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Civil Society in EC Development Policy

26th Meeting of ACP-EU Economic and Social Interest Groups Brussels, 7th July 2011

Angelo BaglioHead of Unit, DEVCO Unit D2 « Civil Society, Local Authorities »

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1. EC Funding opportunities for CSOs

2. Structured Dialogue Process & Main Results

EuropeAidEuropeAidCivil Society in EC Development Policy

Globally the EU channels € 800 million to 1 billion every year through CSOs. This amounts to approximately 12% of total funds (EDF and BUDGET).

EuropeAidEuropeAid1. EC Funding Opportunities for CSOs

Consultation and Policy Dialogue

The requirement of Paris declaration principles and Accra Agenda to combine aid effectiveness and participation, open space for CSOs, local authorities and parliament in bilateral cooperation between the EU and ACP partner countries.

• The Cotonou agreement (article 6) made consultation with CSOs in the

preparation of CSPs compulsory;

• Consultations with Local Authorities and Parliament are also foreseen in

the revised Cotonou Agreement (article 4).

• However the (ongoing) mid term review of the 10th EDF shows slow and

unsatisfactory progress in that respect.

Cooperation with CSOs within the 10th EDF

EuropeAidEuropeAidCapacity Building for CSOs

• The consultation role of CSOs in development of Country Strategy Papers

and National Indicative Programmes implies improving their capacity to

play new roles; it is key to increase their space as interlocutors in policy

dialogue and domestic accountability mechanisms.

• The « governance » component of the 10th EDF encourages partner

countries to implement capacity development programmes for CSOs; full

agreement of the partner country is needed and might be an obstacle.

• Under the 10th EDF, about 44 programmes will be approved – with an

average contribution per programme of € 6/7 million (EDF fund/A

envelopes): 17,8 % is allocated to democratic governance, of which 1,8%

directly to NSAs for Capacity Development (envelop A).


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Non State Actors in GBS and SPSP

• Under the 10th EDF, 44,7% of aid delivered under the mechanism of Budget

Support (GBS: 29,3% and SPSP 15,4). A challenge is to involve NSAs in

General Budget Support (GBS) and Sector Policy Support Programmes

(SPSP).

• A study commissioned by DEVCO found that a number of delegations had

successfully engaged NSAs in GBS (Ghana) or SPSP (Ethiopia, Ghana,

Morocco).

• Complementarity will be encouraged to engaging NSAs in New Aid Modalities

by several means (project approach; thematic programmes);

• The new guidelines on Budget Support (in preparation) will reinforce the

governance and domestic accountability principles, and recognize the role of

NSAs in that respect.


EuropeAidEuropeAidExamples of CSO capacity development

through geographic programmes

• Ivory Coast (Liane): Increase the capacity of CSOs to play a leading role in post conflict

situation and reconciliation (€ 4 million);

• Niger (Pasoc II): Strengthen the capacity of NSA to be more involved in poverty

alleviation programme in 4 remote regions; cultural actors will be identified through a

mapping and ply a key role (€ 8 million);

• Mauritania (Pesc): support decentralisation process and, more particularly, improve the

capacity of NGOs to deliver services in remote areas, and to participate in national

policies dialogues (€ 7 million);

• Senegal: the programme is still in identification phase; it aims at strengthening the

capacity of CSOs to respond to sectoral needs, using a « learning by doing »

methodology (€ 5,5 million).


EuropeAidEuropeAidFunding Opportunities under the NSA & LA

Thematic Programme

• Five Thematic Programmes and two Instruments

• New paradigm:- Multi-actor orientation- Diversity of financial opportunities- Aid effectiveness debates

- Key issues for CSOs and thematic operations?

Funding Opportunities under the NSA & LA Thematic Programme

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EuropeAidEuropeAid Budget and geographical coverage of the

Thematic Programmes

Budgeto Over € 6700 million for 2007-2013o About € 3600 million already contracted for 2007-2010o A total envelope of € 850 million for 2007.o Number of budget lines: 25o Number of contracts per year: 1200-1500o Management of projects: deconcentrated

Coverageo All developing countrieso Programmes: European Neighbourhood and Partnership

Instrument (ENPI), EDF, DCI

Instruments: ENPI, EDF, DCI, Instrument for Pre-

Accession Assistance (IPA)


EuropeAidEuropeAidAdded Value of the Thematic Programmes

- To tackle global issues which cannot be addressed well through

national or regional programmes.

- To disseminate « as soft power » principles and values of the EU

in the world.

- To support actions without any bilateral negotiations between

EU and the concerned partner country (but only with CSOs and

very often with international organisations).

- An actor oriented approach: CSOs are the main actors under

thematic programmes and instruments.


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Non State Actors and Local Authorities Art. 14 DCI

€ 702 million for 2011-2013

1. Development actions aiming at promoting inclusive and empowered civil society in partner countries & regions (83%)

– Managed by Delegations (In-country and some Multi-countries) and HQ (some Multi-countries)

3. Coordination and networking in Europe (2.5 %) – Management by HQ

2. Awareness raising and development education in Europe (14.5%) – Managed by HQ

NSA & LA Thematic Programme objectives

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Allocations for CSOs in the ACP countriesunder the NSA & LA Thematic Programme 2011-2013


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Allocations for CSOs in the ACP countriesunder the NSA & LA Thematic Programme 2011-2013

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EuropeAidEuropeAidAid modalities under the NSA & LA Thematic Programme 2007-2010

General approach:

Call for proposals mechanism (restricted call for proposals and in exceptional cases, open calls)

- Calls for proposals managed by EU Delegations (79 targeted countries in Annual Action Plan 2011) – objective 1a

- Calls for proposals managed by Headquarters - objective 1b, 2 and 3.


