1. 1 AID & DEVELOPMENT EFFECTIVENESS EU JOINT PROGRAMMING 1 st Interim Meeting of the Policy Forum on Development Brussels, 11 May 2012 Alex Gerbrandij EEAS/Development Cooperation Coordination Division

2. Joint Programming – Background – Momentum: Council Conclusions for Busan of November 2011; Agenda for Change – Aid effectiveness purpose - Reduced fragmentation through division of labour - Increased transparency and predictability - EU donors as part of problem and solution – Strengthened EU external action purpose: joint undertaking COM-EEAS – Final product: single joint programming document, hopefully replacing at least partly individual programming documents

3. Joint Programming – Main features (1) Scope – Joint analysis/response to partner countries’ national plans – In-country division of labour for all sectors of intervention (not cross-country division of labour) – Indicative financial allocation per sector and donor (not country allocations) – Not bilateral implementation plans

4. Joint Programming – Main features (2) Change of approach – Focus work at partner country level: Brussels light – Synchronisation with partner countries’ cycles: ownership by partner country government – ‘Strategy’ light – Maximum of 3 sectors – Open to committed non-EU donors, but EU as a driving force

5. Joint Programming – Next steps (1) Joint programming to be conducted in 2012 – Following letter from HR/VP Ashton, Commissioners Piebalgs and Füle of January 2012, Heads of Missions reports received early March from the potential 11 partner countries – Positive assessment for 2012: Ethiopia, Ghana, Guatemala, Laos, [Mali], Rwanda – No conducive environment for joint programming or for later: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Moldova, Tunisia, Ukraine

6. Joint Programming – Next steps (2) Preparing ground for possible next waves – On the basis of 2012 and South Sudan experience – Assessment by Delegations in 2012 as part of programming; consultation with stakeholders including civil society  proposals by September 2012 – Possibility for interim period before new partner countries’ cycles start

7. 7 Many EU cooks in the aid kitchen…..

8. 88 Where fragmention will lead to: health in Kenya

9. Aid Fragmentation in Uganda source: OECD

10. Joint Programming In conclusion: – Joint programming offers a strong political as well as operational instrument for the EU to work better together, to increase its coordination and to strengthen its impact on poverty reduction.