Development Cooperation Instrument

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• Development Cooperation Instrument
• Thematic programme
• Non State Actors and Local Authorities in
  Development

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The Relex Family
DG RELEX Policy Programming Other third countries
DG ELARG Acceding and Candidate Countries
DG DEV Policy Programming ACP countries
ECHO Humanitarian Aid
DG AIDCO Implementation of external Aid
DG TRADE Trade Agreements
Delegations
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Financial perspectives 2007-2013

• New External Cooperation Instruments
• Pre-accession (IPA)
• Neighbourhood (ENPI)
• Human Rights (EIDHR)
• Stability
• Nuclear safety
• Industrialised Countries
• 10th EDF
• Development Cooperation Instrument (DCI)

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Financial perspectives 2007-2013 Development
Cooperation Instrument

• Development Cooperation Instrument
• (adopted in December 2006)
• geographic programmes (primary framework)
• 5 thematic programmes (complementary to
  geographical programmes)
• Support to sugar production

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Development Cooperation Instrument (DCI)
Thematic Programmes

• Region EU non EU partner countries
• (except industrialised and candidate countries
  (Croatia,
• FYROM and Turkey)
• Investing in People
• Environment
• Non State Actors and Local Authorities in
  Development
• Food Security
• Migration and Asylum

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Thematic Programme Non State Actors and Local
Authorities in Development (1)Objectives and
priorities

• Overarching Objective
• Co-finance actions w/ non state actors and local
  authorities from EC and partner countries in the
  area of development to strengthen their capacity
  in the policy making process
• Specific Objectives
• Development actions aiming at promoting inclusive
  and empowered society in developing countries
  regions
• Increase awareness of development issues and
  promote development education in EU acceding
  countries
• Coordination between stakeholders networks in
  Europe, within their organisations and with
  Community institutions

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Thematic Programme Non State Actors and Local
Authorities in DevelopmentObjectives and
priorities

• Priorities 2007-2010
• Objective 1 Actions in developing countries
• a) In-country interventions
• Country situations not conducive to NSA/LA
  involvement in development process (difficult
  partnerships, unstable situations, conflict, poor
  governance)
• Populations out of reach of mainstream services,
  excluded from policy-making processes
• b) Multi-country, global and regional
  interventions

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Thematic Programme Non State Actors and Local
Authorities in DevelopmentObjectives and
priorities

• Priorities 2007-2010
• Objective 2 Awareness raising Development
  Education in EU and acceding countries
• MDG agenda, in part. Sub Saharan Africa
• Coherence for development
• Media and development

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Thematic Programme Non State Actors and Local
Authorities in DevelopmentObjectives and
priorities

• Priorities 2007-2010
• Objective 3 NSA/LA networks in EU and acceding
  countries
• Information networks, exchange of best practices
  between and within organisations
• Dialogue and exchange of best practices between
  different types of actors
• Interaction with EU institutions

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Thematic Programme Non State Actors and Local
Authorities in DevelopmentImplementation
modalities 2007

• EC Headquarters (DG EuropeAid)
• 4 calls for proposals
• 1) Support to global, multi-country/regional
  actions (objective 1)
• (published on 15/12/2007 - deadline 11/02/2008)
• 2) Support to in-country actions in /-28 LDCs
  and LICs and 7 priority countries (objective 1)
• (published on 15/12/2007 - deadline 11/02/2008)
• 3) Support to awareness raising actions in Europe
  (objective 2)
• (published on 21/12/2007 - deadline 19/02/2008)
• 4) Support to coordination networking actions
  in Europe (objective 3)
• (published on 21/12/2007 - deadline 02/04/2008)
• EC Delegations in third countries
• 61 calls for proposals to be published locally in
  January/February 2008
• for in-country actions in priority countries
  (objective 1)

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Thematic Programme Non State Actors and Local
Authorities in Development Implementation
modalities 2007

• 2007 Annual Action Programme (AAP)
• EC Headquarters (DG EuropeAid)
• Objective 1 - Global, multi-country/regional
  actions in partner countries
• Standard procedure
• GLOBAL CALL FOR PROPOSALS - Centralised
  (EuropeAid HQ)
• Support to global, multi-country/regional actions
• (Budget/- 35 M)

