1. EuropeAid The European Commission’s Technical Cooperation Reform From Paris principles to operational practice Busan, 30th November 2011 DG for Development and Cooperation - EuropeAid

2. EuropeAid Why a reform of Technical Cooperation ? 2005 - Aid Effectiveness Agenda Commitment of the European Commission 2007- European Court of Auditors Critical report on Technical Assistance

3. EuropeAid Where did we start from? Extract from comments of Partner Governments in 2007-08 « Technical Assistants are, in many cases, primarily accountable to the EU Delegation in the country… » « Technical Assistance often diverges from its essential purpose of Capacity Development and focuses on substitution… » « EC procedures are not always conducive to EU intentions on aid effectiveness… »

4. EuropeAid What was decided ? -Improve the effectiveness of EU aid with respect to Capacity Development - Better quality of Technical Cooperation based on Partner demand - Substantial reduction of Parallel PIUs

5. EuropeAid How to get there ? The change strategy 1)Change of practice : Guidance : Quality package Monitoring : Cycle of operations 2) Change of mindset : Learning events Website Teaming “change agents” Reach out to EU Member States Ambition : “Translate ownership into operational principles”

6. EuropeAid Results : Example of « Capacity Development markers » for 1009 projects monitored in 2010 8% of projects are a matter of concern 2 out of 3 programmes in line with TC/CD quality criteria Vs. 1 out of 3 programmes successful as audited by CoA in 2007 8% of projects are a matter of concern 67% of projects have high grades

7. EuropeAid Results : Knowledge Sharing platform for Capacity Development: capacity4dev.eu

8. EuropeAid Challenges and the way forward.. Stand firm on Capacity !