Structured Dialogue Process:State of play & next steps

European Development DaysBrussels, 7th December 2010

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Outline of the Presentation

I. Overview of the process so far

II. December 2010: where do we stand now? Status of WGs’ discussions

III. Next steps and milestones in the consensus-building process towards the Final Conference

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I. Overview of the process so far

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Preparatory meetings & launching event

• July 2009 / February 2010: 3 Multi-Stakeholders preparatory meetings to commonly define: topics addressed, sequencing of working groups, timeframe, etc.

• 23rd March 2010: Official launch of the process by Commissioner Piebalgs.

Recall of the components of the SD

All 4 components are intertwined and complementary5

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WG1: Role of CSO&LA in EU external cooperation (from programming to evaluation)

WG1: Role of CSO&LA in EU external cooperation (from programming to evaluation)

WG2: Complementarity and coherence within the Aid Effectiveness Agenda

WG2: Complementarity and coherence within the Aid Effectiveness Agenda

WG3: EU aid delivery

mechanisms

WG3: EU aid delivery

mechanisms

Policy-informing debatesPolicy-informing debates

Operational debatesOperational debates

Based on topics agreed-upon during preparatory phase

Recall of the sequencing of discussions

April 2010/March 2011

November 2010/March 2011

April 2010/March 2011

CALENDAR: Current state of play of the process

March 2010

April 2010

June 2010

June 2010 July 2010

Sept.2010

Oct. 2010

October 2010

Nov. 2010

January 2011

Feb. 2011

March 2011

May 2011

Officiallaunch

Working Session 1

WG 1&2

Seminar 1

Africa- Bamako

HR & D initiative

Regional Seminar Amman

Working session 2

Working Groups

1&2

Seminar 2

Latin America- Asunción

Seminar

DEAR Initiative

Brussels

Working session 3

Working Groups 1,2&3

Seminar 3

Asia- New Delhi

Working session 4

Working Group 3

Seminar 4

ENP- Baku

Working session

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Working Groups 1,2&3

Final Conference

Budapest

On-line tools: BLOG & CISOCH

The path travelled so far… The path ahead….

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Events in images and numbers

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Bamako, June 2010 Asunción, September 2010 New Delhi, November 2010

Events in images and numbers

• In total, 11 European CSO&LA platforms have been consulted together with around 400 CSO&LA representatives coming from 50 Partners countries (150 participants in Bamako from 15 countries; 150 participants in Asunción from 17 countries and 110 participants in New Delhi from 16 countries).

• MS and MEP have also been actively involved both in regional seminars & working sessions in Brussels, as well as EC personnel and EUD.

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Three Supporting initiatives

Targeting specific issues:

(i) Development Education & Awareness Raising activities in Europe: DEAR seminar took place in October (11th-12th) & final report available on CISOCH

(ii) Local Authorities’ role in development: 4th Day of each Regional Seminar

(iii) Human Rights & Democratisation: Amman seminar for ENP countries took place in June-July (29th-1st), 2010

Results of these 3 supporting initiatives will be integrated in the Structured Dialogue process before the final conference:

Working Group 3 & final Issue paper.

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II. December 2010: Where do we stand now? Status of Working Groups’ discussions.

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Where are we standing regarding each Working Group?

Better define the roles and added-value of various categories of CSOs & LAs in cooperation

Better characterize the division of labour between stakeholders and complementarity in approaches and programmes

Identify ways to adapt EU aid modalities accordingly

WG1. Roles and added value of CSOs & LAs in EU external cooperation

WG2. Complementarityand coherence within the Aid Effectiveness Agenda

WG3. EU aid delivery mechanisms

WORKING GROUPS OBJECTIVES STATE OF PLAY

All themes covered in the course of the 3 European

working sessions + 3 regional seminars

A preliminary wrapping-up document has been

elaborated

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Basis for the consensus-building process

Debates have taken place in 2010 regional seminars +

October session & will feed 2011 discussions.

