EU INDIA Relations

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EU- INDIA Relations

• Partners in Progress
• Ashutosh JHA
• Project Manager
• Development Cooperation

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EU-India Relations- Milestones

• 1963 India establishes diplomatic relations with
  EEC
• 1973 Commercial cooperation agreement
• 1983 EC sets up a Delegation in New Delhi
• 1988 EC-India, first Joint Commission meeting
• 1993 Joint Political Statement
• 1994 Cooperation agreement on partnership and
  development
• 1996 Enhanced EU-India partnership
• 2000 First Summit, in Lisbon
• 2004 5th Summit in Hague launch of Strategic
  Partnership
• 2005 6th Summit in New Delhi Joint Action Plan
• 2006 7th Summit in Helsinki

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Key areas of co-operation are

• Political relations
• Trade and investment
• Economic and Development Co-operation
• Cultural exchanges

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An EU-India Strategic Partnership

• Development Cooperation
• EU working with India to tackle poverty and reach
  MDGs
• Integrating three pillars of sustainable
  development social, economic and environmental
  development.
• India is now a receiver and provider of
  development aid
• The Indian context human development indicators
  show good progress but poverty still widespread.
  Unemployment is high. Vast income disparities
  between and within states
• New approaches 2002-2006 Country Strategy Paper
  for India forecasts 225 million in grants for
  India, focusing on Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh.
  Sectoral reform support in elementary education
  and health.
• EU Cooperation in India India has reduced number
  of donors to 6 (US, Russia, Japan, UK, Germany,
  EC). Better coordination needed among donors.

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EC Development and Economic Cooperation in India

• The total of European Commissions assistance to
  India, all in the form of grants, is reaching the
  landmark of
• Euro 2 billion, over Rs 8000 crores.
• The EC is the largest donor of grant funds to
  India.

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The Development Cooperation Strategy

• EU-India cooperation agreement focuses on
• Poverty reduction projects
• These promote an efficient and sustainable
  use of resources and sector programmes aimed at
  improving basic social services
• Public Health and Primary Education
• These are the largest sector programme at the
  moment

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Primary Education

• The ECs first-ever programme support grant in
  Asia is to the Indian Governments District
  Primary Education Programme (DPEP).
• Targeted mainly at districts with low female
  literacy, the programme started in 1994 in 42
  districts in 7 states.
• Over a period of 7 years, the EC has spent 150
  million Euros to support the implementation of
  DPEP in Madhya Pradesh and Chattisgarh.

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Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan Programme

• Euro 200 million has been committed for seven
  years of implementation.
• This commitment will aim to deepen the
  process of reforms to enhance quality at primary
  level (6-11 age) and to initiate developmental
  and innovative processes for the full elementary
  education cycle (6-14 age).

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HealthSupport to Health and Family Welfare
Sector Development

• The EC Supported Health and Family Welfare
  Sector Investment Programme (SIP) started in
  October 1998.
• With 200 million Euro (additional 40 million
  Euro for the Gujarat earthquake), contribution as
  an integral part of the Govt of Indias National
  Family Welfare Programme.
• This is given seven years of implementation
  time.

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Development (Ctd)

• Rural Development Projects 12 projects amounting
  to 240 m with a focus on poverty alleviation
• Approach being phased out and replaced with
  sector wide budget support approach

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State Partnership Programme

• A multi sector policy support Programme aims at
  Poverty Alleviation in Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan
  
• Targeted Sectors
• Chhattisgarh- Education, Health and Forest
• Rajasthan Water Sector
• Budget Support Programme
• Grant of 160 Million total, 80 M to each
  State
• Scheduled to be launched in 2006
• Implementation Period 6-7 Years

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State Partnership Programme

• Both partnerships focus on policy and reforms
  with high Poverty Alleviation effects
• Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan chosen as states with
  poor Human Development indicators, but Reform
  Minded
• Additionality of resources to Centre and State
• Complementary to reforms through centrally
  sponsored schemes
• Institutional reforms to promote Accountability
• Decentralization and community Participation

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Non Governmental Organizations Essential
partners in the development process

• With more than 300 NGO projects in several
  fields, India is the largest recipient of the
  ECs NGO funds in Asia.
• The current portfolio consists of more than 130
  NGO Co-financing projects accounting for about
  125 million euros (Rs 500 crores)
• The current allocation is 40 million euros (Rs
  160 crores).

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Emergency Aid/Humanitarian Aid

• Since 1998 the EC has increased its
  humanitarianoperations in India contributing 300
  million Euros(Rs 130 crores).
• Emergency and humanitarian aid managed by theEC
  Humanitarian Office (ECHO) providesemergency aid
  of humanitarian/relief nature,financing
  assistance, protection and emergency foodaid
  after disasters.
• ECHO also provides assistance for pre-emptive
  action for disaster prevention.

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Economic cooperation

• The EC has horizontal programmes and
  bilateralprogrammes for its economic
  cooperation.
• Horizontal programmes aim at establishing new
  linksand reinforcing existing ones between EU
  and India.They also promote European environment
  practicesand facilitate business cooperation
  between EU andAsia in general.
• Bilateral programmes include in addition to
  thescientific cooperation, the cooperation
  between EUand India on product standards,
  maritime transportand civil aviation.

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Economic Cultural Cooperation

• EC-India Civil Aviation 32 m
• EC-India Maritime Transport Project 10 m
• Trade and Investment Programme 13.4 m
• Economic Cross Cultural Programme 30 m
• EU-India Small Project Facility Programme 4 m
• Erasmus Mundus (India Window) 33 m

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Asia Horizontal Programmes

• Asia Link (higher education)
• Asia Invest (business cooperation)
• Asia ITC (information technologies)
• Asia Urbs (local authorities)
• Asia Pro Eco (environment)

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THANK YOU!

• For further informationDelegation of the
  European Commission in India65 Golf LinksNew
  Delhi 110 003Tel [phone],
  24629238Fax [phone]E-mail
  delegation-india_at_ec.europa.euWebsite
  www.delind.ec.europa.eu