AUSTRALIA

AusAid
AusAID is the Australian Government agency responsible for managing the Australian Government's official overseas aid program. The objective of the aid program is to advance Australia's national interest by helping developing countries reduce poverty and achieve sustainable development. AusAID has representatives in 25 Australian diplomatic missions overseas.
Portfolio partners

AusAid Countries and Regions

Papua New Guinea:  Program overview and details

South Asia: Program overview
Bangladesh : Bhutan : India : Maldives : Nepal : Pakistan : Regional South Asia : Sri Lanka :

East Asia:  Program overview
Burma : Cambodia : China : East Timor : Indonesia : Laos : Mongolia : Philippines : Regional East Asia : Thailand : Vietnam :

Pacific: Program overview
Cook Islands : Fiji : Kiribati : Micronesia : Nauru : Niue and Tokelau : Regional Pacific : Samoa : Solomon Islands : Tonga : Tuvalu : Vanuatu :
Africa & Middle East:  Program overview
Afghanistan : Iraq : Palestinian Territories :

AusAid - Governance
Good governance is the basic building block for development and is the largest of the aid program's sectors.

Australian assistance for improved governance addresses five key aspects:

AusAid focuses is on supporting a country's own efforts to grapple with appropriate approaches to good governance issues.

Australia's Aid: Investing in Growth, Stability and Prosperity outlines the policy framework for Australia's aid program. It emphasises the critical importance of good governance as the basis for successful poverty reduction and development.
Good Governance: Guiding principles for implementation details the priority areas in which Australian development assistance can promote good governance in partner countries.

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AUSTRIA

Austrian Foreign Ministry – Austrian Development Agency
The Austrian Development Agency (ADA) is the competence centre of the Austrian Development Cooperation. Since 2004 it has been responsible for the implementation of projects and programmes as well as for the administration of the respective budget.

The Austrian Development Cooperation focuses on five key regions in Africa, Central America and Asia and plays a pro-active role in supporting the economic, social and ecological development of south-eastern Europe. One emphasis is building up the democratic structures that are a prerequisite for stability.

Austrian Development Cooperation – Themes

Geographic Priorities:

Austria’s aid endeavors are primarily concentrated on underprivileged groups in the least developed countries of Africa, Asia and Latin America as well as on poor countries
in South Eastern Europe.


Themes:
Austria concentrates on the following themes and sectors:

• water and sanitation;
• education and training, science and research for development;
• rural development;
• energy;
• investment and employment, promotion of small and medium-sized enterprises; and
• conflict prevention and resolution, good governance and rule of law, development of democratic structures, decentralization, strengthening human rights and human security.

Austrian Cooperation with Eastern Europe focuses on democratic, economic, social and ecological development in the reform countries of South-Eastern Europe and the Newly Independent States as well as their integration in international economy. Thematic priorities are education, investment and employment, environment, water and energy, and the rule of law and civil society, crisis prevention and reconciliation.

In addition, the Austrian Development Cooperation takes into account and includes numerous other themes and areas that are important for comprehensive development processes.

Austrian Cooperation with Eastern Europe

Priorities:
The focus of the Austrian Cooperation Programme is on South Eastern Europe. The vision of the cooperation with this region is bringing about a unified Europe. In Eastern Europe and Central Asia , a long-term cooperation strategy with the intention of increased funding as of 2006 is being examined.

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BELGIUM

Belgian Technical Cooperation

BTC is the Belgian development cooperation agency. BTC supports developing countries in their fight against poverty.

BTC is managing more than 270 programs in 26 countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America, iwth a planned budget in 2006 of 180 million euro.

BTC – Countries

Africa
Burkina faso Burundi | Benin | DR Congo | Cote d'Ivoire | Cameroon | Algeria | Ethiopia | Kenya | Morocco | Mali | Mozambique | Niger | Rwanda | Senegal | Tunisia | Tanzania | Uganda | South Africa | SADC

Asia
Cambodia | Laos | Philippines | Palestinian Territories | Viet Nam

Latin America
Bolivia | Ecuador | Guatemala | Peru | El Salvador |

BTC Sectors and Themes
The focal sectors for Belgian development cooperation are:

• Education and training
• Basic healthcare
• Basic infrastructure
• Agriculture and food security
• Community building
• Children's rights

There are three overarching themes:

• Environment
• Gender equality
• Social economy

BTC – Community Building, which encompasses public sector issues
The quality of governance and institutions can have a powerful effect on efforts to tackle poverty and sustainable development. Even in those countries which are scarcely affected by political crises or violent conflict, attention needs to be paid to respect for human rights, to the relationship between government and civil society, to the quality of institutions, to the extent to which government policy is oriented towards dealing with poverty, and to the degree of exclusion of various groups in the population. As the implementing agency of Belgian cooperation, BTC aims to work with partner countries’ governments to improve governance and public security.

