Development and relations with African,Caribbean and Pacific StatesTogether for a better world ITUC Development Cooperation Network 25 February 2010 Carine DG Development and Relations with African, Caribbean and Pacific States Unit A2, Aid Effectiveness and Relations with Member States, EEE States, Non State Actors and Local Authorities

Development and relations with African,Caribbean and Pacific StatesTogether for a better world Presentation The context Financial instruments: geographic & thematic programmes, focus on the Development & Cooperation Instrument Overview of thematic programmes of the DCI: focus on Non-State Actors & Local Authorities programme

Development and relations with African,Caribbean and Pacific StatesTogether for a better world 1 The context

Development and relations with African,Caribbean and Pacific StatesTogether for a better world The European Cooperation Under the Nice Treaty article 177 defined 3 concentration domains for EC Cooperation Fight against poverty Economic integration Sustainable development

Development and relations with African,Caribbean and Pacific StatesTogether for a better world Under the Lisbon Treaty (art 208) stress puts on Poverty Eradication Policy Coherence for Development Aid effectiveness The European Cooperation

Development and relations with African,Caribbean and Pacific StatesTogether for a better world The general framework 2000 UN 8 Millennium Development Goals, fixing poverty reduction objectives for : The Monterrey Consensus, commitment from developped countries to increase financing for development 2005 OECD Paris Declaration, 60 recipients and 50 donors on aid effectiveness 2008 Accra High Level Forum on aid effectiveness 2008 Doha Conference on financing for development

Development and relations with African,Caribbean and Pacific StatesTogether for a better world The European Framework 2000 : The Cotonou Agreement, a renewed framework for relation with ACP countries (revised in 2005) 2005 European Consensus, the EU development policy (Commission, Member States and Parliament) 2007 EU Code on Division of Labour 2007 : new Financial instruments (including the Development Cooperation Instrument)

Development and relations with African,Caribbean and Pacific StatesTogether for a better world EU & EC aid implementation EU the largest donor in the world 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

Development and relations with African,Caribbean and Pacific StatesTogether for a better world The RELEX Family… The External relations family: DG External Relations (RELEX) DG Development (DEV) DG Enlargement (ELARG) DG Trade (TRADE) Humanitarian Office (ECHO) …. and Delegations ! Some changes to come….

Development and relations with African,Caribbean and Pacific StatesTogether for a better world Division of labour Political strategies (programming DGs) : DEV & RELEX in charge of the elaboration of the programming documents In charge of implementation: EuropeAid and Delegations

Development and relations with African,Caribbean and Pacific StatesTogether for a better world 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.

Development and relations with African,Caribbean and Pacific StatesTogether for a better world 12 The external aid budget 2008 Commission budget inside EU: €124 bn (91%) External aid: €12.8 bn (9%) EuropeAid EDF fund: €4.8 bn (37%) EuropeAid Budget: €4.6 bn (37%) Non-EuropeAid Budget: €3.3 bn (26%) 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)

Development and relations with African,Caribbean and Pacific StatesTogether for a better world 2 Financial instruments: focus on the Development & Cooperation Instrument

Development and relations with African,Caribbean and Pacific StatesTogether for a better world Geographic versus thematic instruments Geographic programmes : EDF, ICI, DCI, ENPI, IPA… Thematic programmes : IfS, Environment, EIDHR, Investing in people, NSA/LA, migrations….

Development and relations with African,Caribbean and Pacific StatesTogether for a better world IPA DCI EDF ICI Geographical coverage

Development and relations with African,Caribbean and Pacific StatesTogether for a better world 16 Geographic distribution of funds EuropeAid spending per region, ODA and OA, ACP including South Africa and Bananas

Development and relations with African,Caribbean and Pacific StatesTogether for a better world 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.

