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Title: EU external assistance in the Neighbourhood: ENPI and other instruments Jyrki Torni


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EU external assistancein the NeighbourhoodENP
Iand other instrumentsJyrki Torni
Sebastien LorionEuropeAid Cooperation Office
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Presentations
  • First session Introduction on EC cooperation,
    the European Neighbourhood Policy and the ENPI
  • 1. EC cooperation since 2007 main
    characteristics
  • 2. ENPI Political background and implication of
    civil society
  • 3. ENPI Cooperation issues
  • Second session Thematic Instruments and
    Programmes Implementation in the ENPI countries
  • 1. Presentation of the thematic programmes
  • 2. Anticipating and answering to funding
    opportunities
  • Third session CBC and cooperation in Russia

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First SessionIntroduction on EC cooperation,
the European Neighbourhood Policy and the ENPI
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1
  • EC Cooperation (since 2007)
  • Key characteristics

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EU and EC aid implementation
  • EU the largest donor in the world
  • 27 1 donors together responsible for 60 of all
    official development aid (2007 46,1 billion)
  • USA provides 21
  • European Commission on its own
  • Second largest donor of humanitarian aid
  • Third largest donor of development aid (11,3,
    after USA and Germany)
  • Present in more than 150 countries

Based on OECD/DAC figures 2008
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The EU the biggest donor in the worldDonor
landscape 2007
EU Donor Atlas 2006, OECD/DAC
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The EC and the external aid budget 2008
External aid 12.3 bn(9)
EuropeAid EDF fund 4.7 bn (38)
Non-EuropeAid Budget 3.2 bn(26)
Commission budget inside EU 128 bn (91)
EuropeAid Budget 4.4 bn (36)
EuropeAid implements external assistance. This
excludes pre-accession aid, humanitarian aid,
Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) aid,
and aid for trade. EC total budget includes
European Development Fund (EDF). NB 2008
provisional figures (Jan 09)
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The EU biggest donor in the worldDonors and key
recipients 2007
European Development Fund
EU Donor Atlas 2006, OECD/DAC
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Political Framework of EU development
cooperation
  • UN Millennium Development Goals (2000)
  • OECD Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness
    (2005)
  • Accra Agenda for Action (2008)
  • Cotonou Agreement (2000)
  • Monterrey commitments (2002)
  • Doha Declaration on Financing for Development
    (2008)
  • European Consensus on Development (2005)
  • Backbone Strategy (2008)

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Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness (2005)
  • Five Principles of the Paris Declaration
  • Ownership partner countries exercise effective
    leadership and coordinate development actions
  • Alignment donors base support on partner
    strategies, institutions and procedures
  • Harmonisation donors actions are harmonised,
    transparent, and effective
  • Managing for results improved resource
    management and decision making
  • Mutual accountability mutual assessment of
    progress
  • http//www.oecd.org/dataoecd/11/41/34428351.pdf

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Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness (2005)
  • Paris Declaration in a pyramid

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Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness (2005)
  • EU Response commitment to four targets in
    addition to the Paris
    Declaration
  • Provide all capacity building assistance through
    co-ordinated programmes with an increasing use
    of multi-donor arrangements
  • Channel 50 of government-to-government
    assistance through country systems, including by
    increasing the percentage of our assistance
    provided through budget support or sector-wide
    approaches
  • Avoid the establishment of any new Project
    Implementation Units (PIUs)
  • Reduce number of un-coordinated missions by 50

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Accra Agenda for Action (2008)
  • Ministers of developing and donor countries
    responsible for promoting development and Heads
    of multilateral and bilateral development
    institutions endorsed the Accra Agenda for Action
    in Ghana, on 4 September 2008 to accelerate and
    deepen implementation of the Paris Declaration on
    Aid Effectiveness.

http//endpoverty2015.org/files/ACCRA_4_SEPTEMBER.
pdf
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Accra Agenda in a nutshell (1)
  • Strengthening Country Ownership over Development
  • Broaden country-level policy dialogue on
    development
  • Developing countries will strengthen their
    capacity tolead and manage development
  • Building More Effective and Inclusive
    Partnerships for Development
  • Reduce costly fragmentation of aid
  • Increase aids value for money
  • Welcome and work with all development actors
  • Deepen the engagement with civil society
    organisations
  • Adapt aid policies for countries in fragile
    situations