BTC’s actions are primarily located in the following areas:

• Participative processes. Encouraging public participation in government policy is a vital element in the consolidation of peace. Decentralisation plays an important role in this regard as a tool enabling people to participate in the decision-making process more directly.
• The reinforcement of public institutions. The government implements its policies by means of public institutions, which are responsible for the management of public resources and social services. The partiality, corruptibility and lack of effectiveness of these public institutions undermines the State’s credibility. This is why boosting the institutional capacities required to provide basic public services more effectively and in a non-discriminatory manner can make a broad contribution to the reduction of poverty and the consolidation of peace.
• The reinforcement of the systems of justice and policing. To be effective, the judicial and policing systems need to recognise and protect the rights of the individual and to be universally accessible. Their behaviour must be impartial and politically independent, as ineffective systems may encourage citizens to take justice into their own hands. International support with justice and policing can make a positive contribution to a strategy of conflict prevention and sustainable development.

BTC Project Examples

Support for the Reinforcement of the Legal and Judicial System. Rwanda.
Following the genocide of 1994, the Rwandan government found itself faced with the task of completely reconstructing the judicial system. Starting in 1995, Belgian cooperation has been helping with the challenge of reinstituting Justice. The Belgo-Rwandan programme aims in particular to promote the reconstruction of the judicial sector and to resolve the legal disputes arising from the genocide by offering support to the Supreme Court, the gacaca courts and the Ministry of Justice.

Support for the reform of the civil service. Democratic Republic of Congo.
BTC is supporting civil service reforms intended to enable DR Congo to exercise the essential functions of any sovereign state as soon as possible. This support takes the form of a fund intended to accompany the reform process, especially in activities such as the registration of civil servants and the restructuring of the Ministries of Finance, Planning and the Civil Service.

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CANADA

Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)  (Fact Sheet)

The Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) is the federal agency charged with planning and implementing most of Canada's development cooperation program in order to reduce poverty and to contribute to a more secure, equitable and prosperous world.

CIDA administers approximately 80 percent of the aid budget. The other 20 percent is administered by the Department of Finance, the Foreign Affairs Canada and the International Development Research Centre. CIDA supports projects in more than 150 countries, which represent four fifths of the world's population. CIDA works in partnership with developing countries, Canadian organizations, institutions and businesses, as well as international organizations and agencies.

CIDA Countries
Africa and Middle East
Americas
Asia
Eastern Europe

CIDA Partner Countries

Africa Benin Burkina Faso Cameroon Ethiopia Ghana Kenya Malawi Mali Mozambique Niger Rwanda Senegal Tanzania Zambia

Americas Bolivia Guyana Honduras Nicaragua

Asia Bangladesh Cambodia Indonesia Pakistan Sri Lanka Vietnam

Europe Ukraine

CIDA Program Priorities

Canada's Official Development Assistance (ODA) program concentrates resources on the following six priorities:


CIDA - Human Rights, Democratization and Good Governance

Canada Fund for Africa Canadian e-Policy Resource Centre
The Canadian e-Policy Resource Centre (CePRC) draws e-policy services and information products from Canadian government and non-government policy experts into a virtual resource centre.

As a resource node for the Error! Hyperlink reference not valid., the CePRC provides a uniquely Canadian perspective on the development of national e-strategies. African ICT policy makers obtain access to expertise, information and mentoring in the following fields:

• Connectivity Program Policies i.e. Applications in Health and Education;
•  E-Commerce Policies;
• E-Government Policies;
• ICT for Development Policy Issues;
• Information Society Metrics and Analysis;
• Internet Governance Policy;
• Spectrum Management Policy;
• Telecommunications Policy and Regulation.

African governments and institutions requiring assistance from the CePRC should channel their request through the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) or contact the CePRC.

Canada International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
The International Development Research Centre (IDRC) is a public corporation created by the Parliament of Canada in 1970 to help developing countries use science and technology to find practical, long-term solutions to the social, economic, and environmental problems they face. Support is directed toward developing an indigenous research capacity to sustain policies and technologies that developing countries need to build healthier, more equitable, and more prosperous societies. In carrying out its mission, IDRC ---

• funds applied research by researchers from developing countries on the problems they identify as crucial to their communities. Most projects supported result from direct exchanges between the Centre and developing-country institutions;
• provides expert advice to those researchers;
• builds local capacity in developing countries to undertake research and innovate.

IDRC Partners

• Bilateral
• Canadian
• Foundations
• Multilateral

IDRC Themes
One IDRC focus is on the transformative nature of information and communications technologies (ICTs).

IDRC Specific Projects

• Acacia Initiative. Communities and the Information Society in Africa Program Initiative increases the capacity of sub-Saharan communities to apply ICTs to their own social and economic development.
• Bellanet International Secretariat. Bellanet promotes and facilitates effective collaboration within the international community, especially through the use of ICTs.
• Connectivity Africa
• Institute for Connectivity in the Americas. ICA successfully promotes the use of Information and Communication Technologies to overcome barriers that hinder socio-economic development in Latin America and the Caribbean. In response to the mandates of the Third Summit of the Americas in Quebec City, in 2001, the Canadian government created ICA.
• KariaNet
• PAN-Americas Networking. The PAN Americas project supports research on the social uses and impacts of ICTs for development in Latin America and the Caribbean.
• Pan Asia Networking. The Pan Asia Networking Program Initiative is studying the impacts of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) on people, culture, the economy, and society. Its goal is to strengthen ICT uses that promote sustainable development.
• telecentre.org. A new service aimed at helping community telecentres around the world increase their capacity and promote digital development.

