Outreach to Third Countries Methods, Risks and Challenges

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1 EU Cooperation in Export Control of dual-use goods Outreach to Third Countries Methods, Risks and Challenges Werner Knapp Project Manager Federal Office of Economics and Export Control (BAFA)

2 BAFA -Proficiency for Foreign trade Promotion of economic development Energy 2

3 BAFA as consultant of the EU in dual-use export control Implementation of PP 05, 06 TACIS LTP 2008 LTP 2011 Programming of EU Security Strategy EU WMD Strategy EU Instrument for Stability LTP 2008

4 Selection of partner countries relevance to the EU foreign policy as well as WMD Strategy willingness to accept cooperation (identification of areas) EU comparative advantage over other donors industrial structure and relevance in terms of horizontal prolif. aspects, e.g. aspects, e.g. aspects, e.g. aspects, e.g. -EU Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) -Partnership and Cooperation Agreement -partner in other EU political instruments -regional situation -requests for assisto 1540, EU, Regimes -reports to 1540 Committee -regional approach -included in / partner of other EU political instruments -member of regional cooperations -trade agreements with EU -dual-use industry -trade relations to other countries -membership in international export control regimes, treaties, fora 4

5 partner countries (existing or faced) South East Europe Albania Bosnia&Herzegovina Croatia FYRoM Montenegro Serbia East Europe, South Caucasus, Central Asia Afghanistan Armenia Azerbaijan Belarus Georgia Kazakhstan Moldova Ukraine Uzbekistan Strengthening the regional approach North Africa Algeria Egypt Morocco Tunisia Asia, South East Asia Bangladesh China India Indonesia Malaysia Pakistan Philippines Singapore Thailand Vietnam Middle East, Arab Peninsula Iraq Jordan Qatar UAE 5

6 Project implementation Start-up phase Pre-assessment report selection of countries Inception report -documentation of selection criteria -organisational structure -export control legislation -identification of counterparts Official approach note verbale Preparatory phase Initial visit first meeting with partner country Needs analsysis analysis of status quo Working plan agreement of activities, definition of time and aims Implementation phase Progress reports every 6 months Evaluation reports draft and annual update Cooperation with other donors, with other EU instruments Coordination 6

7 Tailored activities Study visits Legal Reviews Seminars, Workshops Handbooks, Leaflets, Publications Toolkit development Conferences EDP feasibility study Advice to political level 7

8 Methodology First hand expertise Peer to peer approach practioners from all EU MS, experts data base, covering all 5 pillars partner countries Scale state of the art export control legislation and procedure UNSCR 1540, EU 8

9 Risks, challenges Government commitment Frequent restructure Lacking delineation of duties and responsibilities Industrial culture and relationship to State Certain administrative structure 9

10 Way out and aim Way out Sound preparatory phase High flexibility Permanent review Feedback to political sphere aim strengthening regional approach indigenous capacity 10

11 Thank you for your attention! 11