Transcript The new results strategy for Sweden*s reform

The new results strategy for Sweden’s reform cooperation with Eastern
Europe, the Western Balkans and Turkey 2014-2020
Mr. Henrik Huitfeldt, Head of Development Cooperation, Embassy of Sweden
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Eastern Partnership – a Swedish political
priority
• Sweden is one of the main initiators of the Eastern Partnership
• Embassies in all six Eastern partners
• Based on positive experiences from long-time cooperation with
countries in Eastern Europe and the Western Balkans
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A long term commitment
• During the coming seven years, Sweden will commit about 500
million Euro for reform cooperation with Eastern partners.
• Moldova is one of the priority countries for Swedish reform
cooperation in the region.
• Tentatively, about 14 million Euro will be allocated for
cooperation with Moldova annually.
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A focus on reforms
• The objective of the Swedish assistance is to contribute to
further integration with the European Union.
• The road towards the EU is preconditioned on comprehensive
and tough reforms.
• A focus on reforms necessary for further integration with the EU
will lead to a strengthened democracy in Moldova and better
economic opportunities for the Moldovan people.
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A focus on reforms
• However, the reform agenda is the responsibility of the
Moldovan government.
• If we see that reforms are not moving forward in one of the areas
where we are providing support then we will adjust or stop our
support accordingly.
• A potential for reallocation between countries ‘more-for-more’
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A focus on results
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This strategy is called a results strategy.
It does not include a number of sectors where Sweden will support reforms. Instead,
it outlines a set of results of reforms that we would like to contribute to.
How we will do that and which partners we will cooperate with depends very much
on the situation in individual countries.
Support programmes may for example focus on policy development, capacity
building of government institutions responsible for implementing reforms, or
through cooperation with non-state actors in the civil society or private business.
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A focus on results
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The results strategy includes three main results areas for cooperation with
countries in Eastern Europe
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Enhanced economic integration with the EU and development of market economy,
Strengthened democracy, greater respect for human rights and a more fully developed
state under the rule of law, and
A better environment, reduced climate change and enhanced resilience to environmental
impact and climate change
A total of 15 expected results within all results areas. We will not support reforms
for all the expected results in all partner countries, but focus on the areas where we
most effectively can support reforms.
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Our cooperation today
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Already today, we are supporting reforms within these three main results areas.
The new strategy will therefore not mean a sudden change of our reform
cooperation with Moldova.
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What are we doing today?
– Results area Economic integration with the EU
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Investment Climate Reform Project
DCFTA awareness raising campaign
Tax system reform
Agricultural competitiveness
Trade statistics
Women in Business
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What are we doing today?
– Results area Strengthened democracy and greater respect
for human rights
• Women in Politics
• Moldova’s Parliament and CEC
• Civil society support programme with a specific focus on human
rights, democratic accountability, and gender equality.
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What are we doing today?
– Results area Better environment and reduced climate
change
• Regional development
• Business advisory services on energy efficiency
• Capacity building to the Ministry of Economy and the Energy
Efficiency Agency on energy efficiency
• Guarantee and credit instruments to support energy efficiency
investments
• District heating reform in Chisinau
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What we will do in the future?
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We are now in the process of developing a more detailed plan of what our reform
cooperation will include in Moldova over the next seven years.
To some extent it will be more of the same. We will continue :
– to be strong advocates of gender equality and human rights in a broader sense,
– to be a lead donor within the energy sector, with a strong focus on energy efficiency, and
– to support reforms to improve the business climate.
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What we will do in the future?
• Some main priorities for the nearest future are to:
– further develop our work with the civil society;
– further develop cooperation projects between Swedish and Moldovan
government institutions;
– and to support actions that can leverage loan financing for energy
efficiency investments, for example through the initiative E5P (Eastern
European Energy Efficiency and Environment Partnership).
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