Translation of "Technological Development Assistance Programs " (English → French) :

whereas Article 41(2) TEU prohibits expenditure from EU budgets on operations having military or defence implications, while not explicitly excluding EU financing of military tasks such as peacekeeping operations with development objectives; whereas the common costs are charged to the Member States under the Athena mechanism; whereas, while the primary objective of EU development policy is the reduction, and in the long term the eradication, of poverty, Articles 209 and 212 TFEU do not explicitly exclude the financing of capacity-building in the security sector; whereas the EDF and the APF, as instruments outside the EU budget, are re ...[+++]levant in addressing the security-development nexus; whereas the EDF requires that programming is designed to meet the criteria of Official Development Assistance (ODA), which mostly exclude security-related expenses; whereas the EU is working on the possibility of additional dedicated instruments in the context of its initiative on Capacity Building in Support of Security and Development (CBSD).

3. Programming shall be designed so as to fulfil to the greatest extent possible the criteria for official development assistance (‘ODA’) established by the Development Assistance Committee of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD/DAC), taking into account the Union's aim to ensure over the period 2014-2020 that at least 90 % of its overall external assistance be counted as ODA.

A number of years ago, we realized that the development of democracy was closely linked to economic development. This is why, many years ago, Canada and all developed countries set up and maintained development assistance programs and international cooperation programs, so that all the countries we used to call third world countries, and which we now call, more appropriately, developing countries, could set out with determination on the road to both economic and democratic development, and eve ...[+++]ntually become countries living under the rule of law, totally democratic and respectful of human rights.

I am talking about export assistance programs, technological development support programs, the program to help disadvantaged regions and so on.

Funding to the Canadian International Development Agency for additional grants to international organizations for development assistance, programming against hunger, malnutrition and disease and international humanitarian assistance ($211 million)

The Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) is seeking authority to spend an amount of $211 million for additional grants to international organizations for development assistance, programming against hunger, malnutrition and disease and international humanitarian assistance.