International Development Cooperation

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International Development Cooperation

• ODA-legal and institutional framework
• Bratislava, 11 December 2006
• Barbara Kremar, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of
  the Republic of Slovenia

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International Development Cooperation

• Slovenia as a new Member State of the European
  Union will increase the percentage of its GNI for
  ODA (Official Development Aid)
• 0.17 GNI (by 2010) and 0.33 GNI (by 2015)

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International Development Cooperation of Slovenia

• Slovenia officially became a donor country in
  2004.
• In 2005, Slovenia donated almost SIT 6.7 billion
  for ODA, which accounts for 0.11 of its GNI.

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International Development Cooperation of Slovenia

• International Development Cooperation of SI in
  2005 (in SIT)
• Multilateral 919,058,974.00 (ca 3.8 mio)
• Contribution (4.63) to EU budget for development
  cooperation 3,168,642,360.00 (13.2 mio)
• Bilateral 2,379,103,499.00 ( 9.9 mio)
• Humanitarian assistance 137,595,000.00 ( 0.57
  mio)
• TOTAL 6,604,399,833.00 ( 27.5 mio)

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International Development Cooperation of Slovenia

• To reach the Barcelona commitments by 2010,
  Slovenia has to ensure additional SIT 4 billion
  for ODA per year.
• Additional funds have to be ensured by 2015, when
  Slovenia must reach the goal of 0.33 of its GNI.

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International Development Cooperation Act

• Adopted by the Slovenian Parliament on 23 June
  2006
• Regulates international development, by setting
  the goals, policies, priorities and
  recommendations.
• A Strategy and Resolution as the basic strategic
  document in the field of development cooperation
  are being drafted on the basis of this Act.

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International Development Cooperation Act

• International Development Cooperation shall be
  planned and implemented on the basis of the
  Resolution on Int. Dev. Coop.
• the Resolution will be based on the Slovenian
  Development Strategy
• the Resolution will be adopted by the Parliament
  on the proposal of the Government of RS

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International Development Cooperation Act

• National Coordinator for Int. Dev. Coop. is the
  Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• the Government will appoint an interministerial
  working body, chaired by a representative of the
  MFA and tasked with planning, coordinating and
  monitoring the implementation and evaluating Int.
  Dev. Coop.

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International Development Cooperation Act

• Council of Experts for Int. Dev. Coop. has been
  established with the aim of drafting the
  Resolution and advising on Int. Dev. Coop.
• Council of Experts is composed of
  representatives of the ministries involved in the
  implementation of Int. Dev. Coop.,
  representatives of the Providers of Int. Dev.
  Coop., Experts in Int. Dev. Coop. and
  representatives of chambers of commerce and other
  legal entities

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International Development Cooperation Act

• Forms of Int. Dev. Coop.
• planning and carrying out dev. projects
• funding dev. projects
• education and training of individuals,
  organisations and institutions
• participation of representatives of SI in int.
  peace and humanitarian missions
• cultural and scientific cooperation
• establishment and operation of public sector
  agencies

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International Development Cooperation Act

• training of experts and employees of legal
  entities in SI
• advising on, planning and drawing up studies
  concerning Int. Dev. Coop.
• planning and implementing public awareness
  programmes

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Bilateral and Multilateral Assistance of Slovenia

• Bilateral assistance
• agreement on development and technical assistance
• main focus - Western Balkans
• - Eastern Europe, Caucasus
• - in the future probably also one or
  two African States.
• implementation through the International Trust
  Fund for Demining (ITF), Center for Excellence in
  Finance, Foundation Together, Center for European
  Perspective, International Center for Promotion
  of Enterprises (ICPE).

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Bilateral and Multilateral Assistance of Slovenia

• EU
• 4.63 of Slovenias contribution to the EU budget
  goes for ODA. (SIT 3.1 billion in 2005).
• Slovenia will contribute 0.18 to the 10th EDF
  ( 40.8 mio in 6 years).

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Bilateral and Multilateral Assistance of Slovenia

• UN and its agencies, programmes and activities,
  such as the UNIDO, UNESCO, FAO, WHO and other
  operational programmes and funds (UNDP, UNICEF,
  UNCHR, UNIFEM, UNFPA, Democracy Fund...).

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Humanitarian Assistance

• assistance provided in the case of natural and
  other disasters, armed conflicts or in urgent
  cases of such an extent that cannot be handled by
  the affected region or country alone
• not discriminatory
• independent of foreign policy goals of donor
  countries

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Humanitarian Assistance of Slovenia

• SI intervenes through international humanitarian
  organizations (UNHCR, OCHA, International
  Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent
  Societies, Karitas, Médecins sans Frontiers, ITF
  and Human Security Network)
• In 2005, Slovenia donated SIT 137,595,000.00 for
  humanitarian assistance to ODA beneficiary
  states.