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JUNE 2010 TECHNICAL PAPER FROM THE CPMR GENERAL SECRETARIAT

NORTH-SOUTH COOPERATION: TERRITORIAL ADDED VALUE

Europe’s Regions have long been involved in cooperation projects to support development with their partners from the South. On account of their position, they are able to take into account the different needs within a territory and work with all stakeholders involved to reach a consensus on a development strategy for the area concerned. This ability that Regions have to provide an overview and bring together the relevant actors is specific to their geopolitical position close to local players and in constant relation with actors at state level and supranational level. They therefore want to act alongside other actors working in development in accordance with the agenda on the effectiveness of aid and the division of work between financial backers. The Regions do not aim in any way to add complexity to the donor community, but rather to integrate themselves within a collective work process with all public-sector development players by offering their capacities to aid endogenous development. Furthermore, the European Charter on development cooperation in support of local governance1 – to which the CPMR has contributed – includes these principles of action led by the local and regional authorities. Regional authorities provide funding for development, but above all they instigate and lead public policies. As a tier of government working close to the population, they have a justifiable right to propose and implement projects designed to promote solidarity and co-development. Furthermore, like all public players they are able to draw up long-term strategies that are crucial for introducing reforms, transferring knowhow or assisting regional actors in the South. Regarding this latter point, the Regions have a specific remit to plan, deliver and assess territorial policies. They thereby contribute, through numerous projects, towards building the administrative, technical and financial management capacities of their partners in the South. The Millennium Development Goals in particular have helped to put local and regional governance high on the agenda of international and EU institutions working to promote development. Regional partnerships between North and South offer an original and relevant perspective to promote reforms along these lines and help actors in the South (public-sector players, businesses, associations, etc.) to take charge of developing their territory themselves thereby ensuring not only the effectiveness of aid but also the effectiveness of development.

1 This text, launched in 2008 at the European Development Days and promoted among the European institutions, ratifies the founding principles of action led by regional and local authorities in development.

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The necessary coherence of development policies could therefore be improved by promoting a multi-level architecture of governance in the field of development: all tiers of public action must be taken into account, and among them the Regions, which are able to design and deliver an integrated approach to the development of a territory. It is this territorial approach to development that currently guides the work of the Regions and deserves to be taken on board to a greater extent from the design stage through to the evaluation of cooperation projects. This document aims to present a certain number of projects led by the European Regions with their Southern Partners, in order to give a concrete illustration of the territorial added value:

BRITTANY REGION & ANOSY REGION (MADAGASCAR) .............................................................................................................................................................................. 3

BRITTANY REGION & UEMOA (WEST AFRICAN ECONOMIC AND MONETARY UNION) ................................................................................................................... 4

BASSE NORMANDIE REGION & ATSINANANA REGION (MADAGASCAR) ............................................................................................................................................. 5

BASSE NORMANDIE REGION & KORNAKA CANTON (NIGER).................................................................................................................................................................... 6

CATALONIA: SUPPORT FOR THE MDG CAMPAIGN ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 7

CATALONIA & HAITI ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 8

WALES AND MBALE (UGANDA) ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 9

MIDI PYRENEES REGION AND THIES REGION (SENEGAL) ......................................................................................................................................................................... 10

PACA REGION AND TANGER TETOUAN REGION (MOROCCO) ................................................................................................................................................................ 11

MURCIA REGION AND ORIENTAL REGION (MOROCCO) ............................................................................................................................................................................ 12

TUSCANY REGION AND HAITI .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 13

BASQUE GOVERNMENT AND VIA CAMPESINA .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 14



BRITTANY REGION & ANOSY REGION (MADAGASCAR)

Description of the project: - Formal framework: decentralised cooperation agreement signed in 2007 between Brittany and Anosy to formalise a pre-existing project. - Priorities:

o Institutional support to public players and consultative bodies (decentralised and deconcentrated departments, representatives from civil society) alongside all French Regions cooperating with Madagascar.

o Technical assistance to professionals from the fishing and sea produce sector (organisation, fishing or fish-farming techniques, etc.) o Professional training centre

- Activities carried out: developing trials to build improved dug-out fishing canoes, introduction of an oyster farming industry, training and marine mechanical engineering, initial identification of health care needs by a student from the University of Lower Brittany.

