Development and Cooperation - EuropeAid

Future directions in EU development policy

Françoise MoreauDG Development and Cooperation – Europe Aid

European Commission

Development and Cooperation - EuropeAid

The starting point: evolution of EU development policy since 2000

2000 International community agreed the MDGs

2005 International commitments on aid effectiveness: Paris Agenda

2005 - EU development policy became: more European: Consensus, enhanced coordination, Code of Conduct

on Division of Labour broader: emphasis on PCD

2008 Reaffirmation of commitments to MDGs, finance for development and effectiveness: EU recognised as global development leader (EU MDG Agenda for

Action, ambitious EU positions for Accra and Doha)

Against a backdrop of changing international context throughout the decade:

new actors (private sector, emerging donors, local authorities); new challenges (climate, multiple crises, vulnerability, security…); economic downturn & budget constraints (ODA under threat)

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2010-2012: new challenges, new opportunities

2010 New European context: Lisbon Treaty – explicit position of development in external action, clarity of poverty objective as one pillar of external action, strengthened

provisions on coordination and coherence (PCD)

UN MDG Summit, New York: consensus on need to accelerate progress; EU position for the Summit confirmed commitments to ODA and MDGs; €1 Billion MDG Initiative

Many European donors adjusting their portfolios (downsizing, exits, sector focus …)

2011 Events in North Africa: importance of good governance, employment and growth, security-development nexus brought into sharper focus

Spring Accountability Report: EU ODA almost €54 billion in 2010 = 0.43% EU GNI; ODA must double to reach 0.7% in 2015; but EU remains the World’s largest donor

EEAS and DEVCO up and running

MFF proposals (June), EU position for Busan (Q3), policy communications (Q3/4), proposals for post-2013 financial instruments (Q4) Council decisions end 2011-2012

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Towards an updated EU development policy

Green Paper, November 2010 and public consultation: "EU development policy in support of inclusive growth and sustainable development: Increasing the impact of EU development policy"

In parallel with:

Green Paper, October 2010 and public consultation: "The future of EU budget support to third countries"

Public consultation, January 2011: "What funding for EU external action after 2013?" - preparing the next Multiannual Financial Framework 2014-2020

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Basic principles and aims

• Build on existing commitments and existing body of EU development policy: update rather than re-write policy; meet current needs and take advantage of new opportunities; keep what works, implement existing commitments, inject the “missing elements” of growth and governance

• Propose ways to increase the impact of EU development policy on:i. economic and social policy reforms in developing countries;ii. improved governance and more inclusive and more sustainable

economic growth as key ingredients for poverty eradication;

iii. leveraging finance for development;iv. and, ultimately, poverty reduction (meeting the MDGs and beyond).

• Enhance the position of the EU as global development leader and contribute to a broader and more inclusive international development agenda beyond 2015.

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Key policy ideas

1. Strengthening the EU's offer to partner countries in the fields of inclusive and sustainable growth and good governance;

2. Enhanced concentration of EU and Member States' development cooperation programmes, improved coordination and reduced fragmentation at country level;

3. Greater differentiation in development partnerships depending on partners' development needs, economic and financial capacities, and performance;

4. Development beyond aid – strengthening policy coherence for development and linking internal and external policies in pursuit of mutual and global interests;

5. Broadening partnerships by engaging with emerging donors, civil society, the private sector and local authorities.

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Updating development policy to increase impact

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