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First ASEAN-EU Connectivity Dialogue

ASEAN-EU Cooperation Programme: Walter Kennes, European Commission DG DEVCO H2 Brussels, 27 February 2014. First ASEAN-EU Connectivity Dialogue. Plan. Role of DG DEVCO EU cooperation instruments ASEAN-EU cooperation programme under Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) 2007-2013

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First ASEAN-EU Connectivity Dialogue

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  1. ASEAN-EU Cooperation Programme: Walter Kennes, European Commission DG DEVCO H2 Brussels, 27 February 2014 First ASEAN-EU Connectivity Dialogue

  2. Plan • Role of DG DEVCO • EU cooperation instruments • ASEAN-EU cooperation programme underMultiannual Financial Framework (MFF) 2007-2013 • Perspectives and priorities for ASEAN-EU cooperation over the next MFF period 2014-2020

  3. Role of DG DEVCO • Manages most of the EU budget for external action • Prepare EU development policy (eg Rio + 20) • Contribute to the preparation of the EU budget • Programming of EU cooperation: together with EEAS • Staff around 3740 of which 2340 in Delegations • Budget handled around € 8.5 billion (USD 11 bn)

  4. Cooperation cycle • Programming (with EEAS) • Identification • Appraisal • Decision • Implementation: usually starts with the signing of Financing Agreement • Call for tenders, call for proposals • EU procedures or partner procedures • Evaluation

  5. External relations instruments • DevelopmentCooperation Instrument (DCI) • HumanitarianCooperation • European Instrument for Democracy and HumanRights (EIDHR) • Stability Instrument • CooperationwithIndustrialised Countries and Partnership Instrument L1

  6. Development Cooperation Instrument (DCI) • Geographic Programmes • Asia • bilateral (including CLMV and Philipines) • regional • ASEAN-EU programme (discussed at the JCC) • Thematic Programmes • Global Public Goods and Challenges • Global Climate Change Alliance • FLEGT • Civil Society and local authorities L1

  7. ASEAN-EU cooperation (2007-13) • Direct support to ASEAN integration: almost €10 million per year within the wider regional support for Asia • A much larger set of bilateral programmes with ASEAN Member States (total around € 1.2 bn) • A range of other regional and thematic programmes: SWITCH Asia, TEIN, Asia Investment Facility, FLEGT, Erasmus, Global Climate Change Alliance, Health, Uprooted peoples, Humanitiarian Assistance, Scientific Cooperation, Human Rights, CBRN.

  8. EU bilateral cooperation, 2007-2013

  9. Cooperation 2007-13 Economic Community • ASEAN Regional Integration Support by the EU (ARISE) € 15 mn • institutional support, integration capacity building, customs and transit arrangements, trade facilitation, technical barriers. • EU-ASEAN economic partnership €2.5 mn • to enhance FTA negotiation capacity

  10. Current support to ASEAN Economic Community (cont.) • Protection of Intellectual Property Rights (ECAP III) € 4.5 mn (now with OHIM) • Protection and enforcing IPR, • ASEAN Air Transport Integration Project (AATIP) € 5 mn (with EASA) • Support safe, secure, single aviation market • Statistical capacity building € 6 mn • Integration and harmonisation of statatistics

  11. Cooperation on Political & Security and Socio-Cultural Communities • Migration and border management € 4.7 mn • Regional EU-ASEAN DialogueInstr. (READI) € 4 mn • Flexible facility to support dialogue in areastobeagreed • Initialselection: information andcommunicationtechnology, disaster management, energy, research anddevelopment • Otherproposed topics: climate change, human rights, maritime cooperation, education • Statisticsandintegration monitoring €7.5

  12. Recent decisions (2011-13) • Border management including visa simplification € 3.4 m (with Interpol) • Higher education € 10 m (quality assurance, qualification framework, mobility, credit transfer etc.) • Human rights dialogue( support for AICHR, ACWC, …) topping up of READI € 3.3 mn

  13. Envisaged for MFF 2014-2020 • Joint Cooperation Committee (24 January 2014) • Initial ideas on broad areas for future cooperation: • Connectivity through sustainable and inclusive economic integration and trade; • Climate change and disaster management; • Comprehensive dialogue facility.

  14. Thank you for your attention.

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