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Stakes and challenges Stakes and challenges

• f the new trends in EU

development policy

A preliminary analysis of the EC Green Paper on inclusive growth Green Paper on inclusive growth and sustainable development

Internal Briefing for Caritas, 8 December 2010 Jeske van Seters and Henrike Klavert

What is ECDPM?

• Non-partisan foundation created in 1986

What is ECDPM?

• Non-partisan foundation created in 1986
• Aim: Improve relations between EU and ACP
• Focus of our work:

Focus of our work: Non-partisan facilitation of dialogue between Europe and Africa Policy-based research and analysis Strategic partnerships with governmental d t l i ti and non-governmental organisations

• Funding: Institutional funding by 9 EU MS +

Switzerland + project funds from other Switzerland, + project funds from other sources

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Challenges ahead

• EU sliding into global irrelevance?

Challenges ahead

• EU sliding into global irrelevance?
• ODA spending under pressure, 0.7%

unlikely to happen by 2015 y pp y

• Governments stretching the definition of

ODA

• Global development challenges cannot be

addressed with aid alone

• Need to think about post MDG world
• Need to think about post-MDG world

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Background to the Green Paper

• Shifting development paradigm

Background to the Green Paper

• Shifting development paradigm
• Lisbon: priorities as in Europe 2020
• Financial crisis: Pressure from the public

Financial crisis: Pressure from the public

• New Commissioner
• Various other consultations/ policy

/ p y proposals:

Budget Support, funding for EU external action, 10th EDF Performance Review CAP Reform 10th EDF Performance Review, CAP Reform, Europe Energy 2050

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Green Paper: start of a process

• October 2011 Communication on

Green Paper: start of a process

October 2011 Communication on modernisation of EU development policy

• Review of the European Consensus on

Development?

• New Multi annual EU Financial Framework

(budget) 2014 – 2020

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Trends in the Green Paper

• Emphasis on results and impact

Trends in the Green Paper

• Emphasis on results and impact
• Focus on inclusive growth & private sector

development p

• Aid as a catalyst, innovative sources of

financing, end of “traditional” instruments

• Priorities: climate change, renewable

energy and agriculture/ food security

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(1) Focus on inclusive growth &

Opportunities:

private sector development

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• Moving beyond the MDG agenda
• Working with private sector for development
• Demonstrate value of development

cooperation to European citizens Risks:

• Not getting the aid–inclusive growth

g g g paradigm right?

• Support for social sectors falling off the

d ? agenda?

• Moving back to tied aid?

European Commission capable of getting the

• European Commission capable of getting the

instruments right?

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(2) Aid as a catalyst –

Opportunity:

innovative sources of funding

Opportunity: Additional resources to promote development – aid alone is not enough g Risks:

• Lower ODA ambitions or way to inflate ODA

figures? Bl di f l d t d bt

• Blending of loans and grants debt

problems?

• Less support that does not directly leverage
• Less support that does not directly leverage
• ther sources of funding? (e.g. human

rights, democracy)

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(3) New priorities: climate change renewable energy and change, renewable energy and agriculture/ food security

Opportunities:

• Better address global challenges
• Prioritisation – instead of trying to do it all

i k Risks:

• Instrumentalisation of development aid?

Policy Coherence for Development lack of

• Policy Coherence for Development –lack of

conviction?

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Missing in the Green Paper: who does what?

• Importance of EU coordination and Division
• f Labour highlighted

g g

• But what will Commission do as compared

to member states? H d EEAS d DEVCO k t th ?

• How do EEAS and DEVCO work together?

And how will Commission and European

• And how will Commission and European

Investment Bank collaborate?

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Missing in the Green Paper Missing in the Green Paper

• Political economy analysis
• What incentives and structures can explain current

policy implementation gap? policy – implementation gap?

• Refined actor analysis
• How to work with private sector, CSOs to implement

the new approach?

• Role political dialogue to create alliances to

further common interests

• Challenge of delivery capacity

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Caritas & the consultation process Caritas & the consultation process

• What contribution can Caritas make to the

thinking on the future of EU development g p policy, based on its values, experience and knowledge?

• What can Caritas learn from the new

directions in EU development policy? directions in EU development policy?

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Thank you y www.ecdpm.org

Jeske van Seters Jeske van Seters jvs@ecdpm.org H ik Kl t Henrike Klavert hk@ecdpm.org These are initial first thoughts - ECDPM ill b ki h ECDPM will be working more on the Green Paper and refining its analysis

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