The future of Europe: some speculations from a humanitarian perspective

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The future of Europe some speculations from a
humanitarian perspective

• Joanna Macrae

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Overview

• Positioning EU humanitarian action principles
  and architecture
• Ensuring coherence of European humanitarian
  policy
• Operationalising the vision money and people

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Main elements of the Convention

• Chapter IV cooperation with third countries and
  humanitarian aid

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Main elements of the Convention

• Chapter IV cooperation with third countries and
  humanitarian aid
• 7 clauses in Article 111-218 (ex Art.30)
• Within framework of EUs external relations
• In compliance with IHL, impartial
• Coordination within EU and internationally
• Establishment of European Volunteer Humanitarian
  Aid Corps

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Positioning the EU humanitarian agenda

• Paragraphs relate to humanitarian aid not
  humanitarian action more broadly.

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Positioning the EU humanitarian agenda

• Paragraphs relate to humanitarian aid not
  humanitarian action more broadly.
• Preamble
• Objectives of the Union
• Objectives of CFSP

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Positioning the EU humanitarian agenda

• Paragraphs relate to humanitarian aid not
  humanitarian action more broadly.
• Positioning ECHO
• humanitarian politics?

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Positioning the EU humanitarian agenda

• Paragraphs relate to humanitarian aid not
  humanitarian action more broadly.
• Positioning ECHO
• Humanitarian politics?
• the 1996 regulation

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Positioning the EU humanitarian agenda

• Paragraphs relate to humanitarian aid not
  humanitarian action more broadly.
• Positioning ECHO
• The Convention A new organisational and legal
  framework?

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The Convention Repositioning the EU
humanitarian agenda

• Paragraphs relate to humanitarian aid not
  humanitarian action more broadly.
• Positioning ECHO the 1996 regulation
• New organisational legal framework?
• Reading the convention in context

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Implications of integrating humanitarian and
security agendas

• Instrumentalising humanitarian action

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Implications of integrating humanitarian and
security agendas

• Instrumentalising humanitarian action
• Losing the added value?

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Implications of integrating humanitarian and
security agendas

• Instrumentalising humanitarian action
• Losing the added value?
• Accountability

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Enhancing the coherence of EU humanitarian policy

• Shared competence with MS
• Deepening cooperation with international
  organisations, including the UN
• Promoting coordination between action of the
  Union and those of Member States

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Enhancing the coherence of EU humanitarian policy

• Shared competence with MS
• Deepening cooperation with international
  organisations, including the UN
• Promoting coordination between action of the
  Union and those of Member States

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Resourcing

• The volunteer corps

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Resourcing

• The volunteer corps
• Money
• Consolidation of ECHO

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Trends in ECHO funding MEuros
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Resourcing

• The volunteer corps
• Money
• Consolidation of ECHO
• Non-ECHO humanitarian spending?
• Balance bilateral/multilateral
• Accession states

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Summary

• Does the Convention reflect humanitarian aid
  rather than humanitarian values?
• Will humanitarian aid be just another political
  instrument?
• Can the EU provide a mechanism for increasing
  coherence of European donor policy?
• Is the distinction between development and
  humanitarian aid hardening?