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Austrian Development Agency (ADA)International Conference on Development Assistance OperatorsLjubljana – Slovenia, 4 June 2008
Robert Zeiner
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Organisational context
Ministry for European and International Affairs
(MfA)Directorate General for
Development Policy
Austrian Development Agency (ADA)
The operational Unit of the Austrian Development
Cooperation
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ADA basic factsLegal form:
non-profit limited liability company
Owner:
Republic of Austria
Owner’s representative:
Ministry for European and International Affairs (MfA)
Supervisory board (term of office: 4 years):
12 Members: MfA (6 incl. chairperson), Ministries of Finance, Economic Affairs,
Social Affairs, Agriculture (each 1), Provincial Governors, staff representatives
(each 1)
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Budget and Staff
152 Total
79Country Offices
73Headquarters
Staff
99,95 Mio. EURProgrammes & Projects
2006Budget
161
84
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100,3 Mio. EUR
2007
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References
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StrategicGuidelines
ADA Business Plan
ADA Annual Programme
Development Cooperation Act 2002
ADC Regional Strategies
Three-Year Programme of the Austrian Development PolicyADCstrategic level
ADCoperational level
Sector-policies
ADC Country-Strategies
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ADC
ADC Instruments
Cooperation within the framework of international
organisations
Bilateral cooperation with partner governments
Cooperation with involvement of
development cooperation organisations
Tenders Grants
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ADC Instruments
Bilateral cooperation with partner governments
Direct Budget Support
SWAp
Basket Funds
National Execution
Debt-cancellation
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ADC InstrumentsCooperation with involvement of
development cooperation organisations
Tenders Grants
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ADC Instruments
NGO Co-financing
NGO-Microprojects
NGO-Individual projects South and
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NGO-Framework Programmes
EU-Cofinancing
Personnel Development Cooperation
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Strategic Perspectives - Trends
Implementation of Aid Effectiveness Agenda: Conference in Ghana (September 2008) and beyond Develop further the Austrian National Action Plan
Manage increasing volumes: hope for “fresh money”
The Austrian Development Bank
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Enhancing Aid Effectiveness
ADC Measures
Common instruments have been introduced and expanded Infrastructure partnership PIDG EFSE Co-financing with one ore more donors Eligibility check as precondition for taking over management tasks for projects and programmes of the EC was finalised in spring 2008 ( Indirect Centralised Management)
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Enhancing Aid Effectiveness (2) Participation in and support of operational networks and forums: OECD-DAC, energy (EUEI, FEMA, ESMAP), Train4Dev, EUNIDA, research networks, NGO-cooperation (DECIM, Like Minded Group)Private sector and development: Donor Committee for enterprise Development)
the Practitioners’ Network for European Development Cooperation: is an informal and open platform for European donor agencies and administrations directly involved in implementing development cooperation in the field. The goal is to harmonise, better coordinate and to be more complementary among donors, including those from new EU MS.
office sharing: maintaining existing ones and identifying for potential new possibilities to share facilities
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Management
Business Plan 2009 - 2012 Increased Application of Budget Support, Pooled Funding, National Execution Enhance Concentration: geographic focuses, e.g. SEE Optimisation Project Cycle Management („Learning Organisation“) Strengthen Managing for Results (Train4Dev) Division of Labour (EU Context and beyond) Further develop Business Partnerships Systematic staff development (career and training) Strengthen systematic approach concerning evaluation at project level
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Co - operation
Memoranda of understanding with different donors (specifically smaller donors such as Slovak Aid, Liechtenstein). Currently a new MoU with Romania is under discussion.
Joint trainings (e.g. PFM in SEE); participation in trainings Joint Missions Joint projects (incl. Indirect Centralized Management – EC) Study/exposire visits to ADA Vienna and field offices (prepared with Slovak Aid) Workshops on specific issues: seminar on business partnerships
and development partnerships in autumn in Vienna
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Thank You !