European Commission: Web links and publications relating to conflict prevention and fragile states

Documents

Security, Fragility and Humanitarian Aid

• Conclusions of the General Affairs and External Relations Council of 19 November 2007 on an EU response to situations of fragility
• Conclusions of the General Affairs and External Relations Council of 19 November 2007 on Security and Development
• Joint Council Secretariat – Commission Services Working Paper on Security and Development – Food for thought to strengthen EU policy coherence (October 2007)
• Joint Statement by the Council, the European Parliament and the European Commission - The European Consensus on Humanitarian Aid (November 2007)
• European Commission Communication: Towards an EU response to situations of fragility - engaging in difficult environments for sustainable development, stability and peace (2007)
  This communication from the European Commission outlines the comprehensive EU strategy to address state fragility and  conditions needed to promote sustainable development, stability, peace and democratic goverenance.
  • Annexes
  • http://ec.europa.eu/development/About/consultation/consultation_en.cfm
    This link provides all relevant documents regarding the "public consultation" launched by the Commission in the preparation of the European Commission Communication: Towards an EU response to situations of fragility - engaging in difficult environments for sustainable development, stability and peace (2007)

Aid Effectiveness and Division of Labour

• Aid allocation criteria for the geographic cooperation with the ACP countries in the framework of the 10th European Development Fund covering the period 2008-2013
• Conclusions of the General Affairs and External Relations Council of 10/11 April 2006 - Financing for Development and Aid Effectiveness: Delivering more, better and faster
• Conclusions of the General Affairs and External Relations Council of 15 May 2007 - EU Code of Conduct on Complementarity and Division of Labour in Development Policy
• Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament – The EU Code of Conduct on Division of labour in Development Policy (February 2007)
• Increasing the Impact of EU Aid: A common framework for drafting country stategy papers and joint multiannual programming

Programming Tools

• EC Governance Profile
  The EC’s Governance Profile is a programming tool which aims to provide a qualitative, extensive and detailed assessment of partner countries in order to help identify their strengths and weaknesses in governance-related areas.
• Interservice Quality Support Group: Programming, at the heart of Development Policy
  This link offers the latest news in programming methodology for EU external assistance

European Commission links:

• Governance in European Consensus on Development – Towards a Harmonized Approach Within the European Union (2006)
  Communication from the Commission identifying good governance, democracy and respect for human rights as integral to the process of sustainable development and as major objectives of EU development policy.
  
• Governance at the heart of development cooperation: Commission proposes measures foster reforms (2006)
  Press release presenting the new measures proposed by the European Commission.
  
• The Governance Initiative (2006)
  Fact sheet presenting the Governance Initiative.
  
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  • The European Union and Conflict Prevention - Policy and Legal Aspects - Book Notice (2004)
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