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EU Development Aid Landscape: A Comprehensive Overview

Explore the EU's pivotal role in global development aid, key strategies, budget breakdown, and program implementation dynamics.

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EU Development Aid Landscape: A Comprehensive Overview

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  1. ITUC Development Cooperation NetworkTraining Seminar19 November 2009Maxime MontagnerUnit F1 / Relations with civil society & coordinationEuropeAid Cooperation OfficeEuropean Commission

  2. Index The EU development aid context Geographic instruments: focus on the Development & Cooperation Instrument Overview of thematic programmes: focus on Non-State Actors & Local Authorities programme From the DCI to the signature of a contract: a multi-stakeholders decision-making process

  3. 1 The EU development aid context

  4. European Cooperation Fight against poverty Article 177 of the EU Treaty defines 3 concentration domains for the EU cooperation Economic integration Sustainable development

  5. EC response: the policy framework • 2000 UN 8Millennium Development Goals, fixing poverty reduction objectives for 2015 • 2005 OECD Paris Declaration, 60 recipients and 50 donors on aid effectiveness • 2005European Consensus, the EU development policy, tying Member States and Commission • 2007 EU Code on Division of Labour • 2008Accra High Level Forum on aid effectiveness • 2008Doha Conference on financing for development.

  6. EU & EC aid implementation EU the largest donor in the world • 27 + 1 donors together responsible for 60% of all development aid (2008: 48,6 billion) • USA provides 22% European Commission on its own: • Second largest donor of humanitarian aid • Third largest donor of development aid (11%, after USA and Germany) • Present in aprox. 140 countries Based on OECD/DAC preliminary figures 2009

  7. The EC and the external aid budget 2008 External aid: €12.8 bn(9%) EuropeAid EDF fund: €4.8 bn (37%) Non-EuropeAid Budget: €3.3 bn(26%) Commission budget inside EU: €124 bn (91%) EuropeAid Budget: €4.6 bn (37%) EuropeAid implements external assistance. This excludes pre-accession aid, humanitarian aid, and Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) aid. EC total budget includes European Development Fund (EDF). NB – 2008 provisional figures (April 09)

  8. EuropeAid in the RELEX Family… EuropeAid is part of the External relations family within the EC : DG External Relations (RELEX) DG Development (DEV) DG Enlargement (ELARG) DG Trade (TRADE) Humanitarian Office (ECHO) …. and Delegations !

  9. Division of labour • Political strategies (programming DGs) : RELEX & DEV in charge of the elaboration of the programming documents • In charge of implementation: EuropeAid and Delegations

  10. EuropeAid Mandate ● Created in 2001: in charge of the implementation of external programmes worldwide. ● Aims at delivering development aid in an efficient and effective way. ● Responsible of different steps of the project cycle (with Delegations):identification, feasibility, financing decision, procurement, monitoring, evaluation, audit etc.

  11. 2 Geographic instruments: focus on the Development & Cooperation Instrument

  12. IPA Geographical coverage ICI E N P I ICI DCI EDF DCI ICI

  13. Geographic distribution of funds - 2008 EuropeAid spending per region, ODA and OA, ACP including South Africa and Bananas

  14. Geographic instruments • The bulk of the EC cooperation - Cooperation with Partners States via Country Strategy Papers signed between the EC and national authorities: 3 and 5 priorities in the cooperation. - Involvement of Non-State actors (depends of the context): • Dialogue with state authorities • Capacity-building programmes: internal governance, networking & advocacy capacities etc.

  15. Development cooperation instrument (DCI) Scope I Country specific programmes Funding Average € 1.4 billion p.a. Regions Latin America € 380 million Asia 740 Central Asia 100 Middle East 70 South Africa 140 Scope II Sugar production restructuring Funding Average € 180 million p.a. Region 18 African, Caribbean, Pacific countries Ref Reg: 1905/2006 of 18.12.06

  16. Development cooperation instrument (DCI) (2) Scope III Thematic programmes Funding Average € 800 million p.a. Region All third countries except industrialised / pre-accession Themes Investing in people € 150 million Environment 120 NSAs / local authorities 230 Food security 240 Migration / asylum 60

  17. Overview of thematic programmes: focus on NSA&LA 3 17

  18. Added-value of thematic programmes • Do not result from a direct negotiation between the state and the EC but proposed by NSA&LAsor managed jointly with international institutions • Complementary to geographic programmes: actor-oriented, can reach more easily the local level. • Illustration of the EU as a « soft power », willing the spread its common values around the world such as fight against death penalty, mitigation of climate change, gender equality etc.

