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Austrian Development Agency (ADA)Walk the Talk? Implementing Division of Labour - Austrian Experience
Austrian Development Cooperation
Ministry for European and International Affairs
(FMEIA)
Department for Development Cooperation and Cooperation
with Eastern Europe
Austrian Development Agency (ADA)
The operational unit of the Austrian Development
Cooperation
Austrian Development Cooperation
FMEIA
Overall-coordination of the
Austrian public development
cooperation
Formulation of development
cooperation strategies and
policies
Policy-dialogue in Austria and at
international level
ADA
Implementing Austrian development
cooperation strategies and programmes
Management of bilateral development
cooperation budget
Policy dialogue in Austria and partner-
countries
Advising the FMEIA and other Austrian
public institutions
Acquisition of external funding
Geographic Focuses and Local Offices
Sector priorities
The Austrian Development Cooperation offers and implements special
know-how in following priority areas:
Water & sanitation
Rural development
Energy
Privat sector development
Education & science
Governance (incl. peacebuilding
and conflict prevention, human rights)
Cross-sectoral themes
Poverty reduction
Environment
Gender
Public finance and democratisation
Governance (incl. peacebuilding
and conflict prevention, human rights)
Official Development Assistance (ODA) 2010*
* According to the preliminary figures on 2011 aid flows reported to OECD/DAC, Austria spent 796.08 million euros on Official Development Assistance (ODA), which corresponds to 0.27% of the gross national income (GNI) The final figures for 2011 will not be available until about
the end of August 2012.
Official Development Assistance (ODA) 2010*
* According to the preliminary figures on 2011 aid flows reported to OECD/DAC, Austria spent 796.08 million euros on Official Development Assistance (ODA), which corresponds to 0.27% of the gross national income (GNI) The final figures for 2011 will not be available until about
the end of August 2012.
Partnership for effective development cooperation, Busan, South Korea, 2011 From aid effectiveness to cooperation for effective development
The Global Partnership includes new actors based on shared principles and common goals but differential commitments Cooperation with the private sector Promote South-South cooperation
enhanced efforts to strengthen partner country (democratic) ownership
Partner-led coordination of cooperation (including division of labour, joint programming)
Improved management for results at programme and project level
Accountability by strengthening parliaments, local government and civil society
Enhanced transparency
Accelerated efforts for gender equality and empowerment of women
Sustainable development in fragile conditions
Operationalizing Aid Effectiveness Strengthening capacities of development partners according to their
needs
70% of all new ADA contracts (2010) include a CD component Train4Dev initiative
Intensified use of development countries’ systems: increasingly used in Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Nicaragua, Moldova and Western Balkans
joint PFM trainings in Albania and Burkina Faso
Alignment of ADC’s programming procedures with processes in partner countries to improvepredictability
Joint programming with EU member states locally (where possible) and EU Agenda for Change
Operationalizing Aid Effectiveness Mutual accountability: adequate participation in monitoring and review
mechanisms and timely information of partner countries on scheduled flow of resources
Joint donor analyses as public expenditure and financial accountability (PEFA) or joint procurement assessment reports
All projects in Bhutan in water and sanitation are implemented via national execution systems; SPSP in Uganda and Mozambique via use of partner - systems
Multi year country allocations are part of multi annual cooperation agreements
Optimising the mix of financing modalities and stepping up programme based cooperaton: avoiding programme fragmentation
Operationalizing Aid Effectiveness Upgrading domestic accountability in partner countries by strengthening parliaments, media, audit courts and civil society organisations
Improving management for results
Geographical and sectoral concentration in keeping with the EU Code of Conduct on Complementarity and Division of Labour (two, maximum three, sectors per partner country, reduction to ten priority countries by 2013)
Delegated cooperation with other donors
Participation in initiatives of various donors: EFSE, PIDG, EU Infrastructure Trust Fund