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Accra Agenda in a nutshell (2)
  • Delivering and Accounting for Development Results
  • Focus on delivering results
  • More accountability and transparency to publics
    for results
  • Continue to change the nature of conditionality
    to support ownership
  • Increase the medium-term predictability of aid

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The European Consensus on Development (2005)
  • Objective Eradication of poverty in the context
    of sustainable development including pursuit of
    MDGs
  • Wider peace and stability addressing global
    challenges
  • More effective aid range of modalities based on
    needs and performance where conditions are right
    use budget support
  • Reaffirm increased EU aid 0.56 of GNI by 2010
    reaching 0.7 by 2015 (March 2002 Council
    Meeting, followed by May 2005 Council Meeting)
  • http//ec.europa.eu/development/icenter/repository
    /eu_consensus_en.pdf

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Doha Declaration on Financing for
Development(2008)
  • Member States adopted by consensus the Doha
    Declaration on Financing for Development at the
    closing of the Follow-up International Conference
    on Financing for Development to Review the
    Implementation of the Monterrey Consensus (Doha,
    Qatar, 29 November - 2 December 2008).
  • The declaration reaffirms the Monterrey Consensus
    and calls for a United Nations Conference at the
    highest level to examine the impact of the world
    financial and economic crisis on development.
    Officials from more than 160 countries, including
    nearly 40 Heads of State or Government, attended
    the four day conference
  • http//daccessdds.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/N08/630/55/
    PDF/N0863055.pdf?OpenElement

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New Financial Instruments 2007
  • Simplification More than 35 instruments,
    replaced by 10
  • Harmonisation same rules for all financing
    instruments regarding eligibility, financing
    mechanisms, procedures
  • Updating of the rules according to EU
    commitments MDGs, untied aid, alignment, etc.
  • More flexible regarding the types of
    beneficiaries, the actions to be funded and the
    co-financing rules.
  • Financing budget support, SWAP, twinning, debt
    cancellation, pool funding, operational costs
  • More implication of the European Parliament
    democratic control, right of scrutiny

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Geographic and Thematic Programmes the legal
bases
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Geographic and Thematic Programmes differences
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Complementarity between geographic and thematic
instruments (a)
  • The New Financial Perspective 2007-2013, provides
    a rationalization of the various geographic and
    thematic instruments

Greater Ownership Budget Support Sector Policy
Support
the geographic instruments provide the major
mechanism for partnerships with recipient country
governments, and focus on the development
priorities of the country or region.
SHIFT
COMPLEMENTARITY
In addition to geographic instrument, the
thematic instruments are meant to support actions
in areas of work which are not included in an
AAP.
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Complementarity between geographic and thematic
programmes (b)
  • Play on specific added value of instruments
  • ?Them. programmes to be mobilised around
    governance components in the NIPs
  • Geographic programmes should aim at enhancing
    dialogue between State and civil society on
    rather consensual issues
  • ?Egypt, Promotion and Protection of Human Rights
    and Civil Society in Egypt, 2008. Institutional
    support intertwined with support to civil society
    (HR, gender, children, environment).
  • Possibility for thematic programmes to address
    sensitive/more specific issues, in principle not
    requiring government consent.
  • ?Egypt EIDHR call, enforcing women and
    childrens rights

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DG External Relations and EuropeAid Programming

Project
Budget of the European Commission
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Programming
  • Strategy Papers
  • 7 years (2007-2013)
  • Long-term goals
  • Overview of all priorities of Commission
    assistance contains all existing instruments and
    programmes
  • Multi-annual Indicative Programmes
  • 4 years (2007-2010)
  • Attached to strategy papers
  • Details about target areas of ENPI support
  • Mid-term Rewiew on-going (2011-2013)http//ec.eur
    opa.eu/world/enp/index_en.htm
  • Action Programmes
  • annual
  • Attached to multi-annual indicative programmes
  • specific project areas / activities and budget

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Programmation documents
A financial instrument is a policy description
with resources attached, and with very specific
rules which describe how, where, when and for
what the money can be spent. AAPs set out the
respective amounts of funding for each country or
each thematic priority and give details about the
initiatives to be financed with those funds. They
can be consulted on EuropeAid's website
(http//ec.europa.eu/europeaid/work/ap/index_en.ht
m). "Annual" in this respect refers to the budget
year.
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? http//ec.europa.eu/europeaid/work/ap/index_en.h
tm
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Programming Actors
Strategy Papers

