Polish Aid Programme

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Polish Aid Programme

• UNDP Regional Workshop
• Budapest, March 5-6, 2007
• Pawel Baginski, PhD.
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of
  Poland
• Development Co-operation Department

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Polish Aid 2005 2006 basic facts

• Total volume of ODA 2005 USD 204 million
• (0,068 of GNI)
• Polish Aid ODA including support for
  democratisation and development of civil society
• Priority ODA countries Ukraine, Belarus,
  Moldova, Georgia, Afghanistan, Iraq, Angola,
  Palestine, Tanzania (since 2007)

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ODA volume in 1998-2005

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Bilateral assistance in 2005
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Government entities involved in Polish foreign
assistance

• Ministry of Foreign Affairs coordinates
  development policies, sets their priorities,
  provides technical, democratisation and
  humanitarian assistance, as well as multilateral
  funding, mainly through UN system
• Ministry of Finance provides financial
  assistance preferential tied aid credits, debt
  relief, multilateral assistance through EU and
  IFIs
• Ministry of Education provides educational aid
  through scholarships

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MFA Development Co-operation Department

• Created in 2005
• Responsible for co-operation with international
  organisations (EU, UN System, OECD/DAC), policy
  planning and programme implementation
• Development Policy and Programming Division
• Programme Implementation Division
• Democracy and Transformation Support Team

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Implementing partners

• Other ministries
• Governmental agencies
• Local government institutions
• NGOs
• Polish embassies in partner countries
• Missions (in particular in Africa)

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Present and future strategic framework

• 2003 first Development Co-operation Strategy
• 2006/07 preparation of a new foreign aid
  strategy for 2007 2015
• Main reasons of preparing new foreign aid
  strategy
• New international and internal environment
  including EU accession
• Scaling-up of aid (target 0,17 ODA/GNI in
  2010)
• Aid effectiveness agenda (Paris Declaration on
  Aid Effectiveness, European Consensus on
  Development)

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New Polish Aid Strategy for 2007 -
2015(Solidarity, Development and Freedom) 1

• Main goal poverty reduction in the context of
  sustainable development and the implementation of
  other MDGs in the countries receiving Polish aid
  support for democracy, human rights and civic
  liberties
• The realisation of this goal will be possible
  through
• Increasing aid effectiveness
• Ensuring policy coherence for development

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New Polish Aid Strategy for 2007 -
2015(Solidarity, Development and Freedom) - 2

• Priority areas based on Polish comparative
  advantages
• Regional and local administration reform
• Economic reforms (privatisation, agriculture,
  SMEs, microfinance)
• Adjustment to the requirements of the EU
  membership implementation of the acquis
  communautaire
• Democracy and good governance
• Education
• Health
• Access to drinkable water

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New Polish Aid Strategy for 2007 -
2015(Solidarity, Development and Freedom) - 3

• Priority regions and countries
• Eastern Europe/former SU (Ukraine, Belarus,
  Moldova, Georgia)
• Western Balkans and Central Asia
• Other countries where Poland is involved
  politically (Iraq, Afghanistan)
• Sub-Saharan Africa

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New Polish Aid Strategy for 2007 -
2015(Solidarity, Development and Freedom) - 4

• New ways of managing aid
• Foreign Assistance Act
• Leading role of the MFA in managing increasing
  ODA funds
• Gradual introduction of programme-based approach
  (PBA) SWAp, budget support
• Managing for results
• Decentralisation of aid management to the
  embassies level

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Challenges, next steps

• Intensification of political dialogue with
  partner countries
• More structured co-operation (MoUs, CSPs
  Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia)
• Enhanced local presence (human resources in
  embassies)
• Reform of aid management (overcoming of annuality
  of budget, decentralisation of decision-making
  process)
• Enhanced dialogue with other donors joint
  analysis, mapping of assistance, common
  programming
• Increasing public support for ODA

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Further information available atwww.polishaid.g
ov.pl www.polskapomoc.gov.pl

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