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SRHR in EU policies and AU-EU cooperation

SRHR in EU policies and AU-EU cooperation. Building North–South Partnership 13 April 2010. EU Policy on SRHR. Full support to implementation ICPD PoA Full achievement of MDG 5 Aid Effectiveness Paris 2005 & AAA 2008 ICPD+10 Council conclusions 2004 EU Consensus on Development 2006

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SRHR in EU policies and AU-EU cooperation

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  1. SRHR in EU policies and AU-EU cooperation Building North–South Partnership 13 April 2010

  2. EU Policy on SRHR • Full support to implementation ICPD PoA • Full achievement of MDG 5 • Aid Effectiveness Paris 2005 & AAA 2008 • ICPD+10 Council conclusions 2004 • EU Consensus on Development 2006 • EU Role on Global Health 2010

  3. Council conclusions 2004 confirm: • Full support for entire agenda ICPD & ICPD+5; • Rights based approach; • Key to poverty reduction and achieving MDGs; • Financial contributions remained too low. Additional resources are needed; • Link HIV/AIDS and SRHR; • Adolescents; gender; humanitarian situations; • Constructive dialogue in spirit of ICPD.

  4. EU consensus on development • Common Objectives: Reducing poverty in context sustainable development MDGs, incl. SRHR/ICPD (see paragraphs: 8, 12, 94) • Common Values: Human rights, fundamental freedoms, democracy, good governance, gender equality, rule of law, solidarity, justice. • Common Principles: Ownership and partnership; alignment to recipient country systems. • Delivering more and better aid/policy coherence.

  5. EU role on global health (1) • Human rights approach to health and access to health care, including preventive services • Solidarity towards equitable and universal coverage of quality health services • Priority countries: fragile situation, aid orphan, worst off-track from health MDGs • Aid effectiveness: health dialogue; national health policies and plans; health systems strengthening; stakeholder participation; parliamentary scrutiny; predictability; inter-linkages MDGs & multi-sectoral nature of health

  6. EU role on global health (2) • Policy coherence: access to essential medicines; health professionals migration; fragile contexts; global health threats; food security and nutrition; climate change • Research that benefits the health of all people • Delivering results through joint EU action and division of labour on health at country and global levels. • Staff Working Documents (1) universal coverage of health services; (2) responding to challenges of globalization; (3) research and knowledge for global health

  7. EU role on global health (3) “The EU should channel 2/3 of health ODA through partner countries national development programmes and 80% using partner countries’ procurement and public financial management systems.”

  8. SWD: Contributing to universal coverage of health services through development policy • Reducing health inequalities within and between countries; addressing links poverty - health • Universal coverage of package of priority health services, including: SRH, child health, communicable and non-communicable diseases • Priority countries based on needs and financing gaps • Country ownership. Budget support linked with adequate dialogue on health systems strengthening and performance monitoring. Gradual shift of support from fragmentation to on-budget and predictable funding. • Linking Relief, Rehabilitation and Development • Collaboration with WHO, UNFPA, UNIFEM, WB • Promotion of IHP and JANS as tools

  9. ACP - EU Partnership (‘Cotonou’) Agreement 2000 – 2020 • Objectives: reducing poverty consistent with sustainable development • Partners: ACP Group of States and EU Member States and Commission • Three pillars: + development cooperation + economic and trade cooperation + political dimension • Implementation through European Development Fund. 10thEDF: 22.7 billion for 2008 – 2013 (in addition to other funds)

  10. SRHR in Cotonou Agreement Development strategies - Areas of support: • Article 25 on social sector development: (c) integrating population issues into development strategies in order to improve reproductive health…. (d) promoting the fight against HIV/AIDS, ensuring the protection of sexual and reproductive health and rights of women… • Article 31 bis on HIV/AIDS as thematic issue: (d) ….develop effective gender sensitive HIV/AIDS programmes and services for women and girls, including those related to SRHR…. (g) ….ensuring universal access to ….health commodities, including SRH commodities