Territorial added value:

- Funding of infrastructures: construction of an oyster farm. - Capacity building: institutional support and support for professionals with the funding of a mission in training course design and knowledge and

knowhow transfer. - Coordination and mobilisation of territorial players: Active call for skills provided by Breton professionals from the fishing and shellfish farming industry

and follow-up/coordination by the Agrocampus Ouest university and volontaire du Progrès present on site and responsible for providing an interface with Brittany Region.

- Long-term prospects: after 2010, introduction of a three-year programme 2010-2012 for developing fishing activities. In practice this will be delivered mainly through a regional diagnosis of fishing activities which should provide the basis for drawing up development scenarios.

Project Title Main aim Partners (project leader in bold) Funding (2007-2009)

Setting up a regional development and maritime training institution (IDMAR) in Anosy Region (Madagascar)

Institutional, technical and professional capacity building for Madagascan regional stakeholders with regard to marine activities and health care

- Brittany Region - Anosy Regional Development

Committee - Agrocampus Ouest University - IHSM, Tuléar (Fisheries and

Marine Sciences Institute, Madagascar)

Amount: €504 600 Sources: Madagascan authorities: €344 600 Brittany Region: €80 000 French Ministry of Foreign Affairs: €80 000



BRITTANY REGION & UEMOA (WEST AFRICAN ECONOMIC AND MONETARY UNION)

Description of the project: - Formal framework: three-year cooperation programme between Brittany Region and UEMOA - Priorities:

o Form a network of Breton manufacturers committed to purchasing supplies of West African organic cotton and adopting fair trade practices. o Creating leverage for responsible public procurement (work clothes purchased by local authorities, etc.) and stimulating demand in Brittany. o Support the changeover from conventional cotton production in West Africa to organic production and allow the Regions concerned to manage the

whole of the production chain. - Activities carried out: production of 1800 tonnes of organic cotton in 2009 by 5500 African producers (Mali and Burkina Faso).


- Foster the development of a niche production that is sustainably competitive: West African cotton is renowned for its quality and demand for organic cotton is booming in Northern countries.

- Capacity building: institutional and technical support for cotton growers, especially through support from the NGO Helvetas which is assisting them in the changeover from conventional farming to organic.

- Coordination and mobilisation of actors in the territory: mobilisation of Breton businesses, work councils, sports sector, fair trade networks. - Long-term prospects: launch in 2009 of a joint study between the Regional Council, the NGO Pekea (network of researchers) and CASI (Coordination of

International Solidarity Associations) to identify and harness knowhow available in Brittany and the needs in terms of structuring farming production in West Africa, in order to exploit the possibilities of growing and marketing cotton flowers.

Project title Main aim Partners Funding (2008-2010)

Development of and support for a fair-trade organic cotton industry

Act on the Breton demand for fair-trade organic cotton in order to guarantee sale of the production and assist the changeover from conventional to organic cotton growing in Mali and Burkina Faso

- Brittany Region - UEMOA Commission made up

of 8 West African countries (Niger, Mali, Senegal, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Togo, Benin, Guinea Bissau)

Amount: €825 000 Sources: UEMOA: €300 000 Brittany Region: €325 000 French Ministry of Foreign Affairs: €200 000



BASSE NORMANDIE REGION & ATSINANANA REGION (MADAGASCAR)

Description of the project: - Formal framework: response to a national call for projects 2010-2012 to support decentralised cooperation (Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Delegation for

regional and local government led external actions) – joint project between Basse Normandie and Rhône Alpes. - Priorities:

o Cross-cutting issue of support for management, steering, coordination, monitoring, evaluation and communication of regional cooperation actions. o Sectoral issues:

� Institutional support; � Support for rural development, agriculture and fisheries policy; � Support for integrated territorial development policy; � Support for heritage and eco tourism development policy.