DG RELEX
Indicative Programs

DG EuropeAid
Annual Action Programmes

Delegations DG EuropeAid
Tenders Projects
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EC Bodies in charge of cooperation
  • EuropeAid Distinction between thematic
    Directorate and geographical Directorates
    http//ec.europa.eu/europeaid/who/documents/organi
    gramme_europeaid_en.pdf
  • Delegations major role since devolution
  • RELEX and DEVE as programmation DGs

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? http//ec.europa.eu/europeaid/work/funding/index
_en.htm
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  • European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument
    (ENPI)
  • Political issues and participation of civil
    society

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Policy Documents
  • The central element of the European Neighbourhood
    Policy is the bilateral ENP Action Plans agreed
    between the EU and each partner. These set out an
    agenda of political and economic reforms with
    short and medium-term priorities. Implementation
    is jointly promoted and monitored through
    sub-Committees. Progress reports are published by
    the EC every two years to analyse the
    implementation of reforms.
  • Since the ENP builds upon existing agreements
    between the EU and the partner in question
    (Partnership and Cooperation Agreements, or
    Association Agreements in the framework of the
    EuroMediterranean Partnership), the ENP is not
    yet activated for Belarus, Libya or Syria since
    no such Agreements are yet in force.
  • Russia strategic partnership, no ENP
  • All docs http//ec.europa.eu/world/enp/documents_
    en.htm3

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Union for the Mediterranean
  • The Euro-Mediterranean Partnership, formerly
    known as the Barcelona Process, was re-launched
    in 2008 as the Union for the Mediterranean at the
    Paris Summit for the Mediterranean in July. The
    Partnership now includes all 27 member states of
    the European Union, along with 16 partners across
    the Southern Mediterranean and the Middle East.
  • The UfM has identified six priority projects  
  • - the de-pollution of the Mediterranean Sea
  • - the establishment of maritime and land
    highways
  • - civil protection initiatives to combat
    natural and man-made disasters
  • - a Mediterranean solar energy plan
  • - the inauguration of the Euro-Mediterranean
    University in Slovenia
  • - and the Mediterranean Business Development
    Initiative focusing on micro, small and
    medium-sized enterprises.
  • Cooperation areas heritage, audiovisual, youth,
    gender, culture, dialogue, media,

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Union for the Mediterranean
  • Joint Declaration of the Paris Summit for the
    Mediterranean (July 2008)
  • Heads of State and Government underscore the
    importance of the active participation of civil
    society, local and regional authorities and the
    private sector in the implementation of the
    Barcelona Process Union for the Mediterranean.
  • The ultimate success of the initiative also
    rests in the hands of citizens, civil society and
    the active involvement of the private sector.
  • More info
  • http//www.enpi-info.eu/indexmed.php

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Eastern Partnership
  • Armenia
  • Azerbaijan
  • Belarus
  • Georgia
  • Moldova
  • Ukraine
  • The level of Belarus participation will depend
    on the overall development of EU-Belarus
    relations

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Eastern Partnership
  • Truly EUs strategic initiative that opens new
    chapter in relations with Eastern neighbours
  • Responds to the aspirations of these countries to
    get even closer to the EU and consolidate their
    statehood
  • Provides both long term vision and detailed
    work-plan
  • Upgrades substantially EUs engagement
  • More urgent after conflict in Georgia
  • Offers stronger and more practical support for
    acceleration of democratic and market-oriented
    reforms
  • Demonstrates in practical way EUs solidarity
  • Leads to more stability, security prosperity
    in the EUs Eastern neighbourhood
  • More info
  • http//www.enpi-info.eu/indexeast.php

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Eastern Partnership
  • What do we propose in bilateral relations
  • Upgraded political engagement
  • Association Agreements, closer cooperation on
    CFSP/ESDP issues
  • Improved administrative capacity
  • Comprehensive Institution Building Programme
    financed by the EU
  • Gradual integration in the EU economy
  • Deep and comprehensive Free Trade Areas
  • Easier legitimate travel to the EU
  • Mobility and security pacts to promote legal
    movement of people with ultimate long term goal
    of visa-free travel
  • Energy security
  • Enhanced cooperation with all partner countries
  • Economic and social development
  • Pilot regional programmes based on EUs cohesion
    policy.

