1. www.ada.gv.at Austrian Development Agency (ADA) International Conference on Development Assistance Operators Ljubljana – Slovenia, 4 June 2008 Robert Zeiner

2. www.ada.gv.at Organisational context Ministry for European and International Affairs (MfA) Directorate General for Development Policy Austrian Development Agency (ADA) The operational Unit of the Austrian Development Cooperation

3. www.ada.gv.at ADA basic facts Legal form: non-profit limited liability company Owner: Republic of Austria Owner’s representative: Ministry for European and International Affairs (MfA) Supervisory board (term of office: 4 years): 12 Members: MfA (6 incl. chairperson), Ministries of Finance, Economic Affairs, Social Affairs, Agriculture (each 1), Provincial Governors, staff representatives (each 1)

4. www.ada.gv.at Budget and Staff 152Total 79Country Offices 73Headquarters Staff 99,95 Mio. EURProgrammes & Projects 2006 Budget 161 84 77 100,3 Mio. EUR 2007

5. www.ada.gv.at References. Strategic Guidelines ADA Business Plan ADA Annual Programme Development Cooperation Act 2002 ADC Regional Strategies Three-Year Programme of the Austrian Development Policy ADC strategic level ADC operational level Sector- policies ADC Country- Strategies

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7. www.ada.gv.at ADC Instruments

8. www.ada.gv.at ADC Instruments

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10. www.ada.gv.at Strategic Perspectives - Trends Implementation of Aid Effectiveness Agenda:  Conference in Ghana (September 2008) and beyond  Develop further the Austrian National Action Plan Manage increasing volumes: hope for “fresh money” The Austrian Development Bank

11. www.ada.gv.at Enhancing Aid Effectiveness ADC Measures Common instruments have been introduced and expanded  Infrastructure partnership  PIDG  EFSE  Co-financing with one ore more donors  Eligibility check as precondition for taking over management tasks for projects and programmes of the EC was finalised in spring 2008 (  Indirect Centralised Management)

12. www.ada.gv.at Enhancing Aid Effectiveness (2) Participation in and support of operational networks and forums: OECD-DAC, energy (EUEI, FEMA, ESMAP), Train4Dev, EUNIDA, research networks, NGO-cooperation (DECIM, Like Minded Group) Private sector and development: Donor Committee for enterprise Development) the Practitioners’ Network for European Development Cooperation: is an informal and open platform for European donor agencies and administrations directly involved in implementing development cooperation in the field. The goal is to harmonise, better coordinate and to be more complementary among donors, including those from new EU MS. office sharing: maintaining existing ones and identifying for potential new possibilities to share facilities

13. www.ada.gv.at Management Business Plan 2009 - 2012 Increased Application of Budget Support, Pooled Funding, National Execution Enhance Concentration: geographic focuses, e.g. SEE Optimisation Project Cycle Management („Learning Organisation“) Strengthen Managing for Results (Train4Dev) Division of Labour (EU Context and beyond) Further develop Business Partnerships Systematic staff development (career and training) Strengthen systematic approach concerning evaluation at project level

14. www.ada.gv.at Co - operation Memoranda of understanding with different donors (specifically smaller donors such as Slovak Aid, Liechtenstein). Currently a new MoU with Romania is under discussion. Joint trainings (e.g. PFM in SEE); participation in trainings Joint Missions Joint projects (incl. Indirect Centralized Management – EC) Study/exposire visits to ADA Vienna and field offices (prepared with Slovak Aid) Workshops on specific issues: seminar on business partnerships and development partnerships in autumn in Vienna

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