The Structured Dialogue: A Process to enhance partnership between the EC, CSOs & LAs Final Conference Budapest, 17-19

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I. Context & Rationale of the process

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The Structured Dialogue: Why?

Internal & external incentives

• Important changes after the Palermo Process  Evaluation of EC aid delivery through CSOs  European Court of Auditors Report  Mid-term review of the NSA&LA thematic Programme  Capitalisation of support programmes to NSAs&LAs (9 th EDF) •The principles of the

Paris Declaration

& the Accra Agenda for Action claim for a broad-based

ownership

of development strategies.

 Conducive for EC effort to enhance its partnership with CSO & LAs

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Seriousness of intents and ambition of the Structured Dialogue EuropeAid

 The SD is part of the EC operational response for a more

effective and inclusive partnership with Civil Society and Local Authorities

.  Shared understanding that CSOs & LAs are

development actors in their own right.

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Active participation

in development policies and programmes explicitly foreseen in EC various regulations (EDF, DCI, ENPI).  Neither a policy forum nor a negotiation arena, but its

political & operational implications are evident and strategic

 Encourage a

methodological and systematic restructuring of EC working relations with CSOs/LAs

, including on aid delivery mechanism.

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II. Objectives EuropeAid

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Objectives of the Structured Dialogue

1. Better define the roles and added-value of various categories of CSOs & LAs in cooperation

Working Group 1:

Roles and added-value of CSO and LA in external cooperation 2. Better characterize the division of labour between stakeholders and

complementarity in approaches & programmes Working Group 2:

Complementarity and coherence within the AAA

WG1&2 conclusions (reformulated as funding needs) form the basis of WG3 debates

3. Identify possible ways to

adapt EC aid delivery mechanisms Working Group 3:

EC Aid Delivery mechanis ms

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4. Explore options to improve future EC initiatives

Three supporting initiatives

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‘Non-ad hoc' connotation

• Allowed the Structured Dialogue to become a

point of reference.

•Conceived

as a confidence and consensus-building mechanism

• Well-defined structure, agenda, methodology and set of themes to debate.

• Transparent and results-oriented process • Consensual and productive undertaking of all programmed sessions (in Brussels and abroad) • Possibility to interact during live events and throughout the process (CISOCH)

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III.

Overview of the process

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Events: 13 Workshops & Regional Seminars EuropeAid

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Iterative & Participatory Process: gradually building a consensus EuropeAid Janv 2011: Preliminary wrapping up for WG1&WG2 + 2 nd session WG3 March 2011: WG session to fine-tune consensus April 2011: Draft Concluding Paper (including Wg3 debates ) May 2011: Final Concluding Paper & Final Declaration during the Final Conference 1st step in consens us building 2nd step in consens us building 3rd step in consens us building final step in consens us building

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Intermediary Outputs & Main Results

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Reports

drafted after each event (in Brussels & abroad) •

Wrap-up document gathering 2010 discussions

published and open for further discussion with all involved stakeholders •

Technical fiches

on funding mechanisms •

Concluding Paper & Final Declaration EuropeAid

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