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Impact of FTI on policy and operations - France
Brasilia, November 11 ,2004
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Revisiting the French Development Assistance
Strategy

• In line with the international agenda
  (HIPC,Dakar, Monterrey, G8, MDGs, Rome), and
  prior to FTI, France defined a set of principles
  to revisit its development assistance strategies
  
• Projects and programs should be nested into the
  national poverty reduction strategies (PRSPs) and
  sector strategies,
• Capacity building is central, in such areas as
  sector analysis, strategy and management
• Coordination and harmonization with other
  agencies (bilaterals and multilaterals) are key
  to partnership and aid efficiency

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Operating Principles

• Focus on basic education EFA is central to
  promote human rights and support strategies
  reducing poverty and inequity
• ? Goals expand access and improve retention,
  quality and efficiency of education systems and
  institutions
• ? Means
• (i) capacity building on sector analysis
  (education country status reports) and strategic
  management (simulation models, EMIS)
• (ii) capacity building of central and local
  government planning, Human resources
  management, Budget implementation)
• (iii) pool or parallel funding of sector
  development programs

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FTI as a catalyst of change for French ODA

• ? FTI has been a key marketing asset to
  prioritize Basic Education between competing
  sectors within country assistance strategies
• need to deliver on Frances international
  commitments
• FTI as a pilot for the Monterrey compact
• mid term programming of resources for FTI
  endorsed countries
• ? More ODA for basic education
• A more balanced approach with a priority to Basic
  Education
• In the prospect of increased ODA (0.7 of GDP in
  2007), FTI came right on time to focus on MDG 2
  and 3
• ? FTI offers a conceptual framework and strategic
  partnership to revisit the instruments and
  modalities of French aid
• From projects to swaps
• Experiments in budget support
• New fields of expertise for technical assistance

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France new instruments are geared towards sector
approach and FTI
? Financial instruments

• Debt swaps (C2D) debt installments are
  refinanced through grants allocated to PRSP
  priority sectors
• Development of program aid (pool funding, Sector
  budget support...)
• These new instruments
• offer financial amounts more in line with the
  needs in the sector
• induce a more active participation in the sector
  policy dialogue
• promote a better synergy between financial and
  institutional support and between macro and
  sector approaches.
• ? Revisiting the profile and missions of
  technical assistance
• - TA in planning, management and sector analysis,
  and more focus to primary education.
• - less long term TA and more short/middle term
  field missions and regional support team
  (UNESCO/France Pole de Dakar)

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FTI has also boosted France involvement in global
and local partnership

• ? At the global level
• Active role in the preparation and follow-up of
  G8, co-chairing FTI in 2003 ...
• ? At the local level
• teaming up with UNESCO preparing EFA plans
• teaming up with WB in the preparation of country
  status reports
• funding sector development programs with joint
  sector reviews, MoUs etc.

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Examples of programs in FTI countries

• ? Burkina 25M (program aid) focused on UPC
• ? Niger 10M (investment project) 2 M
  (capacity building) 10 M (program aid)
• ? Mauritania 9,7M (debt swap) with 7M focused
  on UPC and 2,7 on post primary 1,8 M (capacity
  building)