Presentations Global Learning Event on joint programming and joint implementation

Here are the presentations of the Global Learning Event. 

The event brought together colleagues working in 23 partner countries, mainly from the African continent. It was hosted by the EU Delegation to Uganda, opened by the EU Ambassador and addressed by the Uganda Minister of State from the Ministry of Finance Planning & Economic Development. Participants highly appreciated that DEVCO and EEAS jointly facilitated the learning event.

Colleagues from the DEVCO and EEAS Joint Programming Teams and Civil Society Unit, EU Delegations, Member States capitals, their Embassies and their development agencies (Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Sweden, Spain, United Kingdom) and from Norway actively participated. The European Investment Bank and DG ECHO (Humanitarian Office) also participated from their regional office in Nairobi.

The Global Learning Event facilitated learning and sharing on Working Better Together approaches. The aim is to increase the joint EU and Member States impact, voice and visibility at country level. The timing of the event enabled a discussion on the preparations for the new EU programming cycle.

Main elements included:

- case studies from five countries,

- an exchange with EEAS, DEVCO and Member States capitals,

- a focus on working with European development financial institutions,

- aligning better with multilateral partners,

- integrating civil society into joint programming processes,

- reflecting on the triple nexus approach in fragile countries and

- a focus on joint implementation with the active participation of the Practitioners Network.

The Event highlighted that for the EU and its Member States it is imperative to work better together at country level. Hence the discussion focused on how to do this and to which extent. And on this there was a wide consensus on the need to

- better integrate the SDGs into Joint Programming processes,

- build on the EU country assessments and

- make use of each other’s capacities and expertise.

Participants agreed that by aligning our European actions in country, we can make ourselves more politically relevant and increase our leverage.