- Capacity building: the first few years of cooperation (since 2006 for Basse Normandie) have helped to highlight how difficult it is to deliver projects without territorial governance or strategy, and therefore the need to focus cooperation on capacity building and placing Atsinanana Region in a supervising role for programmes existing within its territory.

- Pooling and sharing of strategies: in response to the need for aid effectiveness, the 2 French Regions have pooled their strategy to avoid overlapping initiatives and wasting resources. This has led to the establishment of real multi-stakeholder partnership.

- Synergy with other projects: the project falls within the partnership framework document for France/Madagascar and the European Commission’s country strategy document 2008-2013.

- Long-term prospects: territorial development planning by Atsinanana Region itself and continued cooperation on common issues (environment, water, ecotourism, economic development, etc.) taking into account the pace of change in decentralisation/regionalisation processes in the Madagascan Region.

Project title Main aim Partners Funding (2010 - 2012)

Three-year decentralised cooperation programme to promote local governance led by Basse Normandie and Rhône Alpes with Atsinanana Region (Madagascar)

Step up the role of Regions as overseer and allow Atsinanana Region to position itself gradually as project supervisor for programmes within its territory.

- Basse Normandie - Haute Normandie - Rhône Alpes - Atsinanana

Amount: €1 668 830 Source:

- Regions - French Ministry of Foreign

Affairs - French Ministry of Culture



BASSE NORMANDIE REGION & KORNAKA CANTON (NIGER)

Description of the project: - Formal framework: response to a national call for projects 2010 – 2012 to support decentralised cooperation (Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Delegation for

regional and local government led external actions) – cooperation agreements between towns in Basse Normandie and Kornaka. - Priorities:

o Strengthening local institutions and local development: capacity building for politicians, council workers and town management structures, introduction of consultation frameworks, setting up of an inter-town water and sanitation department within the Association of towns in Kornaka Canton (ACCK), support for economic development and capacity building for actors working in development.

o Providing leadership in the territories, encouraging openness to the world and creating synergies: inciting territories to act and helping to establish contacts, setting up of an inter-town community radio (Kornaka) and an inter-town activity coordination facility (Basse Normandie), creation and dissemination of tools for creating awareness and education in development.


- Making a shared diagnosis of strengths and weaknesses of the territories: initiative fully oriented towards the co-development of territories and reciprocity in exchanges.

- Encouraging decentralisation: action started in 2004 has led to the setting up of the Association of Towns of Kornaka Canton but this now needs to be strengthened, particularly with training for politicians and local government officers as planned in the project.

- Long-term prospects: Basse Normandie Region has been assisting the decentralisation process in Kornaka Canton since 2004 and is seeking to encourage new towns in Basse Normandie to join the initiative in order to take forward and step up exchanges.

Project title Main aim Partners (project leader in bold) Funding (2010-2012)

Concerted decentralised cooperation programme between towns in Basse Normandie and the 5 towns of Kornaka Canton (Niger)

Step up local governance in the two territories with a view to balanced exchanges

- Basse Normandie Region: Ifs Castillon en Auge Mézidon Canon Colombelles

- Kornaka Canton: Sabon Machi Adjekoria Dan Goulbi

Amount: €577 171 Sources:

- Basse Normandie Region - Basse Normandie towns - Kornaka towns - French Ministry of Foreign

Affairs: - Seine Normandy Water Agency



CATALONIA: SUPPORT FOR THE MDG CAMPAIGN

Description of the project: - Formal framework: framework agreement between the Millennium Campaign and the Catalan Government - Activities carried out:

o Support for Foundation Objective 2015: education in development o Action for decentralised governments (exchange of experiences)


- Coordination and mobilisation of actors working in the territory: strategic planning of its cooperation actions (guideline plan) means the Catalan Government is able to rally key actors working in development cooperation in the region. Furthermore, by setting up partnerships linked to the MDGs, it is establishing long-term dialogue with Catalans working in cooperation activities.

