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Czech Republic II. CZECH REPUBLIC CZECH REPUBLIC The Czech Republic’s contribution to data for development The Czech Republic engages in statistical capacity building in developing countries through its State Statistical Office, which participated in several World Bank and European Union projects in 2016. For instance, the Czech State Statistical Office provided expertise within the context of a World Bank project to help Kazakhstan strengthen its national statistical system. It also supported a European Union project to help the modernisation of Azerbaijan’s National Statistical System and the alignment of this system with European standards. The Czech State Statistical Office has also provided technical assistance for statistical capacity building in Armenia. According to the 2017 Partner Report on Support to Statistics (PRESS) dataset, the Czech Republic committed on average USD 0.16 million per year to support national statistical capacities and systems in developing countries in 2013-15. Financial flows from the Czech Republic The Czech Republic’s use of ODA to developing countries to mobilise other resources for sustainable development Figure 12.1. Net resource flows to developing countries, 2005-15, Czech Republic ● USD 17 945 of official development assistance (ODA) Total flows Official development assistance was committed to the mobilisation of domestic Other official flows Private flows at market terms resources in developing countries, e.g. to support the Private grants development of their tax systems, in 2015. Million USD, 2014 constant prices 350 300 ● USD 10.4 million of ODA (+65.3% in real terms from 2014) 250 was committed to promote aid for trade and improve 200 150 developing countries’ trade performance and integration 100 into the world economy in 2015. 50 0 -50 -100 -150 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Note: Data on other official flows and private flows at market terms are only available from 2014 onwards. Data on private grants are only available for 2009. 1 2 http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/888933480110 The Czech Republic’s performance against commitments for effective development co-operation Table 12.1. Results of the 2016 Global Partnership monitoring round, Czech Republic Alignment and ownership by partner country (%) Predictability (%) Transparency Use of country-led Funding recorded Funding Retrospective Information Annual Medium-term Publishing results in countries’ through countries’ Untied ODA statistics for forecasting predictability predictability to IATI frameworks national budgets systems (OECD CRS) (OECD FSS) 2016 61.1 100.0 0.0 44.3 72.5 66.7 Excellent Excellent - Baseline - 13.3 6.9 - 100.0 67.5 Good Good - Trend - - - Note: Please refer to Annex B for details on the indicators. 1 2 http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/888933483019 180 DEVELOPMENT CO-OPERATION REPORT 2017 © OECD 2017 II. CZECH REPUBLIC The Czech Republic’s official development assistance In 2016, the Czech Republic provided USD 261 million in In 2015, 58.8% of bilateral ODA was programmed with net ODA (preliminary data). This represented 0.14% of partner countries. The Czech Republic’s share of country gross national income (GNI) and an increase of 29.3% in programmable aid was above the DAC country average real terms from 2015, due to the increased contributions of 48.8% in 2015. Project-type interventions made up to the EU budget for development. It plans to increase its 56% of this aid. ODA to reach an intermediary target of 0.17% of ODA/GNI by 2020. The 2016 DAC Peer Review of the Czech Republic recommended that it should prepare a more ambitious Figure 12.4. Composition of bilateral ODA, 2015, plan for reaching its commitment of 0.33% ODA/GNI gross disbursements, Czech Republic by 2030 (OECD, 2016). Its share of untied ODA (excluding Country programmable aid Debt relief administrative costs and in-donor refugee costs) Humanitarian and food aid Imputed student costs increased from 32.4% in 2014 to 44.3% in 2015, but is below Other and unallocated Refugees in donor country the 2015 DAC average of 78.1%. The grant element of total Support to NGOs Administrative costs ODA was 100% in 2015. 6% In 2016, in-donor refugee costs were USD 19 million, an increase of 31.6% in real terms over 2015, and represented 20% 7.2% of the Czech Republic’s total net ODA. Of which: 3% 0% of budget support Figure 12.2. Net ODA: Trends in volume and as a share 56% of project-type interventions of GNI, 2000-16, Czech Republic 12% of technical assistance 12% 21% of contributions to pooled Net ODA (left axis) ODA as a % of GNI (right axis) programmes and funds 59% Million USD, 2014 constant prices % of GNI 350 0.16 300 0.14 1 2 http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/888933480142 250 0.12 0.10 200 0.08 150 0.06 In 2015, USD 15.2 million of bilateral ODA was channelled 100 0.04 to and through civil society organisations (CSOs). 