East-East Cooperation

Building on success

Achievements so far

• Partnerships with emerging (non-DAC) donors established - CZ, SK, HU

• Assisted directly or through COs - Romania, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Turkey, Baltic States, Croatia.

• Opportunities – Poland, Russia, KZ, AZ

• Over 20 million USD delivered since 2004

Key to Success

• Long-term and incremental approach to partnerships

• Getting the UNDP profile right

• Respecting country specific needs and interests at a given moment

• Flexible and transparent implementation and reporting and sound programming

• Raising public awareness and support

Knowledge Transfer – Some Examples

• Research– treatability study for the oily wastes deposited at

Zharez in Patos Marinza oilfield

• Training and study tours– Training for Trainers for CIS countries on SEA– Study Tour to the Czech Republic for high-level

participants from the Balkan countries on Lustration as Transitional Justice Mechanism and Examining Best Practices in the Czech Republic (28,206 USD)

• Expertise provided– Czech expert on HIV/AIDS for Ukraine, Belarus

Clearing House

Facilitates the transfer of expertise and knowledge amongRBEC countries through

• Provision of information on – available expertise (government, think-tanks, academia)– aid priorities of the emerging donors

• Assessing demand• Assuring quality • Developing exchange formats

Clearing house will

• Utilize existing knowledge management mechanisms

• Give COs additional opportunities to complement activities

• Support the network of know-how hubs

Demand/Supply

• Demand– Crucial starting point– Based on the needs of the COs

• Supply– Available expertise– Codification of knowledge

Typology of supply/demand

• New members of EU – EDs– Transition experience– EU accession

• Middle-income countries of RBEC– Supply of expertise in some areas – Demand

• Low-income countries of RBEC– Mostly demand expected– Some supply of expertise

Funding

• Resource mobilization possible in EDs– does not require massive funding in the

beginning

• Full-time human resources – staff seconded by the Emerging Donors

Looking forward to

discussion/feedback