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Eastern Partnership
  • Four thematic platforms
  • Democracy, good governance stability (including
    JLS)
  • Also covers electoral standards, media
    regulations, the fight against corruption, civil
    service reform, judicial and police cooperation,
    confidence building measures, security related
    issues etc.
  • Economic integration and convergence with EU
    policies
  • Trade and market related approximation,
    socio-economic development, poverty reduction,
    social inclusion, equal opportunities, health,
    environment and climate change
  • Energy security
  • Accelerated convergence of energy policies and
    legislation with EU, construction and
    rehabilitation of key energy infrastructure,
    support for the Southern energy corridor,
    extension of Odessa-Brody pipeline etc.
  • Contacts between people
  • Culture, support to NGOs, strengthen civil
    society, increase student and academic
    exchanges, better integration into 7th Framework
    Research Programme, joint media projects

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Eastern Partnership
  • Five flagship initiatives
  • Integrated Border Management Programme
  • Alignment to EU standards, a prerequisite for
    progress on the mobility
  • SME Facility
  • Small and medium enterprises would receive
    stimulus through technical assistance, financial
    intermediaries, risk capital and loans
  • Regional electricity markets, improved energy
    efficiency and increased use of renewable energy
    sources
  • This also includes the interlinking of the
    electricity grids
  • Southern energy corridor
  • This is a key infrastructure initiative serving
    to diversify transit routes and sources of
    supply for the EU and its partners

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Eastern Partnership
  • Additional financing 2010-13
  • almost 75 increase
  • When comparing 2008 (450 million) to 2013 (785
    million)
  • This will mean allocating a supplementary
    envelope of 350 million in addition to the
    planned resources for the period 2010-2013
  • Moreover we will refocus 250 million that was
    already allocated to the ENP regional east
    programme to initiatives relevant for the
    implementation of the Eastern Partnership
  • Eastern Partnership - Civil Society Forum (mid
    November)
  • http//ec.europa.eu/external_relations/eastern/civ
    il_society/index_en.htm

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The evolving context new paradigms
  • Cotonou Agreement (2000) first EC agreement which
    requires the participation of civil society in EC
    policy making
  • Communication on Participation of NSAs in EC
    development policy (2002) states the principle,
    applicable to all geographic instruments, of the
    participation of civil society in five main
    stages of the development process
  • European Consensus on Development (2006)
    reaffirms commitment to common principles of
    ownership, partnership, in depth political
    dialogue and participation of civil society
  • ACCRA High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness
    (2008) represented a marking change in opening up
    the dialogue to a wide range of stakeholders The
    Accra Agenda for Action recommends the engagement
    with civil society in open and inclusive dialogue
    on development policies as well as increased
    capacity of these actors.

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Dialogue with civil society policy framework
  • The framework set-up by the ENP communications on
    the role of civil society increased impulse
    given to dialogue with civil society
  • ?strong recommendations on cs involvement in
    policy definition, monitoring and dialogue
  • DCI (recital 22, Articles 3, 5, 198 and 202)
    importance of cs involvement for ownership
    purposes and consequently in programming and MTR
  • Court of Auditors preliminary report European
    Parliament insist on organising genuine and
    regular consultations
  • EIDHR, NSA LA importance of local
    consultations enshrined in all instruction notes

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Dialogue with NSAs good practices
  • Regular consultations/meetings, both in Europe
    (general policy issues) and each partner country
    (programming and defining EU policy priorities)
  • Example Call for inputs during the ENP progress
    report preparation (via the Internet)
  • How
  • meetings
  • use internet, e-mail and traditional media
  • send out agenda and support documents
  • Provide minutes of the meeting
  • Provide feedback on the final results of
    consultation.
  • With whom
  • preferably task forces, permanent advisory panels
    if representativity is ensured.