- Education in development: the Region’s central position allows it to disseminate information to the public (PR campaigns) and to provide support for actions initiated by civil society organisations (support for Foundation Objective 2015)

- Involvement of the Catalan government in major international debates: the presence of Catalonia in international forums such as ECOSOC, the Accra Conference or the Doha Conference means that greater consideration is afforded to the territorial dimension of development. In turn, it ensures that the guiding principles laid down by international bodies will be put into practice in territorial cooperation between the North and South.

- Long-term prospects: Catalonia has been supporting the Millennium Campaign since 2006.

Project title Main aim Partners (project leader in bold) Funding (2010)

Support for the MDG campaign

Establish a global partnership between different groups of civil society and public government to incite national and international leaders to improve their commitments to the MDG.

- MDG campaign - Foundation Objective 2015

(Spanish NGOs) - Catalan Government (Catalan

Agency for Development Cooperation)

Amount: €600 000



CATALONIA & HAITI

Description of the project: - Formal framework: partnerships between the Catalan Government and Partners from Catalan civil society to provide aid for Haiti - Activities carried out:

o Seven specialist casualty doctors sent to provide back-up for the hospital in Port au Prince immediately after the event. o Equipment for shelter and food for 2500 families shipped by air and sea o Shipment of a paediatric kit and first aid kit o Sanitary work to ensure access to drinking water and building of sanitation facilities: promotion of hygiene among 70,000 people over 6 months o Task force comprising four people sent to Haiti and the Dominican Republic for an aid mission in water, health and nutrition o Team of clowns parachuted into Port au Prince to provide psychological assistance for children, in collaboration with Doctors without

Borders/Médecins sans frontières and UNICEF o 600 temporary shelters sent to Leogane o Participation in the emergency summit in March 2010 to coordinate aid between Haitian decentralised governments and the rest of the world.


- Mobilisation and coordination of actors working in the territory: Active appeal for skills in each of the sectors of humanitarian aid action, with the different actors brought together under a Catalan Committee for Emergency and Humanitarian Aid

- Participation in rebuilding the country: in addition to providing emergency aid, Catalonia is involved in discussions that are currently being led with a view to rebuilding the country and is proposing territorial governance solutions to assist development in Haiti.

- Long-term prospects: funding of restoration action and support for work provided by Catalan NGOs.

Project title Main aim Partners Funding (2010)

Emergency Haiti Supervise and optimise responses to the humanitarian crisis triggered by the earthquake in January 2010.

- Catalan Government - Emergency medical services - Catalan Red Cross - Farmacèutis Mundi - Intermon Oxfam - Action Against Hunger - Clowns without borders

Amount granted by the Catalan Government: €1 087 534.50



WALES AND MBALE (UGANDA)

Description of the project: - Formal framework: Wales for Africa programme, whose initial aim is to encourage the Welsh population to join and support development aid projects - Priorities:

o Establish a coordination platform for programming on climate change in Mbale Region (working groups backed by the UNDP and Welsh Assembly Government)

o Capacity building in Mbale Region to design an integrated territorial climate plan identifying current and future threats o Plant one million trees starting from September 2010 o Use the integrated territorial climate plan to attract funding


- An entirely partnership-based approach: in accordance with devolution rules in the UK, the Welsh Government is authorised to implement a development policy only if this has direct benefits for the population. The project must therefore provide capacity building for both Northern Partners (project management, education in development) and Southern partners (repercussions of the project and skills learning). It is based on durable multi-stakeholder partnerships (e.g. the Coalition against Poverty, which brings together 3 district councils in Mbale Region, NGOs and local communities).

- Mobilisation and coordination of actors working in the territory: the Welsh Assembly Government assumes the role of coordinator for initiatives developed by the different Partners within the project.

- Long-term prospects: extend support for combating climate change to five other Regions in Sub-Saharan Africa in Zambia, Mali, Ethiopia, Gambia and Somalia. The project with Mbale should basically serve as a pilot project for other similar initiatives.

