Translation of "official development finance " (English → French) :

The scope of cooperation pursuant to the geographic programmes with developing countries, territories and regions under the financing instrument for development cooperation established by Regulation (EC) No 1905/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council is almost entirely limited to financing measures designed to fulfil the criteria for official development assistance (ODA) established by the Development Assistance Committ ...[+++]ee of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (DAC-OECD).

(Return tabled) Question No. 148 Ms. Megan Leslie: With regard to fast-start climate change commitments made by the government in the 2009 Copenhagen Accord: (a) what analysis does or has the government used to analyze the results of funded projects; (b) when will the government announce its financial plans for fulfilling climate change mitigation and adaptation commitments to developing countries past the 2012-2013 fiscal year; (c) what are the conditions necessary for the government to renew its contribution of public funding in support of the 2020 goal, committed to under the Copenhagen Accord, to mobilize up to $100 billion per year in financing by 2020; (d) what public funds will the government commit to fulfill it ...[+++]s climate finance pledges between the fiscal year 2012-2013 and 2020-2021, broken down by year; (e) broken down by year, (i) what amount (in Canadian dollars) and what percentage of the funds referred to in (d) will be delivered as loans, (ii) what amount (in Canadian dollars) and what percentage of these funds will be delivered as grants; (f) has the government done any analysis of the social and economic impacts and benefits of loans versus grants for recipients; (g) what will be the percentage of funds allocated to mitigation, compared to funds allocated to adaptation to climate change, between the fiscal years 2012-2013 and 2020-2021; (h) how will future climate change mitigation and adaptation financing meet the requirements for Canadian official development assistance under the Official Development Assistance Accountability Act, namely with respect to poverty reduction, taking account of the perspectives of the poor, and the promotion of human rights; and (i) with respect to future climate finance funding delivered as loans or grants to multilateral banks, how will the government ensure that projects receiving funds meet the required aid effectiveness principles?

All financing sources should be considered as a whole, including Official Development Assistance (ODA) which remains essential for Low Income Countries.

To resume, instead of reading " " competent minister" means any minister designated by the Governor in Council to provide official development assistance in relation to this Act," the bill would now read that " " competent minister" means the Minister of International Cooperation, the Minister of Finance, the Minister of Foreign Affairs or any other minister who is providing official development assistance" .

The training objectives are: - to develop human resources in the three ministries concerned (Economic Planning and Development, Finance, Employment and Public Services); - to strengthen the Swazi Institute of Management and Public Administration, enabling it to train existing public officials and new recruits; - to support the policy of promoting Swazi nationals to public administration posts currently filled by technical assistance personnel, with priority going to posts financed ...[+++] by the EDF; - to support the continuity of other measures financed under the National Indicative Programme.

The Commission proposed the following series of realistic measures to achieve this aim, taking account of the capacities of both sides. Trade: improve trade arrangements where possible; emphasize trade promotion activities, particularly with a view to diversifying the range of products and services exported; Regional integration: support the efforts already being made in the region, particularly by encouraging the harmonization of industrial standards and cooperation in the telecommunications field, and by devising cumulative origin rules for the regional groups; Economic cooperation: intensify contacts between businesses; encourage the setting up of data banks and joint investment committees; encourage cooperation between Chambers of ...[+++]Commerce and training programmes; Developement: continue official development assistance to eligible countries and improve coordination with other sources of finance to make it more effective; ../.- 2 - Finance: resume provision of export credits for those countries which have adopted satisfactory adjustment policies; Macroeconomic: work towards improving the international environment, which will help Latin America solve the problems it faces (debt, industrial resettlement, etc.), and strengthen the dialogue with countries in the region; Politics: arrange political consultations with Latin American countries or regions.