EuropeAidEuropeAidFuture of Aid Delivery Mechanisms

New possibilities for aid delivery have been analysed and

discussed in the Structured Dialogue (Working Group 3).

If the new Financial Regulation (under preparation) allows it, the

following mechanisms, inter alia, should be considered:- Direct award in special cases (monopoly)- Sub-granting (with significant amounts)- Possibility to transfer money from member states to the

EU - Possibility to transfer money from EU to member states

Internal process on simplification of ‘Calls for Proposals’

mechanism, notably in EU Delegations


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2. Structured Dialogue Process & Main Results

Challenges

Despite the comparatively large amount of funding channeled to CSOs, they were primarily considered implementing agencies, rather then real (political) partners in development.

The Structured Dialogue process aimed to identify their particular roles and added value.

Structured Dialogue Process & Main Results

EuropeAidEuropeAidConsultations with Civil Society

• The EC recognizes the fundamental role of CS in democratic participation to development.

• Active participation in development policies and programmes is explicitly foreseen in various EC regulations; EDF, Development Cooperation Instrument (DCI) and European Neighbourhood Policy Instrument (ENPI).

• There are various spaces for consultation in bilateral cooperation with Third Countries and in Thematic Programmes (in the Programming Phase, in the Country Strategy Papers, in the Mid Term Reviews, etc.)

• This happens both at Headquarters and In-Country (EU Delegations).


EuropeAidEuropeAidMain objective of the Structured Dialogue

• Increasing the effectiveness of all stakeholders involved in EU

development cooperation by finding a common understanding on the

main issues related to CSOs and LAs involvement in EU development

cooperation:

- their added value, mandates and the synergies of different

categories of actors, the specificity of European (or International)

actors and their partnership with local actors;

- how to reconcile the Aid Effectiveness principles with the concept of

democratic ownership and CSOs’ and LAs’ right of initiative;

- how to better support CSOs and LAs with the currently available

multiplicity of aid delivery and selection modalities.


EuropeAidEuropeAidUnderlying assumptions

of the Structured Dialogue

The Structured Dialogue was neither to be a policy forum nor a negotiation arena, but an innovative space for dialogue.

Shared understanding that CSOs & LAs are development actors in their own right.

The main objective was to encourage a methodological and systematic restructuring of mutual working relations between the EC, CSOs and LAs, including on EC aid delivery mechanisms.


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The Structured Dialogue (March 2010 – May 2011)

• Stakeholders: the European Parliament, EU Member States, the European Commission - both in Headquarters and in 51 EU Delegations - and Civil Society Organizations and Local Authorities (European Based networks and platforms and more than 650 CSOs and LAs representatives from 65 EU Partner Countries)

• Initiative lasted 14 months, involving:o Working Groups Sessions:

• In Brussels (5 between 2010 and 2011)• In 4 Regional Seminars (Africa, Latin America, Asia, ENP)

o Online tools: CISOCH (Civil Society Helpdesk) – new help

desk devoted entirely to CSOs and LAs - and its BLOG


EuropeAidEuropeAid9 themes synthesised in the Concluding

Paper – available online1. Promoting an Enabling Environment for CSOs and

LAs

2. Political Multi-Stakeholder Dialogues

3. Partnerships and Complementarities between

Actors

4. Territorial Approaches to Development and LAs

and CSOs’ articulation at the local level

5. The Ownership and Alignment Principle

6. The Right of Initiative of CSOs and LAs

7. Multiple Accountability

8. Division of Labour and Harmonisation Among

Donors

9. EU Aid Delivery Mechanisms: Alternatives (12

options identified)


EuropeAidEuropeAidRecommendations per actor

• The initial objective was to identify ways to improve the effectiveness of all actors involved, not only the EC, in Development Cooperation, hence:

• Recommendations to partner Governments• Recommendations to CSOs• Recommendations to LAs• Recommendations to the EU (European commission, European

external action service, EU Member States and European Parliament according to their respective mandates)

• Declaration of Intents adopted in Budapest (19 May 2011)


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Announcement in Budapest: what institutional follow-up?

• Communication of the EC on Engaging with CSOs & LAs in development cooperation (2012)

• DEVCO Unit D2: Stable institutional interface for CSOs and LAs

• Thematic Programme NSA & LA to be reshaped to support more particularly CSO & LA platforms at different levels

• Integration of Structured Dialogue conclusions in EU Position on Aid Effectiveness

• Update of methodological tools for EU Delegations, including on aid delivery and selection mechanisms


EuropeAidEuropeAidCSOs and the Multiannual Financial

Framework 2014-2020• The NSA & LA Thematic Programme is already undergoing a reorientation to translate the strategic shifting into operations - within the current financial regulations. E.g. the possibility of supporting platforms of CSOs in Partner countries, or regional and global networks. These "innovative ideas" will continued to be explored.

•CSOs’ access to geographic and thematic instruments will be maintained. The NSA & LA Thematic Programme will strengthen its actor-based approach, suited to reflect the renewed engagement of the EC in this partnership.

• It is a strategic interest of the EC to promote inclusive ownership of development strategies at Partner Country level. Inclusion of CSOs in political dialogue is essential and the EC is ready to do more in order to facilitate the empowerment of CSOs at local level, so as to stimulate demand for public accountability and good governance

• A suggestion is to introduce concentration and simplification to thematic programmes by reducing them to just two: 'Global public goods and challenges' and 'Non-State actors and local authorities'.


EuropeAidEuropeAidFor more information…

Please consult the Civil Society Helpdesk

CISOCH

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