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POLICY COHERENCE FOR DEVELOPMENT
„…means working to ensure that the objectives and results of
a government‘s development policies are not undermined by
other policies of that same government which impact on
developing countries, and that these other policies support
development objectives where feasible.“
OECD
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ADC – Ministry for Foreign AffairsAustrian Development Cooperation and Cooperation with Eastern Europe (ADC) in the Austrian Ministry for Foreign Affairs
Responsible for:
overall-coordination of the Austrian public development cooperation formulation of development cooperation strategies and policies policy-dialogue in Austria and at international level
Based on: Development Cooperation Act and 3 Year Programme
Major goals: reducing global poverty safeguarding peace and human security preserving the environment
Partner countries:in six key regions of Asia, Africa, Central America, SEE
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ADC - ADA
Austrian Development Agency (ADA), the operational unit of the
Austrian Development Cooperation
non-profit limited liability company established in 2004
Responsible for implementing Austrian development cooperation strategies and
programmes administration of budgets for ADC programmes policy dialogue in partner-countries
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POLICY COHERENCE IN AUSTRIA
Austria’s policy coherence for development is based on
Federal Act on Development Cooperation (2002) as amended (2003)
GAERC conclusions
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FEDERAL ACT ON DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION
Section 22 ...........Any contribution that is provided by the Federal Government and reported to the Development Assistance Committee (DAC) of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) that is part of Official Development Assistance shall be in line with the objectives and principles of development policy (Section 1, Subsections 3 and 4) and in accordance with the guidelines of the Three-Year Programme on Austria's Development Policy. The Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs shall ensure the coordination of international development policy both in Austria and with regard to Art. 180 EC Treaty.
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Progress on PCD
During the Austrian EU Presidency:
improvement of the decision making mechanisms of the
Council,
the Commission and the Member States: determination of priority
actions in the field of policy coherence for development
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Mechanisms put in place so far:
Austria takes part in the informal PCD Network
examination of government bills
sustainable development
joint working group with the Federal Ministry of Finance
inter-ministerial consultations (e.g. Ministry of Economics and Labour)
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Trade-related mechanisms
intra-ministerial cooperation
inter-ministerial Private Sector and Development Platform
MOFA/ADC: represented in the export financing committee
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Policy coordination at country level
ADA: implementation of concrete projects and programs
Federal Ministry for Foreign Affairs: strategic policy guidelines
MDG-based Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs)
programming frameworks of EC, multilateral institutions
indicative programmes
SWAPs
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Factors to achieve greater PCD
analytical capacity
adequate identification and consultation of stakeholders
cross institutional policy co-ordination mechanisms
coherence friendly administrate culture
effective negotiation skills
OECD experience