Working Better Together in a Team Europe Approach

5.1 Further information

Further information can be found on the public TEI-JP tracker.¹⁷¹ The tracker offers a public overview on the global state of play of Team Europe Initiatives (TEIs) and joint programming (JP) both of which enable actors following a Team Europe approach to work better together around the world. For each partner country and region, you can find information on respective TEIs and joint programming processes (where applicable), TEI participants, and any supporting information, such as joint programming documents and TEI and ODA infographics. You can also find aggregated information on TEIs and JP across regions by exploring the dashboards. Note that so far, we are not including any financial information about the TEIs. In addition to that, INTPA will continue to regularly update its Frequently Asked Questions about the TEIs available on the restricted Team Europe Capacity4Dev Group.

Online resources

• Capacity4Dev Working Better Together page providing access to tools and resources https://capacity4dev.europa.eu/groups/team-europe-development-effectiveness
• Capacity4Dev Team Europe restricted group (for officials of public actors following a Team Europe approach) providing access to resources, guidance, best practices and lessons learnt: https://capacity4dev.europa.eu/groups/team-europe
• Team Europe Initiatives and joint programming Tracker, an open-access website that provides information on TEIs and JP by partner country https://capacity4dev.europa.eu/resources/team-europe-tracker
• Team Europe Explorer is a web-based visualisation tool of the Team Europe approach actors’ spending of Official Development Assistance (ODA) and Total Official Support for Sustainable Development (TOSSD) by country, including through ODA infographics: https://team-europe-explorer.europa.eu
• INTPA website: website: https://commission.europa.eu/about-european-commission/departments-and-executive-agencies/international-partnerships_en and https://international-partnerships.ec.europa.eu
• INTPA Academy with online videos and case studies https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/intpa-academy/, including specific Team Europe approach course: SCO_Team Europe_EN (europa.eu)
• Global Gateway Platform Team Europe actors’ internal working tool for tracking Global Gateway Flagship Projects and Team Europe Initiatives (TEIs), providing key project information. Since this is not a publicly available tool, Team Europe actors can request access via the Global Gateway Platform Functional Mailbox: EU-Global-Gateway-Platform@ec.europa.eu

Technical Assistance

To actively support activities that aim “Working Better Together in a Team Europe approach”, INTPA D1 is managing the “Support to European Development Policy, Team Europe and Global Gateway” Technical Assistance Facility. The Facility assists the European Commission, EU Delegations, Member States, and their implementing agencies and financial institutions in coordinating a Team Europe approach for Global Gateway implementation. This include the effective implementation of country, regional, and global Team Europe Initiatives, promoting joint programming processes, and advancing Global Gateway Flagship projects.

The Facility can:

• improve capacities to update, capitalise on, operationalise, document and share guidance and knowledge in areas of strategic interest to Global Gateway priorities and the Team Europe approach;
• strengthen and improve partnerships, co-ordination, and information flow between different actors following a Team Europe approach;
• support the development and formulation of pipelines of projects and investments to scale up Global Gateway, involving European financial actors, and crowding in private sector funds and sustainable finance;
• mobilise policy expertise to support outreach to European (financial) actors;
• enhance statistical analysis (ODA, TOSSD, SDG indicators, etc) and reporting, including by monitoring Global Gateway investment volumes and funding mobilised for TEIs;
• support the monitoring and mainstreaming of EU principles in TEIs and Global Gateway flagship projects; contribute to disseminateing knowledge and experience of Global Gateway and the Team Europe approach, including by organising seminars, learning events and other meetings linked to the policy objectives;
• provide support to the EU and Member States when working together in international organisations and multilateral contexts.

If you need assistance in the implementation of Global Gateway projects, Team Europe Initiatives, joint programming or any of the above outlined areas, please contact DG INTPA D1 at ec-team-europe-facility@ec.europa.eu

5.2 Contact

For any questions or updates to information on joint programming or Team Europe Initiatives available on the Capacity4Dev Team Europe and Joint Programming Tracker, please contact:

INTPA-TEAM-EUROPE-SUPPORT@ec.europa.eu

You could also use INTPA TAIEX (Technical Assistance and Information Exchange Instrument) funds to share Member States public policy approaches, standards and institutional set-ups in the relevant TEI policy objective areas. This can be another source for input of actors following a Team Europe approach to ongoing dialogue with partner country governments and analysis work both in advance of the TEI actions being implemented or as part of their implementation. For support on TAIEX you can contact the INTPA TAIEX team:
near-taiex-intpa@ec.europa.eu

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