  19. Distribution of funds by horizontal programme - 2008 * Thematic programmes include: non-state actors & local authorities, investing in people, gender, environment, migration and food security

  20. Non State Actors (art. 24 of the DCI regulation): NGOs, political foundations, trade unions, universities, cooperatives, etc. Local and regional authorities: Municipalities, provinces, regions and their associations 20

  21. DCI programmes (1/5)

  22. DCI programmes (2/5)

  23. DCI programmes (3/5)

  24. DCI programmes (4/5) Support third countries in their efforts to better manage migratory flows

  25. DCI programmes (5/5)

  26. OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAMME « NSA-LA » To support small scale initiatives from NSA and LA in the field of development & reinforce the capacity of intervention of NSA and LA in the policy making process 3 objectives : promote an inclusive and empowered society in partner countries to facilitate non-state actors and local authorities participation in poverty reduction and sustainable development strategies, raise public awareness of development issues and promote education for development in the EU and acceding countries, support activities to strengthen coordination and communication activities of NSA and local authority networks in the EU and acceding countries. 26

  27. NSA&LA 2009 In-country interventions in priority countries : country based calls for Proposals managed by EC Delegations: 82 targeted countries in AAP 2009 2009: +/- 137,8 m€ (121,7 m€ for NSA, 16,1 m€ for LA) Multi-country, global and regional interventions: global calls for Proposals managed by EC Brussels (Obj 1) Obj 1: +/- 40,6 m€ (30,5 m€ for NSA, 10,1 m€ for LA) Objectives 2 and 3: CfP managed in Brussels Obj 2: +/- 30,5 m€ (26 m€ for NSA, 4,5 m€ for LA) Obj 3: +/- 4,5 m€ (3,75 € for NSA, 0.75 m€ for LA) Direct grants: +/- 3,1 m€ Support measures:+/- 1 m€ -For more information: Europeaid Unit F1; Contact:EuropeAid-NSA-LA@ec.europa.eu

  28. NSA&LA 2010 3 calls for proposals to be launched by EuropeAid (corresponding to the 3 objectives) in spring 2010 Between 80 & 85 Delegations will launch calls for proposals at the local level Objective 2: capitalization study to be launched in January concerning Development education projects.

  29. 4 From the DCI to the signature of a grant contract

  30. Step by Step Legal Basis (2007-2013) … DCI Multi-annual Strategy Paper (2007-2010) Annual Action Programme (2009) Call for Proposals published on the EuropeAid website Selection of Proposals Contract signature Monitoring, Evaluation, Audit

  31. A multi- stakeholdersDecision-making process: From strategy paper to Call for proposals WHAT? WHO?

  32. Tips for a successful proposal… Very good knowledge of the context & priorities of the cooperation between the EC & the State… Find relevant NSA&LA Partners in the country. Demonstrate the added-value of YOUR organisation. Writing the proposal: be specific, straight to the point & very clear in terms of specific objectives & expected results.

  33. Some challenges concerning civil society involvement in EC cooperation How to better define the roles & added-value European v. local actors? How to deal with the very high competition coming from the call for proposals procedure (and very low success rate of applicants)? How to adapt EC instruments to be more strategic when engaging with civil society organizations? 2010: Launch of a multi-stakeholders dialogue / working group to try to answer to these questions. ITUC will have a key role to play.

  34. EuropeAid : http://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/index_en.htm Calls for proposals : http://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/work/funding/index_en.htm Potential Applicant Database On Registration (PADOR) : http://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/work/onlineservices/pador/index_en.htm Maxime Montagner European Commission Europeaid, Unit F1: Relations with civil society and coordination Maxime.montagner@ec.europa.eu 34

  35. Many thanks for your attention! Don’t be shy…. The floor is yours!!

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