Influencing Europe Mascha M' Matthews EU Liaison Officer

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Influencing Europe Mascha M. MatthewsEU
Liaison Officer
Brussels, February 2008
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Influencing Europe
Contents

• Why care about the European Union
• Advocacy Entry Points and Methods of Advocacy
  Intervention
• Future Aid Environment
• (a) Divison of Labour
• (b) Budget Support
• (c) Quality of Aid
• 4. Country Strategy Paper Ethiopia
• Advocacy intervention- The Country Strategy Paper

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EU - Why do we care?
European Union
BRUSSEL
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• Why care about the EU

European Official Development Aid (ODA) in 2005
49,2 billion
Scheduled to more than double by 2010
7,5 billion
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1. Why care about the EU
European Union
AMSTERDAM US5.11 b
BERLIN US 9.91 b
LONDON US10.75 b
BRUSSELS
PRAG
PARIS US10.06 b
LJUBLJANA
Source OECD DAC Members' Net 2005 ODA
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1. Why care about the EU
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1. Why care about the EU
European Union
AMSTERDAM
BERLIN
LONDON
BRUSSELS
PRAG
PARIS
LJUBLJANA
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1. Why care about the EU
European Union Primary EU Institutions, Brussels
ACP Secretariat
European Council
European Commission
European Parliament
Council of the EU Ministers
Directorates Civil Servants
EP Committees Party Groups
EDF Committee
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2. Advocacy
Starting Advocacy
Who is already doing advocacy?
Who are the decision makers?
What are the existing policies? How do they need
to be improved?
How much more funding is needed?
When will decisions be made? What is the policy
making process?
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2. Advocacy
Role of NGOs

• Provide technical expertise to officials
• Push for higher standards of transparency and
  accountability
• Help other NGOs around the world understand
  policies and their impact
• Watchdog that the decision makers keeps its
  commitments

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2. Advocacy
Usual advocacy methods in Brussels

• Develop and maintain relationships with key
  decision-makers, MEPs, etc.
• Conduct strategic outreach for specific
  interventions
• Develop input papers at the right time
• Participate in formal consultations
• Workshops/roundtables/seminars

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2. Advocacy
Offer Technical Expertise - Provide Input
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2. Advocacy
Watchdog EU Commitments
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2. Advocacy
BRUSSEL
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3. Future Aid Environment (a)

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3. Future Aid Environment (a)
EU Code of Conduct for Division of ODA - 10 May
2007



Harmony?
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4. Country Strategy Paper
The European Development Fund

• Main instrument for delivering Aid to ACP
  countries
• - Managed by the European Commission
• - Funded directly by the EU Member States
• Supervised by EDF Committee
• 2008-2013 Country Strategy Papers

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4. Country Strategy Paper
Programming Process

• 1 Draft Country Strategy Paper by EC delegation
  and national authorities
• 2 European Commission Brussels
• 3 National Authorizing Officer
• European Commission Brussels different
  departments and governance profile
• EDF committee (EU Member States)
• Signed by recipient country and European
  Commission
• More information http//www.acp-programming.eu

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4. Country Strategy Paper
Action Country Strategy Paper

• Subscribe to Action Alert list and respond
• Contact EC delegation, person responsible for CS
  and read their website
• Find out which CSO are working on the CSP and
  make sure SRH is represented
• Cotonou working group

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The End
THANK YOU! Questions?