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SC typology 4 levels
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ENP activities towards CSOs
  • Support to capacity-building of CSOs
  • On issues such as human rights /democratisation,
    womens rights, education, environment, research
  • Capacity of CSOs to interact with the government
  • Dialogue between social partners
  • Follow-up to the ENP implementation
  • Regional/subregional cooperation, people-to-
    people exchanges
  • EU financial support geographic and specific
    complementary programmes
  • Example EIDHR/regional country-specific
    projects programmes on governance civil
    society (e.g. Egypt Jordan)

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2
  • European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument
    (ENPI)
  • Cooperation issues

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ENP partner states
ENPI ENP partner states Russia
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Financial Instruments / Neighbourhood region
  • European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument
    (ENPI)
  • Instrument for Development Co-operation (DCI
    only the 5 thematic programmes)
  • European Instrument for Democracy Human Rights
    (EIDHR)
  • Instrument for Stability (IfS)
  • Nuclear Safety Co-operation Instrument (NSCI)

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Thematic Programmes (part of DCI)
  • Investing in peopleHuman and social
    development
  • Protection of the environment and sustainable
    planning / cultivation of natural resources,
    including energy
  • Non-state actors and local authorities in the
    process of development
  • Food security
  • Migration and asylum policies

? http//ec.europa.eu/europeaid/where/worldwide/in
dex_en.htm
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ENPI
E uropean N eighbourhood and P artnership I
nstrument
http//ec.europa.eu/europeaid/where/neighbourhood/
overview/index_en.htm
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ENPI
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ENPI
  • Goals
  • Common space of stability, security and
    prosperity
  • Avoid new dividing lines in Europe
  • Increase efficiency of external assistance
  • Greater coherence through unified instruments
  • Simplified programming and administration

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ENPI
  • Stimulating cooperation and economic integration
    of ENPI partners with EU member states
  • in order to support the achievement of
  • Partnership- and cooperation agreements (East)
  • Association agreements (South)
  • and other agreements (ENP Action Plans)

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ENPI
Budget Art. 29 ENPI regulation 11,181 Bn for
2007-13
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ENPI
  • adapted to individual countries
  • 17 country programmes
  • 3 regional programmes (East, South, interregional)

? http//ec.europa.eu/europeaid/work/ap/index_en.h
tm
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Priorities 2007-2008
ENPI
  • Armenia Vocational Education and Training (VET),
    Justice Reform
  • Azerbaijan Energy, Justice
  • Belarus Energy, Environment
  • Georgia Public Finance, Justice, IDPs
  • Moldova Social Assistance, Public Health
  • Russia Environment, CBC
  • Ukraine Energy

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ENPI
  • INTERREGIONAL PROGRAM (2007-10)
  • Promoting reforms through consultations and
    experts (TAIEX, SIGMA)
  • Promoting higher education and student
    mobility(TEMPUS, Erasmus Mundus II)
  • Promoting cooperation between local actors from
    partner countries and the EU (CIUDAD)
  • Support in realizing the European Neighbourhood
    Policies and the strategic partnership with
    Russia
  • Promoting Investment projects in ENP Partner
    Countries (NIF)
  • More info
  • http//ec.europa.eu/europeaid/where/neighbourhood/
    regional-cooperation/index_en.htm

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ENPI
  • REGIONAL PROGRAM EAST (2007-10)
  • Priority 1 Establishment of networks (25-35)
  • Sub-priority 1 Transport
  • Sub-priority 2 Energy
  • Sub-priority 3 Regional cooperation SME
  • Priority 2 Environmental protection and forestry
    (25-35)
  • Priority 3 Border security, migration, fight
    against international crime as well as customs
    (20-30)
  • Priority 4 Civil society contacts, information
    and development actions
  • (10-15 )
  • Priority 5 Landmine cleansing, not exploded war
    relics, small arms and light arms (5-10)

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ENPI
  • REGIONAL PROGRAM SOUTH (2007-10)
  • Priority Nr. 1
  • COOPERATION IN THE AREAS OF POLITICS, JUSTICE,
    SECURITY AND MIGRATION
  • Priority Nr. 2
  • SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
  • Priority Nr. 3
  • SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE

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ENPI
  • Governance Facilityadditional financial support
    for partner countries with strongest development
    potential for the realization of leadership
    priorities of the respective action plan
  • Neighbourhood Investment Facility (for the
    enrichment of IFI-loans in partner countries
    grants, to support the loan activities of such
    institutions in conjunction with the priorities
    of the EU)
  • ? 450m 2007-10 to foster the areas of
    Governance and Investments