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DENMARK

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark

Danish Development Policy
The promotion of sustainable development through poverty-oriented economic growth is the fundamental objective for Danish development cooperation. Denmark’s development assistance is focused on a selected number of developing countries (so-called program countries) that work with efficient, long-term national strategies for poverty reduction. Additionally, the assistance is focused on a selected number of multilateral organizations. Africa south of Sahara remains the main recipient of Danish aid. The aid flow to Africa annually accounts for around 60% of the Danish bilateral assistance to the Danish program countries.

Danish Development Assistance Themes

Danish development assistance focuses on five areas:

• Social and economic development
• Human rights, democratisation and good governance
• Stability, security and the fight against terrorism
• Refugees, humanitarian assistance and regions of origin
• Environment

The administration of Danish development assistance to the programme countries has been decentralised in 2003. Accordingly, capacity has been transferred from Copenhagen to the missions in the Danish programme countries.

Danish Themes: Human Rights and Democracy
Democracy and human rights are cross-cutting considerations which are incorporated into all assistance programs. For activities in countries other than program countries, funding was increased in 2003 to support human rights and democracy in for example Indonesia, Iraq and China. The fight against corruption has been systemized with ‘Danida's Plan to Fight Corruption.’

DANIDA Networks
The objective of the networks is to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of development cooperation through knowledge sharing and dissemination of good practices. The services provided at the gateway relate to cross-cutting issues, aid modalities and general programming issues. The services provided within each sector network include access to a variety of program and project documents, toolboxes with good practices, mailing lists, links to key websites, web-based discussion foras and more.

DANIDA Partner Countries and Other Supported Countries

Partner Countries:

Africa		Asia	Latin America
Benin Burkina Faso Egypt Ghana	Kenya Mozambique Tanzania Uganda Zambia	Bangladesh Bhutan Nepal Vietnam	Bolivia Nicaragua

Other Supported Countries:

Africa	Asia		Regional Programs
South Africa	Afghanistan Indonesia	Iraq Palestinian Authority Sri Lanka	SADC

DANIDA Good Governance
The Governance Network is a tool to share and develop knowledge on good practices for development cooperation in support of good governance: Public Sector Reform, Decentralisation, Anti-Corruption, Access to Justice, Human Rights and Democratisation and Media.

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FINLAND

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Development Cooperation

• Finland’s development policy has five aims:
• Promotion of global security
• Reduction of widespread poverty
• Promotion of human rights and democracy
• Prevention of global environmental problems
• Promotion of economic dialogue

Long-term partner countries include Mozambique, Vietnam, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Nepal, Kenya, Nicaragua, Zambia, Egypt, Namibia and Peru.

Finland Development Cooperation Information

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FRANCE

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

High Council for International Cooperation

Development Assistance Themes

• Communication du public, ducation au dveloppement
• Coopration dcentralise
• Lutte contre la pauvret, les ingalits et l’exclusion
• Financement du dveloppement
• conomie et solidarit
• Ngociations internationales, mobilisation des savoirs et concertation des acteurs
• Crises, prvention des crises et reconstruction

French Associations

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GERMANY

German Corporation for Technical Cooperation/Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Technishe Zusammenarbeit (GTZ)
The GTZ is an international cooperation enterprise for sustainable development with worldwide operations. It provides viable, forward-looking solutions for political, economic, ecological and social development. GTZ promotes reforms and change processes. Its objective is to improve people’s living conditions on a sustainable basis.

Currently, GTZ is implementing some 2,700 development projects and programmes in over 130 countries. We have our own offices in 66 of these countries.

GTZ’s main focus in international cooperation is on Technical Cooperation. This primarily involves communicating knowledge that enables people to shape their present and future on their own.

GTZ Partnerships and Alliances
For optimal results in its work, GTZ cooperates closely with other organisations involved in development policy. These include the German Development Service (DED), Internationale Weiterbildung und Entwicklung GmbH – Capacity Building International, Germany (InWEnt), German Finance Company for Investments in Developing Countries (DEG) and – above all – the KfW Entwicklungsbank (development bank). The latter is responsible under commissions from the German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development for financial cooperation with partner countries.

In addition, GTZ cooperates successfully with political foundations, the two major Christian churches and numerous NGOs at national and international level, including German Agro Action, as the largest German NGO, and the World Conservation Union (IUCN).

GTZ Countries and Projects

GTZ – Themes

• Rural development -- poverty and hunger, agriculture and food, regionalisation, natural resources,
• Economic development and employment -- economic policy, vocational training, private sector, ICT and economy, financial systems, globalisation,
• Environment and infrastructure -- environmental policy, eco-efficiency, water, energy, transport, social and ecological standards,
• Good Governance -- democracy and rule of law, decentralisation, corruption, public finance,
• Social development -- health and population, education, HIV/AIDS, social protection,
• Cross-sectoral themes -- gender, crisis prevention, youth, HIV/AIDS control, emergency aid, poverty, food and nutrition security, Rio+10, PPP, Social and Ecological Standards.

