INFORME DEL SEMINARIO REGIONAL
INFORME DEL SEMINARIO REGIONAL
INFORME DEL SEMINARIO REGIONAL
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CONFERENCE LIMA 29-30 th March 2004<br />
‘LESSONS LEARNT FROM ACTIONS CO-FINANCED WITH NGOs’<br />
QUESTIONNAIRE PRECEEDING THE CONFERENCE<br />
This report intends to present a summarised version of the answers collected in relation to a questionnaire sent to<br />
the participants so as to prepare the conference. A first version was presented the 19/03/2004 to the<br />
EC/EuropeAid/F2 on the basis of the 11 answers received at that time. This present version includes the content of<br />
7 additional answers received since then.<br />
NUMBER OF QUESTIONNAIRES RECEIVED: 18<br />
1. TYPE OF INSTRUMENTS USED IN THE CONTEXT OF B7-6000 (questions 1 to 7)<br />
Used Preferred<br />
PROJECT 51.72 % 36.36%<br />
BLOCK GRANT 41.38 % 13.64 %<br />
CONTRACT-PROGRAMME 6.90 % 50.00 %<br />
Reasons:<br />
PROJECT Duration / size<br />
Concentrated activities<br />
Allows coaching, a larger cooperation than BG, planning and a more<br />
stable relationship with partners<br />
Allows monitoring and evaluation<br />
Most adapted to activity of organisation<br />
Philosophy of the contract-programme is interesting but hardly applicable<br />
with respect to the financial requirements<br />
Allows medium and long term strategies<br />
Duration / size<br />
BLOCK GRANT<br />
CONTRACT-PROGRAMME<br />
PROJECT<br />
THE POSITIVE ASPECTS OF THE<br />
INSTRUMENT<br />
VARIETY OF ACTIONS: (18.52% of answers)<br />
- various activities aiming at 1 objective<br />
- actions linked to various priorities of local offices<br />
- innovation in the solutions applied<br />
- not earmarked in terms of countries, themes &<br />
priorities<br />
MANAGEMENT: (25.93% of answers)<br />
- manageable dimension / administrative costs<br />
rather low<br />
- combination with other financial sources<br />
- reasonable financial resources requested to<br />
NGO<br />
- independence in managing the projects &<br />
Very useful for smaller grass-root partners + flexible<br />
Duration / sustainable solutions<br />
Allows strategic approach (long-term), a more global & sustainable vision<br />
of development<br />
Allows holistic and integrated country-wide or regional approach<br />
Intervention global & complete<br />
Allows multi-sectoral & multi-actor approach<br />
Less administrative hurdles<br />
Allows institutional building for NGO<br />
Allows to make the micro-macro connections<br />
Allows cooperation with other European NGOs (European network)<br />
starting from the strategic plans of the partners<br />
THE NEGATIVE ASPECTS OF THE INSTRUMENT<br />
MANAGEMENT OF PROJECT: (27.50%)<br />
- lack of flexibility (12.50%)<br />
- long procedures to introduce modifications<br />
- high effort for proposals with respect to probability for<br />
acceptance<br />
- complex budget structure<br />
- % of administrative costs too low<br />
- irregular financial flow from part of EC > European NGO<br />
has to pre-finance actions of partner(s)<br />
- difficulties for planning & budget implementation<br />
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