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ITUC Development Cooperation NetworkTraining Seminar

19 November 2009

Maxime MontagnerUnit F1 / Relations with civil society & coordination

EuropeAid Cooperation OfficeEuropean Commission

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• The EU development aid context

• Geographic instruments: focus on the Development & Cooperation Instrument

• Overview of thematic programmes: focus on Non-State Actors & Local Authorities programme

• From the DCI to the signature of a contract: a multi-stakeholders decision-making process

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1The EU development aid context

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European Cooperation

Fight against poverty

Economic integration

Sustainable development

Article 177 of the EU Treaty defines

3 concentration domains for the EU cooperation

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EC response: the policy framework

• 2000 UN 8 Millennium Development Goals, fixing poverty reduction objectives for 2015

• 2005 OECD Paris Declaration, 60 recipients and

50 donors on aid effectiveness

• 2005 European Consensus, the EU development policy, tying Member States and Commission

• 2007 EU Code on Division of Labour

• 2008 Accra High Level Forum on aid effectiveness

• 2008 Doha Conference on financing for development.

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EU & EC aid implementation

EU the largest donor in the world• 27 + 1 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

Based on OECD/DAC preliminary figures 2009

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The EC and 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)

EuropeAidEuropeAid in the RELEX Family…

EuropeAid is part of the External relations family within the EC :

DG External Relations (RELEX) DG Development (DEV) DG Enlargement (ELARG)DG Trade (TRADE)Humanitarian Office (ECHO)

…. and Delegations !

EuropeAidDivision of labour

•Political strategies (programming DGs) : RELEX & DEV in charge of the elaboration of

the programming documents

• In charge of implementation: EuropeAid and Delegations

EuropeAidEuropeAid 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.

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IPA

DCI

DCI

EDF

ICI

ICI

ICI

Geographical coverage

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Geographic distribution of funds - 2008

EuropeAid spending per region, ODA and OA, ACP including South Africa and Bananas

In M€

Africa, Caribbean,

Pacific: 3443M 60%

Latin America: 310M 5%

Asia: 673M 11%

Neighbourhood east: 318M

5%

Neighbourhood south: 1137M

19%

EuropeAidGeographic 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.

EuropeAidDevelopment cooperation instrument (DCI)

Scope I Country specific programmes Funding Average € 1.4 billion p.a.Regions Latin America € 380 million

Asia 740Central Asia 100Middle East 70South Africa 140

Scope II Sugar production restructuringFunding Average € 180 million p.a.Region18 African, Caribbean, Pacific countries Ref Reg: 1905/2006 of 18.12.06

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Scope III Thematic programmes

Funding Average € 800 million p.a.

RegionAll third countriesexcept industrialised / pre-accession

Themes Investing in people € 150 millionEnvironment 120NSAs / local authorities 230Food security 240Migration / asylum 60

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3Overview of thematic programmes: focus on NSA&LA

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• 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.

Added-value of thematic programmes

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Distribution of funds by horizontal programme - 2008

2008, payments per thematic programme, in M€

Stability instrument:

34M 4%

Democracy & human rights:

112M12%

Thematic programmes*:

690M 76%

Nuclear safety: 75M 8%

* Thematic programmes include: non-state actors & local authorities, investing in people, gender, environment, migration and food security

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Non State Actors (art. 24 of the DCI regulation):

NGOs, political foundations, trade unions, universities, cooperatives, etc.

Local and regional authorities:

Municipalities, provinces, regions and their associations

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Investing in People

Art. 12 of DCI

Ex-Programmes Health & GenderPilot and preparatory actions

507 m € for 2007-2010131,2 m € in 2009

Improves people’s living standards and well-being (Education, Health, Gender, Culture)

DCI programmes (1/5)

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management of natural resources Art. 13 of DCI

Ex-ProgrammeTropical Forests &

Environment

470 m € for 2007-2010160 m € in 2009

Environment and sustainable management of natural resources including energy

DCI programmes (2/5)

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Food Security Art. 15 of DCI

Ex-Programme Food Aid (ECHO) & Food Security

925 m € for 2007-10243 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)

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Migration & Asylum

Art. 16 of DCI & Regulation ENPI 1638/2006

Ex-Programmes AENEASand B-667 projects

205 m € for 2007-201084,5 m € in 2009-10

(48 m € for 2009)

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DCI programmes (4/5)

Support third countries in their efforts to better manage migratory flows

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NSA & LAArt. 14 of DCI

Ex-ProgrammeCo-financing with NGOs &

Decentralised Co-operation

903 m € for 2007-2010217,4 m € in 2009

• Strengthens NSA & LA’s capacities• Awareness raising (Education Dev)• Coordination

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OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAMME « NSA-LA »

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.

EuropeAidNSA&LA 2009

• In-country interventions in priority countries : country based calls for Proposals managed by EC Delegations: 82 targeted countries in AAP 2009• 2009: +/- 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)

• 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: EuropeAid-NSA-LA@ec.europa.eu

EuropeAidNSA&LA 2010

• 3 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.

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4From the DCI to the signature of a grant contract

EuropeAidStep by Step

• Legal Basis (2007-2013) … DCI

• Multi-annual Strategy Paper (2007-2010)

• Annual Action Programme (2009)

• Call for Proposals published on the EuropeAid website

• Selection of Proposals

• Contract signature

• Monitoring, Evaluation, Audit

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STRATEGY

PAPER

INTERSERVICES

CONSULTATIONS

Office Quality

Support

Group

(oQSG 1&2)

Management

committee

Right of

scrutiny

Annual Action

Programme &

Action Fiches

Publication

calls for

proposals

AIDCO

(feedbacks

delegations)

-DG DEV

-Relex/AIDCO

-Others DGs

AIDCO:

-Directorate E

-Geo & thematic

directorates

Member

s

States

European

ParliamentCommission

AIDCO (F4)

Delegations

A multi- stakeholders Decision-making process: From strategy paper to Call for proposals

WHAT?

WHO?

EuropeAidTips for a successful proposal…

• Very good knowledge of the context & priorities of the cooperation between the EC & the State…

• Find relevant NSA&LA Partners in the country.

• Demonstrate the added-value of YOUR organisation.

• Writing the proposal: be specific, straight to the point & very clear in terms of specific objectives & expected results.

EuropeAidSome challenges concerning civil society

involvement in EC cooperation

• How to better define the roles & added-value European v. local actors?

• How to deal with the very high competition coming from the call for proposals procedure (and very low success rate of applicants)?

• How to adapt EC instruments to be more strategic when engaging with civil society organizations?

2010: Launch of a multi-stakeholders dialogue / working group to try to answer to these questions. ITUC will have a key role to play.

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EuropeAid :http://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/index_en.htm

Calls for proposals :http://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/work/funding/index_en.htm

Potential Applicant Database On Registration (PADOR) :

http://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/work/onlineservices/pador/index_en.htm

Maxime Montagner

European Commission

Europeaid, Unit F1: Relations with civil society and coordination

Maxime.montagner@ec.europa.eu

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Many thanks for your attention!

Don’t be shy….The floor is yours!!