German Ministry of Economic Co-Operation and Development
The development policy of the Federal Republic of Germany is formulated by the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and carried out by the implementing organisations. The aim of German development policy is to reduce poverty worldwide, to build peace and to promote equitable forms of globalisation. German development policy takes its cue here from the shared goals of the international community: the Millennium Declaration and the eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) derived from it, the Monterrey Consensus and the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation determine the direction.

BMZ Countries and Regions

BMZ Issues:  Human rights, democracy, participation, good governance

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GREECE

Hellenic Aid (YDAS)
The Hellenic International Development Cooperation Department (Hellenic Aid) of the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs is mainly responsible for the supervision, coordination, monitoring and promotion of emergency humanitarian and food aid actions, as well as aid for the reorganization and restoration of the infrastructures of developing countries conducted by ministries, universities, NGOs or other players.

Greece Development Programs Procedure
Once a year, YDAS (Hellenic Aid) invites expressions of interest from ministries, legal entities, NGOs, universities, etc., who wish to submit proposals for consideration. This invitation sets out the goals of the development cooperation policy for the year, the Priority Sectors for Aid, the Priority Countries related to the MDGs, as well as details regarding the proposal submission procedure.

In the initial stage, the programme/project proposals are evaluated by the competent YDAS Directorates. The second stage involves the consideration of proposals by the nine-member NGO Certification and Evaluation Committee, in an advisory capacity. The objective is, on the one hand, to guarantee that all the approved programmes/projects square with the goals of the overall development strategy and the geographic and sectoral priorities of Greece’s Five-year Development Cooperation and Assistance Programme, and, on the other, to administer the implementation of the bilateral official development assistance budget.

Each programme proposal submitted must be accompanied by:

• A written agreement with a reliable local NGO or, in the absence of such, with a local Municipal or State Authority.
• A document from an official State Authority in the recipient country, in cooperation with the NGO, regarding the need for the proposed programme.
• Written consent from the nearest Greek Diplomatic Mission regarding the programme

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IRELAND

Irish Department of Foreign Affairs

Irish Aid
Irish Aid is the Government of Ireland’s program of assistance to developing countries. Ireland’s development cooperation policy reflects a longstanding commitment to human rights and fairness in international relations.

Irish Aid – Regions
Since its inception in 1974, the Irish Aid program has had a strong geographic focus on Sub-Saharan Africa. Under the bilateral part of its program, Irish Aid operates intensive and wide-ranging country programm in six countries in Africa, namely Lesotho, Mozambique, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Zambia, and Uganda, plus Timor Leste (East Timor).

Irish Aid Themes – Poverty Focus
The Irish Aid programme has as its absolute priority the reduction of poverty, inequality and exclusion in developing countries. The reduction of poverty is a complex, challenging and controversial matter, requiring a strategic, multi-faceted and sophisticated approach. Anti-poverty strategies should seek to break the vicious circle of poverty through support for sustainable indigenous development. All of Irish Aid's policies and activities must be gauged against their contribution in this respect and against the progress they achieve towards the development targets set by the international community.

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ITALY

Minister for Innovation and Technologies
The e-Government for Development Initiative, launched by the Italian Government at the Palermo International Conference on e-Government for Development in April 2002, aims to assist developing countries and transitional economies in modernizing their public administration using information and communication technologies. The ultimate objective is to make government more efficient and transparent, especially in the management of public finances, and thereby boost social and economic progress in those countries. Due to the technical nature and specific features of the initiative, the Prime Minister charged the Minister for Innovation and Technologies with implementing the project, working in close conjunction with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The goals of the Initiative are:

• to create conditions that can sustain efficiency and transparency in government administration;
• to reduce the cost of running government, thus increasing the availability of funds for investment;
• to promote the creation of an economic environment capable of attracting public and private foreign investment;
• to develop skills and expertise capable of formulating e-Governance policies in line with the development objectives of set at the international level;
• to reduce the digital divide by contributing to the dissemination and uptake of ICT by citizens and businesses;
• to create a "virtuous" development cooperation approach with a positive cost/benefit ratio.

MIT E-Government for Development

MIT E-Government for Development – Projects

Albania • e-Accounting • Government Network	Morocco • e-Procurement
Bolivia • e-Procurement	Mozambique • Government Network • Catasto (LIMS)
Caribbean • e-Justice	Nigeria • e-Accounting • e-Statistics
Jordan • e-Procurement	Panama • e-Payment
Honduras • Government Network	Saint Lucia • e-Accounting
Iraq • Government Network 1st phase • Government Network 2nd phase	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines • e-Accounting
Lebanon • e-Procurement	Tunisia • e-Procurement
Macedonia (F.Y.R.O.M) • e-Taxation	Uruguay • e-Taxation

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JAPAN

Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)

Statement From President Sadako Ogata:
JICA, the Japan International Cooperation Agency, shares the responsibility for implementing Japan’s Official Development Assistance (ODA) program and works with the overarching aim of making the world more peaceful and prosperous. JICA supports the participation and empowerment of people in the development process in order to enhance ownership at the national and community level and ensure sustainability of activity results.

JICA Countries

JICA Themes

JICA Theme - Governance
The intent of JICA's assistance for governance is to allow for the stable development of partner countries so they become capable of handling investment, distribution, and administration in a way that reflects the will of the people and uses the country's resources efficiently.

