EU Development Aid Funding Market Insights of the MENA Region: 2017 - 2018 EU funded tenders and grants’ procurement analytics per country and development sectors of coverage of the MENA region of the years

EU Procurement Analytics for the Years 2017 and 2018 – MENA Region

A Market insight of EU Funding Allocations of the MENA Region based on the analysis of Publicly Published Procurement Notices

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1.0 STUDY PURPOSE

To engage, position and capture new business form the EU funding allocations, profit and nonprofit businesses and organizations need a deeper understanding of what are the development sectors the EU’s official development assistance is funding. This include an analysis of country-specific sectoral funding in terms of budget allocations and number of opportunities. The report below supports businesses and organizations to plan their business and track potential opportunities funded by the European Union more informatively.

2.0 INRODUCTION

Navigating the European Union’s complex aid architecture can be tough, especially for smaller professional services providers and nonprofit organizations located in the MENA region. Call for proposals are administrated by EU country missions (delegations) in order to maintain relevancy, objectivity, transparency and a level playing field for everybody. Businesses and organizations have to invest a lot to put a proposal on the table to win a contract or a grant from the EU.

The European Union (EU) is the fourth-largest donor globally, with net official development assistance (ODA) at US$16 billion in 2017. The funding will increase from €94.5 billion in the period 2014-2020, to €123 billion from 2021-2027 up by 30% in order to address today's global challenges. Such allocated funding will support EU strategic goal to achieve a space of stability, security and prosperity close to the EU's borders.1

The EU is a key promoter of the UN 2030 Agenda and its Sustainable Development Goals. EU maintains its role as the leading development actor, assisting other partners to eradicate poverty and respond to global challenges, while ensuring they leave no one behind

1 It is worth to note that there were little to none publicly announced competitive procurement notices by the EU in the

years of 2017 and 2018 in the following MENA countries: Saudi Arabia; United Arab Emirates; Bahrain; Kuwait; Oman; Qatar; Iraq; Libya and Yemen

EU PROCUREMENT ANALYTICS AND FUNDING TRENDS IN THE MENA REGION

EU FUNDED CALL FOR PROPOSALS AND CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TENDERS AND

GRANTS

During 2017- 2018, DARPE team” development Assistance Roadmap Portal of the Middle East www.darpe.me” has managed to identify and track over 5,088 Technical Assistance Tenders and Grant opportunities across MENA region published by the whole set of donor agencies and implementing partners alike. Europe Aid constitute 12% of the total number of such opportunities worth 180 Million € of technical assistance costs). It is estimated that total development investment funding for the MENA region is between 4-5 Billion € including supplies, goods, construction and services provision

EU Procurement Analytics for the Years 2017 and 2018 – MENA Region

A Market insight of EU Funding Allocations of the MENA Region based on the analysis of Publicly Published Procurement Notices

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3.0 PROCUREMENT NOTICES ANALYTICS PER COUNTRY: BUDGET-BASED MENA REGIONAL ANALYSIS

For the years 2017 & 2018, the total allocated

budget for Tenders is 61,240,000€ (35%) whereas 119,108,318€ (65%) is channeled through grants across the MENA region

The countries with more percentage allocated for grants would then be more attractive for NGOs to track EU projects whereas when there is an equal emphasis on Tenders and Grants as the contracting mechanism then both the private sector and NGOs do have equal opportunities as in the case of Morocco, Alegria and Tunisia.

EU funds allocation over the years 2017 and 2018 were most allocated to Jordan (19%), Egypt (18%), Morocco (17%), Tunisia (12%) and Syrian (11%).

2 Procurement analytics is based on the number of publicly published Tenders and Grants https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/europeaid/online-services/index.cfm?ADSSChck=1424077380038&do=publi.welcome&ZGEO=35424&ORDERBY=upd&AOET=36538,3653

4.0 PROCUREMENT NOTICES DEVELOPMENTAL SECTORS ANALYTICS:

4.1 REGIONAL LEVEL ANALYSIS: BUDGET-BASED 2017-2018

From the MENA regional perspective, the highest allocation of funds was slated towards

Democratic Governance including Civil Society Strengthening, Peace and Conflict Resolution (28%)

Economic Growth including economic inclusion, jobs creation and enterprise development (16%)

Education, Health and Human Rights with (8%) each.

Both democratic governance and economic growth areas of practice support EU policy in maintaining a space of stability, security and prosperity close to the EU's borders.

4.2 COUNTRY LEVEL PROCUREMENT ANALYTICS: QUANTITY-BASED

The below tables show the percentage, based on the number of calls for proposals and grant opportunities, of the highest four developmental sectors per each country. The number of procurement notice assist implementing partners of profit and nonprofit businesses and organizations to understand the market size in terms of quantity and frequency of opportunities.2

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EU Sectoral Funding Allocations: Budget-based Regional Level

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EU Grants and Technical Assistance Busdget Allocations Per Country

2017 & 2018

EgyptJordanLebanonPalestineSyriaSudanMoroccoAlgeriaTunisia

EU Procurement Analytics for the Years 2017 and 2018 – MENA Region

A Market insight of EU Funding Allocations of the MENA Region based on the analysis of Publicly Published Procurement Notices

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576 tenders and grant opportunities were published by either EuropeAid, EU instruments and EU funded projects. Apparently, all MENA region share the same development sectoral priorities of Democracy and Governance, Economic Growth, Women Empowerment. Other sectors of concerns were water and wastewater, environment and energy, agriculture and human rights.

