committed each year / an increase of 34%
compared to years 2004-06)
• Stability: 4 455 M€
(652 M€ to be committed each year /
an increase of 44% compared to years 2004-06)
• Other instruments and reserves: 14.895 M€