Way forward - Joint Programming
26 April 2013
Technical Seminar on EU Programming and Joint
Programming
DEVCO/A5 Aid and Development Effectiveness and Financing
EEAS/VI.B.2 Development Cooperation Coordination Division
The Way forward
40+ Joint Programming countries: how to
manage this the coming years?
4 broad issues:
1. Concluding on HoMs reports process
2. JP documents approval procedures
3. Country roadmaps and monitoring
4. Support and guidance
Concluding HoMs reports process
 Discussion in Foreign Affairs Council
Development, 28 May 2013
 Response note EEAS/DEVCO, beginning of
June
JP documents approval procedures (1)
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Once JP doc agreed by EU HoMs, EU Delegation
and Embassies will launch approval process in
their HQs
HoMs will follow progress of MS and other
donors handling the JP doc through their
own system; they inform each other on progress
Each EU donor is responsible for approving its
own bilateral programming component of the
JP document
(For EU part in JP: apply same process
/procedure in Brussels as for a bilateral/single
proposal without JP)
JP documents approval procedures (2)
 Following endorsement by HQs finalise JP in-country with
partner country, then initialled by HoMs and if possible
partner country
 Final document to be transmitted by HoMs to capitals
 Adoption and formalisation according to individual donor
procedures/requirements
 Consider signing ceremony with partner country (only after
legal basis is adopted)
Country Roadmaps and monitoring
 Some HoMs reports include a roadmap,
these are essential for progress!
 Elements of good practice to be shared:
for instance Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Bolivia
(road map)
 Use Roadmaps for monitoring
 Ask HoMs to report on progress/key issues
(annually, bi-annually, ad-hoc?)
Support and Guidance: menu of options
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Sharing of EU and Member States' JP Guidance
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Training/Knowledge Sharing – EU training on JP; with
EU Member States staff, EEAS/DEVCO visits to MS; other
MSs training programmes? Regional trainings?
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Country Missions – joint missions EU+Member States;
which countries?
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Consultants – EU support programme; MS support?
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Sharing good practice through www.capacity4dev.eu
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Actions on Support and Guidance
Action NOW or later…?
Timeline of Actions towards Joint Programming
(Hypothesis: 2-year preparation period, to be reviewed)
ACTION NOW for JP in 2013-2015
ACTION NEXT YEAR for JP in 2016-2018
Ghana
Benin
Zimbabwe (review)
Senegal
Burkina Faso
Bolivia
Chad
Cote d'Ivoire
El Salvador (review)
Rwanda
Liberia
Honduras
Comoros
Mauritania
Nicaragua
Kenya
Niger
Afghanistan (review)
Namibia
Sierra Leone
Bangladesh
Guatemala
Togo
Nepal
Paraguay
Burundi
Algeria (review)
Cambodia
Ethiopia
Philippines
Laos
Tanzania
Vietnam (review)
Algeria
Uganda
Yemen
Malawi
Tunisia (review)
Mozambique
Georgia
Egypt
Mali (update)
Occupied Palestinian territory (review)
Moldova (review)
Morocco
Next Technical Seminar
To discuss HoMs progress reports and
review Support and Guidance
Date by end 2013?