INFORMATION SESSION EUROPEAN UNION EMERGENCY TRUST FUND FOR STABILITY AND ADDRESSING ROOT CAUSES OF IRREGULAR MIGRATION AND DISPLACED PERSONS IN AFRICA INFOPOINT, 17/02/2016
Overall Framework
Objectives of the Trust Fund To address the crises in the regions Sahel and the Lake Chad, the Horn of Africa, and the North of Africa. To support all aspects of stability and contribute to better migration management as well as addressing the root causes of destabilisation, forced displacement and irregular migration, in particular by promoting resilience, economic and equal opportunities, security and development and addressing human rights abuses.
Who benefits from the Trust fund? 23 eligible countries, in 3 operational windows Sahel Region and Lake Chad area Burkina Faso Cameroon Chad Gambia Mali Mauritania Niger Nigeria Senegal Horn of Africa Djibouti Eritrea Ethiopia Kenya Somalia South Sudan Sudan Tanzania Uganda North of Africa Morocco Algeria Tunisia Libya Egypt and the wider neighbourhood, to address cross-regional migration flows.
What are the priorities of the Trust Fund? Economic Programmes: Projects that create employment opportunities, especially for young people and women. Resilience: Projects supporting basic services for local populations such as food and nutrition security, health, education and social protection, as well as environmental sustainability. Migration Management: Projects improving migration management, including containing and preventing irregular migration and fighting against the trafficking of human beings and effective return and readmission. Governance: Supporting improvements in overall governance, in particular by promoting conflict prevention and enforcing the rule of law through capacity building in support of security and development as well as law enforcement.
Regional challenges Horn of Africa Migration and forced displacement Conflict and instability Economy Poor governance Climate change
Specific actions for the Horn of Africa Employment opportunities and resilience Governance and conflict prevention Regional Development and Protection Programmes Support the Khartoum Process Return and readmissions Promote legal channels for migration
North of Africa window, main characteristics Focused on pillar 3 of the Trust Fund (migration management) Migration Governance Ensuring protection for those in need Promote mutually-beneficial legal migration and mobility Tackling irregular migration and support to sustainable return and reintegration policies Improve information and the protection of vulnerable migrants along the migratory route
The added value of the Trust Fund A EU collective response to the crises; A swift and flexible instrument to deliver immediate and concrete results; A new mutualisation of means and capacities; A platform for reinforced engagement with countries of origin and transit; A more integrated and comprehensive approach based on greater research, data gathering and analysis.
The Trust Fund will complement the areas not covered by other instruments or other development partners, including EU MS. How does the Trust Fund articulate with other instruments? 10 billion of EU Development cooperation already contributing towards tackling the root causes of irregular migration. The Trust Fund comes as an additional tool to help the most fragile and affected countries. The Trust Fund will intervene in subsidiarity with other EU instruments and/or donors.
NIPs, RIP, bilateral cooperation High-level Dialogues Trust Fund National and regional strategies Valletta Action Plan
What are the principles of intervention? Political dialogue Local ownership Evidence-based approach Holistic approach Conflict-sensitive approach Principles of subsidiarity and complementarity
Contributions from the EU Instruments Commitments (EUR) Reserve of the 11th EDF 1,000,000,000 Regional Indicative Programme for West Africa 11th EDF 200,000,000 Regional Indicative Programme for Central Africa 11th EDF 10,000,000 Regional Indicative Programme for Eastern Africa, Southern Africa and 50,000,000 the Indian Ocean 11th EDF National Indicative Programmes for Horn of Africa 11th EDF 30,000,000 Special Support Programme for South Sudan 9th and previous EDFs 86,400,000 Other EU financing 423,600,000 Contribution from EU financing 1,800,000,000 Contributions from European States 81,714,389 Total 1,881,714,389
Participatory Governance
Legal framework Financial Regulation Article 187 "Union Trust Funds for external actions" Commission decisions establishing the Trust Fund for the financing of the Trust Fund Constitutive Agreement
How is the Trust Fund governed? The fund is governed at two levels: The Board, chaired by the EU, consisting of representatives of Donors, is responsible for the definition of a general strategy. Non-contributing EU MS invited to act as observers. The Operational Committee, chaired by the EU and constituted of representatives of Donors (>3M ) is deciding on the mobilisation of funds and the approval of projects. National and regional authorities participate to both governance bodies
Operational Committee Window A Sahel region & Lake Chad 1st OC held on 14/01/2016 with 10 projects approved for 101 m Window B Horn of Africa 1st OC held on 16/12/2015 with 10 projects approved for 253 m Window C North of Africa 1st OC to be held in July 2016