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Cross-Border Cooperation Programs for land
borders (9) and sea crossings (3)
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CBC Sea Basin Programs (3)
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? EuropeAid website
http//ec.europa.eu/europeaid/neighbourhood
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SECOND SESSIONThematic Instruments and
Programmes Implementation in the ENPI countries
Sébastien Lorion Focal point - Thematic
programmes Directorate A - Europe, Southern
Mediterranean, Middle-East and Neighbourhood
Policy EuropeAid Co-operation Office European
Commission
Internet http//ec.europa.eu/europeaid/where/worl
dwide/index_en.htm
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Key concepts of thematic cooperation
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1
  • Thematic programmes
  • Presentation of the 5 programmes

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Thematic allocations for 2009

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The European Instrument for Democracy and Human
Rights (EIDHR) (1)
  • 5 distinct objectives identified for the period
    2007-2010
  • 1) Enhancing respect for human rights and
    fundamental freedoms in countries and regions
    where they are most at risk
  • 2) Strengthening the role of civil society in
    promoting HR and democratic reform, in supporting
    the peaceful conciliation of group interests and
    in consolidating political participation and
    representation
  • 3) Supporting actions on HR and democracy issues
    in areas covered by EU Guidelines on Human Rights
  • 4) Supporting and strengthening the international
    and regional framework for the protection of
    human rights, justice, the rule of law and the
    promotion of democracy
  • 5) Building confidence in and enhancing the
    reliability and transparency of democratic
    electoral processes, in particular through EU
    Election Observation Missions.

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EIDHR (2)EU Council Guidelines on Human Rights
  • Death Penalty
  • - EU policy towards third countries on torture
    and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment
    or punishment
  • Human Rights dialogues with third countries
  • Children in armed conflict
  • - Human Rights defenders
  • - Promotion and Protection of the Rights of the
    Child
  • - Violence against women and girls and combating
    all forms of discrimination against them
  • Available at www.consilium.europa.eu/showPage.asp
    x?id822langEN

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EIDHR (3) Innovative concepts
Informal partners A partner without legal
personality. Informal partners take part in the
implementation of the action but without being a
formal member of the partnership gt waiver of
formal partnerships Re-granting (see when
applicable to CBSS) Where the implementation of
the action proposed by the applicant requires
financial support to be given to third parties,
the applicant may propose the award of sub-grants
(max. 10,000 per third party max. 100,000
per contract/project).
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EIDHR (4) Local enveloppes (CBSS) for 2007-2009
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Non-State Actors and Local Authorities in
Development (NSA-LA) (1)
  • To co-finance initiatives in the area of
    development proposed and/or
  • carried out by civil society
  • organisations and local authorities
  • from the EU and Partner Countries
  • with the aim of strengthening
  • their capacity to participate
  • in policy-making processes.

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NSA-LA (2)
Activities
  • Objective 1 Inclusive and empowered society
  • a. In-country operations 82 targeted countries
  • Capacity building and institutional support,
    advocacy, research, awareness raising, monitoring
    and service delivery to the population.
  • b. Global, multi-country and regional operations
  • Improving the capacity of NSA/LA to engage in
    decision making processes improving networking
    between NSA and LA from EU and partner countries,
    and within these countries facilitating
    interaction between state and non state actors
    and supporting an increased role for LA in
    decentralisation processes.

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NSA-LA (3)
Activities (2)
Objective 2 Public awareness and education for
development in Europe Promotion of actions in
public support for the MDG Agenda, coherence for
development, media and development. Objective
3 More efficient cooperation, fostering
synergies and a structured dialogue between civil
society networks and LA associations from the EU
and acceding countries. Information networks
and exchange of best practices within NSA, LA,
among them and with European Institutions.
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NSA-LA (4)Local Enveloppes (CBSS) for 2009
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Allocation 2007-2013
Investing in People (IIP) (1)
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Millennium Development Goals (2000)
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IIP (2) - Priorities 2009
  • HEALTH WORKERS Engaging CSO to support national
    health workforce policies, strategies, capacity
    building and skills transfer,
  • GENERAL PUBLIC HEALTH Supporting prevention and
    control of non-communicable diseases in
    developing countries,
  • REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH Advocacy and technical
    support for the development of national SRHR
    strategies and specific actions,
  • EDUCATION TVET Developing TVET methodologies
    and services for the informal economy,
  • GENDER EQUALITY Strengthening the capacity of
    NSA to promote womens rights and gender equality
    in the 10 Mediterranean ENPI countries and
    Mauritania,
  • SOCIAL INCLUSION Support for social inclusion
    and social protection of workers in the informal
    economy and of vulnerable groups at community
    level,
  • CHILDREN AND YOUTH Childrens participation.

