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Page 1: Www.ada.gv.at Austrian Development Agency (ADA) International Conference on Development Assistance Operators Ljubljana – Slovenia, 4 June 2008 Robert Zeiner

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Austrian Development Agency (ADA)International Conference on Development Assistance OperatorsLjubljana – Slovenia, 4 June 2008

Robert Zeiner

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Organisational context

Ministry for European and International Affairs

(MfA)Directorate General for

Development Policy

Austrian Development Agency (ADA)

The operational Unit of the Austrian Development

Cooperation

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ADA basic factsLegal form:

non-profit limited liability company

Owner:

Republic of Austria

Owner’s representative:

Ministry for European and International Affairs (MfA)

Supervisory board (term of office: 4 years):

12 Members: MfA (6 incl. chairperson), Ministries of Finance, Economic Affairs,

Social Affairs, Agriculture (each 1), Provincial Governors, staff representatives

(each 1)

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Budget and Staff

152 Total

79Country Offices

73Headquarters

Staff

99,95 Mio. EURProgrammes & Projects

2006Budget

161

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100,3 Mio. EUR

2007

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References

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StrategicGuidelines

ADA Business Plan

ADA Annual Programme

Development Cooperation Act 2002

ADC Regional Strategies

Three-Year Programme of the Austrian Development PolicyADCstrategic level

ADCoperational level

Sector-policies

ADC Country-Strategies

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ADC

ADC Instruments

Cooperation within the framework of international

organisations

Bilateral cooperation with partner governments

Cooperation with involvement of

development cooperation organisations

Tenders Grants

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ADC Instruments

Bilateral cooperation with partner governments

Direct Budget Support

SWAp

Basket Funds

National Execution

Debt-cancellation

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ADC Instruments

NGO Co-financing

NGO-Microprojects

NGO-Individual projects South and

East

NGO-Framework Programmes

EU-Cofinancing

Personnel Development Cooperation

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Strategic Perspectives - Trends

Implementation of Aid Effectiveness Agenda: Conference in Ghana (September 2008) and beyond Develop further the Austrian National Action Plan

Manage increasing volumes: hope for “fresh money”

The Austrian Development Bank

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Enhancing Aid Effectiveness

ADC Measures

Common instruments have been introduced and expanded Infrastructure partnership PIDG EFSE Co-financing with one ore more donors Eligibility check as precondition for taking over management tasks for projects and programmes of the EC was finalised in spring 2008 ( Indirect Centralised Management)

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Enhancing Aid Effectiveness (2) Participation in and support of operational networks and forums: OECD-DAC, energy (EUEI, FEMA, ESMAP), Train4Dev, EUNIDA, research networks, NGO-cooperation (DECIM, Like Minded Group)Private sector and development: Donor Committee for enterprise Development)

the Practitioners’ Network for European Development Cooperation: is an informal and open platform for European donor agencies and administrations directly involved in implementing development cooperation in the field. The goal is to harmonise, better coordinate and to be more complementary among donors, including those from new EU MS.

office sharing: maintaining existing ones and identifying for potential new possibilities to share facilities

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Management

Business Plan 2009 - 2012 Increased Application of Budget Support, Pooled Funding, National Execution Enhance Concentration: geographic focuses, e.g. SEE Optimisation Project Cycle Management („Learning Organisation“) Strengthen Managing for Results (Train4Dev) Division of Labour (EU Context and beyond) Further develop Business Partnerships Systematic staff development (career and training) Strengthen systematic approach concerning evaluation at project level

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Co - operation

Memoranda of understanding with different donors (specifically smaller donors such as Slovak Aid, Liechtenstein). Currently a new MoU with Romania is under discussion.

Joint trainings (e.g. PFM in SEE); participation in trainings Joint Missions Joint projects (incl. Indirect Centralized Management – EC) Study/exposire visits to ADA Vienna and field offices (prepared with Slovak Aid) Workshops on specific issues: seminar on business partnerships

and development partnerships in autumn in Vienna

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Thank You !