JICA believes that it is important for recipient countries to voluntarily and intrinsically improve their own governance, and to see that democratization progresses and takes root.

In order to make this possible, JICA provides partner countries with information, such as explanations of available political structures, to assist them in undertaking reforms on their own and engages them in dialogue. At the same time, JICA provides assistance so that governments of partner countries can manage their affairs according to their own needs and realities. JICA refers to this type of assistance as cooperative thought- or choice-based aid.

JICA's assistance for governance can be divided into three categories: "creation of democratic systems," "capacity building of administrative functions," and "creation of legal systems."

JICA Sample Projects – Governance

• Philippines
• Indonesia (1)
• Indonesia (2)
• Malaysia
• Viet Nam

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KUWAIT (Link)

The Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development Fund supports projects in developing countries and in countries whose economies are in transition. No geographic, ethnic, religious, caste or cultural barrier restricts the assistance of the Fund.

Kuwait Project Cycle and Themes
The Fund supports projects with a strong public sector element and a focus on development. The Fund is not subject to restrictions as to the sectors it may support; eligible areas include agriculture and irrigation, transport and communications, energy, water supply, sewage, industry, education and health.

The project, if not in the health and education sectors, should be based on a detailed techno-economic feasibility study. The feasibility of the project must be demonstrated by cost-benefit analysis and the calculation of an internal economic rate of return, with an indication of sensitivity to changes in parameters. For projects in the health and education sectors, it is sufficient to demonstrate the feasibility of the project through technical and social data, in addition to evidence establishing the need for the project. The studies of the project should include the proposed components and cost estimates of the project and the proposed financing plan. Reference to the "Kuwait Fund Requirements for the Preparation of a Feasibility Study" is advisable. It is preferable that the services of an independent specialized consultant be obtained for the preparation of feasibility studies.

Kuwait Fund Sample Projects

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KOREA

Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA)
The Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) is an arm of Korea's Official Development Assistance (ODA). KOICA is mandated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to execute technical cooperation programs.

Official Development Assistance (ODA)
Korea's ODA System ODA is administered through two major channels of development cooperation: bi-lateral and multi-lateral. Bi-lateral aid is divided into two forms: grants and loans. KOICA under policy guidance of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade is administrator of grants, and implements two types of grants: 1) grant aid, which includes the Provision of Equipment and Project Aid; 2) Technical Cooperation, which includes Development Studies, the Invitation of Trainees, and the dispatch of Korean Overseas Volunteers and Experts. Meanwhile, the bi-lateral soft loans or Economic Development Cooperation Fund (EDCF) loans are managed by the Export-Import Bank of Korea under the direction of the Ministry of Finance and Economy.

As for multi-lateral aid, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade is responsible for contributions to the United Nations and UN specialized agencies, while the Ministry of Finance and Economy oversees subscriptions to international development institutions such as the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank, and the African Development Bank (AfDB).

KOICA Assistance Priority Areas

• To emphasize Human Resources Development (HRD) in developing countries through expansion of the Invitation of Trainees, Dispatch of Experts, and Dispatch of KOVs programs.
• To help reduce the "Digital Divide" between developed and developing countries through cooperation programs in the Information Technology (IT) sector.
• To contribute to the realization of universal human values such as world peace and democracy; prioritizing poverty reduction and insurance of Basic Human Needs (BHN) of Least Lesser Developed Countries (LLDCs).
• Regional Priorities
• To take different stages of development under consideration and maximize program benefits by optimum allocation of resources among developing countries and regions.
• To prioritize Asian developing countries due to their close cultural, geographic, and economic ties to Korea.
• To coordinate HRD programs and Provision of Equipment in Africa, Latin America, the Middle East and Eastern Europe relative to their respective stages of development and regional characteristics.

Project Type Cooperation
Project-type cooperation is an integrated aid program to assist in the achievement of economic and social development of developing countries in the areas of education, vocational training, health & medical services, information technology (IT), agriculture & fisheries, public administration, and other fields. The formalities of project-type cooperation consist of identification, screening, planning, implementation, and evaluation over a period of from two to five years, usually by combining types of cooperation such as physical cooperation, that is, tangible components like construction of buildings and facilities, and provision of equipment and materials, with intellectual cooperation such as human resources which includes dispatch of experts and invitation of trainees.

The physical and human resources cooperation required for aid programs are provided through demand analysis and negotiation with the recipient countries. In general, recipient countries provide the project site and local manpower, and bear local costs such as customs clearance, transportation, and administration, while KOICA provides materials, equipment and technical manpower resources.

The areas covered by projects include education, vocational training, health and medical services, information technology (IT), agriculture, fisheries, public administration and other fields as global needs change and evolve. KOICA's strategy for success however has been to focus largely on education, vocational training, IT, healthcare and medical services including all areas where Korea has a comparative advantage and competitive priority.

Major ICT Projects

The Project for the Establishment of Korea-Vietnam Industrial Technology Institute ('97-2001)

The Cooperative Vocational Training Project between the Republic of Korea and the People's Republic of China ('97-2000)

The Project for Agricultural Mechanization for Swampy Agricultural Land('98-2001)

The Project for Upgrading of National Technical Testing Center in South Africa ‘97-‘01

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LUXEMBOURG

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Cooperation and Humanitarian Aid

Partners
Dans sa politique de coopration au dveloppement, le Ministre des Affaires trangres est en contact permanent avec une multitude de partenaires.

