EuropeAid Co-operation office

Directorate-General Europeaid Development And Co-Operation European Commission

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Activities of the institutions and bodies
External relations
Target audience: General public

Informations

• Publié par: DIRECTORATE-GENERAL-EUROPEAID-DEVELOPMENT-AND-CO-OPERATION-EUROPEAN-COMMISSION
• Nombre de lectures: 46
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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C6. Peace Facility (2) Chantal HEBBERECHT [phone]

C7. Water Facility (2) Wiepke VAN DER GOOT [phone]

Laurent SARAZIN [phone]

Assistants Emma TOLEDANO LAREDO [phone]

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E4. Governance, human rights, democracy, gender (10) Dominique DELLICOUR [phone]

E6. Natural resources (12) Alain PORTIER (f.f.) [phone]

E5. Security and migration (11) Hélène BOURGADE [phone]

E2. Business, trade and regional integration (8) Jan ten BLOEMENDAL [phone]

D IRECTORATE G

D IRECTORATE F

F1. Quality Support Groups Sabato DELLA MONICA [phone]

G1. Programming and budgetary matters (15) José IZARRA AGUADO [phone]

G2. Coordination of ICS and methodology for expost controls and auditing Jaime REIS CONDE [phone]

G3. Human resources Martine LÉVÊQUE [phone]

G4. Training and knowledge management Gérard VAN BILZEN [phone]

F5. Relations with civil society and non state actors (14) Aristotelis BOURATSIS [phone]

F4. Relations with EU institutions, international organisations and donors Martyn PENNINGTON [phone]

F3. Financial and contractual matters and legal affairs Denis SALORD [phone]

E1. Macroeconomic support (7) Jean-Louis LACUBE [phone]

G ENERAL O PERATIONS S UPPORT F RANCESCO DE ANGELIS [phone]

D IRECTORATE E

D IRECTORATE D

Directorate Ethe quality of cooperation programmes to improve their oversees effectiveness and impact. It is responsible for: coordinating reflection on sectoral and thematic approaches and instruments for their implementation; developing and distributing methodological, sectoral and thematic guidelines for the preparation and implementation of programmes in the various Community aid sectors; providing support, when requested, for delegations and geographical Directorates with the preparation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of programmes.

C1. Geographical coordination and supervision for ACP countries (3) Jose Luis TRIMIÑO PEREZ [phone]

B1. Geographical coordination and supervision for Latin America Ana GONZALO CASTELLANOS [phone]

D1. Geographical coordination and supervision for Asia and Central Asia Thomas MC GOVERN [phone]

06. Special Contracts Management (2) Hans STAUSBOLL [phone]

D IRECTORATE B

D IRECTORATE C

D IRECTORATE A

04. Central management of thematic budget lines Basile PAPADOPOULOS [phone]

01. Coordination and organisation strategies Luc BAGUR [phone]

03. Evaluation Jean-Louis CHOMEL [phone]

02. Internal audit capability Ole SCOTT-LARSEN [phone]

Deputy DirectorGeneral Hugh RICHARDSON [phone]

DirectorGeneral Koos RICHELLE [phone]

EuropeAidis made up of seven Directorates and six Units attached to the Directorate General. Four of the Directorates are geographical, with the other three overseeing the quality of operations, the management of operations and organisation. Units 04, 05 and 06 are responsible for horizontal programmes.

Organisational structure

The four geographical Directorates: A:Europe, Southern Mediterranean, the Middle East and the  NeighbourhoodPolicy B:Latin America C:SubSaharan Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific and management  ofthe European Development Fund D:Asia

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Assistant Jean-Jacques COLLIN [phone]

R ESOURCES C ONSTANTIN STATHOPOULOS [phone]

B3. Finance, Contracts and Audit for Latin America Michel DE CONINCK [phone]

A3. Centralised operations for Europe, the Mediterranean and MiddleEast Carla MONTESI [phone]

A6. Twinning operations (2) Marco MAZZOCCHI ALEMANNI [phone]

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A5. Finance, Contracts and Audit for Europe, the Mediterranean and MiddleEast Jean-Louis VILLE [phone]

A4. Nuclear Safety Jean-Paul JOULIA [phone]

The mission ofDirectorates F and Gis to ensure the availability of the resources and tools required for EuropeAid to fulfil its purpose, rationalise its working, bring together its activities and promote its visibility.

