EU Member States in Egypt

Belgium

General Framework

The preparation, execution, control and evaluation of a large part of the Belgian governmental co-operation is shared among three departments of the Federal Public Service Foreign Affairs (FPS), Common Trade and Development Co-operation as well as an external body:

• assignments for drawing up co-operation Programmes are entrusted to the Directorate General for International Co-operation;

• evaluation is entrusted to a unit directly under the Secretary General of the Foreign Affairs, with its assignments covering all initiatives of the Federal State of Belgium in the framework of public development aid;

• logistics and legal affairs are integrated into similar departments of the FPS Foreign Affairs;

• finally, the implementation and the execution of the governmental co-operation are entrusted to an external body, the Belgian Technical Bureau.

Belgian co-operation intends explicitly to integrate respect for Human Rights into its policy.

The Belgian approach takes the philosophy that strategies for combating poverty must move beyond a one-dimensional approach in these sectors and projects. Moreover, the protection and the rehabilitation of the natural environment is integrated into Belgian development Programmes.

General Forms of Co-operation: technical assistance through projects and programmes; training programmes (study grants, training period grants); technical aid (mutual transfer of technology and the acquisition of expertise); financial co-operation.

Egypt is not listed in the group of countries beneficiary of Belgium's present development aid strategy. Nevertheless, some selective and ad hoc projects are likely to be undertaken.