"EU Trust Funds - Shaping more comprehensive external action?" ECDPM Briefing Note No. 81

The Think Tank ECDPM has just published a Briefing Note on EU Trust Funds, analyzing this innovative European instrument and underlying strengths and challenges.

As noted by the authors, the three EU Trust Funds created so far "…are, indeed, quite different in scope, objectives, funding and governance arrangements…".

The Bêkou Trust Fund, the first EUTF created, has, up to now, showed positive results and its working guidelines have been taken into great consideration for the creation of the others EUTF.

"The Fund’s ability to provide rapid assistance in the specific context of the CAR was praised by the Minister of Economy and Planning of the transitional government. One year after implementation, first positive results could be reported in the medical field, in agriculture and for employment creation, which is a record speed for EU supported projects. New domains will be added to the assistance in relation to gender, urban rehabilitation, reconciliation and support to the eco-system thereby underpinning the approach to go beyond emergency programming only."

Read more at:

http://ecdpm.org/publications/eu-trust-funds-comprehensive-action-africa/