  11. Africa – EU Strategic PartnershipA Joint Africa – EU Strategy (2007) Strategic inter-related priority areas: • Peace and security; • Governance and human rights; • Trade and regional integration; • Key development issues MDGs Monitoring through Joint AU-EU Taskforce

  12. Joint Africa – EU StrategySelected partnerships and priority actions: • Eight partnerships in total, one on MDGs: + ensure the finance and policy base; + accelerate achievement of: * food security targets * health targets Maputo Plan of Action on SRHR * education targets

  13. Joint Africa – EU StrategyMaputo Plan of Action in MDGs Partnership: • Much supported by MS and Commission • Seen as one of the best opportunities to give hands and feet to the Partnership • Particularly mentioned in ‘A 12-point EU action plan in support of the MDGs’ of April 2010

  14. Joint Africa – EU Strategy Functioning of the MDGs partnership (1): • Agreed Roadmap for 2008-10 • Regular Joint Expert Group (JEG) meetings to discuss implementation of Roadmap: 2 Commissions, MS on both sides, open to Parliaments and civil society • EU Implementation Team meetings to prepare EU position for JEG (in principle same structure for AU) • Regular Joint Task Force meetings (senior level, for all JAES) also used to discuss progress on Roadmap

  15. Joint Africa – EU Strategy Functioning of the MDGs partnership (2): • Problem Joint Expert Group: too broad agenda; participants are diplomats rather than experts; lack of budget for meetings; lack of commitment… • Future of MDG Partnership? Smaller task teams to become more efficient? (Maputo Plan of Action? Disability?)

  16. Joint Africa – EU StrategyRole of parliamentarians and civil society in the dialogues: • JAES transparent and inclusive • Discussions open to Parliaments (EP, PAP, national Parliaments), civil society, local authorities • Regular contacts between EP and PAP • Interim steering groups set up on both EU and AU side to organise CSO involvement

  17. Joint Africa – EU Strategy AU – EU Joint Declaration for MDGs Summit: Draft product of the MDGs Partnership emphasizing: • More action to address off-track targets, in a comprehensive and holistic approach • Strengthened local ownership • Aid effectiveness • Policy coherence • Africa and EU will work together in a determined fashion and with all stakeholders to ensure that MDGs Summit is successful and ambitious • JAES has important role to play in facilitating communication between joint Africa and joint EU positions. Follow-up in AU-EU Summit in November

  18. Joint Africa – EU StrategyFinancing sources for MDGs partnership (1) • 10th European Development Fund (EDF) * Country support (Budget/Sector/Programme) * Intra- ACP and Intra-Regional support • Development Cooperation Instrument (DCI) * geographic cooperation/country support * Investing in People * Sugar, bananas export • Direct contributions from African and EU States and from the private sector • Global partnerships/funds (GFAMT, GAVI)

  19. Joint Africa – EU Strategy Financing sources for MDGs partnership (2) • European Neighbourhood Policy Instrument (ENPI) • European Instrument for Democracy and Human rights (EIDHR) • Instrument for Stability • EU financial institutions, e.g. European Investment Bank (EIB) • (Humanitarian Aid)

  20. MDG Contracts • Commitment for six years predictability • To enable governments to plan their strategies and budgets to achieve the MDGs • Shared indicators for policy dialogue and monitoring • Up till now contracts with: Burkina Faso, Ghana, Mali, Mozambique, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia with total commitments of € 1.8 bn = 50% of all general budget support under EDF10

  21. Commission priorities for accelerating Aid Effectiveness (1) 1. Use of country systems as first option: • use of national budget execution procedures; • use of national financial reporting procedures; • use of national auditing procedures; • use of national procurement procedures

  22. Commission priorities for accelerating Aid Effectiveness (2) 2. Implementation of division of labour • Within countries • Between countries 3. Enhanced capacity development support • Development local capacities • Improved effectiveness of technical cooperation • No new parallel PIUs

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