C2. Geographical coordination and supervision for ACP countries (4) Androulla KAMINARA [phone]

C3. Coordination IntraACP, OCTs, panAfrican issues and horizontal aspects Miguel AMADO [phone]

C4. Centralised operations for the ACP countries Raul MATEUS PAULA [phone]

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A2. Geographical coordination and supervision for the Mediterranean and MiddleEast Johannes DUYNHOUWER [phone]

A1. Geographical coordination and supervision for Europe Barbara LUECKE [phone]

B2. Centralised operations for Latin America Riccardo GAMBINI [phone]

G6. Documents management and office infrastructures Michael KAGEL [phone]

G5. Information systems and office technology Wilfried BEURMS [phone]

E7. Infrastructures (13) Jacques HAÏK [phone]

F6. Information, communication and front office Philippe LOOP [phone]

D3. Finance, Contracts and Audit for Asia and Central Asia Carla OSORIO [phone]

(1) Asfar as Neighbourhood Policy is concerned, the coverage of Directorate A is in line with Council decisions: Algeria, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Egypt, Georgia, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Moldova, Morocco, Palestinian Authority of the West Bank and Gaza Strip, Russian Federation, Syria, Tunisia, Ukraine (2) Temporaryunits: end maximum by end 2006 (3) CoveringACP States and OCTs in East Africa, Southern Africa, the Indian Ocean and the Pacific (4) CoveringACP States and OCTs in West Africa, Central Africa and the Caribbean (5) Asfar as Central Asia is concerned, the coverage of Directorate D is: Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan (6) Includingcoordination of thematic networks (7) Coveringbudgetary support, public finance, economic governance (8) Coveringprivate sector, trade, regional integration (9) Coveringhealth, education, employment, social protection, illegal drugs (10) Covering the rule of law, democratisation, elections, promotion of civil society, human and citizen rights, children rights, disabled people, indigenous people, public sector reform, decentralisation, gender mainstreaming (11) Covering migration issues, crisis resolution, police reform, antiterrorism, fight against organised crime, antipersonnel mines (12) Covering food security, rural development, fisheries, environment, forests (13) Covering transports, water, energy, telecommunications, ICT, urban development (14) NGOs, NSA (15) Including APS, AMP, AAR and followup of DAS and discharge procedures

E3. Social and human development (9) Mikael BARFOD [phone]

Adviser  Culture François NIZERY [phone]

F2. Management committees Franco NICORA [phone]

D2. Centralised operations for Asia and Central Asia Vincent PIKET [phone]

Adviser  Indicators Guy DOUCET [phone]

A SIAAND C ENTRAL A SIA (5) Erich Wilhelm MULLER [phone]

E UROPE , S OUTHERN M EDITERRANEAN , M IDDLE E ASTAND N EIGHBOURHOOD P OLICY (1) Richard WEBER  [phone]

L ATIN A MERICA Fernando CARDESA GARCIA [phone]

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The Directorates provide: planning for the implementation of activities by country and by region, and pass on guidelines and instructions to delegations for project identification and appraisal; methodological coherence and quality assurance, in collaboration with the Directorate for operations quality support; management of the procedures that culminate in a financing decision; support to delegations that manage devolved programmes, or direct management for operations that cannot be devolved, with a constant concern to maximise results and impact.