Les pays cible d'Afrique, d'Asie et de l'Amrique latine sont les pays en dveloppement sur lesquels le Luxembourg concentre sa coopration bilatrale. Il s'agit du Burkina Faso, du Cap Vert, Burkina Faso, du Mali, de la Namibie, du Niger, du Sngal, du Laos, du Vietnam, de Nicaragua et d'El Salvador.

L'agence luxembourgeoise pour la coopration au dveloppement Lux-Development S.A. est l'agence d'excution pour la majorit des projets bilatraux mis en oeuvre par la coopration luxembourgeoise.

Les organisations multilatrales sont nombreuses avec lesquelles la coopration luxembourgeoise entretient des relations de travail, soit en leur fournissant un appui financier global, soit en participant au financement de projets spcifiques mis en oeuvre sous leur responsabilit (projets multi-bi).

Les 75 ONG de dveloppement, qui sont agres par le Ministre des Affaires trangres, font appel son appui financier pour des actions de sensibilisation (participation aux frais), des projets de coopration classiques (cofinancement) ou des programmes de coopration (accord-cadre). Quelques-unes de ces ONG ont leur propre prsence sur internet.

Par ses relations privilgies avec la Banque mondiale et le Fonds montaire international, le Ministre des Finances est un interlocuteur privilgi du Ministre des Affaires trangres parmi les autres ministres luxembourgeois.

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NETHERLANDS

Ministry of Foreign Affairs
 
Development Cooperation
Development cooperation is one of the main tasks of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Dutch government wants to actively involve civil society organisations, citizens and business in development cooperation.

Partner Countries
The Dutch government channels development aid through governments of developing countries. The Netherlands has a structural, bilateral development relationship with the following 36 countries. These are known as partner countries:

Afghanistan	Ethiopia	Pakistan
Albania	Georgia	Palestinian Authority
Armenia	Ghana	Rwanda
Bangladesh	Guatemala	Senegal
Benin	Indonesia	South Africa
Bolivia	Kenya	Sri Lanka
Bosnia-Hercegovina	Macdonia (FYROM)	Suriname
Burkina Faso	Mali	Tanzania
Cape Verde	Moldova	Uganda
Colombia	Mongolia	Vietnam
Egypt	Mozambique	Yemen
Eritrea	Nicaragua	Zambia

Themes – Good Governance
Good governance exists when the government functions effectively and serves all its citizens. Rules and agreements between a government, its citizens and enterprises are required for a society to function properly. Citizens must have a say and should be represented at all levels of government. The existence and enforcement of laws (such as those establishing property rights and defining criminal offences), as well as an independent judiciary, are vital.

Good governance is essential for sound economic policy, including a good business climate, and for efficient services in sectors that are important to citizens, such as safe drinking water, education and infrastructure. Good governance is also a prerequisite for fighting poverty in a country.

That is why, when it comes to improving education or the environment in a partner country, the Netherlands focuses on the governance-related agreements within such sectors. Moreover, the Netherlands help governments to implement economic policy, combat corruption, set up a well functioning ombudsman’s office and a more humane prison system, and strengthen political parties in order to promote democracy.

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NEW ZEALAND

New Zealand Aid and Development Agency
NZAID is the Government’s international aid and development agency. The agency is responsible for delivering New Zealand’s Official Development Assistance (ODA) and for advising Ministers on development assistance policy and operations. NZAID is a semi-autonomous body within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT).

Since the agency’s formation, eliminating poverty has been central to NZAID’s mission, with a regional focus on the Pacific.

NZAID also supports projects in Asia, Africa and Latin America.

NZAID places a high priority on building strong partnerships and concentrates its development assistance on activities that contribute to poverty elimination by creating safe, just and inclusive societies, fulfilling basic needs, and achieving environmental sustainability and sustainable livelihoods.

NZAID Countries and Regions

The Pacific The Pacific Cook Islands Fiji French Pacific Territories Kiribati Niue Papua New Guine	Samoa Solomon Islands Tokelau Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu
Asia Cambodia China Indonesia Lao PD	Philippines Timor-Leste Vietnam
Africa South Africa

 
Funding Opportunities:
Asia Development Assistance Facility
Latin America Development Assistance Facility
Pacific Island Countries Participation Fund
Voluntary Agency Support Scheme

NZAID Themes – Governance
NZAID recognizes good governance as a pre-condition to poverty elimination and sustainable development. It ensures that political, social and economic priorities are based on broad consensus in society and the voices of the poorest and the most vulnerable are heard in decision-making about allocation of resources. Strengthening governance is especially important if governments are to improve the quality of service delivery.

The agency aims to promote and enhance the quality of governance across governments, public sector, civil society and the private sector.

NZAID's support for good governance covered programmes in areas such as economic and financial management; public sector effectiveness; law and justice; human rights; capacity development of civil society; media training; accountability; and democratic systems.