Call for Proposals (Tenders) and / or Call for Applications (Grants) are either centralized issued from Brussels or are issued through EU country-based delegations. The centralized one usually are for thematic program with worldwide coverage. If it’s on the country level, the delegation, in principle, does all the work: It publishes the calls for proposals, appoints the experts of the evaluation committee, and so on. Even when it is centralized, the central level asks concerned delegations in the area the project proposal came from about their opinion on the project, on its relevance, on the way it fits in with the polices, on the organization itself, etc.

5.0 WAY FORWARD TO SECURE EU CONTRACTS AND GRANTS

Usually EU-funded projects are medium to large in terms of monetary value. They include several thematic components. Applicants and proposers need to have built up a track record. Therefore, most of these applications and proposals necessitate the formation of consortiums. The best way to partnerships is to select those partners that will fill a gap in the expertise required. Having a partner with such expertise with previous experience with the EU is a certainly an added value. There are many organizations and businesses who have been awarded tenders and grants from the EU recently. A sample of these organizations include the following:

Makhzoumi Foundation (Lebanon) IDRAAC (Lebanon) Generations for Peace (Jordan) Dewtsche Welle (Germany) OXFAM ITALIA (Italy) FONDATION RENE MOUAWAD ASSOCIATION

(Lebanon) SHEILD (Lebanon) Innovoty (Egypt)

0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30%

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Jordan

Lebanon

Syria

Palestine

Procurement Analytics Per Country: Quantity-based analysis

Agriculture

Environment

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Water andWastewaterWomen

EconomicGrowthDemocraticGovernance

0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30%

Tunisia

Algeria

Morocco

SudanAgriculture

Human Rights

Media Dev

Women

EconomicGrowthDemocraticGovernance

EU Procurement Analytics for the Years 2017 and 2018 – MENA Region

A Market insight of EU Funding Allocations of the MENA Region based on the analysis of Publicly Published Procurement Notices

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6.0 SAMPLE OPPORTUNITIES

Table 1: Sample of EU publicly announced tenders and grant opportunities 2017-2018

Project Country Year Brief Description Budget value (EUR)

Innovation for Inclusive Growth and Job Creation

Egypt 2018 Supporting Egypt’s sustainable modern economy and social development by establishing a conductive business environment for inclusive growth and private sector-led job

5,500,000

Land development and sustainable agriculture practices

Palestine 2018 Supporting Palestinian communities’ resilience by improving tenure security, agriculture growth, better access to and utilization of land and water as well as by supporting inclusive, sustainable and private sector-led economic development

3,800,000

European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR): 2018 Global Call for Proposals. Regional Call

MENA 2018 Supporting democracy and human rights in situation where human rights defenders are most at risk

22,000,000

Skills for Employment and Social Inclusion: promotion of sustainable social entrepreneurship initiatives for more inclusiveness of Disadvantaged Groups and Marginalized people

Jordan 2018 Supporting the social inclusion of people in the informal economy and disadvantaged/ marginalized groups through its integration into the formal economy as well as improving the capacities of social entrepreneurship structures

4,400,000

Complementary support to the development of waste management schemes

Lebanon 2017 Supporting the development of comprehensive waste management schemes within municipalities located in the coastal river basins

13,000,000

No Lost Generation in Syria: education and resilience for children and youth (Syria)

Syria 2017 Supporting the improvement of education and individual development of children and youth and to foster resilience of the Syrian population.

10,000,000

Technical assistance to 'Innovation for enterprise growth and jobs' program

Jordan 2018 Supporting the positioning of private sector innovation as the main driver of inclusive economic development and promoting systematic change and coherence in the enterprise and innovation ecosystem in Jordan.

1,500,000

Promoting Inclusive Economic Growth in Egypt

Egypt 2017 Support the private sector and civil society in delivering business development services to existing and new MSMEs engaged in innovative and creative economic activities, leading to improved economic performance of these MSMEs

5,800,000

Towards migrants’ professional integration

Morocco 2017 Supporting migrants in situations of high vulnerability and without skills or professional experience, regular in their process of professional integration.

4,440,000

EU Procurement Analytics for the Years 2017 and 2018 – MENA Region

A Market insight of EU Funding Allocations of the MENA Region based on the analysis of Publicly Published Procurement Notices

www.darpe.me EU Procurement Notices Analytics (12/2018) PAGE 5

Disclaimer This report was made possible through the research and analysis, by Beit Al Karma Consulting specialists, of public information and knowledge of development assistance providers and actors in the Middle East. The opinion(s) expressed herein are those of Beit Al Karma Consulting and do not necessarily reflect the views of any of the listed organizations, institutions, companies and foundations. The information displayed doesn’t imply that listed organizations have reviewed or approved such content. This report intended to build the capacity of development implementing partners, profit and nonprofit, to forge informed partnerships, develop and design development projects all aiming at improving project’s delivery and development aid effectiveness

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