ANNUAL REPORT POLISH Ministry Republic of Poland DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION Polish development cooperation – 2016 annual report cooperation development Polish POLISH DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION 2016 ANNUAL REPORT Ministry of Foreign Affairs Department of Development Cooperation Warsaw 2017 ISSN2080-6167 Prepared by Department of Development Cooperation Team Edited by Marta Orlikowska Euro Pilot Sp. z o.o. Graphic design, typesetting, ul. Konarskiego 2 text make-up 01-355 Warszawa This publication is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Poland http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/pl Dear Readers, Development cooperation has been playing an increasingly important role in Polish foreign policy. Poland’s efforts to support developing countries and participation in international organisations dealing with the reduction and eradication of poverty are important gestures of solidarity from a country that only a few years ago was a beneficiary of such aid itself. Humanitarian aid is an important element of Poland’s development cooperation. Due to the current global political situation, it is mainly aimed at countries of the Middle East and Ukraine, regions affected by armed conflicts that are not geographically distant. Helping refugees as close to their homelands as possible is one of the priorities of Polish foreign policy. Non-governmental organisations, experienced in working abroad for economic and social development, are the main partners in our efforts. Their expertise can support the development of civil societies and democratic systems in countries that need such assistance. Polish embassies and consulates have also played an increasingly important role, and through the Small Grants System they offer assistance to those most vulnerable, financing both small infrastructure investments and educational projects. Despite their modest budgets, these projects are extremely effective and address the critical needs of small local communities. This report summarises the most important facts about Polish development cooperation, at the same time presenting numerous examples of projects implemented not only in the ten countries that are the main recipients of our aid, but also throughout the world. Enjoy the read, Joanna Wronecka Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs National Development Cooperation Coordinator PRIORITY COUNTRIES OF POLISH AID 2016 Belarus Ukraine Georgia MołdawiaMoldova Palestine Myanmar Senegal Ethiopia Kenya Tanzania Belarus Ukraine Georgia MołdawiaMoldova Palestine Myanmar Senegal Ethiopia Kenya Tanzania CONTENTS 1. Poland in the system of international development cooperation .....................8 2. The Polish development cooperation system................................................................. 12 Multilateral development cooperation ..............................................................................................13 Poland’s Humanitarian Aid 2016 ......................................................................................................... 15 Bilateral development aid ....................................................................................................................... 17 3. Development cooperation with ten priority countries .............................................18 Ukraine ........................................................................................................................................................18 Belarus ........................................................................................................................................................ 20 Georgia ...................................................................................................................................................... 22 Moldova ......................................................................................................................................................24 Ethiopia ...................................................................................................................................................... 26 Kenya .......................................................................................................................................................... 28 Senegal ...................................................................................................................................................... 30 Tanzania .....................................................................................................................................................32 Palestine .....................................................................................................................................................34 Myanmar ....................................................................................................................................................36 4. Development aid at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs .....................................................39 Calls for proposals ......................................................................................................................................39 Polish aid volunteering programme 2016 ..................................................................................... 40 Small Grants System ..................................................................................................................................43 Scholarship programmes ........................................................................................................................51 The Eastern Partnership Academy of Public Administration ................................................ 54 5. Global education 2016 ...................................................................................................................... 55 6. Information and promotion ..........................................................................................................57 7. Evaluation of development assistance activities .......................................................... 59 8. Peer Review of the Polish development cooperation system by the OECD Development Assistance Committee ..................................................................................... 61 9. Annex ..............................................................................................................................................................63 8 2016 ANNUAL REPORT – POLISH DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION 1. POLAND IN THE SYSTEM OF INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION For more than a decade, Poland has been actively participating in coordina- ted international actions for the benefit of the countries most in need of develop- ment and humanitarian aid. Development cooperation is a part of Polish foreign policy, it is in line with the joint efforts at the European and global level, and aimed at fulfilling the Sustainable Development Goals. All Polish endeavours in this area are based on the Development Cooperation Act of 16 September 2011, which defines its principles and forms. Development co-operation comprises activities financed from public funds to help developing countries or their populations, in accordance with the prin- ciples of international solidarity, in the following areas: – development aid, consisting, in particular, of promoting and supporting the de- velopment of democracy and civil society, including the development of parlia- mentarism, the principles of good governance and respect for human rights, as well as the promotion of sustainable socio-economic development, undertaking 9 POLAND IN THE SYSTEM OF INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION Project School of rural entrepreneurship in Ukraine Project implementation In Support of Local Democracy Founda- tion Training Centre in Szczecin Co-financing PLN 405,389.66 The project addresses the need to trepreneurs, focused on non-agricultu- support the development of entrepre- ral activities. In 2016, the first group of neurship among rural and small-town the school’s graduates (25, of whom 23 populations in Ukraine who have been were certified) went through the entire unemployed for many years after the training process. The micro-companies closure of state farms and have been that were created as part of the project struggling to return to the labour mar- and the successfully established tourist ket. These actions have been imple- businesses were prepared to play the mented as part of Polish aid since 2014. role of Local Competence Centres desi- The assistance of Polish experts has gned to be places of learning by offering helped to develop an unconventional apprenticeships and study visits. model of education for small rural en- measures to reduce poverty, improve health and raise levels of education and professional qualifications in the population; – humanitarian aid, which consists, in particular, of providing assistance, care, and protection to people affected by armed conflicts, natural disasters or other humanitarian crises caused by nature or man; – global education, which constitutes an important element of development cooperation. These actions are aimed at raising awareness and understanding of global problems and interdependencies between states. 10 2016 ANNUAL REPORT – POLISH DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION Project Shelter Assistance for Syrian refugees living below the poverty line and the provision of basic health care, Le- banon Project implementation Polish Centre for International Aid Foundation Co-financing