Opportunities and Challenges of the EU’s development cooperation Development Cooperation of Estonia Katrin Kanarik Director of Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Aid Division Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Riga, 10.05.2013

Estonian Development Cooperation priority sectors Good governance and democratisation Education Sustainable development Health Horizontal priorities: ICT, gender equality and environment

Estonian development cooperation priority partner-countries: Afghanistan Belarus Georgia Moldova Ukraine Azerbaijan Armenia 3

Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Aid in 2012 Total ODA 17.9 M € (0.11% of GNI) 27.5% bilateral 72.5% multilateral MFA 5.4 M €

2012 open calls for proposals 965 000 € 73 applications Georgia 8 Moldova 20 Ukraine 5 Afghanistan 4 Belarus 4 Awareness raising 3 Scholarships 25 Several target countries 4

Opportunities and Challenges of the EU’s Development Cooperation Agenda of Change Key priority sectors (3-4) Partner countries’ ownership Sustainable change in transition societies - integrating the transition experience in the EU´s relevant external instruments and practical cooperation on the ground. More for More principle

Opportunities and Challenges of the EU’s Development Cooperation ODA Important to remain committed to increase EU’s collective aid spending to 0.7% of GNI by 2015 and reaffirm the MS’s individual and collective ODA commitments. Estonia’s commitment – to increase ODA from 0.11% in 2012 to 0.17% by 2015.

Opportunities and Challenges of the EU’s Development Cooperation Joint programming Inclusive approach Aid effectiveness Better coordination in the field 

Opportunities and Challenges of the EU’s Development Cooperation Best practicies of EU MS’ cooperation Trilateral projects Twinning BaltFloodCombat http://www.baltfloodcombat.eu/