International Development Cooperation Case Study : Hungary

1. International Development Cooperation Case Study: Hungary

2. 02 Milestones in the Hungarian development cooperation • Before 1989. Development cooperation with traditional partners • 1996. OECD membership • 2003. Adoption of the Concept Paper of IDC and set up of the International Development Cooperation Department in the MFA • 2004. EU membership • 2004. The contract with HUN-IDA is signed for two years, 2006: renewed • 2006. Twinning program with Finland • 2008. Reformulation of the partner country system • 2008.IDC is part of the new External Relations Strategy • Until 2009.More than 500 projects implemented

3. 03 Concept of the Hungarian IDC Policy • Theoretical basis of the Hungarian IDC Policy • United Nations • OECD • European Union • Hungary’s new External Relations Strategy

4. 04 United Nations • Millennium Development Goals • Monterrey Consensus • UNDP Trust Fund • Has one of the most extensive network, its professional experience is exemplary to other donors • Cooperation possibility with regard to the Western Balkans and neighboring states • Importance in cooperation with the civil sector • Close proximity of the Bratislava and Budapest offices to target countries

5. 05 OECD • Aid effectiveness • Paris Declaration • Accra Agenda for Action

6. 06 European Union The EU (Commission and the member states) is the leading donor of the world Development cooperation is a shared competence • each member state and the Commission has its own IDC policy • to secure the same trend →guidelines are adopted • European Consensus on Development Cooperation 2000, 2005 • Joint Programming Framework • Donor coordination • GAERC Conclusions

7. Hungary’s new External Relations Strategy • Support the efforts of the international donor community serving the UN Millennium Development Goals. • Response to global challenges: poverty alleviation, the support of backward regions, hunger reduction, reduction of epidemics and infectious diseases, secure schooling, gender equality and sustainable development. • Taking part in international development co-operation, reinforcing security as well as economic ties through reducing differences in the level of development.

8. 08 Hungary’s new External Relations Strategy 2 • EU commitment: earmark 0.17 percent of thenational income in 2010, and 0.33 percent in 2015, • crucial role of NGOs, • Most urgent task is to reduce poverty in Africa and ease deprivation. At the same time, a geographically balanced development policy: Close partnership with Eastern and Southern Europe as well as withseveral needy Far-Eastern countries.

9. 09 Main objective: poverty reduction • Peace and security • Human rights • Democracy • Economic and social development • Good governance

10. 10 Focus on comparative advantages • Transition management (economic transition, EU accession) • Knowledge transfer • Health • Education • Agriculture • Environment • Water management • Infrastructure

11. 11 Scope of partner countries (revised in 2008) • priority countries,activity based on a mid-term country strategy paper: Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia, Moldova, Vietnam, Palestine Authority; • project based cooperation: Africa (Sub-Saharan Africa), Yemen, Cambodia, Kyrgyzstan, Kosovo, Laos, Macedonia, Mongolia, Montenegro, Ukraine; • international commitments:Afghanistan and Iraq; • countries eligible for tied aid: all countries according to the OECD DAC list of ODA recipients

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15. 15 Cooperation with the Western Balkan countries • Stability and development of the region represents a focal point of our foreign policy, and especially of our IDC policy; • Two priority countries: Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina • Project based partner countries: Kosovo, FYROM, Montenegro • Main field of activity:transition experiences, good governance and civil society,experience of European integration and support of the region’s steps through the process, agriculture, educational and cultural projects, health and social development • WB countries’ share of total bilateral ODA in the period of 2004-2009: 20%

16. 16 Cooperation with Eastern European and CIS countries • Eastern Europe, as a neighbouring region, has an important place in our foreign and IDC policy; • Priority country: Moldova • Project based partners: Kyrgyzstan, Ukraine • Support to democratic institutions, systems and the civil society: Belarus • Development projects in line with LRRD(Linking Relief, Rehabilitation and Development) conception: Georgia • The region’s share of total bilateral ODA in the period of 2004-2009: 6.8%

17. 17 Donor coordination, Trilateral co-operations • Complementarity with, and participation in, EU’s IPA projects • Active participation in donor coordination meetings in the field, especially in Sarajevo and Belgrade • Cooperation in practice in Afghanistan with Greece and Japan • In the two concerned regions: current discussions on cooperation plans with SIDA and the V4 countries, and also with USAID in Serbia • Challenges: new policy, capacities

18. 18 Thank you for your attention! Department for International Development CooperationMinistry of Foreign AffairsHungary