1. Opportunities and Challenges of the EU’s development cooperation Development Cooperation of Estonia
Katrin Kanarik
Director of Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Aid Division
Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Riga,

2. Estonian Development Cooperation priority sectors
Good governance and democratisation
Education
Sustainable development
Health
Horizontal priorities: ICT, gender equality and environment

3. Estonian development cooperation priority partner-countries:
Afghanistan
Belarus
Georgia
Moldova
Ukraine
Azerbaijan
Armenia 3

4. Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Aid in 2012
Total ODA 17.9 M € (0.11% of GNI)
27.5% bilateral
72.5% multilateral
MFA 5.4 M €

5. 2012 open calls for proposals€
73 applications
Georgia 8
Moldova 20
Ukraine 5
Afghanistan 4
Belarus 4
Awareness raising 3
Scholarships 25
Several target countries 4

6. Opportunities and Challenges of the EU’s Development Cooperation
Agenda of Change
Key priority sectors (3-4)
Partner countries’ ownership
Sustainable change in transition societies - integrating the transition experience in the EU´s relevant external instruments and practical cooperation on the ground.
More for More principle

7. Opportunities and Challenges of the EU’s Development Cooperation
ODA
Important to remain committed to increase EU’s collective aid spending to 0.7% of GNI by 2015 and reaffirm the MS’s individual and collective ODA commitments.
Estonia’s commitment – to increase ODA from 0.11% in 2012 to 0.17% by 2015.

8. Opportunities and Challenges of the EU’s Development Cooperation
Joint programming
Inclusive approach
Aid effectiveness
Better coordination in the field 

9. Opportunities and Challenges of the EU’s Development Cooperation
Best practicies of EU MS’ cooperation
Trilateral projects
Twinning
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