1. P RACTITIONERS‘ N ETWORK FOR E UROPEAN D EVELOPMENT C OOPERATION Annual Meeting of the Practitioners’ Network Luxembourg, 19/20 April 2012 Activities and Organisation of the Network Highlights of 2011-2012 Photo : AFD

2. Membership and Participation At present 11 paying members (unchanged): ADA, AFD, AECID, BTC-CTB, CzDA, DFID, EC - DG DEVCO, GIZ, KfW, LuxDev, SlovakAid Other institutions (eg. FIIAPP, Finland MFA, EIB, UNIDO) are participating to Network activities

3. Network Structure as of Today Presidency GIZ will take over the presidency from LuxDev until the 2013 Annual Meeting, which will be held in Frankfurt, Germany Presidency contact: Martina Kampmann (Martina.Kampmann@giz.de) ADA will take over the Presidency from GIZ in 2013 Core Group The new troika : ADA (Robert Zeiner), GIZ (Martina Kampmann), LuxDev (Alice Risch) Thematic group lead agencies are usually associated to core group meetings The coordinator (Katja Legien) supports and participates to core group meetings

4. Main Activities of the Network The activities of the Network since the last annual meeting can be summarised along four axes : exchange of good practice on topics of specific interest for mutual benefit creating opportunities for sustained collaboration generate Practitioners’ feedback on practical aspects of key European or to global development issues development and structuring of the Network

5. Summary of Activities (1) Thematic Groups: Implementation of European Division of Labour (lead: AfD): April 2011- Workshop "Regards Croisés on Aid Effectiveness" December 2011- Workshop with DG DEVCO on the new DEVCO structure, Delegated Cooperation and Joint Programming Climate Change, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energies (lead: KfW): March 2012- Workshop on “Sustainable Energy Access” Results-based Approaches (lead: GIZ): March 2012- Workshop on Results-based Approaches (kick off session)

6. Summary of Activities (2) Other Events: May 2011- Practitioners’ Network Annual Meeting in London October 2011- Workshop on MEDA cooperation organised by AECID November 2011- Training "Working with Delegation Agreements" implemented by DEVCO R3 December 2011- European Development Days (EDDs): Panel: "Spotlight on Decentralisation: Translating development strategies into results at local level" March 2012- Workshop on “Implications of Busan and the Agenda for Change for Practitioners”, organised by LuxDev

7. Summary of Activities (3) Core Group Meetings/Phone Conferences: June 2011- Core Group Meeting September 2011- Core Group Meeting November 2011- Core Group Meeting February 2012- Core Group Phone Conference March 2012- Core Group Phone Conference (2x)

8. Network Budget (per 31 March 2012) Income Amount brought forward from FY 2010 (incl. 41,96€ Petty Cash): 31.112,52 € Contributions from network members: Partner contributions ( paid before 1.4.2011: KfW, CZDA; SlovakAid) 21.000,00 € Partner contributions (paid after 1.4.2011; without EC) 69.000,00 € Others: Interests 146,28 € DFID Gender WS sponsoring 1.079,30 € Miscellanious revenue (petty cash net in FY 2011) 344,10 € 122.682,20 € Expenditure Network Coordinator Personnel Costs 47.219,82 € Office Rent 15.535,20 € Communication/other office costs (incl. Petty cash withdrawl of 620 €) 4.000,53 € Travel costs Coordinator 2.683,52 € Marketing costs (leaflet printing, etc.) - € Office equipment 382,68 € Special budget lines (EDD, Annual Meeting) 7.252,51 € Website management 628,40 € 77.702,66 € Balance PN bank account plus cash in hand 44.979,54 €

9. Network Budget Expenses approx. like projected Remaining amount of around 45 000 € Overall Network Budget 2012/2013: 105,000 € There will be soon a new MoU with an unlimited duration, ensuring the existence of the coordination office and financial sustainability of the Network.

10. Some Projects for this Year Individual Workshops (topics to be approved during the AM) Possibly new governance structure of the Network Staffing of the Coordination Office Participation to the European Development Days in October 2012 in Brussels