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Migration and Asylum (1)
  • To foster the links between migration and
    development,
  • To promote well-managed labour migration,
  • To fight illegal immigration, and facilitate
    readmission of illegal immigrants,
  • To protect migrants against exploitation and
    exclusion and support the fight against
    trafficking in human beings,
  • To promote asylum, international protection and
    the protection of stateless persons.

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MIGR (2) - Overview AAP 2009
  • Calls for Proposals
  • AAP 2009 part of 2010 funds
  • - 38.556.000 31.444.000 70.000.000.
  • Targeted Actions
  • Preventing irregular Migration in Libya
    4.500.000
  • Special Measures
  • If no urgent unforeseen crisis or needs have been
    identified by the end of October, the amount will
    be added to the overall budget of the CfP
    5.000.000
  • Support measures
  • Audits, evaluations, studies, conferences, etc.,
    as foreseen under Art.26 of DCI 300.000

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MIGR (3) - Calls for Proposals
  • ONE Call for 2009 2010, Aug/Sept 2009
    70.000.000

38.556.000 31.444.000
70.000.000
1 provided that the 2010budget is approved
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ENTRP Action Programme 2009 Outline 2
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ENTRP Calls for Proposals 2009
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2
  • Anticipating and answering to funding
    opportunities

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KEY reference links and documents
  • Calls for proposals and calls for tenders
    http//ec.europa.eu/europeaid/work/funding/index_e
    n.htm
  • Programmation documents Instrument (Regulation),
    Strategy, Annual Action Programme
  • http//ec.europa.eu/europeaid/work/ap/index_en.htm
  • Stakeholder meetings (DCI)

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Key characteristics and trends of thematic calls
for proposals
  • Competitive which tendencies ?
  • Right to initiative
  • Procedural obligations in order to maximise
    equality of chances of all applicants and
    transparency
  • Budget obligations no core financing, but
    activity related financing obligation of
    co-financing
  • Technicalities are important HQ or local calls?
    Amounts? Eligibility?
  • Pooling of funds

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Good to keep in mind
  • Experience
  • Added value
  • Partnership - In many cases it makes sense to
    build a consortium. A potential applicant may
    thus want to involve suitable partners (also from
    other countries) and discuss plans with them. It
    can also be useful to involve local partners,
    depending on the kind of action one is aiming
    for. It is always an advantage to start building
    a consortium as early as possible, meet the
    partners in person and distribute the
    responsibilities as clearly as possible.
  • Sustainability
  • Impact/multiplier effect

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NSA definition in DCIHow broad is the concept
  • The non-State, non-profit making actors eligible
    for financial
  • support under this Regulation operating on an
    independent
  • and accountable basis include non governmental
    organisations,
  • organisations representing indigenous peoples,
    organisations
  • representing national and/or ethnic minorities,
    local traders'
  • associations and citizens' groups, cooperatives,
    trade unions,
  • organisations representing economic and social
    interests, organisations fighting corruption and
    fraud and promoting good
  • governance, civil rights organisations and
    organisations
  • combating discrimination, local organisations
    (including
  • networks) involved in decentralised regional
    cooperation and
  • integration, consumer organisations, women's and
    youth organisations, teaching, cultural, research
    and scientific organisations, universities,
    churches and religious associations and
    communities, the media and any non governmental
    associations and independent foundations,
    including independent political foundations,
    likely to contribute to the implementation of the
    objectives of this Regulation.

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Evaluation full proposal
  • Financial Operational Capacity (20 points
    pass threshold 12)?
  • Relevance (25 points pass threshold 20)?
  • Methodology (25 points)?
  • Sustainability (15 points)?
  • Budget cost-effectiveness (15 points)?

