1. Aid For Trade and EPAs Burgers Park Hotel, Pretoria 23-24 August 2006 Helena McLeod Regional Trade and Integration Advisor – DFID SA

2. 1 Palace Street, London SW1E 5HE Abercrombie House, Eaglesham Road, East Kilbride, Glasgow G75 8EA Passion  Core Values – Passionate about development  Passionate about trade and development coherence  Increase access – RoO  Finance supply response  Electorate passionate about poverty reduction

3. 1 Palace Street, London SW1E 5HE Abercrombie House, Eaglesham Road, East Kilbride, Glasgow G75 8EA Momentum  Commission for Africa – generating momentum for Africa to influence OECD  UK presidencies of EC and G8 – credibility “Year of Africa”  G8 Summit commitments – new money for trade  Commitments on Aid For Trade

4. 1 Palace Street, London SW1E 5HE Abercrombie House, Eaglesham Road, East Kilbride, Glasgow G75 8EA EU Member State EU

5. 1 Palace Street, London SW1E 5HE Abercrombie House, Eaglesham Road, East Kilbride, Glasgow G75 8EA Aid For Trade  No substitute for a successful Doha Round  But should not be conditional on the conclusion of the DDA – donors must deliver on their pledges  UK commitments include;  £100 per year on trade by 2010  Increase by 40% to £370m by 2007  Held accountable by civil society and electorate  Require strong monitoring to ensure additionality  Preference for improving existing vehicles delivery and effectiveness

6. 1 Palace Street, London SW1E 5HE Abercrombie House, Eaglesham Road, East Kilbride, Glasgow G75 8EA A4T and EPAs  A4T umbrella – EPA development finance is part of A4T (EPAs a UK priority)  Haven’t been linked in UK or EC  Guiding principle – EDF shouldn’t be conditional on EPA outcomes  Positive aspects of linking financing to EPAs = regional angle

7. 1 Palace Street, London SW1E 5HE Abercrombie House, Eaglesham Road, East Kilbride, Glasgow G75 8EA A4T financing  Paris Declaration on Donor Harmonisation priority  Driven by national priorities (PRSPs, national strategies)  Financed through budget support or sector support  Enhanced Integrated Framework  Africa Infrastructure Consortium

8. 1 Palace Street, London SW1E 5HE Abercrombie House, Eaglesham Road, East Kilbride, Glasgow G75 8EA DFID considerations  Doubling aid but cutting 10% staff  By 2010 same level resources as World Bank but 1600 staff v 13,000 in Bank  Having to work through others IFIs, EU etc  Difficult to increase trade capacity in country  Harmonisation means stepping back from certain sectors  Could see one or two donors per country engaged on trade  Implications? Who leads? EU? DAC principles.

9. 1 Palace Street, London SW1E 5HE Abercrombie House, Eaglesham Road, East Kilbride, Glasgow G75 8EA Summary Priorities  DFID  Get EU money working better  Get donors to deliver on their pledges; G8 $4b; EU member states and EC Euro 2b; UK £100m per year  African countries  Mainstream trade (PRSP evaluation)  Strengthen trade ministries  Costed A4T plans