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AID & DEVELOPMENT EFFECTIVENESS EU JOINT PROGRAMMING

AID & DEVELOPMENT EFFECTIVENESS EU JOINT PROGRAMMING 1 st Interim Meeting of the Policy Forum on Development Brussels, 11 May 2012 Alex Gerbrandij EEAS/Development Cooperation Coordination Division. 1. Joint Programming – Background.

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AID & DEVELOPMENT EFFECTIVENESS EU JOINT PROGRAMMING

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  1. AID & DEVELOPMENT EFFECTIVENESSEU JOINT PROGRAMMING 1st Interim Meeting of the Policy Forum on Development Brussels, 11 May 2012 Alex Gerbrandij EEAS/Development Cooperation Coordination Division 1

  2. Joint Programming – Background • Momentum: Council Conclusions for Busan of November 2011; Agenda for Change • Aid effectiveness purpose- Reduced fragmentation through division of labour- Increased transparency and predictability- EU donors as part of problem and solution • Strengthened EU external action purpose: joint undertaking COM-EEAS • Final product: single joint programming document, hopefully replacing at least partly individual programming documents

  3. Joint Programming – Main features (1) Scope • Joint analysis/response to partner countries’ national plans • In-country division of labour for all sectors of intervention (not cross-country division of labour) • Indicative financial allocation per sector and donor (not country allocations) • Not bilateral implementation plans

  4. Joint Programming – Main features (2) Change of approach • Focus work at partner country level: Brussels light • Synchronisation with partner countries’ cycles: ownership by partner country government • ‘Strategy’ light • Maximum of 3 sectors • Open to committed non-EU donors, but EU as a driving force

  5. Joint Programming – Next steps (1) Joint programming to be conducted in 2012 • Following letter from HR/VP Ashton, Commissioners Piebalgs and Füle of January 2012, Heads of Missions reports received early March from the potential 11 partner countries • Positive assessment for 2012: Ethiopia, Ghana, Guatemala, Laos, [Mali], Rwanda • No conducive environment for joint programming or for later: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Moldova, Tunisia, Ukraine

  6. Joint Programming – Next steps (2) Preparing ground for possible next waves • On the basis of 2012 and South Sudan experience • Assessment by Delegations in 2012 as part of programming; consultation with stakeholders including civil society proposals by September 2012 • Possibility for interim period before new partner countries’ cycles start

  7. Many EU cooks in the aid kitchen….. 7

  8. Where fragmention will lead to: health in Kenya 8 8

  9. Aid Fragmentation in Ugandasource: OECD

  10. Joint Programming In conclusion: • Joint programming offers a strong political as well as operational instrument for the EU to work better together, to increase its coordination and to strengthen its impact on poverty reduction.

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