ppp "ipa csf 2007-2011: evolution not revolution"
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Workshop presentation25th September, 2013
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2009: The Success andFailures of the Pre-accessionPolicy in the Balkans:Support to Civil Society
policy paper with criticaloverview of the IPA CivilSociety Facility (CSF) design
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Then, the EC failed: to properly consult and
reflect on the lessons-learned on supportingthe role of civil society inthe EU accession process;
to develop an approachcomplementary to theneeds of indigenous local
CSOs
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2012:
BCSDN comprehensive
overview of the IPA CSFgrant support
Multi-beneficiary & country
grants (WB-Cro, Turkey)Period: 2007-2011
Implemented by Dec 2012
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The 2%
Commitment:drop from 2,2%(2007) to 1,2%(2011) of funds
being allocatedto IPA CSF
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IPA vs. IPA CSF 2007-2011 allocations per countries:
Albania: 1.2% or 4.8 mil EUR
Bosnia and Herzegovina: 2.8% or 12.5 mil EUR
Kosovo: 0.8% or 3.9 mil EUR
Macedonia: 0.9 % or 3.7 mil EUR
Montenegro: 3% or 5 mil EUR
Serbia: 1.1 % or 10.5 mil EUR
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TA vs. grants: 55% (23 mil EUR) worth of TA
In BiH (60%) and Macedonia(67%), TA dominates the IPACSF support so far
Used for capacity-building of
CSOs (TACSO) , capacitydevelopment ofGovernments orgrantmanagement
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CSOs capacity to absorb ismuch greater to
absorption of IPAComponent I (TAIB) byGovernment
High absorption capacity
by CSOs leaves space forfurther funds to be madeavailable through grant
schemes
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EC and EUD are able tohandle grant mechanisms
in short periods of time(with some exceptions)
Room for increase of theirabsorption capacity and
consequently contributeto the realization of a 2%IPA CSF contribution
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On average, the decisionmaking time for grants by the
EC and EUDs are 5.13 months.
Shortest: 3.25 month (Serbia)
Longest: 9.5 month (BiH)
EC: 5.83 month
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On regional level, 34 out of
68 i.e. 50% of projects had aCSO from a IPA beneficiarycountry as the leaderorganization which serves
as further evidence of theabsorption capacity of localCSOs.
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IPA CSF MBproject
partnership map
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Lessons-learned (TA)
TA to build capacity of the Government to
cooperate with civil society and implementits vision of the development of the sector ispreconditioned by political will
TA can be useful as an extended arm ofthe contracting authority to manage grantseffectively, timely and in a transparentmanner
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Lessons-learned (grants)
Covering different sectors of Acquis, sometimesoverlapping and support on tackling advocacy on
enabling environment for CSDev only in few cases(e.g. Albania, Macedonia, Kosovo)
1st pilot in re-granting via CSOs showing that sub-granting is possible despite rigid EU granting rules and
local CSO poses capacity to administer sub-grantsNo case of support to (informal) citizens initiatives
FPA: New approach to supporting networks, but tiedto activity-oriented grants
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Overall, the EC approach and support had clearly
evolved, but not yet revolutionized in the way neededfor the transformative power and democratization role
of civil society to be one of the key actors in determining
the EU accession process.
Considering the results of the research, it is clear thatthe EC has the capacity to live up to and even surpass
the 2% commitment it made to civil society in 2007.
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QUALITY VS. QUANTITY: THE DATAISSUE?
EC signatory of International AidTransparency Initiative (IATI) since2008, but DG ENLARG implementingto the standard as of September 2013
Once the award notice for grants, TAis published, data on the projectimplementation are rarely available(unofficial websites, factsheets).
http://www.balkancsd.net/index.php/bcsdn-news/1236-2012-aid-transparency-index-dg-enlargement-ranked-poorhttp://www.balkancsd.net/index.php/bcsdn-news/1236-2012-aid-transparency-index-dg-enlargement-ranked-poorhttp://www.balkancsd.net/index.php/bcsdn-news/1236-2012-aid-transparency-index-dg-enlargement-ranked-poorhttp://www.balkancsd.net/index.php/bcsdn-news/1236-2012-aid-transparency-index-dg-enlargement-ranked-poorhttp://www.balkancsd.net/index.php/bcsdn-news/1236-2012-aid-transparency-index-dg-enlargement-ranked-poor -
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