NZAID Sample Project – Governance
Transparency International (TI) is a global alliance that campaigns against corruption and promotes good governance. During 2004/05, NZAID provided funding to the New Zealand branch of TI to hold a series of public presentations by eminent Pacific speakers to increase awareness and promote values of anti-corruption and good governance throughout the Pacific region. NZAID funding was also provided to TI-NZ to develop and distribute a "Pacific Anticorruption Tool Kit" - a resource manual of anti-corruption strategies and guides for promoting and advocating good governance in a Pacific context.

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NORWAY

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

U4: The Utstein Anti-Corruption Resource Centre
The U4 Utstein Anti-Corruption Resource Centre is a web based resource centre established by the Utstein Group to strengthen their partnership for international development. The Transparency International Secretariat in Berlin is an associate partner of CMI in the development of the U4 resource centre.

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PORTUGAL

Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Portuguese only)

 

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SPAIN

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Spain International Cooperation
La lucha contra la pobreza y el hambre es el combate ms noble que la ciudadana puede librar. Nos encontramos ante una oportunidad histrica para erradicar las desigualdades y el Gobierno y el pueblo espaol quieren estar en primera lnea de esta lucha.
La poltica pblica de cooperacin para el desarrollo constituye para el Gobierno un elemento fundamental de su accin exterior. Su principal objetivo, la lucha contra la pobreza, se entiende no slo como la necesidad de superar la carencia de ingresos y bienes, sino tambin como la de ampliar los derechos, oportunidades y capacidades de la poblacin ms desfavorecida.

Se trata de un reto de primer orden cuya accin necesita de una poltica de Estado generada a partir de un amplio consenso entre todos los agentes de la cooperacin espaola, la Administracin central, las Comunidades Autnomas, las entidades locales, los grupos parlamentarios y la sociedad civil.

Un primer avance en la consecucin de esta poltica de Estado fue la aprobacin por consenso de todos los actores del Plan Director de la Cooperacin Espaola 2005-2008, el documento marco que establece los objetivos, criterios, prioridades sectoriales y geogrficas de la cooperacin al desarrollo y en cuya elaboracin participaron todos los agentes.

Junto a la coordinacin y complementariedad entre actores nacionales e internacionales, el Plan Director apuesta por una mayor coherencia de polticas y la mejora de la calidad de gestin de la Ayuda Oficial al Desarrollo (AOD) y su incremento. En este sentido, el texto recoge el compromiso del Gobierno de duplicar, con el esfuerzo de todas las administraciones pblicas, nuestra AOD en 2008 y alcanzar as el horizonte del 0,7 por ciento de la Renta Nacional Bruta en un futuro prximo.

La Declaracin del Milenio y otros acuerdos derivados de las Cumbres de Naciones Unidas son los principales referentes del Plan Director. Todas las intervenciones de la cooperacin espaola estn y estarn orientadas a contribuir a la lucha contra la pobreza, a la promocin y defensa de los derechos humanos, la conservacin del medio ambiente, la equidad de gnero y respeto a la diversidad cultural, en suma, a promover el desarrollo sostenible.

Existe adems un compromiso de incluir la obligacin de destinar a la cobertura de los servicios sociales bsicos (educacin y salud) al menos el 20 por ciento de la AOD bilateral, a la vez que se refuerza el compromiso con los Pases Menos Adelantados, a los que se destinar al menos el 20 por ciento de la Ayuda Oficial al Desarrollo.

Amrica Latina y el Mediterrneo seguirn siendo nuestro mbito de atencin prioritaria, pero frica Subsahariana se convertir tambin en una fuerte apuesta de la cooperacin espaola.

En esta Legislatura tambin se est abordando la reestructuracin de la accin humanitaria espaola –a ella se destinar al menos el 7 por ciento de la AOD bilateral-, as como la reforma de la Agencia Espaola de Cooperacin Internacional (AECI) para convertirla en una verdadera agencia internacional de desarrollo, capaz de gestionar eficazmente y con transparencia los recursos de AOD no reembolsable.

Agencia Espanol de Cooperacion Internacional

Countries

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SWEDEN

Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA)
 The Swedish Agency for International Development Cooperation, Sida, is a government agency under the Ministry for Foreign Affairs. Sida's goal is to contribute to making it possible for poor people to improve their living conditions.

Sida works independently within the framework laid down by the Swedish Parliament and Government. They specify the budgets, the countries with which Sweden - and thereby Sida - is to work with, and the focus of Swedish international development cooperation.

Sida is a global organization. Its head office is in Sweden, and it has field offices in some 50 countries.

SIDA Countries
Sweden is working with approximately 120 countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America and Europe.