Development and relations with African,Caribbean and Pacific StatesTogether for a better world Development cooperation instrument (DCI) Scope I Country specific programmes FundingAverage € 1.4 billion p.a. RegionsLatin America €380 million Asia740 Central Asia 100 Middle East 70 South Africa140 Scope IISugar production restructuring FundingAverage € 180 million p.a. Region18 African, Caribbean, Pacific countries RefReg: 1905/2006 of

Development and relations with African,Caribbean and Pacific StatesTogether for a better world Development cooperation instrument (DCI) (2) Scope IIIThematic programmes FundingAverage € 800 million p.a. RegionAll third countries except industrialised / pre-accession ThemesInvesting in people €150 million Environment120 NSAs / local authorities230 Food security240 Migration / asylum 60

Development and relations with African,Caribbean and Pacific StatesTogether for a better world 20 3 Overview of thematic programmes: focus on NSA&LA

Development and relations with African,Caribbean and Pacific StatesTogether for a better world 21 Distribution of funds by horizontal programme * Thematic programmes include: non-state actors & local authorities, investing in people, gender, environment, migration and food security

Development and relations with African,Caribbean and Pacific StatesTogether for a better world Added-value of thematic programmes Do not result from a direct negotiation between the state and the EC but proposed by NSA&LAs or 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.

Development and relations with African,Caribbean and Pacific StatesTogether for a better world Glossary Non State Actors: NGOs, political foundations, trade unions, universities, cooperatives, etc. Local and regional authorities: Municipalities, provinces, regions and their associations

Development and relations with African,Caribbean and Pacific StatesTogether for a better world Investing in People Art. 12 of DCI Ex-Programmes Health & Gender Pilot and preparatory actions 507 m € for ,2 m € in 2009 Improves people’s living standards and well-being (Education, Health, Gender, Culture) DCI programmes (1/5)

Development and relations with African,Caribbean and Pacific StatesTogether for a better world Environment and sustainable management of natural resources Art. 13 of DCI Ex-Programme Tropical Forests & Environment 470 m € for m € in 2009 Environment and sustainable management of natural resources including energy DCI programmes (2/5)

Development and relations with African,Caribbean and Pacific StatesTogether for a better world Food Security Art. 15 of DCI Ex-Programme Food Aid (ECHO) & Food Security 925 m € for million in 2009 Improves food security of poorest and most vulnerable people on medium and long term, addressing structural causes of food insecurity Contributes to MDG 1 (poverty and hunger) DCI programmes (3/5)

Development and relations with African,Caribbean and Pacific StatesTogether for a better world Migration & Asylum Art. 16 of DCI & Regulation ENPI 1638/2006 Ex-Programmes AENEAS and B-667 projects 205 m € for ,5 m € in (48 m € for 2009). DCI programmes (4/5) Support third countries in their efforts to better manage migratory flows

Development and relations with African,Caribbean and Pacific StatesTogether for a better world DCI programmes (5/5) NSA & LA Art. 14 of DCI Ex-Programme Co-financing with NGOs & Decentralised Co-operation 903 m € for ,4 m € in 2009 Strengthens NSA & LA’s capacities Awareness raising (Education Dev) Coordination

Development and relations with African,Caribbean and Pacific StatesTogether for a better world 29 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. OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAMME « NSA-LA »

Development and relations with African,Caribbean and Pacific StatesTogether for a better world NSA&LA 2009 In-country interventions in priority countries : country based calls for Proposals managed by EC Delegations: 82 targeted countries in AAP : +/- 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)

Development and relations with African,Caribbean and Pacific StatesTogether for a better world NSA&LA 2009 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:

Development and relations with African,Caribbean and Pacific StatesTogether for a better world NSA&LA 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.

Development and relations with African,Caribbean and Pacific StatesTogether for a better world

Development and relations with African,Caribbean and Pacific StatesTogether for a better world A new multiannual strategy Previous one for Challenge : implementation began only in 2008 External evaluation completed Public consultation until 7th March 2010: on/index.cfm?action=viewcons&id=4886 Adoption foreseen before summer 2010

Development and relations with African,Caribbean and Pacific StatesTogether for a better world 35 DG DEV : EuropeAid : Calls for proposals : Potential Applicant Database On Registration (PADOR) : Usefull links

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