PPP "IPA CSF 2007-2011: Evolution not Revolution"

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Workshop presentation25th September, 2013


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IPA CSF 2007-2011:Evolution not Revolution

2009: The Success andFailures of the Pre-accessionPolicy in the Balkans:Support to Civil Society

policy paper with criticaloverview of the IPA CivilSociety Facility (CSF) design
http://www.balkancsd.net/index.php/resources-and-links/publications/72-policy-paper-on-the-eu-civil-society-facility-now-available-in-five-languageshttp://www.balkancsd.net/index.php/resources-and-links/publications/72-policy-paper-on-the-eu-civil-society-facility-now-available-in-five-languageshttp://www.balkancsd.net/index.php/resources-and-links/publications/72-policy-paper-on-the-eu-civil-society-facility-now-available-in-five-languageshttp://www.balkancsd.net/index.php/resources-and-links/publications/72-policy-paper-on-the-eu-civil-society-facility-now-available-in-five-languageshttp://www.balkancsd.net/index.php/resources-and-links/publications/72-policy-paper-on-the-eu-civil-society-facility-now-available-in-five-languageshttp://www.balkancsd.net/index.php/resources-and-links/publications/72-policy-paper-on-the-eu-civil-society-facility-now-available-in-five-languageshttp://www.balkancsd.net/index.php/resources-and-links/publications/72-policy-paper-on-the-eu-civil-society-facility-now-available-in-five-languageshttp://www.balkancsd.net/index.php/resources-and-links/publications/72-policy-paper-on-the-eu-civil-society-facility-now-available-in-five-languageshttp://www.balkancsd.net/index.php/resources-and-links/publications/72-policy-paper-on-the-eu-civil-society-facility-now-available-in-five-languageshttp://www.balkancsd.net/index.php/resources-and-links/publications/72-policy-paper-on-the-eu-civil-society-facility-now-available-in-five-languageshttp://www.balkancsd.net/index.php/resources-and-links/publications/72-policy-paper-on-the-eu-civil-society-facility-now-available-in-five-languageshttp://www.balkancsd.net/index.php/resources-and-links/publications/72-policy-paper-on-the-eu-civil-society-facility-now-available-in-five-languageshttp://www.balkancsd.net/index.php/resources-and-links/publications/72-policy-paper-on-the-eu-civil-society-facility-now-available-in-five-languageshttp://www.balkancsd.net/index.php/resources-and-links/publications/72-policy-paper-on-the-eu-civil-society-facility-now-available-in-five-languages


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Then, the EC failed: to properly consult and

reflect on the lessons-learned on supportingthe role of civil society inthe EU accession process;

to develop an approachcomplementary to theneeds of indigenous local

CSOs


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2012:

BCSDN comprehensive

overview of the IPA CSFgrant support

Multi-beneficiary & country

grants (WB-Cro, Turkey)Period: 2007-2011

Implemented by Dec 2012


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The 2%

Commitment:drop from 2,2%(2007) to 1,2%(2011) of funds

being allocatedto IPA CSF


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IPA vs. IPA CSF 2007-2011 allocations per countries:

Albania: 1.2% or 4.8 mil EUR

Bosnia and Herzegovina: 2.8% or 12.5 mil EUR

Kosovo: 0.8% or 3.9 mil EUR

Macedonia: 0.9 % or 3.7 mil EUR

Montenegro: 3% or 5 mil EUR

Serbia: 1.1 % or 10.5 mil EUR


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TA vs. grants: 55% (23 mil EUR) worth of TA

In BiH (60%) and Macedonia(67%), TA dominates the IPACSF support so far

Used for capacity-building of

CSOs (TACSO) , capacitydevelopment ofGovernments orgrantmanagement


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CSOs capacity to absorb ismuch greater to

absorption of IPAComponent I (TAIB) byGovernment

High absorption capacity

by CSOs leaves space forfurther funds to be madeavailable through grant

schemes


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EC and EUD are able tohandle grant mechanisms

in short periods of time(with some exceptions)

Room for increase of theirabsorption capacity and

consequently contributeto the realization of a 2%IPA CSF contribution


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On average, the decisionmaking time for grants by the

EC and EUDs are 5.13 months.

Shortest: 3.25 month (Serbia)

Longest: 9.5 month (BiH)

EC: 5.83 month


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On regional level, 34 out of

68 i.e. 50% of projects had aCSO from a IPA beneficiarycountry as the leaderorganization which serves

as further evidence of theabsorption capacity of localCSOs.


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IPA CSF MBproject

partnership map


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Lessons-learned (TA)

TA to build capacity of the Government to

cooperate with civil society and implementits vision of the development of the sector ispreconditioned by political will

TA can be useful as an extended arm ofthe contracting authority to manage grantseffectively, timely and in a transparentmanner


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Lessons-learned (grants)

Covering different sectors of Acquis, sometimesoverlapping and support on tackling advocacy on

enabling environment for CSDev only in few cases(e.g. Albania, Macedonia, Kosovo)

1st pilot in re-granting via CSOs showing that sub-granting is possible despite rigid EU granting rules and

local CSO poses capacity to administer sub-grantsNo case of support to (informal) citizens initiatives

FPA: New approach to supporting networks, but tiedto activity-oriented grants


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Overall, the EC approach and support had clearly

evolved, but not yet revolutionized in the way neededfor the transformative power and democratization role

of civil society to be one of the key actors in determining

the EU accession process.

Considering the results of the research, it is clear thatthe EC has the capacity to live up to and even surpass

the 2% commitment it made to civil society in 2007.


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QUALITY VS. QUANTITY: THE DATAISSUE?

EC signatory of International AidTransparency Initiative (IATI) since2008, but DG ENLARG implementingto the standard as of September 2013

Once the award notice for grants, TAis published, data on the projectimplementation are rarely available(unofficial websites, factsheets).
http://www.balkancsd.net/index.php/bcsdn-news/1236-2012-aid-transparency-index-dg-enlargement-ranked-poorhttp://www.balkancsd.net/index.php/bcsdn-news/1236-2012-aid-transparency-index-dg-enlargement-ranked-poorhttp://www.balkancsd.net/index.php/bcsdn-news/1236-2012-aid-transparency-index-dg-enlargement-ranked-poorhttp://www.balkancsd.net/index.php/bcsdn-news/1236-2012-aid-transparency-index-dg-enlargement-ranked-poorhttp://www.balkancsd.net/index.php/bcsdn-news/1236-2012-aid-transparency-index-dg-enlargement-ranked-poor


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