WG1&2 conclusions (reformulated as funding needs) form the basis of WG3 debates

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WG1&2: Structure of the wrapping-up document (i)

WORKING GROUP 1: THE ROLES AND ADDED-VALUE OF CSOS & LAS IN EU EXTERNAL COOPERATION1. PROMOTING AN ENABLING ENVIRONMENT FOR CSOS&LAS TO OPERATE2. POLITICAL MULTI-STAKEHOLDER DIALOGUES3. INTER-REGIONAL AND INTER-FAMILY COMPLEMENTARITIES BETWEEN ACTOR4. TERRITORIAL APPROACHES TO DEVELOPMENT: CSOS&LAS ARTICULATION AND CSO PARTNERSHIPS AT THE LOCAL LEVEL

WORKING PAPER 2: COMPLEMENTARITY AND COHERENCE WITHIN THE AID EFFECTIVENESS AGENDA1. THE OWNERSHIP & ALIGNMENT PRINCIPLES AND THEIR PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS2. THE RIGHT OF INITIATIVE OF CSOS & LAS IN VIEW AND IN LIGHT OF AID EFFECTIVENESS AGENDA3. MUTUAL ACCOUNTABILITY AMONG ACTORS 4. DIVISION OF LABOUR AND HARMONISATION AMONG DONORS

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AVAILABLE ON CISOCH AS FROM THE 30th OF NOVEMBER/https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/fpfis/mwikis/aidco/index.php/SD:_Wrap-up_session_EDD

Structure of the wrapping-up document (ii):

FOR EACH of the 8 THEMES (4 Topics per WG):

•FOREWORD•SYNTHESIS OF DISCUSSIONS•PRELIMINARY CONCLUSIONS (KEY MESSAGES)•PRELIMINARY RECOMMENDATIONS (TO ALL STAKEHOLDERS INVOLVED)

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WG1&2 wrapping-up document:What feedback is expected from platforms?

• Deadline for comments: 25th January 2011• Comments via the BLOG & contacting the TA • Some important considerations:

– Concentrate on key messages and preliminary recommendations;

– Be precise and concise in your remarks and propose, when and where deemed necessary, alternative formulations;

– Remain faithful to debates held so far and avoid lengthy elaborations/ reflections.

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WG3: Status & next steps

Needs Responses Strengths Weaknesses

Feasibility

(1) Support long-term processes & strengthen the sustainability of interventions and organisations

(i) Programme fundingMulti-annual strategic partnership agreements with CSOs.(ii) Calls for proposals with multiple funding phases

(iii) Follow-up grants

(2) Support interventions of third countries grass-roots & community-based organisations

(i) Re-granting/block grantsA larger sum of low value grants is given for distribution to intermediary organisations(ii) Financing in full under exceptional (100% of eligible costs covered by grant) and/or recognition of in-kind contributions(iii) Ringfencing of funds – reserve a share of the funding for these organisations

The links between WG1&2 and WG3: from the needs to the aid modalities (ii)

Technical Fiches are currently being drafted on each modality to be used

as a starting point for January discussions:

available online before Christmas. 17

III. Next steps and milestones in the consensus-building process towards the Final Conference

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Final Issues PaperFinal Issues Paper

May 2011:Presentation and

discussion of Issues Paper during the Final Conference

May 2011:Presentation and

discussion of Issues Paper during the Final Conference

April 2011:Draft Issues

Paper(including Wg3

debates)

April 2011:Draft Issues

Paper(including Wg3

debates)

March 2011:WG session to fine-

tune consensus

March 2011:WG session to fine-

tune consensus

Next steps in the consensus building process

Janv 2011:Preliminary

wrapping-up for WG1&WG2

+ 2nd session WG3

Janv 2011:Preliminary

wrapping-up for WG1&WG2

+ 2nd session WG3

1st step in consensus building

1st step in consensus building

2nd step in consensus building

2nd step in consensus building

3rd step in consensus building

3rd step in consensus building

Iterative & participatory process

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2011: Two sessions in Brussels

• Invitations are currently being sent• Session co-organized with the DEVE Committee of the

European Parliament• Presence of the 24 representatives from Africa, Latin America,

Asia• Methodology will be available by mid-december

3rd&4th of March: last session WG1, 2 & 3

• To refine consensus on WG1&2 (3rd of March)• To address selection mechanisms (WG3) (4th of March)

26th & 27th January morning: WG3 only

Recall of the 2011 events

26 & 27 January 2011

9-11 February 2011

3-4 March 2011

5-7 May 2011

4th Working session

Working Group 3

Brussels

Regional seminar 4 – ENP

Baku, Azerbaijan

5th Working session

Working Groups 1,2&3

Brussels

Final Conference

Gödöllö, Hungary

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For more information

• Online discussion on the Structured dialogue blog:http://blogs.ec.europa.eu/dialogue

• Capitalisation of discussions, reports, methodology on CISOCH:https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/fpfis/mwikis/aidco/index.php/structured_dialogue

• Specific querry: europeaid-structured-dialogue@ec.europa.eu

Thank you for your attention!

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