EuropeAid Development Education Vienna, 9/10/2006 Joseph Schermesser Almudena Morante Méndez EuropeAid Co-operation Office European Commission EuropeAid Co-operation Office

EuropeAid Programme I. Co-financing of Operations with NGOs Main Characteristics Basic Principles Types of Action Budget 2005/2006 Calls for Proposals 2005 II. Education for Development III. Co-financing of Operations with NGOs Trends and Challenges

EuropeAid I. Co-financing of operations with European Development NGOs Main Characteristics Legal basis: Council Regulation 1658/98 Established in 1976 with an envelope of 2,5 M€ to reach 200 M€ in the last 5 years (210 m€ in 2006) 3 main objectives: (1) to meet the basic needs of disadvantaged people in developing countries through co-financing of actions with European NGOs (2) to inform and raise public awareness in Europe of development problems (Development Education - ED) through co-financing of actions with European NGOs (3) to reinforce the cooperation and coordination between NGOs from the Member States and between NGOs from the Member States and the Community Institutions

EuropeAid I. Co-financing of operations with ENGOs Basic principles  Accessible exclusively to European NGOs (ENGO)  ENGO have the exclusive right of initiative to identify projects  Development Education - since 1979 budget line co-finances projects in Europe to raise the awareness of European citizens to development issues (takes normally 10% of budget line)

EuropeAid I. Co-financing of operations with ENGOs Main types of Action: I. Actions in Developing Countries (PVD) II.Actions to raise awareness of Development issues in Europe (ED)

EuropeAid Instrument Allocation BUDGET 2005 (EURO) Allocation BUDGET 2006 (EURO) PVD , , BG , ED , ,00 “Targeted” projects ,00+/ ,00 TOTAL , ,00 I. Co-financing of operations with ENGOs Budget 2005/2006 Instrument Allocation BUDGET 2005 (EURO) Allocation BUDGET 2006 (EURO) PVD , , BG ,00______ ED , ,00 “Targeted” projects (e.g. TRIALOG, DEEP) ,00+/ ,00 TOTAL , ,00

EuropeAid I. Co-financing of operations with ENGOs Calls for Proposals )Actions in Developing Countries (PVD) Overall indicative amount:EUR Deadline for receipt of Applications:8 March 2006 Proposals received:1000 approx. 2)Actions to raise awareness of European Citizens to development issues (ED) Overall indicative amount: EUR 23 mill Deadline for receipt of applications: 23 March 2006 Proposals received:196 Proposals selected for T&F evaluation:170 Estimated number of contracts:38 approx. Minimum score needed:82,25

EuropeAid II. Education for Development Priority to Actions that: (i)Aim to highlight the interdependence of the EU and developing countries, (ii)Seek to mobilize support for more equitable North-South relations, (iii)Encourage co-operation between NGOs, (iv)Enable partners in the developing countries to play an active part, (v)Ensure an enlarged-EU dimension by involving NGOs from new MS, including actions that facilitate exchanges of experiences and networking between NGOs from the 15 MS and the new 10 MS.

EuropeAid II. Education for Development N ew Member States (i)Support to TRIALOG for 6 years, DEEP, CONCORD (ii)Depending on number and QUALITY, an indicative percentage of 20% of total available budget will be allocated to applicants originating from new MS, (iii)Minimum EC grant amount € (NO Proposals received) (iv)Percentage of EC contribution: 85% if ALL activ. take place in new MS, AND applicant from new MS (v)Simplification of criteria for consortium members (no need of an audit report…), (vi)Capacity Building Actions: Useful instrument for NGOs of new MS, Before, applicant needed 2 contracts during last 5 years. Now, only technical capacity of NGO will be checked, Only ONE Application form.

EuropeAid ED Call for Proposals 2005 Number of contracts (per country) PROVISIONAL DATA

EuropeAid ED Call for Proposals 2005 Number of contracts, New Member States PROVISIONAL DATA TOTAL

EuropeAid ED Calls for Proposals Number of contracts, New Member States NEW MEMBER STATES HOW MANY TIMES AS AN APPLICANT? HOW MANY TIMES IN A CONSORTIUM? HOW MANY TIMES AS A PARTNER? Czech Republic Cyprus00000 Estonia Hungary00123 Latvia00003 Lithuania Malta00041 Poland00128 Slovakia Slovenia01011 TOTAL

EuropeAid Co-financing of operations with NGOs Trends and Challenges New Thematic programme under Financial Perspectives :  EC Communication on the thematic programme: « Non-State Actors & Local Authorities in Development »  Successor to Co-financing w/ NGOs and Decentralised Co-operation budget lines  Same type of activities  Actors with direct access to funding: European NGOs, local NGOs, other CSO, local authorities