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For an overview of
the Netherlands' Official
Development Assistance, please click here.
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The Netherlands Ministry of
Foreign Affairs is responsible for coordinating and
implementing Dutch development policy. |
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The Netherlands' development cooperation
has defined two groups of recipient countries, receiving
either "structural bilateral aid", or
"theme-based aid". The first-named group receives
either comprehensive long-term support or short-term support.
The "theme-based aid" group is entitled to receive
aid in the three sectors environment; human rights/ peace
keeping/ good governance; and development of the private
sector.
Target countries of the "structural bilateral aid"
group receiving are: Bangladesh, Benin, Bolivia, Burkina Faso,
Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, India, the former Yugoslav Republic
of Macedonia, Mali, Mozambique, Nicaragua, Rwanda, Sri Lanka,
United Republic of Tanzania, Uganda, Viet Nam, Yemen, Zambia.
Three countries belonging to the structural bilateral aid
group receive short-term cooperation: Egypt, Indonesia, South
Africa. |
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The Netherlands' principal development
target is poverty reduction through the mobilization of local
resources, physical as well as human resources. |
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The Netherlands' priority sectors are
selected in accordance to the five key aims which cut across
sectors named by the acronym GAVIM: good governance, poverty
reduction, women and development, establishment of systems and
organizations, environment.
The Netherlands' development cooperation intends to further emphasize
priority sectors. |
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The Netherlands use the term
"Sector Approach". It is defined by a long-term
support to a sector policy framework prepared by the recipient
country. Two or more donors are providing sector budget
support in that framework. The recipient government should
favour the sector policy and implementation plan. A major
focus lies on national ownership. The Netherlands encourage
this combination of sector and general budget support, because
this helps to realize the national ownership of the programme.
Likewise the splitting of the financial contribution to
sub-sectors is rejected.
The following steps are taken before the Netherlands get
involved into general budget support:
- Policies of multi-lateral aid agencies are reviewed and
discussed with the potential recipient country;
- the recipient country's macro-economic policies as well
its policies on social development are assessed;
- good governance and institutional capacities are subject
to analysis.
The amount granted for budget support is defined referring to
the following factors: the public financial gap of the target
country, the Netherlands' aid volume provided in the past as well as
the amount granted by other donors, the recipient country's
economic resources.
The Netherlands' amount for project aid will be reduced in the
future. Project aid will still be granted where organizational
and system capacities are not sufficiently present to realize
programme aid. |
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Information not identified yet. |
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The contribution of the
Netherlands to
technical assistance has been reduced in the last years. In
general, developing countries are asked to indicate their
preferred form of technical assistance. |
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Approximately 20% of the
Netherlands' Official Development Assistance were provided through
NGOs. Half of this amount was used in activities of the group
of major partner NGOs called "Four Pillars + 1". In
case the recipient country's governance and policy framework
are not considered as sufficiently constructive, the
Netherlands' contribution would be provided through NGOs rather than though
the recipient country's government. |
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Information about Theme-based
Cofinancing and the Sectoral Approach can be found at the
following source: http://www.minbuza.nl
> Site Information > Site Map > Development
Cooperation/ Grant Programmes/ Theme-based Cofinancing,
Sectoral Approach. Here also the processes how such aid
modalities can be realized are described as well. |
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OESO/DAC peer
review Netherlands, a review of the Netherlands' development cooperation:
http://www.minbuza.nl >
Search > Type in the Search function: OESO/DAC peer review
Netherlands > "klik hier".
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| Name |
Ministry
of Foreign Affairs |
| Street
Address |
Visitor's
address
Bezuidenhoutseweg 67
The Hague |
| Postal
Address |
PO Box 20061
2500 EB
The Hague |
| Phone |
[+31]
(70) 3486486 |
| Fax |
[+31] (70) 3484848 |
| E-mail |
E-mail
forms on website http://www.minbuza.nl
> Development Cooperation > Contact us |
| Website
(languages) |
http://www.minbuza.nl
> Development Cooperation (Dutch, English) |
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Information
Desk |
| Phone |
[+31]
(70) 3486789 |
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Opening hours: Mondays
10-16.30 hours, Tuesdays to Fridays 9-16.30 hours |
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Unless indicated otherwise
information concerning the Netherlands' development assistance is taken
from the following sources:
Hasegawa 2002, pp. 30-35;
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, website: http://www.minbuza.nl
> Development Cooperation, access: 20 August 2003. |
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