EU PROGRAMMES: DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION INSTRUMENTS

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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 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

• 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 EU Code on Division of Labour
• 2007 new Financial instruments (including the
  Development Cooperation Instrument)

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EU EC aid implementation

• EU the largest donor in the world
• 27 1 donors together responsible for 60 of all
  development aid (2008 48,6 billion)
• USA provides 22
• European Commission on its own
• Second largest donor of humanitarian aid
• Third largest donor of development aid (11,
  after USA and Germany)
• Present in aprox. 140 countries

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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.
• ? 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)
EuropeAid EDF fund 4.8 bn (37)
Non-EuropeAid Budget 3.3 bn(26)
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
E N P I
ICI
DCI
EDF
DCI
ICI
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Geographic distribution of funds - 2008
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EuropeAid spending per region, ODA and OA, ACP
including South Africa and Bananas
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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 740
• Central Asia 100
• Middle East 70
• South Africa 140
• Scope II Sugar production restructuring
• Funding 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 Thematic programmes
• Funding Average 800 million p.a.
• Region All third countries
• except industrialised / pre-accession
• Themes Investing in people 150 million
• Environment 120
• NSAs / local authorities 230
• Food security 240
• Migration / asylum 60

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• Overview of thematic programmes focus on NSALA

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Distribution of funds by horizontal programme -
2008
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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 NSALAs 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 (1/5)
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DCI programmes (2/5)
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DCI programmes (3/5)
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DCI programmes (4/5)
Support third countries in their efforts to
better manage migratory flows
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DCI programmes (5/5)
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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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NSALA 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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NSALA 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 EuropeAid-NSA-LA_at_ec.eu
  ropa.eu

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NSALA 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/consultation/i
  ndex.cfm?actionviewconsid4886
• 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_e
  n.htm
• http//ec.europa.eu/europeaid/work/funding/documen
  ts/call_forecast.pdf
• Potential Applicant Database On Registration
  (PADOR)
• http//ec.europa.eu/europeaid/work/onlineservices/
  pador/index_en.htm

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