Sahel & Lac Tchad 1 er pipeline de projets Country Title Amount (m ) Niger Mécanisme de Réponse et de Ressources pour les Migrants 7.0 Niger Développement et gouvernance locale pour une meilleure gestion des flux migratoires 25.0 Other Facilité de Coopération technique 5.0 Senegal Senegal Senegal Mali Mali Mali Multicountry Résilience des populations les plus vulnérables face aux crises nutritionnelles et alimentaires dans les zones de départ de Podor, Ranérou, Matam et Kanel Normalisation des conditions de vie des populations directement affectées par le conflit en Casamance Projet de renforcement de la sécurité alimentaire et nutritionnelle dans la région de Matam (zone de départ des migrants) Appui aux accords de paix à travers la résilience et l'accès aux services de bases dans les régions du Nord Création d'emplois par l amélioration de la filière de l anacarde, afin d atténuer les causes de l émigration, dans les régions de Sikasso, Kayes et Koulikoro Appui aux accords de paix à travers la relance économique et l'appui aux Collectivités locales dans le Nord du Mali (les régions de Gao et Tombouctou) Appui à la coopération régionale des pays du G5 et au Collège Sahélien de sécurité 7.0 8.0 4.5 1.1 20.0 13.5 10.0
HoA - The 1 st pipeline of projects: 253 million (1) Country Ethiopia - Resilience building ( 47M) - Stemming irregular migration ( 20M) Somalia - Enhancing responsiveness to the management and integration of mixed migration flows ( 50M) Uganda - Strengthening social cohesion and stability ( 4.3M) - Support to refugee settlements and host communities ( 10M) South Sudan - 3 projects: health, education, public financial management ( 77.6) Valletta and EUTF strategy Valletta priority 1 "addressing root causes of irregular migration" and 5 "return, readmission and reintegration" EUTF objectives 1 "employment opportunities" and 2 "resilience" Valletta priority 1 "addressing root causes of irregular migration " and 5 "return, readmission and reintegration" EUTF objectives 1 "employment opportunities", 2 " resilience" and 3 "migration management" Valletta priority domains 1 "addressing root causes of irregular migration" and 3 "Protection and asylum" EUTF objectives 1 "employment opportunities", 2 "resilience" and 4 "governance" Valletta priority domain 1 "addressing root causes of irregular migration" EUTF objectives ", 2 "resilience" and 4 "governance"
HoA - The 1 st pipeline of projects: 253 million (2) Project Research Evidence and Facility ( 4.1) Better Migration Management in Support of the Khartoum Process ( 40M) Valletta and the EUTF Strategy Cross cutting objectives and domains Valletta priority domains 2 "legal migration and mobility", 3 "Protection and asylum" and 4 "Fight against irregular migration, migrant smuggling and trafficking" EUTF objective 3 "migration management" Total for national projects: 208.9 million Total for regional projects: 44.1 million
How is the Trust Fund managed? The Commission appointed one Manager by window. The manager, entrusted to the European Commission, is responsible for the daily management of the Trust Fund (i.e. Article 7 of the Constitutive Agreement).
Methodology
Speed and flexibility With the EU's financial decision already taken, the decision process is therefore much shorter The Trust Fund is an emergency Trust Fund: The financial regulation allows the use of the most effective and efficient implementation methods Simplified procedures are applicable for the implementation of the actions
Identification and formulation The Trust Fund follows the usual EC identification and formulation methodology. To ensure partners' ownership of EU support, close consultation with the authorities of the partner country are ensured throughout identification and formulation. The EC services are in charge of projects' identification and formulation. In case of projects related to one specific country, this is done by the relevant Delegation.
Action fiches The EC (Delegations, Managers) drafts action fiches Donors can also submit action fiches to the Manager Action fiches are approved by the Operational Committee once submitted by the Manager
Implementation Commission rules, procedures and templates apply The action fiche can identify procedures for how the partners will be selected: call for proposals, call for expression of interest, direct contract
How can you participate?
Work with us It is not necessary to submit unsolicited funding requests / project proposals Share with us your analysis of the priorities of the Trust Fund in your areas of expertise Participate in consultation/information meetings Team up with other actors in the field Participate in calls for expression of interest
Next steps? - Preparation of the 1st operational committee of the EUTF North of Africa window (indicative date: beginning of July) - Need to define rapidly a pipeline for 2016-2017 of bilateral/regional/cross-border programmes for the NA window - Consultations led in EUDs and at Headquarters level with the stakeholders
Next steps Request to be included in our mailing list (EuropeAid-EUTF-AFRICA@ec.europa.eu); Monitor the Trust Fund website (https://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/regions/africa/e u-emergency-trust-fund-africa_en); Continued Dialogues on further priorities at regional and country level; High Level Dialogues on Migration; 2 nd pipeline of projects
Relations with International Organisations and Civil Society Key partners for implementation: NGOs International Organisations EUMS Cooperation Agencies In a context of: Limited financial resources; Imperative to follow political orientations; Need to make a targeted use of EUTF funding.