WORKSHOP 20 JANUARY 2009. 9:00 - 14:00 DEÁK PALOTA (1052 BUDAPEST, DEÁK FERENC UTCA 15.)

1. LAW ON THE HORIZON! THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK OF OFFICIAL DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE AND THE DIRECTIONS FOR REFORM IN HUNGARY. Ministry of Finance of Slovak Republic WORKSHOP 20 JANUARY 2009. 9:00 - 14:00 DEÁK PALOTA (1052 BUDAPEST, DEÁK FERENC UTCA 15.)

2. Content • LEGAL FRAMEWORK • LEGISLATIVEFRAMEWORK • INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK • PRIORITIES • FINANCIAL SOURCES • REPORTING & STATISTICS • CHALLENGES • PREPARATION OF ODA ACT

3. LEGAL FRAMEWORK • Medium–term Strategy for ODA – 2003-2008 • ODA National Programme – annual document • Act on the Official Development Aid • Directive for the provision of ODA • Bilateral agreements – beneficiary countries/IOs/IFIs • Financial guidelines

4. LEGISLATIVE FRAMEWORK • Constitution Act • Competence Act • State Budget Act • Budgetary Rules Act • Accounting Act • Public procurement Act • Financial supervision and internal audit Act • Government Decrees

5. INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK Ministry of Foreign Affairs of SR Ministry of Finance of SR Slovak Agency for International Development Cooperation Administrative and Contracting Units – BBF & TF

6. PRIORITIES Multilateral • EU Development Policy – Development Cooperation Instrument • Preparation for EDF • Western Balkan Fund • Contributions to IFIs Bilateral Balkan Countries – Serbian Republic, Montenegro Republic, Bosnia & Herzegovina EU Neighbouring Countries – Ukraine and Belarus Asian Countries – Afghanistan and Kazakhstan African Countries – Kenya, Ethiopia Other countries - Albania, Kyrghistan, Macedonia, Mongolia, Mozambique, Sudan, Tadzikistan and Uzbekistan. ODA - challanges and solutions from financial perspective

7. FINANCIAL SOURCES Multilateral ODA • EU contributions - % from Own Resources, EDF • Contributions to IOs – UNEP, FAO, etc. • Contributions to IFIs – WBG (IDA), EBRD etc. • Debt relief – HIPC, initiative G8 MDRI

8. FINANCIAL SOURCES Bilateral ODA • Operating by two Administrating and Contracting Units (ACUs)– Bratislava-Belgrade Fund & UNDP Trust Fund • Since January 2007 Slovak Agency for International Development Cooperation (SAIDC) • Humanitarian Aid

9. FINANCIAL SOURCES Budget planning 3 years budget programming Budget specification for coming year and 2 years outlook (ministries) Government decision on Budget proposal Approval of Budget Law by National Parliament. Budget Law implementation

10. FINANCIAL SOURCES Budget spending MoF State Treasury Ministries SAIDC + IAs Beneficiaries

11. FINANCIAL SOURCES MFA Ministry of InteriorMinistry of Agriculture Ministry of Environment and Ministry of Education ODA PROGRAMME 05T MoF, Ministry of Defence and others authorities are out off the 05T programme

12. REPORTING • Bilateral ODA • Beneficiary on regular quarterly base • ACUs/IAs on MFA request • MFA SR on Government Decree No. 332/2002 • OECD/ DAC on voluntary base Report of Slovak ODA to the Government - yearly

13. REPORTING Multilateral ODA MoF SR from EU + IOs + IFIs MFA SR Report of Slovak ODA to the Government OECD

14. STATISTICS CALCULATION OF ODA PERCENTAGE - RATIO Bilateral ODA + Multilateral ODA EU Contributions Contributions to IOs Contributions to IFIs Debt Relief ACU TF ACU BBF Humanitarian Aid = ODA % GNI (by Statistical Office)

15. STATISTICS

16. Contributions to ODA by Ministry of Finance in 2007 ODA - challanges and solutions from financial perspective

17. CHALLENGES ODA efficiency and effectiveness Improvement of the ODA reporting & statistics Meeting the UN Millennium Goals and EU commitments Introduction of budgetary support towards developing countries Enhancing Slovak entities to implement ODA projects within the international field Establishing Trust Funds Public awareness

18. Act on Official Development Assistance • Involvement during preparation of the Act • Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Gestor) • Ministry of Finance • Administrative and Contracting Units / Agency • Slovak Academy of Science • NGDOs Platform ODA - challanges and solutions from financial perspective

19. Comments • Clear definition of the subject (purpose) • Financing • Position of Agency • Planning (Financial and Programmed) • References to other acts • Feedback with Slovak foreign policy • Not ODA priorities but goals • Territorial and sector priorities ODA - challanges and solutions from financial perspective

20. Act on Official Development Assistance Article 1 §1 Scope of the Act §2 Definition of the terms §3 ODA principles §4 ODA goals §5 Planning instruments for ODA §6 Forms of ODA implementation §7 Funding of ODA implementation §8 ODA Authorities §9 The Agency §10 Competences of Agency §11 Final provisions Article 2 Competence Act (amendment) Article 3 Entry in to force ODA - challanges and solutions from financial perspective

21. LAW ON THE HORIZON! THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK OF OFFICIAL DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE AND THE DIRECTIONS FOR REFORM IN HUNGARY. Thank you for yourkind attention Any questions? Dusan Wunder PhD. Sector ODA Coordinator, Department of International Relations, Ministry of Finance of the Slovak Republic E-mail: Dusan.Wunder@mfsr.sk