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Timor-LesteExperience on ODA & Aid Effectiveness9-12 October 2007The Central Asia, Southeast Asia and the Pacific Regional Workshop on Aid EffectivenessHanoi, Vietnam Presentation by:Palmira PiresDirectorETDA, Timor-Leste

• Timor-Leste: “Timor of the rising sun”
• Situated: Eastern part of Timor Island

500 km across the Timor Sea is Australia

• It also includes the enclave of Oecussi (located in West Timor)

• Population: 1,084,971 (Estimated)
• Rural population: 90%
• Language Literacy:

Tetun: 82%

Portuguese: 5%

Indonesian: 43%

English: 2%

Gender: 49% Male, 51% Female

Youth (Age below 33): 51%

Land Area: 15,007 sq km

Source: The World Factbook – Timor-Leste

• 12 main ethnic groups, each with its own language ie:

Tetun, Mambae, Tokodede, Kemak, Galolen,Idate, Waimu’a, Naueti, Laka’ale, Bunak, Makasae and fataluku, Makalero, Baikeno

• Timor-Leste comprises of 13 districts, 67 sub-districts (postos), 442 villages (sucos) and 2,336 sub-villages (aldeias)

• 450 years under Portuguese colony
• 3.5 years under Japanese invasion (World War II)
• 24 years under Indonesia (Order Baru)
• 2 years under UN Transitional Administration (UNAMET/UNTAET/UNMISET)
• Restoration of Independence, 20 May 2002
• Currently led by the 4th Constitutional Government

• Religious organizations
• Mass organizations
• Cultural and traditional associations
• Community and sports organizations
• Development organizations and self-help groups referred as NGOs

• Indigenous political associations survived underground or were incorporated into Indonesian organizations
• Clandestine organizations operated under CNRT (National Council of the Timorese Resistance)

• 98% population is Catholic
• Constitution praises merits of the Church in its Preamble but does not favour any religion
• Church has communication and social service network

There is a total of 467 local and international organizations in Timor-Leste in which 83% are local organizations. Most of the organizations are based in Dili.

• 369 Local NGOs
• 18 National NGOS
• 80 International NGOS

• Monitoring
• Advocacy
• Education
• Agriculture
• Advisory services on human rights, justice and peace, gender awareness, environment and emergency assistance

In 2004

• GDP is USD 366
• Unemployment 55% nationwide, 20% capital Dili
• >10,000 young people join the labour market every year
• Inflation fell 1.8% in 2004 and is expected to remain at round 2.4%
• Growth in GDP is low at 1.8%

Government records reveal that Timor-Leste received a total of

USD 2,314,495,641

from 1999 to 2007

This figure represents both the security (military), emergency and development assistance to the country

• Source :figures gather from the Registry of External Assistance of the Government of Timor-Leste as of 28th September 2007

Funding breakdown:

Total Funding (US$)

Country (28) 1,949,663,249

Institutions (26) 364,832,391

Total 2,314,495,640

• Established in 2000
• Non-governmental organization
• Led by Timorese
• Development of human resources through training, employment and business centres

Since its establishment, ETDA received funding

Funding approved (US$)

Country (4) 969,112

Institutions (3) 179,671

Total 1 148 783

(To date ETDA has received only 64% of the total approved funding)

ETDA received 0.000496% of total Aid Assistance in Timor-Leste

ETDA allocated Aid Assistance to:

• Institution building
• Capacity building

Aid Assistance from donors based in the country

Aid Assistance from donors outside the country

Results

• Ownership (organization is run and led by Timorese)
• Equal partnership(act as adviser to international organizations on local issues)
• Sustainability
• Sharing resources (support other non-government organizations including government in sharing resources)

• International organization facilitated Timorese technical assistance from abroad
• Timorese technical assistance from abroad acted as bridge between donor community and local Timorese
• Ownership of the project
• Transference of skills
• Long term commitment

• Lack of accountability of international partners’ organizations
• Lack of communication
• Inequality in sharing information
• Competition between international organizations in bidding for projects
• Difficulties in creating new programs
• Difficulty in starting on equal ground with international organizations in implementing NEW projects

• Donors to provide an endowment fund to local organizations
• Beneficiaries of the project to evaluate the project
• Create a transparency mechanism where the international institutions must be accountable to present the results of the project to the beneficiaries, not just to donors
• Be able to access information of projects implemented in the country on an annual basis

• Support local media to monitor aid projects
• Create a mechanism for the return of professional technical assistance to their developing countries

And most importantly

• Aid assistance should not be tied with political decisions of the country