Project title Main aim Partners (project leader in bold) Funding (2010-2012)

Pilot project on climate change between Wales and actors in Mbale Region (Uganda)

Support local decision-makers in Mbale Region to design and implement an integrated territorial plan for climate change including poverty reduction and sustainable development targets in a context of regional/local development

- Welsh Assembly Government - Mbale District - Manafwa District - Bududa District - UK Department for

International Development - Waterloo Foundation - UNDP

- Coalition against poverty (Uganda)

Amount: $1 million



MIDI PYRENEES REGION AND THIES REGION (SENEGAL)

Description of the project: - Formal framework: cooperation agreement between Midi Pyrénées Region and Thiès Region signed in 2003. - Main actions:

o Improving the income of farmers by developing technical and organisational solutions designed to develop production and exploit it more effectively (project for processing and tinning fruit and vegetables).

o Developing professional structuring of the different sectors by improving the economic organisation of producers. o Granting credit adapted to projects led by Senegalese farmers’ organisations (Regional Fund for International Cooperative Development: FREDIC)


- Capacity building: in production and work organisation of the southern partners. - Contribution towards achieving the MDGs: as part of the fight against poverty and hunger (MDG no. 1), a cereal bank has been set up by the project

partners. - Financial innovation with a view to ownership: the option of credits guarantees endogenous funding for development. - Long-term prospects: cooperation between Midi Pyrénées Region and Thiès Region is long-standing given the cooperation agreement that governs their

joint work. Moreover, it has been consolidated since 18 January 2010 with an additional agreement that aims to provide a framework for future cooperation projects.


Support for collective projects led by livestock and crop farmers in Thiès Region

Tackling poverty in the rural community - Midi Pyrénées Region - Thiès Region

Amount: €541 000 Sources: Midi Pyrénées Region: €117 000 Thiès Region: €27 000 Beneficiary agricultural organisation: €36 000 FREDIC: €244 000 French Ministry of Foreign Affairs: €117 000



PACA REGION AND TANGER TETOUAN REGION (MOROCCO)

Description of the project:

- Formal framework: Framework agreement for cooperation between Tanger-Tétouan and PACA signed on 15 May 2000. - Priorities:

o Protection and enhancement of the natural and cultural heritage (protection against deforestation) o Management of forest areas and environments o Improving the living environment (maintaining and developing community services and infrastructures in rural areas) o Economic development o Spatial planning (town planning schemes) o Reception, awareness and education of the public


- Mobilisation of actors working in the territory: in its first phase, the project has helped to introduce services for the general public and mobilise different actors within the territory. On the whole, the project has been led on the basis of concerted dialogue, bringing together all actors concerned (politicians, professionals, central government departments, NGOs and citizens).

- Strengthening of the regionalisation process: by cooperating with PACA, Tanger-Tétouan Region has been able to consolidate its competences in regional planning and its legitimacy as a recent political institution (regionalisation in Morocco began in 1997).

- Long-term approach: the first phase of the project was launched in 2001 and completed in 2008 with the creation of a grouping of towns under the name “Bouhachem Regional Natural Park”. At present a number of projects are under way, notably to develop high-quality agricultural production and the creation of a Protected Designation of Origin (PDO).


Bouhachem regional natural park

Boost a regional project designed to promote sustainable development and enhance the natural and cultural heritage

- PACA Region - Tanger Tétouan Region

- Regional Department for Water and Forests

- Regional Inspectorate for Housing & Town and Spatial Planning

- Provincial Delegation for Agriculture - Local Associations

Amount: €77 590 Sources: PACA Region: €51 990 Tanger Tétouan Region: €25 600



MURCIA REGION AND ORIENTAL REGION (MOROCCO)


- Formal framework: social integration plan for immigrants in Murcia (2006 – 2009) - Activities carried out:

o Study – on-site diagnosis of the Moroccan immigrant population in Murcia o Organisation of meetings with persons originating from Morocco involved in the project o University exchanges on the topic of intercultural mediation o Training on networking for Moroccan associations and local authorities.