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Steps
  • Register in PADOR Potential Applicant Data
    Online Registration system
  • Check the main features of the Call priorities?
    Eligibility criteria (nature of the applicant,
    nationality, experience)? deadlines? partnership
    requirements (number, nationality)?
  • Prepare application description of activities,
    including a working plan and a presentation of
    partners, logical framework and budget
  • Evaluation, selection and contracting criteria
    in the Guidelines. Open and restricted Calls.
    Timeline.
  • Action implementation
  • Reporting and final payment

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  • Checklist
  • Get an idea of the types of actions the European
    Commission funds by browsing EuropeAid's website
    (http//ec.europa.eu/europeaid/where/neighbourhood
    ) and the websites of the EC Delegations
  • Consult the lists of those who have already
    received a grant or contract with the EU
    (http//ec.europa.eu/europeaid/work/funding/benefi
    ciaries_en.htm)
  • Check funding priorities in the multiannual and
    annual programmes of each instrument. The annual
    programmes and appropriate action fiches provide
    a good indication of upcoming funding
    opportunities (http//ec.europa.eu/europeaid/work/
    ap/index_en.htm)
  • Check the appropriate European Commission website
    which publishes all calls for proposals and calls
    for tender (http//ec.europa.eu/europeaid/work/fun
    ding/index_en.htm) and the websites of the
    European Commission's Delegations in the
    countries of your interest
  • International calls for tenders are
    simultaneously published in the supplement S of
    the Official Journal of the European Communities
    available from the TED (Tenders Electronic Daily)
    at http//ted.europa.eu/
  • Learn about the European Commission's external
    assistance procedures (http//ec.europa.eu/europea
    id/work/procedures/index_en.htm)
  • - Check the annual work programmes for grants
    which are published by 31 March each year
    (http//ec.europa.eu/europeaid/work/awp/index_en.h
    tm)

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Evaluation full proposal
  • Financial Operational Capacity (20 points
    pass threshold 12)?
  • Relevance (25 points pass threshold 20)?
  • Methodology (25 points)?
  • Sustainability (15 points)?
  • Budget cost-effectiveness (15 points)?

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Submission of proposals
  • Submission period
  • Open call minimum 90 days (60 if grants below
    100.000)?
  • Restricted call minimum 45 days 45 days
  • Questions by applicants 21 days before deadline,
    answer from Contracting Authority 11 days before
    (on the EuropeAid website)
  • The proposals must reach the Contracting
    Authority by the deadline
  • PRAG 6.4.4-6

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Open call for proposals steps
  • 1. Publicity
  • 2. Receipt and registration
  • 3. Opening and administrative check
  • 4. Assessment of the quality of the concept notes
  • 5. Assessment of the technical and financial
    quality of the proposal
  • 6. Eligibility
  • 7. Committees recommendations
  • 8. Approval of the Evaluation Report with list
  • 9. Contract preparation
  • 10. Publicity

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KEY reference links and documents
  • Guidelines of the Call priorities, eligibility
    criteria and contacts to ask questions on a
    specific call http//ec.europa.eu/europeaid/work/f
    unding/index_en.htm
  • Practical Guide all the procedures
    http//ec.europa.eu/europeaid/work/procedures/impl
    ementation/practical_guide/index_en.htm
  • The European Commission's "Practical Guide"
    explains the contracting procedures applying to
    all EC external assistance contracts (grants and
    public procurement contracts) financed from the
    European Communities general budget and the
    European Development Fund (EDF).
  • 2009, launching of the Civil Society Helpdesk
    (CISOCH) interactive platform based on a Wiki
    software for Delegations Civil Society
    Organisations.

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How to award a grant?
  • Call for Proposals
  • Open or restricted
  • International or local
  • Exceptions where direct award may be allowed
  • urgency or crisis situation
  • de jure or de facto monopoly
  • mention in basic act
  • actions with specific technical characteristics
    requiring a specific entity
  • joint management with an international
    organisation
  • grants of low amount (less than 10 000) in
    decentralised management
  • PRAG 6.3

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Basic rules
  • Programming annual work programme
  • Transparency publicity of calls for proposals
  • Equal treatment impartial evaluation on the
    basis of published criteria
  • No cumulative grants only one grant per action
  • No retroactivity except in crisis situations
  • Co-financing unless exception for external
    actions
  • No profit balance between income and
    expenditure
  • PRAG 6.2

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Thank you!Kiitos! Tänan! Tack!EU external
assistancein the Neighbourhood EuropeAid
Cooperation Office http//ec.europa.eu/europeaid

Jyrki Torni Geographical coordination and
supervision for Europe jyrki.torni_at_ec.europa.eu
Sebastien Lorion Geographical coordination and
supervision for the Mediterranean and
Middle-East sebastien.lorion_at_ec.europa.eu
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