1. EuropeAid ENGAGING STRATEGICALLY WITH NON-STATE ACTORS IN NEW AID MODALITIES SESSION 4 Operational and Strategic Guidance on Engaging with NSAs Brussels, 11 May 2011

2. EuropeAid Operational Guidance on Engagement with NSA: 2 Participation in policy dialogue, sector coordination, mid-term and joint reviews Participation in formulation PRSP and sector policies Performance, budget monitoring and users consultation Contributions to implementation and service delivery

3. EuropeAid Searching for Entry Point in the Cycle of Operations 3 WHAT ARE THE KEY ISSUES TO BE ADDRESSED IN EACH PHASE? WHAT ARE THE POTENTIAL ROLES AND ENTRY POINTS FOR NSAs PARTICIPATION? WHAT ARE THE MAIN STRATEGIC AND OPERATIONAL QUESTIONS TO BE CONSIDERED? EMERGING GOOD PRACTICES ?

4. EuropeAid Operational Guidance in the Cycle of Operations programming identification and formulation implementation monitoring

5. EuropeAid Ensuring Complementarity of Instruments Support to NSAs within new aid modalities Support of NSAs around new aid modalities Preparing the ground for NSAs involvement in NAMs 5

6. EuropeAid Typically, the EC will have to assess existing NSA capacities in areas such as: Participation in dialogue on poverty reduction strategies and sector policies Engagement in sector coordination Involvement in performance budget monitoring Efficient service provision Capacity development with other NSAs EC will have to address capacity shortages if necessary 6

7. EuropeAid This is an ambitious agenda: 1. Making aid more effective 3. Improving knowledge of state-society relations 2. Making aid more participatory 7

8. EuropeAid Smart Partnerships Build up Smart partnership is possible and needed With other donors With other domestic accountability actors and support smart partnerships among DA actors Promoting smart partnership between NSAs and Local Governments 8

9. EuropeAid EC New Roles

10. EuropeAid The Approach Tools and guidance Treat NSAs as Actors Mapping methodology Governance Analysis Framework RD: Methodological tool 1, 2, 6 Analyze state-society relations systematically Governance Analysis Framework RD: Methodological tool 4 Explore and support the full potential of NSAs involvement in and beyond NAM RD: Key questions to be posed through policy cycle (4.3) RD: Methodological tool 1 RD: Dialogue with NSAs, capacity development, combining tools, instruments and approaches (4.4) Do no Harm-be prepared for new roles RD: EC new roles (6) RD: Methodological tool 5, 6, 7 How do we go about it? Tools and practical Guidance 10