Europe Aid ITUC Development Cooperation Network Training Seminar

Europe. Aid ITUC Development Cooperation Network Training Seminar 19 November 2009 Maxime Montagner Unit F 1 / Relations with civil society & coordination Europe. Aid Cooperation Office European Commission 1

Index Europe. Aid • 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

1 Europe. Aid The EU development aid context 3

European Cooperation Europe. Aid Fight against poverty Article 177 of the EU Treaty defines 3 concentration domains for the EU cooperation Economic integration Sustainable development 4

EC response: the policy framework Europe. Aid • 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 5

EU & EC aid implementation Europe. Aid 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 6

The EC and the external aid budget 2008 External aid: € 12. 8 bn (9%) Non-Europe. Aid Budget: € 3. 3 bn (26%) Commission budget inside EU: € 124 bn (91%) Europe. Aid EDF fund: € 4. 8 bn (37%) Europe. Aid Budget: € 4. 6 bn (37%) Europe. Aid 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) 7

Europe. Aid in the RELEX Family… Europe. Aid 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 ! Europe. Aid

Division of labour Europe. Aid • Political strategies (programming DGs) : RELEX & DEV in charge of the elaboration of the programming documents • In charge of implementation: Europe. Aid and Delegations

Europe. Aid 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. Europe. Aid

2 Europe. Aid Geographic instruments: focus on the Development & Cooperation Instrument

Geographical coverage Europe. Aid IPA ICI DCI ICI EDF DCI ICI

Geographic distribution of funds - 2008 Europe. Aid spending per region, ODA and OA, ACP including South Africa and Bananas Europe. Aid 13

Geographic instruments Europe. Aid - 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.

Development cooperation instrument (DCI) Europe. Aid Scope I Funding Regions Country specific programmes Average € 1. 4 billion p. a. Latin America € 380 million Asia 740 Central Asia 100 Middle East 70 South Africa 140 Scope II Funding Region Ref Sugar production restructuring Average € 180 million p. a. 18 African, Caribbean, Pacific countries Reg: 1905/2006 of 18. 12. 06

Development cooperation instrument (DCI) (2) Scope III Thematic programmes Funding Average € 800 million p. a. Region All third countries except industrialised / pre-accession Themes Investing in people € 150 million Environment 120 NSAs / local authorities 230 Food security 240 Migration / asylum 60 Europe. Aid

3 Europe. Aid Overview of thematic programmes: focus on NSA&LA 17

Added-value of thematic programmes Europe. Aid • 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: actororiented, 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.

Distribution of funds by horizontal programme - 2008 Europe. Aid 19 * Thematic programmes include: non-state actors & local authorities, investing in people, gender, environment, migration and food security

Europe. Aid 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 20

DCI programmes (1/5) Europe. Aid Investing in People Art. 12 of DCI Ex-Programmes Health & Gender Pilot and preparatory actions 507 m € for 2007 -2010 131, 2 m € in 2009 Improves people’s living standards and well-being (Education, Health, Gender, Culture)

DCI programmes (2/5) Europe. Aid Environment and sustainable management of natural resources Art. 13 of DCI Ex-Programme Tropical Forests & Environment 470 m € for 2007 -2010 160 m € in 2009 Environment and sustainable management of natural resources including energy

DCI programmes (3/5) Food Security Art. 15 of DCI Ex-Programme Food Aid (ECHO) & Food Security 925 m € for 2007 -10 243 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) Europe. Aid

DCI programmes (4/5) Migration & Asylum Art. 16 of DCI & Regulation ENPI 1638/2006 Ex-Programmes AENEAS and B-667 projects 205 m € for 2007 -2010 84, 5 m € in 2009 -10 (48 m € for 2009) Support third countries in their efforts to. better manage migratory flows Europe. Aid

DCI programmes (5/5) NSA & LA Art. 14 of DCI Ex-Programme Co-financing with NGOs & Decentralised Co-operation 903 m € for 2007 -2010 217, 4 m € in 2009 • Strengthens NSA & LA’s capacities • Awareness raising (Education Dev) • Coordination Europe. Aid

OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAMME « NSA-LA » Europe. Aid 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. 26

NSA&LA 2009 Europe. Aid • 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: Cf. P 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 F 1; Contact: Europe. Aid-NSA-LA@ec. europa. eu

NSA&LA 2010 • 3 calls for proposals to be launched by Europe. Aid (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. Europe. Aid

4 Europe. Aid From the DCI to the signature of a grant contract 29

Step by Step • Legal Basis (2007 -2013) … DCI • Multi-annual Strategy Paper (2007 -2010) • Annual Action Programme (2009) • Call for Proposals published on the Europe. Aid website • Selection of Proposals • Contract signature • Monitoring, Evaluation, Audit Europe. Aid

A multi- stakeholders Decision-making process: From strategy paper to Call for proposals Europe. Aid WHAT? Office Quality STRATEGY INTERSERVICES Support Management Right of PAPER CONSULTATIONS Group committee scrutiny (o. QSG 1&2) AIDCO -DG DEV (feedbacks -Relex/AIDCO delegations) -Others DGs WHO? Annual Action Publication Programme & calls for Action Fiches proposals AIDCO: -Directorate E Members European -Geo & thematic States Parliament directorates Commission AIDCO (F 4) Delegations

Tips for a successful proposal… Europe. Aid • 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.

Some challenges concerning civil society involvement in EC cooperation Europe. Aid • 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.

Europe. Aid : http: //ec. europa. eu/europeaid/index_en. htm Europe. Aid 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/i ndex_en. htm Maxime Montagner European Commission Europeaid, Unit F 1: Relations with civil society and coordination Maxime. montagner@ec. europa. eu 34

Many thanks for your attention! Don’t be shy…. The floor is yours!! Europe. Aid