Africa Angola Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Ethiopia Kenya Malawi Mali Moambique Namibia Nigeria North Africa Rwanda Somalia Sudan South Africa Tanzania Uganda The Lake Victoria Initiative West Africa Zambia

Europe and Central Asia Albania Bosnien-Hercegovina Central Asia Georgia Kosovo Croatia Macedonia Moldova Russia Serbia and Montenegro Southern Caucasus Ukraine Belarus

Asia Afghanistan Bangladesh Burma Filippinerna India Indonesia Cambodia China Laos Middle East Mongolia Sri Lanka Thailand Vietnam West Bank/Gaza East Timor

Latin America Central America and the Caribbean Colombia El Salvador Guatemala Honduras Nicaragua Peru South America

SIDA Themes

Reducing poverty through economic growth Financing Infrastructure Information & Communication Technologies (ICT) Contract-financed technical co-operation Private Sector Development Urban development Education and health Health and development HIV/AIDS Natural resources and the environment Rural development Agriculture Forestry Water Ocean and coasts

Biological diversity The environmental work of Sida Humanitarian aid and Sida's contributions to peace and security Economic reforms Capacity Development Corruption Programme Support Providing support through Swedish NGOs Research Human rights and democracy Culture and media Gender Equality Human rights and democracy

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SWITZERLAND

Swiss Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation
The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) is Switzerland’s international cooperation agency within the Swiss Foreign Ministry. Together with other federal offices, the SDC is responsible for overall coordination of development activities and cooperation with Eastern Europe, as well as humanitarian aid. The undertakes direct actions, supports the programmes of multilateral organisations, and helps to finance programmes run by Swiss and international aid organisations in the following areas:

• Bilateral and multilateral development cooperation
• Humanitarian aid, including the Swiss Humanitarian Aid Unit (SHA)
• Cooperation with Eastern Europe

Cooperation with Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) supports partner countries in the transition to pluralistic democracy and a market economy. The main concerns are the development of democratic institutions, the sustainable exploitation of natural resources and reforms in the health and social sectors. The focus is on the countries of South-East Europe which take up 70% of resources and the CIS which take up 30%, mainly for South Caucasus and Central Asia.

Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation Themes - Governance
The promotion of good governance, or more simply, governance, is one of the five strategic targets of the SDC’s development cooperation activities. In this respect, the pillars of sustainable development are the strengthening of human rights, democracy and the constitutional state.

Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation - Countries

A Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola B Bangladesh Belarus Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Brazil Bulgaria Burkina Faso C Chad Colombia Croatia Cuba E Ecuador El Salvador G Gaza & Westbank

H Haiti Honduras I India Indonesia Iraq J Jordan (Syria, Lebanon) K Kosovo Kyrgyzstan L Liberia

M Macedonia Madagascar Malawi Mali Moldova (Republic) Mongolia Mozambique Myanmar (Burma) N Nepal Nicaragua Niger North Korea P Pakistan Peru R Romania Russian Federation Rwanda - Burundi - the Great Lakes Region S Serbia and Montenegro Sierre Leone South Africa and southern Africa Southern Caucasus (Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan) Sri Lanka Sudan

T Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Turkey U Ukraine Uzbekistan V Vietnam

Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation Projects

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UNITED STATES

United Sates Agency for International Development (USAID)
USAID is an independent federal government agency that receives overall foreign policy guidance from the Secretary of State. Its work supports long-term and equitable economic growth and advances U.S. foreign policy objectives by supporting:

• economic growth, agriculture and trade;
• global health; and,
• democracy, conflict prevention and humanitarian assistance.

USAID Regions
USAID provides assistance in four regions of the world:

• Sub-Saharan Africa;
• Asia and the Near East;
• Latin America and the Caribbean, and;
• Europe and Eurasia.

With headquarters in Washington, D.C., USAID has field offices around the world. It works in close partnership with private voluntary organizations, indigenous organizations, universities, American businesses, international agencies, other governments, and other U.S. government agencies.

USAID Governance & Democracy site
The Agency focuses its efforts to promote democracy and good governance on four distinct, but related, goals:

• Strengthening the Rule of Law and Respect for Human Rights
• Promoting More Genuine and Competitive Elections & Political Processes
• Increased Development of a Politically Active Civil Society
• More Transparent and Accountable Governance

USAID Definition of Democracy Programs
Democracy and governance programs are technical assistance and other support to strengthen capacity of reform-minded governments, non-governmental actors, and/or citizens in order to develop and support democratic states and institutions that are responsive and accountable to citizens. These efforts also include promoting democratic transitions in countries that are not reform-minded. Democracy programs promote the rule of law and human rights, transparent and fair elections coupled with a competitive political process, a free and independent media, stronger civil society and greater citizen participation in government, and governance structures that are efficient, responsive and accountable.

USAID Mission Directory

USAID Mission Web Sites:

USAID Donor Coordination

Millennium Challenge Corporation (branch of USAID)
In March 2002, President Bush called for a "new compact for global development," which links greater contributions from developed nations to greater responsibility from developing nations. The Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) –is the mechanism through which development assistance is provided to those countries that rule justly, invest in their people, and encourage economic freedom. The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) administers the MCA.

MCA Program

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UNITED KINGDOM

UK Department for International Development – UK (DFID)
The Department for International Development (DFID) is the part of the UK Government that manages Britain's aid to poor countries and works to get rid of extreme poverty. DFID has 25 offices overseas.

DFID Countries

DFID Partners

DFID Projects – Case Studies

DFID Projects – Database
Development activities suPported by DFID are indexed on the AiDA database, a feature of the Development Gateway Portal, bringing together information about development activities around the world. Potential data users are advised to contact the appropriate agency, DFID department, or DFID’s Public Enquiry Point to confirm the accuracy of the data provided.