ENPI committed Euros 1.6 billion in 2009

A total of €1.6 billion was committed for the EU’s 17 eastern and southern neighbours in 2009, as the European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument entered its third year, according to the 2010 European Aid report.

Globally, the EU (27 member states and the European Commission) reconfirmed its position as the foremost provider of development aid in 2009, accounting for more than half of global Official Development Assistance (ODA), or €48.2 billion, the report said. The Commission alone committed €12 billion and disbursed €10 billion.

Budget support continues to be an important means of implementing bilateral cooperation to support reforms in the ENPI region, accounting for broadly 69% of all bilateral support in 2009. Total budget support commitments in 2009 for the ENPI region amounted to €597 million with €355 million committed to ENPI South countries and €242 million committed to ENPI East countries.

In the ENPI East region (including Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georga and Ukraine), most programmes are sector-based and aim to support, apart from the key energy sector, reforms in health, education, vocational training and water, as well as the increasingly relevant sectors of transport, justice and environment.

Concerned URL	http://www.enpi-info.eu/main.php?id=22057&id_type=1&lang_id=471 [open in new window]
Source of information	ENPI Info-Centre
Release date	29/06/2010
Contributor	David Conway

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