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DELEGATED COOPERATION State of Play (20 November 2012) . Summary. 1. Main principles & General definitions 2. Delegation Agreements and Transfer Agreements by year 3. Delegation Agreements and Transfer Agreements by region/theme
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DELEGATED COOPERATIONState of Play (20 November 2012)
Summary 1. Main principles & General definitions 2. Delegation Agreements and Transfer Agreements by year 3. Delegation Agreements and Transfer Agreements by region/theme 4. Delegation Agreements and Transfer Agreements by agency 5. Some Lessons learnt
1. Main principles & General definitions Aideffectiveness: • Paris Declaration (2005), Accra (2008), Busan (2011) • Agenda for Change (2012) • Code of Conduct on Division of Labour (2007) Principles: • Ownership • Harmonisation • Alignment Drivers: • Use of country systems and Division of Labour
→DELEGATION AGREEMENT Management of funds entrusted by the European Commission to delegated body from Member States (or other third donor country) under the indirect centralised management mode → TRANSFER AGREEMENT Management of funds entrusted to the European Commission by EU Member States, International Organisations and other public donors These two types of agreement constitute delegated cooperation
"6-pillar" compliance • Expression of interest by the donor body • Initial screening by EuropeAid services 3. External audit to assess the "existence and proper operation" on the following “6 pillars”: • transparent procurement and grant-award procedures; • an effective internal control system for management of operations; • accounting system that enables the correct use of EU funds • an independent external audit; • public access to information at the level provided for in Community regulations; • adequate annual ex post publication of beneficiaries of funds deriving from the budget
2. DelegationAgreements (DA) & Transfer Agreements (TA) by year *As at 20/11/2012
4.1 Delegation Agreements by entity (EU) *Figures for DA/TA by entity may differ slightly from those collated by MS
4.2 Transfer Agreements by entity (EU) • *Figures for DA/TA by entity may differ slightly from those collated by MS
5. Somelessonslearnt 1. Fragmentation • DA averageamount: 5.10 M€ • No. of DA below3M€ : 28/71 Range: • TA averageamount: 4.87 M€ Range:
2. Co-financing • DelegationAgreements No. of DA signedwith no co-financing: 24/71 • Transfer Agreements 100% of TA involvedco-financing
3. Balance: DelegationAgreements/Transfer Agreements • 71 DA vs. 31 TA • 362 M€ DA / 151 M€ TA • Ratio= €2.40 delegated per €1 received