S UB S AHARAN A FRICA , C ARIBBEAN , P ACIFIC Gary QUINCE [phone]

O PERATIONS Q UALITY S UPPORT (6) ...... J ANTEN BLOEMENDAL (f.f.) [phone]

C5. Finance, Contracts and Audit for the ACP countries Carlo EICH [phone]

These Directorates are responsible for managing the whole of the project cycle, from identification to the final evaluation from headquarters (or on the ground, for devolved operations, via the Commission delegations).

TheDirectorGeneral ofthe EuropeAid Cooperation Office is responsible for all operating budget appropriations falling within the field of activity of the Office and of the European Development Fund.

05. Finance, Contracts and Audit for thematic budget lines Fermín J. MELENDRO ARNÁIZ [phone]

Unit 04manages cofinancing with nongovernmental organisations (NGOs), support for human rights, the protection of the environment, certain programmes for social and human development and food security, overseeing all horizontal programmes that are not linked to a particular geographical area. In general terms, it oversees coordi nation and the preparation of nongeographical calls for proposals. Implementation is, normally, a matter for geographical Directorates or the delegations.

A single department for handling the Commission’s external aid

In 2004 the European Commission granted some6.9 billion (USD 8.6 billion) in aid, contributing to the development of more than 160 countries, territories and organisations across the globe. That contribution makes the Commission the world’s third largest donor of official development assistance (ODA). In total, the assistance represents 20% of the European Union’s ODA (i.e. donated by Member States and the Commission), and nearly 11% of world ODA to those countries.

The importance of this assistance is well known, and it thrusts the EU to the forefront of the world stage. The pursuit of shared objectives like poverty eradication and the Millennium Development Goals demonstrates the commitment of the EU and its Member States to the core values underpinning Europe’s external actions.

The EuropeAid Cooperation Office was set up on 1 January 2001 to implement the Commission’s external aid more effectively. Its mission is to unify and strengthen Commission capacity to manage external aid, financed by the Community budget and the European Development Fund (EDF).

EuropeAid works within a framework of multiannual programmes drawn up by the DirectorateGeneral forDevelopmentfor the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) States, and the DirectorateGeneral forExternal Relationsother regions in for the world. In 2004 EuropeAid managed twothirds of the Commission’s external 1 actions , overseeing the implementation on the ground of objectives defined by the multiannual programmes.

EuropeAid, which is responsible for all phases of the project cycle, sets up high quality programmes that have a tangible impact on people’s wellbeing. It seeks to maintain a level of efficiency equivalent to the highest international standards and accounts for its actions to Europe’s taxpayers. EuropeAid is committed to sound financial management and transparent procedures for public procurement and grant awards.

EuropeAid also provides technical, methodological and operational support to assist Commission delegations with project identification and appraisal, the preparation of financing decisions, and implementation. Monitoring is carried out through audit and reporting mechanisms to ensure the quality, regularity and effectiveness of implemented actions. EuropeAid systematically integrates lessons learned on the ground, thereby increasing knowhow throughout the system.

EuropeAid collaborates closely with other Commission departments active in external relations, at headquarters and in delegations, and with Member States, especially their cooperation agencies. This collaboration enhances the coherence of European cooperation through the coordination and complementarity of different activities.

1 The specialised nature of preaccession aid, cooperation with the western Balkans, humanitarian assistance and the Common Foreign and Security Policy mean that they are managed by other Commission departments.

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Quality and impact of external aid

EuropeAid’s partners have welcomed the improvements in financial performance, the swifter implementation of operations, and simplified procedures. Now they want a clearer view of the quality and impact of the Community’s external aid. EuropeAid’s new organisational structureshould contribute to this.