Participation in and support of operational networks and fora: EUEI, EUWI, Practitioners’ Network, NGO cooperation
Operationalizing Aid Effectiveness
structured dialogue with civil society on possible complementarity and synergies for achieving the common aim of more effective development cooperation
Gaining public and political support for development cooperation through greater and more targeted information and communication
Emphasising political commitments to provide funds for development cooperation
Raising the programmable budget for bilateral development cooperation in Austria
Improving development-policy coherence overall (applying to all ODA payments)
Managing DiversityManaging Diversitiy and Reducing Fragmentation
Private Sector Development
Climate Change
Cooperation in fragile conditions
Delegated Cooperation: Indirect Centralized Management
EU – ADA
Based on the alignment of ADC’s programming procedures with processes in partner countries and the goal to increase aid efficiency and the leverage of development cooperation through using synergies between donors and development partners: ADA intends to contribute to the practical implemenation of DoL through an active involvement into delegated cooperations
Delegated Cooperations: ADA to a Partner Implementation of the Energy and Environment Partnership Programme in Southern and East Africa 2010 – 2012: cofunded by DIFID : ADA delegates to Finland
Transfer Agreement with EC to assist the Palestinian Authority in its reform and development agenda: ADA supports an EU fund since 2008 with an overall amount of 4 Mio. € (so far): PEGASE mechanism: financial support to vulnerable families in the West Bank and Gaza: social protection mechanism
EU ADA ICM: Current CommitmentsIn implementation Albania: Project Preparation FacilityEU contribution: 1.5 Mio.€ Albania: Support and Expansion of the Treasury System EU contribution: 1.5 Mio.€+ MoFinance of Albania Central Amercia: Energy and Environment Partnership with Central America (EEP): EU contribution 1.5 Mio.€, ADC: 3.6 Mio.€, cofunded by Finland (MFA): 13 Mio.€
Rehabilitation of the water supply system of Nisporeni, Republic of MoldovaEU contribution: 5 Mio.€, overall ca. 11.3 Mio.€, ADC: 3.5 Mio.€ and SDC: 800.000 € + Government of Moldova
EU ADA ICM: Current Commitments
In preparation: Delegation Agreement already signed Technical Assistance to the Water Supply and Sanitation Sector in Albania EU contribution: 2. Mio.€ planned, overall: 4.2 (ADC: 2.2 Mio.€)
Socio-economic development of the Danube Region in SerbiaEU contribution: 18.5 Mio.€, overall: 19.5 Mio.€
Experience: Water supply: Moldova On the base of the Moldovan strategy for water and sanitation ADA (as Lead Donor) joins hands with EU and SDC in the Republic of Moldova for the implementation of a comprehensive water supply and sanitation programme in southwest Moldova/region of Nisporeni for appr. 23.000 peopleEU contributes 5 Mio.€ to this programme via ADA: Delegated Cooperation
Important:Clear and focused concentration on sectors: Moldova: WSS and VETActive role in the selected sectors: WSS sector dialogue in Moldova (sector coordination council) and ADA as Lead Donor in a multi donor projectActive Donor in VET
Experience: ADA cooperation in UgandaUganda: Concentration on Water/Sanitation and Justice
Concentration in the sector: Lead in Water and Sanitation sector in 2010/11 and an active donor in justice sector
Use of Sector Wide Approaches, Programme based aid and joint funds
Joint Assessment Framework to measure development progress
Challenges with ICM - Implementation all actors (implementing agencies, EU-delegations, partner country institutions) are still in a learning process
knowledge in EU Delegations of systems and procedures related to indirect centralized management and preparedness to apply the modality
coordination/consultation between the responsible EU Delegation and the Commission’s headquarters
In general, the terms and conditions set out in the Delegation Agreement do not favor delegated cooperation in the context of larger / joint programs or basket funds
ConcludingADA: in principle positive experience with delegated cooperation
Reducing fragmentation is not only a technical matter but a profoundly political task, that requires political commitment!
Even if commitment exists - implementation remains a challenge
Being a relatively small agency makes it easier to join forces with others (examples in Central America, Moldova, Albania)
Permanent dialogue between policy and implementing level is crucial