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EU PROGRAMMES: DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION INSTRUMENTS

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Presentation

• The context • Financial instruments: geographic & thematic programmes, focus on the Development & Cooperation Instrument • Overview of thematic programmes of the DCI: focus on Non-State Actors & Local Authorities programme

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The context

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The European Cooperation

Fight against poverty

Under the Nice Treaty article 177 defined 3 concentration domains for EC Cooperation

Economic integration Sustainable development

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The European Cooperation

Poverty Eradication Under the Lisbon Treaty (art 208) stress puts on Policy Coherence for Development Aid effectiveness

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The general framework

2000

UN

8 Millennium Development Goals

, fixing poverty reduction objectives for 2015 • • • •

2002

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The Monterrey Consensus,

commitment from developped countries to increase financing for development

2005

OECD

Paris Declaration

, 60 recipients and 50 donors on

aid effectiveness 2008 Accra High Level Forum

on aid effectiveness

2008 Doha Conference

on financing for development

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The European Framework

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2000 : The Cotonou Agreement,

a renewed framework for relation with ACP countries (revised in 2005) •

2005 European Consensus

, the EU development policy (Commission, Member States and Parliament)

2007 2007

EU Code on

Division of Labour

: new Financial instruments (including the Development Cooperation Instrument)

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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

aid

(2008: 48,6 billion)

60% of all development

USA provides 22% • • •

European Commission on its own: Second largest

donor of humanitarian aid

Third largest donor

Germany) of development aid (11%, after USA and Present in aprox.

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The RELEX Family…

The External relations family : DG External Relations (RELEX) DG Development (DEV) DG Enlargement (ELARG) DG Trade (TRADE) Humanitarian Office (ECHO) …. and Delegations ! Some changes to come….

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Division of labour •

Political strategies (programming DGs) : DEV & RELEX in charge of the elaboration of the programming documents

In charge of implementation : EuropeAid and Delegations

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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

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Responsible of different steps of the project cycle

(with Delegations): identification, feasibility, financing decision, procurement, monitoring, evaluation, audit etc.

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The external aid budget 2008

External aid: €12.8 bn (9%) Non-EuropeAid Budget: €3.3 bn (26%) EuropeAid EDF fund: €4.8 bn (37%) Commission budget inside EU: €124 bn (91%) 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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Financial instruments: focus on the Development & Cooperation Instrument

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Geographic versus thematic instruments • Geographic programmes : EDF, ICI, DCI, ENPI, IPA… • Thematic programmes : IfS, Environment, EIDHR, Investing in people, NSA/LA, migrations….

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Geographical coverage

ICI DCI IPA EDF DCI ICI ICI Together for a better world Development and relations with African,Caribbean and Pacific States

Geographic distribution of funds - 2008

In M€ Africa, Caribbean, Pacific: 3443M 60% Neighbourhood south: 1137M 19% Neighbourhood east: 318M 5% Asia: 673M 11% Latin America: 310M 5% Together for a better world

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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.

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Development cooperation instrument (DCI)

Scope I Country specific programmes

Funding Average

€ 1.4 billion

p.a.

Regions Latin America € 380 million Asia Central Asia 100 740 Middle East South Africa 140 70

Scope II

Funding

Sugar production restructuring

Average

€ 180 million

p.a.

Region 18 African, Caribbean, Pacific countries Ref Reg: 1905/2006 of 18.12.06

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Development cooperation instrument (DCI) (2)

Scope III

Funding

Thematic programmes

Average

€ 800 million

p.a.

Region All third countries except industrialised / pre-accession Themes Investing in people € Environment NSAs / local authorities Food security Migration / asylum

150

million

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Overview of thematic programmes: focus on NSA&LA

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Distribution of funds by horizontal programme - 2008

2008, payments per thematic programme, in M€ Stability instrument: 34M 4% Democracy & human rights: 112M 12% Nuclear safety: 75M 8% Thematic programmes*: 690M 76%

* Thematic programmes include: non-state actors & local authorities, investing in people, gender, environment, migration and food security

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Added-value of thematic programmes • 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: actor-oriented, 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.

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Glossary

Non State Actors:

NGOs, political foundations, trade unions, universities, cooperatives, etc.

Local and regional authorities:

Municipalities, provinces, regions and their associations

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DCI programmes

Investing in People

Art. 12 of DCI

(1/5)

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)

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DCI programmes

Environment and sustainable management of natural resources

Art. 13 of DCI Ex-Programme Tropical Forests & Environment

(2/5)

470 m € for 2007-2010

160 m € in 2009

Environment and sustainable management of natural resources including energy

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DCI programmes

Food Security

Art. 15 of DCI

(3/5)

Ex-Programme Food Aid (ECHO) & Food Security 925 m € for 2007-10 243 million in 2009

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• 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)

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DCI programmes

Migration & Asylum

Art. 16 of DCI & Regulation ENPI 1638/2006

(4/5)

Ex-Programmes and AENEAS 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 .

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DCI programmes

NSA & LA

Art. 14 of DCI

(5/5)

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

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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

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 •

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)

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NSA&LA 2009 •

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]

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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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A new multiannual strategy • Previous one for 2007-2010 • Challenge : implementation began only in 2008 • External evaluation completed • Public consultation until 7th March 2010: http://ec.europa.eu/development/how/consultati on/index.cfm?action=viewcons&id=4886 • Adoption foreseen before summer 2010

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Usefull links

DG DEV :

http://ec.europa.eu/development/index_en.cfm

EuropeAid :

http://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/index_en.htm

Calls for proposals :

http://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/work/funding/index_en.htm

http://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/work/funding/documents/call_forecast.pdf

Potential Applicant Database On Registration (PADOR) :

http://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/work/onlineservices/pador/index_en.htm

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Many thanks for your attention!

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The floor is yours!!

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