EuropeAid 1 Update on delegated cooperation 11 th June 2010 EuropeAid Cooperation Office Jean-Hervé Ramat

EuropeAid 2 Summary 1 Definitions 2 Delegation agreement prerequisites 3 “6 pillar compliance” 4 Figures

EuropeAid 3 Definitions (1) Management of funds entrusted by the European Commission to delegated body from Member States (or other third donor country) under indirect centralised management mode → DELEGATION AGREEMENT Management of funds entrusted to the European Commission by EU Member States, International Organisations and other public donors → TRANSFER AGREEMENT

EuropeAid 4 Definitions (2) In both cases, the expression "Delegated cooperation" is used For a transfer agreement, the main “constraint” is to anticipate, because the amount has to be taken into account in the Commission financing decision (and in the relevant Action fiche) For a delegation agreement, there are also several prerequisites (in addition to being mentioned in the relevant Action fiche)

EuropeAid 5 Delegation agreement - prerequisites (1) a)To be a national public-sector bodies or bodies governed by private law with a public-service mission b)To be « 6 pillar compliant » (according to the Financial Regulation for EU General Budget / 10th EDF) c)To comply with the following operational criteria

EuropeAid 6 Delegation agreement - prerequisites (2) i.Bodies from Member States (EU 27); ii.which operate at a national or federal level (i.e. no regional or local authorities); iii.which are specialised in technical or financial development cooperation with beneficiary countries of EC external assistance; iv.which implement cooperation activities without subcontracting entire programmes or projects to other entities

EuropeAid 7 Delegation agreement - prerequisites (3) There are approximately 42 EU entities could be potential eligible partners for indirect centralised management agreements under the above criteria; Donors from non EU third countries (such as the US, Canada, Japan, etc.), which are also interested in engaging in indirect centralised management with the Commission, should only be accepted in exceptional cases and when justified;

EuropeAid 8 6 pillar compliance (1) 1.Expression of interest by the donor’s body 2.Initial screening by EuropeAid services 3.External audit to assess the "existence and proper operation" on the following “6 pillars” a. transparent procurement and grant-award procedures; b. an effective internal control system for management of operations; c. accounting system that enables the correct use of EU funds d. an independent external audit; e. public access to information at the level provided for in Community regulations; f. adequate annual ex post publication of beneficiaries of funds deriving from the budget

EuropeAid 9 6 pillar compliance (2) 12 organisations assessed and considered compliant (some with additional assessment to be carried out within 12 months) o Agence Française de Dévelopement (AFD) o Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Technische Zusammenarbeit GmbH (GTZ) o Stichting Outwikkeling Nederlandse Antillen (SONA) o Cooperation Technique Belge (BTC/CTB) o Austrian Development Agency (ADA) o Kreditanstalt fur Wiederaufbau (KfW) o UK Department for International Development (DFID) o Ministry of Foreign Affairs Netherlands (NL) o Instituto Portugues de Apoio ao Desenvolvimento (IPAD) o Lux-Development SA (LU) o Ministry of Foreign Affairs Finland (FI) o Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs (DANIDA)

EuropeAid 10 6 pillar compliance (3) ongoing assessments for 7 other organisations: o France Coopération Internationale (FCI) o Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) o Societa Italiana per le Imprese al'Estero (SIMEST) o Deutscher Entwicklungsdienst GmbH (DED) o Agencia Espanola de Cooperation Internacional al Desarrollo (AECID) o Australian Development Agency (AusAID) o British Council

EuropeAid 11 Figures A.Delegation agreements 1.Signed (by zone / body) 2.Pipeline (by zone / body) B.Transfer agreements 1.Signed (by zone / body) 2.Pipeline (by zone / body) C.Other figures

EuropeAid 12 Signed delegation agreements - by zone Domain Number of DA foreseen (#) % of total Value of DA foreseen (M€) % of total ACP728% % OCT28% % Asia14% % Latin America00%0 Neighbourhood South00%0 Neighbourhood East00%0 Total geographic Thematic environment28% % Thematic food1352% % Total thematic Grand total25100% %

EuropeAid 13 Signed delegation agreements - by body StateBody Number of DA foreseen (#) % of total Value of DA foreseen (M€) % of total ATADA00%0 BECTB/BTC416% % CZMoFA00%0 DE GTZ1456% % KfW00%00,0% DKDANIDA00%0 FRAFD520% % LULUX00%0 NLSONA28% % PLMoFA00%0 PTIPAD00%0 SESIDA00%0 UKDFID00%0 Grand total25100% %

EuropeAid 14 Pipeline - delegation agreements - by zone Domain Number of DA foreseen (#) % of total Value of DA foreseen (M€) % of total ACP2851% % OCT24% % Asia59% % Latin America00%0 Neighbourhood South24% % Neighbourhood East12% % Total geographic Thematic environment47% % Thematic food1324% % Total thematic Grand total55100% %

EuropeAid 15 Pipeline - delegation agreements - by body StateBody Number of DA foreseen (#) % of total Value of DA foreseen (M€) % of total ATADA24% % BECTB/BTC59% % CZMoFA00%0 DE GTZ2851% % KfW24% ,5% DKDANIDA24% % FRAFD713% % LULUX00%0 NLSONA24% % PLMoFA00%0 PTIPAD35% % SESIDA00%0 UKDFID47% % Grand total55100% %

EuropeAid 16 Signed transfer agreements - by zone Domain Number of TA foreseen (#) % of total Value of TA foreseen (M€) % of total ACP545% % OCT00%0 Asia19% % Latin America00%0 Neighbourhood South327% % Neighbourhood East00%0 Total geographic Thematic environment218% % Thematic food00%0 Total thematic Grand total11100% %

EuropeAid 17 Signed transfer agreements - by body StateBody Number of TA foreseen (#) % of total Value of TA foreseen (M€) % of total ATADA327% % BECTB/BTC218% % CZMoFA19% % DE GTZ 00%0 KfW DKDANIDA19% % FRAFD19% % LULUX00%0 NLMoFA19% % PLMoFA00%0 PTIPAD00%0 SESIDA19% % UKDFID19% % Grand total11100% %

EuropeAid 18 Pipeline - transfer agreements - by zone Domain Number of TA foreseen (#) % of total Value of TA foreseen (M€) % of total ACP1255% % OCT00%0 Asia418% % Latin America00%0 Neighbourhood South418% % Neighbourhood East00%0 Total geographic Thematic environment29% % Thematic food00%0 Total thematic Grand total22100% %

EuropeAid 19 Pipeline - transfer agreements - by body StateBody Number of TA foreseen (#) % of total Value of TA foreseen (M€) % of total ATADA314% % BECTB/BTC314% % CZMoFA15% % DE GTZ 00%0 KfW DKDANIDA314% % FRAFD15% % LULUX15% % NLMoFA29% % PLMoFA15% % PTIPAD00%0 SESIDA314% % UKDFID15% % Total EU CHDDC15% % CAMoFA15% % UNUNDP15% % Total other Donors Grand total22100% %

EuropeAid 20 Other figures Ratio Transfer / Delegation (value) o Signed = 78% o Pipeline = 57% Delegation average amount o Signed = € 4 million o Pipeline = € 4.4 million Transfer average amount o Signed = € 7 million (€ 4 million without AFD - Haïti) o Pipeline = € 6.3 million (€ 4.7 million without AFD – Haïti) Delegation average « cofinancing rate » o Signed = 60% o Pipeline = 40% Transfer average « cofinancing rate » o Signed = 14% o Pipeline = 20%