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China, the EU and Latin America : current issues and future cooperation
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28 China theEUandLatinAmerica:CurrentIssuesandFutureCooperation ownership harmonisation mutualresponsibilityandmanagementbyresults as wellastotheParisDeclaration.Inaddition throughtheEuropeanDevelopment Consensus theEUhasundertakentoplayaleadershiproleinthisprocess with commitmentsadditionaltothoseadoptedbytheOECDsDevelopmentAssistance 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 wideranging but fragmentedpanoplyofbudgetlinesandrulesthatwereinforcehitherto. ThenewDevelopmentCooperationInstrument DCI replacestheprevious geographicalbudgetarylines andatleasttenthematicbudgetarylines.Ithas anindicativebudgetofEUR16897millionfortheperiod20072013 ofwhich EUR2690million 16percent hasbeenallocatedtoLatinAmericatofinance thefollowingpriorities: 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 狉犲犵犻狅狀犪犾犻狀狋犲犵狉犪狋犻狅狀 includingtheinterconnectionofinfrastructuresin coordinationwiththeEuropeanInvestmentBank EIB ); 犻狀狊狋犻狋狌狋犻狅狀犫狌犻犾犱犻狀犵 goodgovernanceandprotectionofhumanrights includingtherightsofindigenouspeopleandminorities supportingthe creation of 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 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 coveringallregions includingLatinAmerica.