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ANNUAL REPORT ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION’S EXTERNAL ASSISTANCE The environment and forests thematic actions nevertheless present specific advantages, since they make it possible to: ◗ sustain global and regional initiatives, particularly in relation to international conventions on the environment (climatic change, biodiversity, desertification) and international agreements; ◗ have a flexible choice of partner states (including medium income countries) of global importance for the environment such as Mexico, Brazil or certain South-East Asian countries; ◗ give direct support to NGOs and the civil society organisations of developing countries; ◗ commit to pilot initiatives. 8.2. Forests and environment activities in 2000 Following up about 230 projects in progress (39) was the main task during the year. 31 new projects received funding approval, to a total of € 32.1 million. Because the new legal bases were adopted by the Council, in November 2000, the budget appropriation could not all be used during the year. The sum of €13 million was thus carried forward to the 2001 budget. The Commission’s contribution varies from €0.2 million to €2 million per project, with an average of €0.7 million for environment projects and €1.1 million for forest projects. Six projects received major support of over €1.5 million: ◗ farm forestry and natural resources conservation project around the Arabuko Sokoke – Goshi, Coast Province of Kenya (€1.6 million); ◗ creating agarwood supplies in Vietnam (€1.7 million); ◗ community forestry support project in South East Asia (€2 million); ◗ development and demonstration of sustainable forest management applied by community and other non-governmental forest managers in Belize (€1.6 million); ◗ consolidation of the socio-environmental information system for the forest regions of Brazil (Brazil, €1.9 million), ◗ supporting sustainable livelihoods for rural and forest communities (Bolsa Amazônia project, €1.6 million). © ACP-EU Courier ENVIRONMENT FORESTS in € Africa 5.899.265 48,1% 4.748.603 24,0% Asia 2.433.159 19,8% 6.634.313 33,5% Latin America 1.048.348 8,6% 5.361.714 27,1% Caribbean 206.200 1,7% 1.595.115 8,1% Global 2.670.872 21,8% 1.472.778 7,4% TOTAL 12.257.844 100% 19.812.523 100% 8.3. Perspectives 2000 was a year dominated by the reform of rulings and pro- cedures. Guidelines and priorities were fixed for the implementation of operations in 2000 and 2001, including the financing of projects directly sent by beneficiary countries’ national and regional authorities and other international organisations. A call for proposals – mostly addressed to civil society operators – was published in January and was closed on 14 May. Over 600 projects will be analysed by the Commission, to examine their degree of conformity with the objectives and priorities and their quality. The most important activities of 2001 will be evaluating these projects, choosing them and then getting them under way. (37) Budget heading B7 – 6200. The Council (by Regulation no. 2493/2000 replacing the EC Regulation no. 722/97 of 24 April 1997) aims to encourage environmental measures adopted in developing countries and to contribute to environmental concerns being taken into account in Community development co-operation programmes. (38) Budget heading B7 – 6201. By Regulation no. 2494/2000 (replacing EC Regulation no. 3062/95 of 22 December 1995) the Council aims to support operations in favour of the preservation and the sustainable development of tropical forests and other forests in developing countries. Both budget lines, B7-6200 and B7-6201 are merged in 2001 (39) Co-financed out of the various environment and forests budget headings Horizontal Issues As a result of desertification, local communities must sometimes walk great distances to reach a source of water. 41
The Partner States of Eastern Europe and Central Asia Azerbaijan Belarus Georgia Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Moldova Russia Tajikistan Turkmenistan Ukraine Uzbekistan and Mongolia 42 The Regions covered by EC <strong>External</strong> Assistance The Balkans Albania Bosnia and Herzogovina (BiH) Croatia The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) South Mediterranean, Near and Middle East Algeria Cyprus* Egypt Israel Jordan Lebanon Malta* Morocco Palestinian Authority Syria Tunisia Turkey* * Originally Euramed countries, at present EU candidate countries. ACP Countries African Angola Benin Botswana Burundi Burkina Faso Cape-Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoros Congo Cameroon Democratic Republic of Congo Djibouti Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Ethiopia Gabon Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea Bissau Ivory Coast Kenya Lesotho Liberia Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Rwanda Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa Sudan Swaziland Tanzania Togo Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe Caribbean Antigua and Barbuda Bahamas Belize Barbados Cuba** Dominica Dominican Republic Guyana Grenada Haïti Jamaica St Kitts and Nevis St Lucia St Vincent and the Grenadines Sâo Tome e Principe Trinidad and Tobago ** Cuba was admitted as a new member of the ACP group in December 2000, but is not a signatory of the Cotonou Agreement
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