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Promoting East – E ast Cooperation through S haring the T ransitional E xperience

Promoting East – E ast Cooperation through S haring the T ransitional E xperience. What is EDI?. UNDP RBEC Regional initiative managed from RC in Bratislava Facilitates cooperation between EDs and both recipient countries and traditional donors

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Promoting East – E ast Cooperation through S haring the T ransitional E xperience

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  1. Promoting East –East Cooperation through Sharing the Transitional Experience

  2. What is EDI? • UNDP RBEC Regional initiative managed from RC in Bratislava • Facilitates cooperation between EDs and both recipient countries and traditional donors • Assists EDs in assuming their role as strategic partners in the global partnership for development (MDG 8)

  3. EDI – when it started? • Regional activities (study tours, workshops) since 1998 • National capacity development projects since 1999 • Regional EDI project document formulated in the fall of 2003 with seed funding 300,000 USD and structured output matrix, available at www.undp.sk under Other regional Activities and East-East Cooperation heading

  4. Who are the “Emerging Donors”? • EDI has got close working contacts with most Central European and Baltic Countries and it is open to all NMS, Bulgaria, Romania, Russia and Turkey • These countries have made considerable success in their economic and democratic reform process and their transition experience is of utmost relevance for the recipient countries, especially in the RBEC region • Demand for this expertise that is also linked to EU accession process has been constantly growing

  5. EDI – Main Directions • Strengthening capacities in emerging donor countries to effectively deliver development assistance; • Promoting development cooperation between emerging donor countries and recipient countries, with a special focus on Southeast European and CIS countries; • enhancing the role of UNDP, and the UN system overall, as a major partner for and facilitator of East-East and East-South development cooperation.

  6. EDI – capacity building for development cooperation (DC) at the national level • National projects in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania • Slovenia and possibly Poland to come soon • Cost-shared by the governments in some countries – first steps in ED resource mobilization • Close cooperation between ED unit and CST • Excellent tool for establishment of close working relationships with the partners, namely MFAs

  7. EDI – Slovak TF • 2,4 millions USD in 2003 (two thirds of the Slovak ODA) • 3,0 millions USD amount in 2004 • Main delivery mechanism for the Slovak ODA and trilateral projects with CIDA-ODACE • Administrative and Contracting Unit established in 2003 to perform the project cycle management functions • Steering Committee with the majority of Slovak MFA representativesdecides about funding • Cooperation with regional program and COs in the second half of 2004

  8. EDI – Czech TF • 400,000 USD in 2004 • To be replenished for 2005 with the same amount • Follow up of the previous TF • New qualitative stage • ODA is programmed and administered from Bratislava RC • Complementary mechanism for the Czech ODA • Thematic priorities: good governance, health and HIV-AIDS, environment and sustainable development, education, socio-economic development and regional cooperation, rural development

  9. EDI – Hungarian TF • 1 million USD in 2004 • Hungarian MFA opted for an implementation modality through a nationally executed project • UNDP’ s role is to assist in programming, monitoring and facilitating the process • Close cooperation with COs in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia and Montenegro and with the regional programme • Thematic priorities: good governance, policy coordination, sustainable development, SMEs, environment, gender and land mines /Ukraine/

  10. EDI – Strengthened role of UNDP as a donor and facilitator of East – East cooperation • Important role in several ED countries • Partnership with CIDA, EC and some bilateral donors like Austria • Respected partner at, and promoter of, the Donor Coordination meetings • Potential for new partnerships might increase after May 2004 – flexible modalities of ODA delivery and trilateral projects

  11. EDI – next steps • Increased coordination inside UNDP in regard to development cooperation in ED countries (new member states) • Further resource mobilization and fine-tuning of ODA delivery mechanisms • Increased role of UNDP in programming and management of the ED funds • Trilateral projects and donor coordination

  12. EDI and MDG 8 • As bilateral donors, EDs are being assisted to become ODA partners so that they can effectively enter the MDG 8 “global partnership for development” and thus contribute to the achievement of all eight MDGs • Linking financial resources, expertise from ED countries with UNDP “MDGized” programming clearly contributes to achieving MDGs • To become true ODA partners, they are building up their own policy, financial, institutional frameworks including transparent and efficient ODA delivery mechanisms, including human resources for ODA management

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