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Policy Coherence for Development

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POLICY COHERENCE FOR DEVELOPMENT

„…means working to ensure that the objectives and results of

a government‘s development policies are not undermined by

other policies of that same government which impact on

developing countries, and that these other policies support

development objectives where feasible.“

OECD

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ADC – Ministry for Foreign AffairsAustrian Development Cooperation and Cooperation with Eastern Europe (ADC) in the Austrian Ministry for Foreign Affairs

Responsible for:

overall-coordination of the Austrian public development cooperation formulation of development cooperation strategies and policies policy-dialogue in Austria and at international level

Based on: Development Cooperation Act and 3 Year Programme

Major goals: reducing global poverty safeguarding peace and human security preserving the environment

Partner countries:in six key regions of Asia, Africa, Central America, SEE

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ADC - ADA

Austrian Development Agency (ADA), the operational unit of the

Austrian Development Cooperation

non-profit limited liability company established in 2004

Responsible for implementing Austrian development cooperation strategies and

programmes administration of budgets for ADC programmes policy dialogue in partner-countries

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POLICY COHERENCE IN AUSTRIA

Austria’s policy coherence for development is based on

Federal Act on Development Cooperation (2002) as amended (2003)

GAERC conclusions

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FEDERAL ACT ON DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION

Section 22 ...........Any contribution that is provided by the Federal Government and reported to the Development Assistance Committee (DAC) of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) that is part of Official Development Assistance shall be in line with the objectives and principles of development policy (Section 1, Subsections 3 and 4) and in accordance with the guidelines of the Three-Year Programme on Austria's Development Policy. The Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs shall ensure the coordination of international development policy both in Austria and with regard to Art. 180 EC Treaty.

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Progress on PCD

During the Austrian EU Presidency:

improvement of the decision making mechanisms of the

Council,

the Commission and the Member States: determination of priority

actions in the field of policy coherence for development

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Mechanisms put in place so far:

Austria takes part in the informal PCD Network

examination of government bills

sustainable development

joint working group with the Federal Ministry of Finance

inter-ministerial consultations (e.g. Ministry of Economics and Labour)

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Trade-related mechanisms

intra-ministerial cooperation

inter-ministerial Private Sector and Development Platform

MOFA/ADC: represented in the export financing committee

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Policy coordination at country level

ADA: implementation of concrete projects and programs

Federal Ministry for Foreign Affairs: strategic policy guidelines

MDG-based Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs)

programming frameworks of EC, multilateral institutions

indicative programmes

SWAPs

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Factors to achieve greater PCD

analytical capacity

adequate identification and consultation of stakeholders

cross institutional policy co-ordination mechanisms

coherence friendly administrate culture

effective negotiation skills

OECD experience

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Thank you.