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Thematic Programme Non State Actors and Local
Authorities in DevelopmentImplementation
modalities 2007

• 2007 Annual Action Programme (AAP)
• EC Headquarters (DG EuropeAid)
• Objective 1 - In-country actions in partner
  countries
• Standard procedure
• GLOBAL CALL FOR PROPOSALS - Centralised
  (EuropeAid HQ)
• Support to in-country actions in 7 priority
  countries and 28 LDCs LICs not included in the
  list of priority countries
• (Budget /- 30 M)

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Thematic Programme Non State Actors and Local
Authorities in Development Implementation
modalities 2007

• 2007 Annual Action Programme (AAP)
• EC Headquarters (DG EuropeAid)
• Objective 2 Development Education in Europe
• Standard procedure
• GLOBAL CALL FOR PROPOSALS - Centralised
  (EuropeAid HQ)
• Support to awareness raising and development
  education actions in EU and acceding countries
• (Budget /- 29 M)

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Thematic Programme Non State Actors and Local
Authorities in Development Implementation
modalities 2007

• 2007 Annual Action Programme (AAP)
• EC Headquarters (DG EuropeAid)
• Objective 3 - Coordination networking
  activities in Europe
• Standard procedure
• GLOBAL CALL FOR PROPOSALS - Centralised
  (EuropeAid HQ)
• Support to coordination and communication actions
  of NSA and Local Authorities networks in EU and
  acceding countries
• (Budget /- 4 M)

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Thematic Programme Non State Actors and Local
Authorities in Development Implementation
modalities 2007

• 2007 Annual Action Programme (AAP)
• EC Delegations in third countries
• Objective 1 - In-country interventions in
  priority countries
• Standard procedure
• 61 LOCAL CALLS FOR PROPOSALS - Local (EC
  Delegations)
• Support to in-country actions/initiatives in 61
  priority countries
• (Budget /- 110 M)

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Thematic Programme Non State Actors and Local
Authorities in Development Implementation
modalities 2007

• 2007 Annual Action Programme (AAP)
• Objective 1 - In-country interventions in
  priority countries
• ACP - 28 countries (/- 44.7 million)
• Angola, Cameroun, Chad, Congo-Brazzaville, Cuba,
  DRC, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Guinea-Bissau,
  Guinea-Conakry, Guyana, Ivory Coast, Kenya,
  Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, PNG, RCA, Rwanda,
  Samoa, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Swaziland
  (), Uganda, Vanuatu, Zambia, Zimbabwe
• Central and South America - 14 countries (/-
  25.3 million)
• Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia,
  Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras,
  Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela
• () for these countries the respective in-country
  programme is directly launched by EC headquarters
  (see slides above)

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Thematic Programme Non State Actors and Local
Authorities in Development Implementation
modalities 2007

• 2007 Annual Action Programme (AAP)
• Objective 1 - In-country interventions in
  priority countries
• Asia - 19 countries (/- 30.7 million)
• Bangladesh, Burma / Myanmar, Cambodia, China,
  India, Indonesia, Iran (), Kazakhstan,
  Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Mongolia (), Nepal, North
  Korea (), Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka,
  Tajikistan, Uzbekistan (), Vietnam
• Eastern Europe, Mediterranean and Middle East 7
  countries (/- 9.1 million)
• Armenia, Azerbaijan (), Belarus, Georgia,
  Syria, West Bank and Gaza Strip, Yemen
• () for these countries the respective in-country
  programme is directly launched by EC headquarters
  (see slides above)

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Thematic Programme Non State Actors and Local
Authorities in Development

• 2008 Annual Action Programme (AAP)
• Planning
• January/February 2008 - Preparation of AAP
• February 2008 - Dialogue with stakeholders
• March/April 2008 - Internal Service Consultation
• May 2008 DCI Committee
• May/June 2008 - EP scrutiny (30 days)
• June/July 2008 - AAP approval by European
  Commission
• End 2008 - publication of Calls for Proposals

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Thematic Programme Non State Actors and Local
Authorities in Development

• Publication of Call for Proposals
• EuropeAid website
• http//ec.europa.eu/eusropeaid/cgi/frame12.pl
• More information on the Programme
• http//ec.europa.eu/europeaid/where/worldwide/civi
  l-society/index_en.htm