50 0.02 Between 2014 and 2015, the Czech Republic’s ODA 0 0 channelled to and through CSOs increased in terms of volume (+15%), but decreased as a share of bilateral aid, 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2016p from 24.6% to 21.6%. This share was higher than the 2015 DAC country average of 16.9%. p: Preliminary data. 1 2 http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/888933480124 Figure 12.5. Bilateral ODA to and through CSOs, two year averages, gross disbursements, Czech Republic In 2015, 35.2% of ODA was provided bilaterally. In 2015, the Czech Republic allocated 64.8% of total ODA as core ODA channelled through CSOs ODA to CSOs contributions to multilateral organisations, compared with Million USD, 2014 constant prices the DAC country average of 26.2%. In addition, it channelled 18 18.5% of its bilateral ODA for specific projects implemented 16 by multilateral organisations (multi-bi/non-core). 14 12 Figure 12.3. Share of ODA channelled to and through 10 the multilateral system, two year averages, 8 gross disbursements, Czech Republic 6 4 Multilateral ODA Multi-bi/non-core 2 Bilateral ODA, excl. multi-bi % 0 100 2010-11 2012-13 2014-15 90 1 2 http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/888933480153 80 70 60 50 ODA channelled 40 to and through 30 the multilateral 20 system 10 0 2010-11 2012-13 2014-15 Note: Data on multi-bi/non-core ODA are not available prior to 2011. 1 2 http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/888933480131 DEVELOPMENT CO-OPERATION REPORT 2017 © OECD 2017 181 II. CZECH REPUBLIC In 2015, bilateral ODA was primarily focused on Eastern Europe, south and central Asia, and the Middle East. USD 20.5 million of bilateral ODA was allocated to Eastern Europe, USD 10.6 million to the Middle East, and USD 8.9 million to south and central Asia. Figure 12.6. Share of bilateral ODA by region, 2014-15 average, gross disbursements, Czech Republic Europe 35% Middle East and South and Central Asia North Africa 15% Latin America 12% and Caribbean 1% Other Asia and Oceania Sub-Saharan 7% Africa 9% Note: 21% of bilateral ODA allocated was unspecified by region in 2014-15. This share is not represented on the map. 1 2 http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/888933480164 In 2015, 41.9% of bilateral ODA went to the In 2015, 16.4% of bilateral ODA was allocated to least Czech Republic’s top 10 recipients. Eight of its priority developed countries (LDCs), amounting to USD 11.5 million. countries are among its top 10 recipients. Its support to The share of ODA to LDCs decreased from 22.9% in 2014 and fragile contexts reached USD 14.4 million in 2015 (20.6% of remains lower than the 2015 DAC average of 24.3%. Lower gross bilateral ODA). middle-income countries received the highest share of bilateral ODA in 2015 (24%), noting that 39.8% was Figure 12.7. Bilateral ODA to top recipients, unallocated by income group. 2014-15 average, gross disbursements, Czech Republic At 0.02% of GNI in 2015, total ODA to LDCs was below the Top 10 recipients Recipients 11 to 20 Other recipients UN target of 0.15% of GNI. 50% 13% 38% Figure 12.8. Bilateral ODA by income group, Top 10 recipients two year averages, gross disbursements, Czech Republic Ukraine 6.0 Least developed countries Other low-income countries Afghanistan 4.8 Lower middle-income countries Moldova 4.5 Upper middle-income countries Unallocated by income Bosnia and Herzegovina 3.7 Million USD, 2014 constant prices Ethiopia 3.5 80 Georgia 2.8 70 Mongolia 2.2 60 Kosovo 1.9 50 Serbia 1.8 40 Jordan 1.7 30 Million USD 20 10 1 2 http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/888933480174 0 2010-11 2012-13 2014-15 1 2 http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/888933480189 182 DEVELOPMENT CO-OPERATION REPORT 2017 © OECD 2017 II. CZECH REPUBLIC In 2015, 37.3% of bilateral ODA was allocated to social infrastructure and services, amounting to USD 27.1 million, with a strong focus on support to education (USD 9.7 million) and government and civil society (USD 8.7 million). Humanitarian aid amounted to USD 8.6 million. Figure 12.9. Share of bilateral ODA by sector, 2014-15 average, commitments, Czech Republic 00 20 21 5 8 6 12 29 Education, health Other social Economic Production Multisector Programme Debt relief Humanitarian Unspecified and population infrastructure infrastructure assistance aid 1 2 http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/888933480198 The amount of bilateral ODA that supported gender USD 9 million of bilateral ODA supported the environment equality reached USD 5.6 million in 2015.
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