Special Report No 13/2013: EU Development Assistance to Central Asia

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Series Details No.13, 2013 (January 2014)
Publication Date 2013
ISBN 978-92-9241-474-0
ISSN 1831-0834
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Abstract:

The Court examined how the European Commission (EC) and the European external action service (EEAS) planned and managed development assistance to the Central Asian republics (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan) in the period 2007–12.

In challenging circumstances, planning and allocation of assistance were generally satisfactory. Implementation was less so. The Court makes a number of recommendations. The EC and the EEAS should design any future regional programmes so that they are likely to achieve a genuine regional dimension.

They should concentrate all assistance provided on a small number of sectors. For any continuing budget support programmes, they should define and apply robust and objectively verifiable conditions, in particular giving sufficient attention to support for anti-corruption mechanisms.

Source Link http://dx.publications.europa.eu/10.2865/66801
Related Links
EurActiv, 21.01.14: Corruption hampers EU aid in Central Asia: Court of Auditors http://www.euractiv.com/development-policy/court-auditors-corruption-hamper-news-532880
ECA: Special Report No 13/2013: EU Development Assistance to Central Asia [PDF] http://www.eca.europa.eu/Lists/ECADocuments/SR13_13/QJAB13014ENN.pdf
ECA: Press Release, 14.01.14: EU assistance to Central Asia is well planned, but implementation slow and variable – say EU Auditors http://www.eca.europa.eu/Lists/ECADocuments/ECA1403/a14_03.EN.pdf

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