ANNUAL REPORT 2005 ON THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY’S

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DEVELOPMENT POLICY AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF EXTERNAL

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Strategic Framework: Millennium Development Goals 6

1.1. Introduction 6

1.2. 2004 Annual Policy Strategy and annual programme of action priorities . 8

1.3. Strategic objectives of EC Development Policy – The Millennium Development Goals 9

1.4. EC Contribution to MDG Achievement: the six focal sectors. 12

1.5. Lessons learnt and way forward. 25

2. Geographical focus. 28

2.1. The Balkans 29

2.2. Eastern Europe and Central Asia . 39

2.3. Mediterranean and Near and Middle East 50

2.4. ACP countries and OCTs . 61

2.5. Asia 70

2.6. Latin America. 79

3. Mainstreaming, cross-cutting issues and thematic lines 89

3.1 Introduction 89

3.2. Human Rights. 91

3.3 Natural resources 94

3.4 Equality between men and women 97

3.5. Migration and Asylum . 101

3.6. Drugs 102

3.7. Children 103

3.8. Partnership with NGOs and non-state actors . 104

4. Feature Articles 106

4.1. Budgetary support 106

4.2. Human security 113

5. EC aid management: the efficiency and effectiveness of EC co-operation . 119

5.1. Enlargement and special Task Force on Capacity Building 119

5.2. Reform of external assistance management. 122

5.3. RAL (reste à liquider) 123

5.4. Quality improvement and developments in aid delivery modalities 124

5.5. Coherence. 127

5.6. Complementarity 129

5.7. Co-ordination and harmonisation. 129

5.8. Monitoring and Evaluation 135

6. EC assistance not covered by this report 141

7. Financial tables. 146