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The Directorate General for Development and Cooperation – EuropeAid 13 December 2011, Brussels Luc BAGURHead of Unit DEVCO/02

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• Reconciling policy design & policy implementation: cross fertilisation, reality check of policies, policy check of implementation

• Creating a centre of excellence in designing & delivering development cooperation policies (to transform AIDCO thematic units into centres of expertise for sectoral policy & policy coherence)

• “Who do I call in Brussels on development issues?”Being one single entry point for EU development policies inside & outside the EU

Reasons of the merger

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• Simplifying communication with Delegations

• Being one single interlocutor for the EEAS, & all line DGs: important for Policy coherence for Development & cohesion of external action

• Freeing a significant number of staff through elimination of duplications: use them to address policy & implementation shortfalls (e.g. to strengthen the European Neighbourhood Policy)

Reasons of the merger

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• A worldwide concern for development: overall & sectoral development policy covering all development countries

• Design EU development policies for the future decade: renewing & modernising EU development policies (“an agenda for change”), designing the next Multiannual Financial Framework

• The “EU as a whole” dimension: Make Development part of a coherent external action Make EU sectoral policies part of a coherent

Development policy Contribute to the global challenges agenda (e.g. climate

change)

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• Advocacy & international diplomacy for development towards donors, institutions, developing & emerging countries

• Follow-up of Council working groups & EP committees

• AIPN powers for almost 3.000 staff working on development in 115 Delegations (staff in charge of the operational & financial implementation of aid in Delegations are now under the control of EuropeAid)

• Focal point for coordination of the 20 Commission services having staff in Delegations (& ensure sound management of these resources with the EEAS)

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• EuropeAid is responsible for formulating EU development policy & defining sectoral policies in the area of external aid with a view to reducing world poverty, ensuring sustainable development & promoting democracy, peace & security

• EuropeAid is responsible, alone or together with the EEAS, for multi-annual programming of the external aid instruments that come under its remit

• EuropeAid implements the EU's external aid instruments financed from the European budget & the European Development Fund, ensuring the high quality & impact of the aid, the rapid implementation of projects & the visibility of European aid

Overall mission statement

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Work division

Programming

Evaluation

Implementation Formulation

Identification

Financing

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Geographical coverage

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PerformanceBudget & EDF payments

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Geographical distribution of funds (2010)

In M€

Africa, Caribbean,

Pacific: 2958

Latin America: 355

Asia: 868

Neighbourhood east: 485

Neighbourhood south: 1210

Without Thematic ProgrammesACP including South Africa, Bananas and Sugar

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Horizontal programme (2010)

In M€

Nuclear safety: 69

Democracy & human rights:

157

Stability instrument: 64

Thematic programmes*:

868Food Facility:

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* Thematic programmes include: non-state actors & local authorities, investing in people, gender, environment, migration, and food security.

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Directorate A – EU Development Policy

Directorate A is in charge of providing analysis & of policy formulation on development issues, including general orientations, economic analysis and budget support, policy coherence for development, aid effectiveness, financing for development, fragility & crisis management

5 Units:- Policy Formulation- Economic Analysis, Public Finance, Budget Support- Coherence of EU Policies for Development, EU Aid Effectiveness- International Development Dialogue- Fragility and Crisis Management

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Directorate B –Quality and Impact

Directorate B objective is to contribute to the quality & impact of EU development cooperation & to its understanding and visibility, including through the coordination of the inter-institutional relations in the area of EU development policy

4 Units:- Quality of Delivery Systems- Evaluation- Inter-institutional Relations- Communication and Transparency

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Two Thematic Directorates

Directorate C (Sustainable Growth & Development) & Directorate D (Human & Society Development) are responsible for: (i) formulating sectoral policies; (ii) managing thematic programmes (including multiannual programming); (iii) establishing guidance for Geographic Directorates

13 units:- Rural Development, Food Security, Nutrition- Climate Change, Environment, Natural Resources, Water- Financial Instruments- Private Sector Development, Trade, Regional Integration- Energy- Infrastructures, Networks- Governance, Democracy, Gender, Human Rights- Civil Society, Local Authorities- Employment, Social Inclusion, Migration- Education, Health, Research, Culture- Instrument for Stability, Nuclear SafetyAnd two ‘Finance, Contracts, Audit’ Units

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Directorate E (Sub-Saharan Africa & Horizontal ACP Matters), Directorate F (Neighbourhood), Directorate G (Latin America & Caribbean) & Directorate H (Asia, Central Asia & Pacific) are responsible for implementing geographic programmes

18 units:- 6 Geographical Coordination Units- 5 Units in charge of centralised prorammes- 4 ‘Finance, Contracts, Audit’ UnitsAnd- Planning ACP and Horizontal Coordination- Africa-EU Partnership and African Peace Facility- Task Force "Overseas Countries and Territories"

Four Geographic Directorates

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Support Units

Directorate R - Resources in Headquarters and in Delegations: Planning and Budget; Audit and Control; Legal Affairs; Human Resources Headquarters; Human Resources Delegations; Information Technology and Infrastructure; Training, Knowledge Management, Internal Communication, Documentation

Internal Audit Capability

General Coordination

Taskforce for an enhanced dialogue with International Organisations

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• The merger results in efficiency gains in Human Resources

• In total: staff in Headquarters counts almost 1.300, in Delegations 3000

• In Headquarters:

38% of staff works on policy & thematic issues

41% on programming & implementation of aid

21% have supportive & administrative functions

Human resources in EuropeAid