Donor coordination conference for Western Balkans and Turkey

An annual donor coordination conference for the Western Balkans and Turkey was held in Brussels on 23 and 24 October 2008. The conference organised by the Enlargement directorate general of the European Commission was attended by more than 170 representatives from EU member states, international financial institutions, non-EU donors, UN organisations, the Council of Europe, and the Court of Auditors as well as representatives from countries from the Western Balkans and Turkey and of the European Commission delegations in the region.

In the context of the Enlargement Policy, donor coordination can be broadly defined as joint support by donors, to improve aid effectiveness and foster capacity building of the candidate and potential candidate countries, with an aim to help them to align with EU standards and to prepare the countries in their European perspective.

During the conference, the Commission and the Member States, together with the International Financial Institutions (IFIs) and non-EU donors exchanged their views and shared experience of best practice as well as agreed on the need for enhanced donor coordination and organised follow-up.

The conference looked at mechanisms for donor coordination developed by beneficiary countries, and discussed practical issues in sectoral working groups (Rule of Law, Socio-Economic Development and Civil Society). Conclusions and recommendations on the way forward were issued at the end of the Donor Coordination Conference.

Materials from the conference:

Donor Conference – Final Agenda [70 KB]
Donor Conference – Introduction [63 KB]
Speech of Michael Leigh, Director General of DG Enlargement [49 KB]
Curriculum Vitae – speakers [55 KB]
OECD – Presentation of the Paris Declaration [2 MB] Powerpoint Version [3 MB]
Sweden (SIDA) - Essentials of ownership and Donor coordination [27 KB] Powerpoint Version [154 KB]
UK (DFID) Sector Development, EU Accession and International Assistance: The case of Serbia [139 KB] Powerpoint Version [106 KB]
EC: Strategy making for external assistance financial flows [54 KB] Powerpoint Version [219 KB]
Joint Office Commission – World Bank - Donor Commitments to Candidate and Potential Candidate Countries [32 KB] Powerpoint Version [240 KB]
EC: Donor Coordination architecture [71 KB] Powerpoint Version [470 KB]
Council of Europe Development Bank - Donor Coordination: The case of the State Prison in Bosnia and Herzegovina [746 KB] Powerpoint Version [762 KB]
EC: Donor Coordination – In country systems (matrix) [149 KB]
EC: A guide for discussion – working groups [52 KB]
EC: Socio-economic development – working paper [66 KB]
EC: Socio-economic development – presentation [28 KB] Powerpoint Version [242 KB]
EC: Civil Society – working paper [68 KB]
EC: Rule of Law – working paper [116 KB]
EC: IPA Multi-annual indicative planning documents 2009-2011 [122 KB]
Conclusions and Recommendations of the conference [94 KB]