The geographical organisation – Directorates A to D – enables the whole planning cycle for operations to be managed by headquarters, and methodological support to Commission delegations for devolved programme management to be strengthened. The creation of a specific Directorate to support operational quality (Directorate E) enables thematic and sectoral expertise to be optimised. This support revolves around seven key themes: macroeconomic support; business, trade and regional integration; social and human development; governance, human rights, democracy and gender issues; safety and security and migration; natural resources; and infrastructure. Directorate E disseminates guidelines and intervention strategies, checks the quality of individual programmes before their implementation, provides support for operations on demand, and measures their impact, and is therefore present at all stages of the quality cycle. This Directorate also manages horizontal thematic networks that capitalise on the expertise of other specialised Commission departments and field experts at delegations.

Before they are adopted, the quality of all new programmes financed by EuropeAid is scrutinised by quality support groups which include representatives from the geo graphical Directorates and the Directorate for operations quality support. An impartial secretariat (from Directorate F) is responsible for coordinating the activities of these groups and for developing the methodological tools.

Close collaboration between EuropeAid, DG Development and DG Relex ensures that resources are used coherently and that individual responsibilities are respected. Activities in a region or partner countries are coordinated by “country teams” under the direction of DG Development for ACP countries and DG Relex for other regions of the world. Sectoral policy definition remains the responsibility of DG Development: EuropeAid’s mission is the implementation of such policies (linking them up and provi ding methodological tools). Horizontal thematic networks ensure overall coherence.

How the EuropeAid Cooperation Office works

The EuropeAid Cooperation Office is aCommission department thatoperates under the responsibility of CommissionerBenita FerreroWaldner, who is respon sible for External Relations and the European Neighbourhood Policy. The office reports regularly on its activities to theGroup of Commissioners responsible for external relations (Benita FerreroWaldner, Louis Michel, Peter Mandelson, Olli Rehn, Joaquím Almunia) chairedbyJosé Manuel Barroso, the President of the Commission.

Improving the management of the Commission’s external aid

EuropeAid enables the European Commission to strengthen and reinforce the presence and influence of the EU on the world stage by ensuring that external aid is managed more efficiently. Several features stand out among the concrete results recorded by EuropeAid since its creation in 2001: the increased responsibility granted to Commission delegations, which now manage 70% of operations implemented under the responsibility of EuropeAid; an increase in staff numbers as part of a shift towards delegations, so that there are now five people to manage each10 million, as opposed to fewer than three in 2001; a substantial increase (of almost 45%) in funds disbursed to aid beneficiary regions and countries; and faster implementation of operations, project completion time having fallen by 28%.

EuropeAid and aid distribution

More than 160 countries, territories and organisations benefit from aid managed by EuropeAid. In 2004 more than 800 financing decisions were taken and some 30 500 payments were made. In 2004 financing of6.9 billion was divided up as follows:

Balkans 663 million (managed by DG Enlargement since March 2005)

Latin America  312 million

exSoviet States 504 million

Asia 611 million

ACP States 2.8 billion

Southern Mediterranean, Near and Middle East 1 billion

More than1 billion can be added to the above for horizontal actions, particularly regarding food security, migration, cofinancing with NGOs, the environment, and human rights.

EuropeAid information activities

Improving the supply of information about cooperation activities is a priority for EuropeAid. Our website (europa.eu.int/comm/europeaid) is the main portal for institutional and professional partners and citizens searching for information about the implementation of cooperation programmes. The “programmes and projects” pages, for example, provide information about our activities on the ground by region or by theme. Photos showing work at grassroots level can be downloaded from the media library. This website provides operators (the private sector, NGOs etc.) with a powerful tool offering them in real time all the information they need about contract opportunities and the procedures that must be followed: registration forms, model contracts, contract notices, calls for expressions of interest, the results of contract award procedures and so forth.

EuropeAid publishes an annual report which is available in electronic form on the website or in printed form on request. More specialised publications are also available: see the website or contact us for details.

Further information is available at the following address:

European Commission EuropeAid F/6 (Information, Communication and Front Office) Rue de la Loi, 41 B1049 Brussels Tel. + 32 (0) 22991111 Fax + 32 (0) 22996407

email: europeaid[e-mail] Internet: europa.eu.int/comm/europeaid

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