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Development Cooperation Ireland annual report 2004 The Development FIJI Cooperation Ireland Programme Countries Other Countries Programme NGO Co-Financing Emergency Humanitarian Relief Human Rights Democratisation Overseas Recovery Assistance 2004 Personnel Co-Financing Scheme Mission Statement: Development Cooperation Ireland, Ireland's official development cooperation programme, is an integral part of Ireland's wider foreign policy and has as its absolute priority the reduction of poverty, inequality and exclusion in developing countries. Development Cooperation Ireland annual report 2004 Note In June 2003 the Government’s development assistance programme changed its name from Ireland Aid to Published by Development Cooperation Ireland. Development Cooperation Ireland Tá cóipeanna den Tuarascáil Bhliaintiúil seo Department of Foreign Affairs ar fáil as Gaeilge ó: Collette Doyle, Bishop’s Square Comhoibriú um Fhorbairt, Éire Redmond’s Hill An Róinn Gnóthaí Eachtracha, Dublin 2 Cearnóg an Easpaig, Cnoc Réamoinn, Átha Cliath 2 Tel +353 1 408 2000 Tel +353 1 408 2000 Fax +353 1 408 2880 www.dci.gov.ie Email [email protected] Abbreviations 5 FOREWORD 6 BILateraL PROGRAMME Ethiopia 10 Lesotho 12 Mozambique 14 Tanzania 16 Uganda 18 Zambia 20 Timor- Leste 22 contents Other COUNTRIES South Africa 26 Zimbabwe 27 The Balkans and the CIS 28 Palestine 30 Emergency Relief & Recovery Assistance 32 Partnership with Civil Society 34 MULTILateraL DEVELOPMENT AssistaNCE United Nations 38 UN Agriculture and Food Agencies 40 European Union 42 Co-financing with Multilateral Agencies 44 Evaluation and Audit 46 Development Education 47 Information and Communications 48 The Advisory Board of Development Cooperation Ireland 49 Fellowships and Training 50 StatisticaL ANNEXES 51 4 www.dci.gov.ie ABPs Area-based Programmes ACBF African Capacity Building Foundation ADEA Association for the Development of Education in Africa AfDB African Development Bank AMSCO African Management Services Company APSO Agency for Personal Services Overseas CGIAR Consultative Group on Agricultural Research CHAL Christian Health Association of Lesotho CIS Commonwealth of Independent States DAC Development Assistance Committee EU European Union FAO Food and Agriculture Organisation HDI/UNDP Human Development Index/United Nations Development Programme HIPC Heavily Indebted Poor Countries IAVI International AIDS Vaccine Initiative ICOS Irish Council for Overseas Students ICRC International Committee of the Red Cross ICTs Information and Communications Technologies IFAD International Fund for Agricultural Development IIEP International Institute for Education Planning ILO International Labour Organisation IMU Irish Missionary Union IMRS Irish Missionary Resource Service MAPS Multi-annual Programme Schemes MDGs Millennium Development Goals NGOs Non-Governmental Organisations ODA Overseas Development Assistance OECD Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development OSCE Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe PEAP Poverty Eradication Action Plan PFA Plan for Africa PRBS Poverty Reduction Budget Support PRS Poverty Reduction Strategy PRSPs Poverty Reduction Strategy Plans/Papers RC/RC Red Cross/Red Crescent SPA Special Programme for Africa abbreviations SWAps Sector-wide approaches UN United Nations UNAIDS United Nations AIDS Agency UNEP United Nations Environment Programme UNESC United Nations Economic and Social Council UNHCHR United Nations High Commission for Human Rights UNHCR United Nations High Commission for Refugees UNICEF United Nations Childrens’ Fund UNRWA United Nations Relief and Works Agency WB World Bank WFP World Food Programme WHO World Health Organisation WTO World Trade Organisation www.dci.gov.ie 5 Foreword Caption below. Foreword by Minister of State for Development years to come yield real dividends for the people of Cooperation and Human Rights, Conor Lenihan these countries. TD. The most vivid memory of 2004 is of course the In October 2004 I was honoured to be appointed by terrible events that unfolded on St.Stephen’s day the Taoiseach to be the Minister of State responsible in Asia and parts of Africa. I cannot think of an for development cooperation and human rights at occurrence in living memory that has touched the Department of Foreign Affairs. the lives of so many people in so many countries and regions across the world. That morning, and The scale of the challenges facing many of our in the hours that followed, the sheer power of developing country partners was quickly brought nature directly impacted upon Indonesia, Sri Lanka, home to me during my first visit as Minister to Southern India and the Andaman and Nicobar southern Africa in December 2004. The staggering Islands, the Maldives, Thailand, Myanmar/Burma , infection rates of HIV/AIDS in Mozambique for Malaysia, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, the Seychelles example or the impact of fluctuating global copper and Bangladesh. prices on the Copper Belt region of Zambia or the access difficulties in mountainous Lesotho, all The loss of life is now estimated at close to a quarter demonstrated how complex and difficult the whole of a million people. While these figures are shocking process of development is for these the poorest in themselves, when one tries to comprehend the countries in the world. pain of so many individuals, the human disaster becomes all the more overwhelming. However, while the challenges do appear at first almost insurmountable, I was also heartened by the Over the last number of months the focus of work of our programme and by that of our partners the international community and Development in addressing the root causes of poverty and Cooperation Ireland has been on assisting the suffering. recovery and rehabilitation of the region not just for the short term but over the difficult years ahead, as In many of our programme countries we are now so many people try to rebuild their lives. making real progress. In Tanzania for example we have seen primary school enrolment rates Immediately, on St. Stephen’s Day the Government dramatically increase due to donor supported free pledged 1 million to the relief effort. This was primary education. Similarly in Uganda, enrolment subsequently doubled to 2 million two days later as rates are now among the highest in southern Africa, the scale of the disaster became clearer. Since then again enabled largely with the support of donor the Government has increased support to a total countries like Ireland. In Mozambique I have seen of 20 million, allocated primarily to longer term first hand the roll out of an ambitious HIV treatment recovery programmes. programme which is a partnership programme between Ireland, the Mozambican Government and the Clinton Foundation. These changes will over The Minister of State for Development Cooperation Ireland and Human Rights, Mr. Conor Lenihan T.D., on a visit to Zambia, along with a group of AIDS orphans. There are 1.1 million AIDS orphans in Zambia; every single month as many people perish worldwide from HIV/AIDS, as died in the recent tsunami. 6 www.dci.gov.ie The link between natural phenomenon and the The Government through the work of its aid vulnerability of people was brought into sharp focus programme is committed to the long term goals of by the events in South Asia. What is clear is that the poverty reduction. The ODA budget has increased capacity of nations and communities to initially react hugely over the past number of years and will to natural shocks, recover, and move on after such continue to grow. In order to more effectively events is closely related to development, poverty manage this growth, at the end of 2004 I announced and emergency preparedness. that the Government would bring forward the first ever White Paper on Official Development Policy. For example in Sri Lanka it was the poorest fishing Due to be published in 2006, following a broad communities, many living on or close to the beach, reaching consultative process, I very much hope that in poor housing, that were particularly hard hit. In the White Paper will set out coherent, effective and conflict zones, such as Darfur, western Sudan, it is sustainable policy priorities for the Government’s the poorest farmers and their families, who have official development programme over the coming suffered most from the attacks of the Janjaweed years. militia. In northern Uganda it is the children who have borne the brunt of abduction and abuse at the hands of the Lords Resistance Army. In many parts of Africa huge numbers remain on the brink of chronic food insecurity caused by underdevelopment and poverty. In Development Cooperation Ireland we are working to reduce that vulnerability, and to help Mr. Conor Lenihan TD make individuals, communities, and countries Minister of State for Development Cooperation better able to cope with these challenges. Long and Human Rights term aid programmes do not gain the attention and public support that emergency relief programmes attain. However, it is the slow and painstaking human development gains, made in areas such as agriculture, healthcare provision, education and improved governance, that will ultimately allow communities and people to better protect themselves, understand and respond more quickly to natural and other threats, and enjoy social and economic wellbeing. www.dci.gov.ie 7 8 www.dci.gov.ie bilateral programme Ireland has a great asset in that its main bilateral partnerships are concentrated on a limited number of programme countries: Ethiopia, Lesotho, Mozambique, Tanzania,