Working Better Together in a Team Europe Approach

As outlined in Chapter 1.3, in addition to the actors following a Team Europe approach responsible for managing the processes, there are other external stakeholders – ‘partners in a Team Europe approach’ who should be involved and consulted throughout the joint programming process. These may be partner country national authorities, like-minded development partners, civil society organisations, private sector etc.).. They should be involved from the design stage through to implementation and monitoring, since country ownership, partnerships and collaboration are at the heart of the Team Europe approach.

Consultations must be structured, concise and inclusive. They should include a gender perspective and ensure equal representation for different segments of society. Wherever possible, existing consultation and policy dialogue spaces should be used and strengthened, to avoid consultation fatigue or repetition of processes.