1. General introduction to EC Development Cooperation
Aprodev working group on EC Funding
General introduction to EC Development Cooperation
APRODEV training workshop on EC funding and project management
Johannesburg March 2007 (updated in July 2008)
Organised by Christian Aid (UK), EED-Church Development Service (G), Bread for the World (G), Church of Sweden (Sw), ICCO (Nl), Danchurchaid (Dk)

2. The European Union 27 Member States and more than 490 million citizens
A Treaty establishing principles, competences, institutions and their functioning
Full political competence on Development cooperation and international trade agreements
Increasing political competences on Foreign and Security Policies and Defence Policies
3 main institutions: Commission, Council and Parliament
An Annual Budget of around 100 billion euros or 1% of total EU GNI out of which around 10% is allocated to external actions

3. EU institutions
Council of Ministers: 27 Foreign Affairs ministers meeting every month. Two times a year special focus on Development Policy. Co-decision with EP on legislation and annual EU Budget. Decision on CFSP and EDF.
European Parliament: 785 members elected directly by citizens of 27 MS. Co-decision with Council on development legislation and on the annual EU Budget. Main role in ex-post budgetary control.
European Commission: executive body with a right of initiative on policies and legislation
25 Commissioners and civil servants
23 Directorates General with Policy responsibilities

4. The European Commission
6 Directorate General and 4 Commissioners are involved in EU relations with third countries:
DG Development, DG External relations, DG Trade, DG Enlargement, AIDCO and ECHO
Trade negotiations with ACP countries are under responsibility of DG Trade
DG Development is only responsible for the EDF and for thematic development programmes
DG Relex is responsible for cooperation with non ACP countries and for Human Rights and CFSP related issues

5. How is the EC organised to deliver Development and Humanitarian Aid in Africa
Commissioner
External Relations
Commissioner
Dev & Hum Aid
Policy and
Programming
DG RELEX
Human rights
Conflict prevention
Security
DG Development
ACP
Development
thematics
ECHO
Policy
and
Implementation
AIDCO
Implementing
body
Implementation
Brussels
Field
EC Delegations
ECHO Field Offices

6. Role of Delegations
There are 118 Delegations in third countries with the role of:
presenting, explaining and implementing EU policy;
analysing and reporting on the policies and developments of the countries to which they are accredited ; and
conducting negotiations in accordance with a given mandate.
Delegations also play a key role in implementation of external assistance:
Leading the aid programming process in consultation with third countries governments
Managing official aid to third countries governments (NIPs)
Managing country specific NGO and CS projects
Launching and managing local calls for proposals
Coordinating with other Official Aid donors present in the Country

7. EU Development Policies
European Consensus on Development:
Policy statement adopted by the 3 EU institutions
Applicable to all developing countries, defines development principles and priorities of the Member States and the EC.
Open the door for more coordination between MS and EC
Cotonou Agreement between African, Pacific and Caribbean countries and the EU:
Development cooperation and trade agreement
Political dialogue
Joint ACP-EU institutions (Council, JPA)
Agreement for 20 years reviewed every five years (until 2020)

8. EC Development and Humanitarian Aid
Total EC ODA in 2007 = 8.5 billion euros
European Development Fund (5 years) - EDF
Inter-governmental Fund, financial arm of the Cotonou Agreement – contribution from 25 MS
In 2007, EDF = 2.8 billion euro = 33% of EC ODA
Annual EC Budget for External Actions
In 2007: 67 % of EC ODA
Cover EC cooperation with all third countries, not limited to DC
Geographic budget lines for Asia, Latin America, Mediterranean, Eastern Europe, the Balkans …..all third countries except ACP
Thematic budget lines for action in all countries (including ACP)

10. How is aid delivered?
EDF is delivered through national and regional indicative programmes (CSPs, RSPs) and intra-ACP funding (facilities and programmes for all ACP or Africa)
Thematic programmes are delivered through multi-annual strategies translated into annual work programmes
In both cases actors and projects for implementation are identified through calls for proposals or calls for tender.
Direct aid to governments is provided through budget support, SWAPs and/or projects with ministries
EC is not an implementing body and resorts a lot to technical assistance and consultancy

11. Place of CSOs/NGOs in EC aid
50%* of EC aid from the annual budget is channelled indirectly through NSA (NGOs, other CSOs, International organisations, trade unions, employers associations,…)
Partners number 1 for indirect aid are the international organisations (48%), followed by NGOs (39 %) and by other NSA actors (13%)
IO (UN + others) are a main partner for all aid instruments while NGOs are main partners for TBL and Humanitarian Aid mainly
Examples exist of EC aid to CSOs managed by UN agencies: Sudan 50 million package for CS managed by UNDP – World Food programme
In general limited direct access to EC aid for CSOs from Developing countries
(* Based on 2003 data, no recent detailed information available)

12. The Future Instruments
10th EDF
2008 – 2013
€ billion
Development
Co-operation
Instrument
DCI
Developing countries not
other than EDF, ENPI, PAI
+ thematic programmes
€ 17 billion
European
Neighbourhood &
Partnership
Instrument
ENPI
East Europe, Caucasus,
Mediterranean countries
€ 11 billion
Pre-Accession
Instrument
PAI
Turkey and
the Balkans
€ 11.5 billion
Co-operation
with
industralised
countries
€ 172 million
Human Rights
and Democracy
€ 1.1 billion
Instrument
for Stability
€ 2 billion
Horizontal Instruments
Humanitarian
Aid
€ 5.6 billion
Macro-Financial
Assistance
€ 0.7 billion

14. Future thematic programmes
Investing in People – Human and Social Development: reproductive health, HIV/AIDS, education, gender, children rights,…
Non-state Actors and Local Authorities in Development: focus on civil society actors and actions, replace co-financing – open to wider range of actors in N and S
Environment and Sustainable Management of Natural Resources including Energy
Food Security. Advancing the Food Security Agenda to Achieve the MDGs - Food Aid will be included in humanitarian aid
Promotion of Democracy and Human Rights Worldwide
Cooperation with Third Countries in the Areas of Migration and Asylum

15. EC Funding Architecture
2006
2006
9th EDF
BUDGET LINES in EU BUDGET
2008
2007
2007
10th EDF
DC Instrument.
Stab.
Instr
Hum. Aid
Instr.
NIPs
RIPs
Facilities
Thematic Programmes ?
FPA
CFTender
local CFP TA
Brussels CFP
or Local CFP
AFRICA
SADC
Zambia

16. Actions by Civil Society organisations in developing countries
The funding relations:
: Humanitarian aid
: Development aid
EU public
AIDCO
ECHO
Global calls
NSA programme
Thematic
programmes
HRDI
FPA
EU NGOs
Brussels
Field
ECHO field Offices
EC Delegations
EU NGOs
field offices
Local
calls
NIPs TBL HRDI
Actions by Civil Society organisations in developing countries