Regulation (EU) 2021/947 establishing the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument – Global Europe

Summary:

Regulation (EU) 2021/947 - adopted by the European Union on 9 June 2021 - establishing the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI) – Global Europe for the period 2021-2027. This is a text with EEA relevance.

Further information:

The objective of the NDICI is to uphold and promote the European Union's values and interests worldwide in order to pursue the aims and principles of its external action. It results from the need to streamline into one broad instrument a number of financing instruments previously co-existing under the Global Europe heading of the budget. This instrument is divided into three components:

• Geographical component;
• Thematic component;
• Rapid response component.

This Regulation amends and repeals Decision No 466/2014/EU, and repeals Regulation (EU) 2017/1601 and Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 480/2009.

The proposal was put forward by the European Commission on 14 June 2018, in the framework of its proposals for the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) 2021-2027. The plenary of the European Parliament adopted a negotiating position on 27 March 2019, followed by a (partial) general approach by the Council on 13 June. Following the publication of revised proposals for the MFF 2021-2027, further negotiations took place and an informal agreement between the co-legislators on a compromise text was reached on 18 December 2020. The Act was formally signed by the Parliament and the Council on 9 June 2021 and published in the Official Journal on 14 June 2021.

Official

EUR-LEX: COM(2018)460: Proposal for a Regulation establishing the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/ALL/?uri=COM:2018:460:FIN

EUR-LEX: SWD(2018)337: Staff Working Document accompanying the Proposal - Impact assessment https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=SWD:2018:337:FIN

European Parliament: Legislative Observatory: Procedure File for Proposal on Neighbourhood, development and international cooperation instrument 2021–2027 (2018/0243(COD)) https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/popups/ficheprocedure.do?lang=en&reference=2018/0243(COD)

European Parliament: Legislative Train Schedule: Proposal for a Regulation of the EP and the Council establishing the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument https://www.europarl.europa.eu/legislative-train/theme-a-stronger-europe-in-the-world/file-mff-ndici

Council of the European Union: Press Release, 18/12/2020: Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument: Coreper endorses provisional agreement with the European Parliament https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2020/12/18/neighbourhood-development-and-international-cooperation-instrument-coreper-endorses-provisional-agreement-with-the-european-parliament/

European Commission: Press Release, 18/12/2020: European Commission welcomes political agreement on future €79.5 billion for a new instrument to finance the EU external action and lead the global recovery through international partnerships https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/IP_20_2453

Council of the European Union: Press Release, 17/03/2021: Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument – Global Europe: EU ambassadors greenlight final compromise text with a view to an agreement with the EP https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2021/03/17/neighbourhood-development-and-international-cooperation-instrument-global-europe-eu-ambassadors-greenlight-final-compromise-text-with-a-view-to-an-agreement-with-the-ep/

European Commission: Press Release, 19/03/2021: European Commission welcomes the endorsement of the new €79.5 billion NDICI-Global Europe instrument to support EU's external action https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_21_1267

EUR-LEX: COM(2021)267: Communication concerning the position of the Council on the adoption of a Regulation on the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument – Global Europe for the period 2021-2027 https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/ALL/?uri=COM:2021:267:FIN

Council of the European Union: Press Release, 09/06/2021: NDICI-Global Europe: final green light for the new financial instrument to support the EU's external action https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2021/06/09/ndici-global-europe-final-green-light-for-the-new-financial-instrument-to-support-the-eu-s-external-action/

European Commission: Press Release, 09/06/2021: EU external action budget: European Commission welcomes the final adoption of the EU's new long-term external action budget for 2021-2027 https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_21_2885

European Parliament: Press Release, 09/06/2021: Global Europe: MEPs back EU external cooperation funding instrument worth €79.5 billion https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20210604IPR05526/

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Commentary and Analysis

EPRS: Briefing, October 2018: Establishing the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument - Initial Appraisal of a European Commission Impact Assessment https://www.europarl.europa.eu/thinktank/en/document.html?reference=EPRS_BRI(2018)627124

ITUC: News, 16/04/2019: NDICI: the European Parliament raises the bar on EU’s development cooperation https://www.ituc-csi.org/ndici-the-european-parliament

EPRS: Briefing, February 2020: A new neighbourhood, development and international cooperation instrument https://www.europarl.europa.eu/thinktank/en/document.html?reference=EPRS_BRI(2018)628251

ETTG: Blog, 01/03/2021: Programming the NDICI in times of COVID-19: Five takeaways from a recent webinar https://ettg.eu/2021/03/01/programming-the-ndici-in-times-of-covid-19-five-takeaways-from-a-recent-webinar/

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