I External aid
I External aid
I External aid
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CONTENTS<br />
Introduction by Giorgio Bonacci,<br />
Director General of EuropeAid Co-operation Office<br />
I <strong>External</strong> Aid: A New Policy,<br />
a New Management Structure 8<br />
1. A New Strategy for Poverty Alleviation 10<br />
2. Improving <strong>External</strong> Aid Management 13<br />
II Human Rights, Environment and Other Issues 19<br />
1. European Initiative for 5. AIDS and Population 34<br />
Democracy and Human Rights 20 6. Drugs 36<br />
2. Partnership with NGOs 24 7. Refugees and Rehabilitation 38<br />
3. Women: Equal Opportunities 27 8. Environment and Forests 40<br />
4. From Food Aid to Food Security 28<br />
III South-Eastern Europe: The Balkans 45<br />
1. Albania 48 5. FRY 51<br />
2. Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) 48 6. Horizontal policies 52<br />
3. Croatia 49 7. Conclusions and perspectives 53<br />
4. FYROM 50<br />
IV The Partner States of Eastern<br />
Europe and Central Asia 55<br />
1. Political and Economic Relations 56<br />
2. The Tacis assistance programme 56<br />
3. Horizontal policies 63<br />
4. Conclusions and perspectives 65<br />
V South Mediterranean, Near and Middle East 67<br />
1. Key figures 68 8. Regional co-operation priorities 76<br />
2. Key objectives 69 9. Regional co-operation activities 76<br />
3. General political and economic context 69 10. Co-operation activities 79<br />
4. Remaining structural problems 70 in the Middle East/Gulf region<br />
5. The MEDA Programme 70 11. Horizontal policies 80<br />
6. Bilateral co-operation priorities 71 12. Conclusion 81<br />
7. Bilateral co-operation activities 72 13. Perspectives 82