- Creating close cultural ties: the main aim of course is to bring the populations of the two sides of the Mediterranean closer together. In this regard, the project falls within the priorities of the Euro-Mediterranean partnership: Union for the Mediterranean.

- Mobilisation of actors working in the territory: Murcia Region clearly plays a driving role in cooperation activities, since the main objective of the project is to foster and nurture (on the basis of cultural and intellectual exchanges in particular) constructive relations between Spanish and Moroccan communities, as well as enhancing the role of Moroccan immigrants in the Region. Furthermore, the project initially concerned the partner indicated above, but is currently bringing together new actors, such as the Moroccan professional training office and the provincial department of agriculture of Oujda.

- Long-term approach: although the initial stages of the project (2007 – 2008) focused mainly on promoting the role of the immigrant population in relations between Murcia and Oriental Region, the project now covers more diverse areas such as education, professional training and tourism.


“Tawasol”: project on strengthening links between Moroccan and Spanish civil societies

Make the Moroccan immigrant population in Murcia Region the key actor in cultural, economic and social exchanges between the two Regions.

- Murcia Region - Oriental Region

- Cartagena Town Council - Cepaim Foundation

- Solidarity and Development for Morocco Association

- National Mutual Assistance Association

Amount: €170 495



TUSCANY REGION AND HAITI


- Formal framework: different types of agreements binding Tuscany to its partners from civil society. - Priorities:

o Supporting activities of the health care centre run by the Dominican civil society platform in Leogane o Boosting the resources of a clinic by shipping medical equipment, mobilising and training local medical staff, providing care and support for

families o Supporting a team of Cuban doctors, particularly by improving the medical conditions of women and children and stepping up the network of

volunteers.


- Capacity building in the framework of the MDG on health: the top priority of the project led by Tuscany Region is to address emergency requirements with regard to nutrition, hygiene and sanitary conditions. A coordinator – from the NGO Ucodep which has been working for projects centralised by Tuscany for many years – ensures the involvement of the population in activities led in the Ayuda Haiti camp. Furthermore, it provides capacity building for local workers in order to ensure effective medical and social action beyond the emergency period.

- Coordination and mobilisation of humanitarian workers: the project coordinator acts for each category (doctors, technicians, etc.) and acts effectively within a scope of action defined on the basis of identified needs.

- Long-term prospects: the project should be broadened to include other actions and developed in line with the needs of local partners.

Project title Main aim Partners Funding (2010)

Emergenza Haiti Supervise and optimise responses to the humanitarian crisis triggered by the earthquake in January 2010.

- Tuscan partners: Ucodep, Social Cooperative “Il Melograno”, Tuscan Arc, Decentralised cooperation Committee of the Town of Val di Cecina, Peace table of the Town of Val di Cecina, Tuscan Arc Committee

- International Partners: Oxfam, NGO Platform in Haiti, Missionari Scalabrini, Cuban Ministry for cooperation relations with foreign countries, Cuban Ministry for Public Health

Amount: €50 000



BASQUE GOVERNMENT AND VIA CAMPESINA

Description of the project: - Formal framework: FOCAD call for projects - Activities carried out:

o Territorial added value:

- Fight against poverty, MDG no. 1: Via Campesina was founded in 1993 and aims to defend the interests of peasant farmers, particularly in situations where their survival is under threat. By supporting the organisation the Basque Government is contributing towards improving the living conditions of peasant farmers in many regions of the world and tackling food insecurity which constitutes the basis of poverty.

- Education in development: - Long-term prospects: the project to support Via Campesina has existed since 2006 and has been built up during cooperation between the Basque

Government and its partner. It falls within a long-term cooperation process, which is renewed annually on the basis of calls for projects issued by the Basque Government.


Strengthen the

peasant movement

Via Campesina

Support directly and indirectly the

action of the international peasant

organisation, Via Campesina, in favour

of landless peasant farmers, women in

rural environments and indigenous

communities

- Basque Government

- Via Campesina

- Basque partners: NGOs, associations and

foundations

Amount: €1 410 000

Financial partner: Basque

Government

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