2 28 China , theEUandLatinAmerica:CurrentIssuesandFutureCooperation ownership , harmonisation , mutualresponsibilityandmanagementbyresults , as wellastotheParisDeclaration.Inaddition , throughtheEuropeanDevelopment Consensus , theEUhasundertakentoplayaleadershiproleinthisprocess , with commitmentsadditionaltothoseadoptedbytheOECDsDevelopmentAssistance Committee ( DAC ) .Inordertoachievethis , Commissionproposalsassume50 percentoftotalODAthroughnationalsystemsandthedoublingofbudgetaid. Thisinvolvesasignificantchange withregardtocooperation with Latin America , especiallywithLICs , whichhavehardlyreceivedanybudgetaidfrom theEU ( Ayuso2006 ) .InMay2007 , theCounciladoptedanewpolicyonthe divisionoflabourbetweentheEuropean Commissionandthe MemberStates which , inaccordancewiththeParisDeclarationandtheEuropeanDevelopment Consensus , willencouragegreatercomplementarities , aswellasgeographicand sectorspecialisation. Since1998 , theEUhasalsoundertakenanambitiousagendaofadministrative reformthathastriedtoovercomeadysfunctionalorganisationalstructure , alack ofpersonnelandbureaucraticbottlenecks.Therehasbeena “ deconcentration ” of CommissionservicesandpersonneltowardsDelegationsindevelopingcountries andimprovementsinstaffing.Anotherimportantaspecthasbeentheadoptionof new budgetaryinstruments , which hasrationalised the wideranging but fragmentedpanoplyofbudgetlinesandrulesthatwereinforcehitherto. 1 ThenewDevelopmentCooperationInstrument ( DCI ) replacestheprevious “ geographicalbudgetarylines ” andatleasttenthematicbudgetarylines.Ithas anindicativebudgetofEUR16897millionfortheperiod20072013 , ofwhich EUR2690million ( 16percent ) hasbeenallocatedtoLatinAmericatofinance thefollowingpriorities: ( 1 ) 狆狉狅犿狅狋犻狀犵狊狅犮犻犪犾犮狅犺犲狊犻狅狀 :throughtaxandsocialwelfarepolicies , employment , thefightagainstillegaldrugs , educationandhealth ; ( 2 ) 狉犲犵犻狅狀犪犾犻狀狋犲犵狉犪狋犻狅狀 , includingtheinterconnectionofinfrastructuresin coordinationwiththeEuropeanInvestmentBank ( EIB ); ( 3 ) 犻狀狊狋犻狋狌狋犻狅狀犫狌犻犾犱犻狀犵 , goodgovernanceandprotectionofhumanrights , includingtherightsofindigenouspeopleandminorities ; ( 4 ) supportingthe creation of a 犮狅犿犿狅狀 犈犝犔犪狋犻狀 犃犿犲狉犻犮犪 犺犻犵犺犲狉 犲犱狌犮犪狋犻狅狀犪狉犲犪 ; ( 5 ) 狆狉狅犿狅狋犻狀犵狊狌狊狋犪犻狀犪犫犾犲犱犲狏犲犾狅狆犿犲狀狋 , particularlytheprotectionofforestsand biodiversity.TheDCIalsohasanindicativebudgetofEUR5596millionfor “ thematicprogrammes ” 2 coveringallregions , includingLatinAmerica.
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