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Elaborating a Practitioners’ contribution to the new financial regulation of the European Commission A collaborative pro

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Elaborating a Practitioners’ contribution to the new financial regulation of the European Commission A collaborative pro

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  1. Photo : AFD Elaborating a Practitioners’ contribution to thenew financial regulation of the European Commission A collaborative process

  2. Context • EC’s financial regulations determineoptions/conditions for the implementation of EU budget through actors other than the EU COM (institutions accredited through six-pillar-assessment); • EC’s financial regulations need to facilitatethe rising significance of collaboration between MS institutions and EU COM in the financial period post 2013 due to delegated cooperation, assignment of revenues, and the fostering of regional facilities; • We need to join forces to be heard by the negotiators of the EC’s financial regulations, unlikely to be familiar with development cooperation.

  3. The process Practitioners‘ initiatives • 12/2009 • 07/2010 • 09/2010 • 12/2010 • 03/2011 • 06/2011 • 09-10/11 • 01/2012 • Public consultation • Disclosure to the MS of the Commission’s draft • First round of negotiation of the text • Revised proposal by the Presidency • Second round of negotiation within the Council • Revised EU Presidency proposal and negotiation within the EP • Expected final approval • Expected entry into force • Joint contribution of practitioners • Elaborate a joint “reference paper” • Practitioners contribute to position of their own country’s official position • Possible way forward:- further follow-up the process- practitioners contact DEVE Committee of the EP

  4. Major issues for development Practitioners • Simplify methods of implementation: one uniform procedure for indirect implementation of EU budget valid for international organisations, EIB group, bilateral development institutions, entities under private law endowed with a public mandate; • Unify reporting requirements • Clarify of the use of “Financial Instruments” for external action • Consider European Trust Funds Welcome ! Avoid unreasonable administrative burden Recognise Innovative Financial Instruments (e.g. blending) that involve COM + financing actors as an important tool for development cooperation Possibly useful for designing future European financing platform(s), while avoiding mushrooming of TF

  5. Results • Collaboration among practitioners in deviation from the “traditional” thematic groups was fruitful; • Active participation of some non-official members of the Practitioner’s Network enriched the agenda; • Support received from EuropeAid/DEVCO was welcome; • The current proposal is quite in line with our views; • Valuable example / experience of exchange of views, elaboration of a joint position and feedback to practitioners.

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