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EU Governance Facility
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| Release date | 04/03/2008 |
| Contributor | Jauad El-Kharraz |
| Keywords | ENPI |
This note intends to define the principles for implementing the Governance
Facility as announced in the December 2006 Communication on Strengthening
the European Neighbourhood Policy.
This Facility was introduced for Mediterranean countries in 2006 and two
countries benefited from an increase in their annual allocation from the
last year of the MEDA budget. However, to date no equivalent mechanism has
been put in place for our Eastern Neighbours.
In fact, “governance” is central to the content of the Action Plans. In each
Action Plan there is a specific chapter entitled “Enhanced political
dialogue and reform” under which horizontal aspects of Democratic Governance
are covered. In addition, governance-related elements can be found in each
of the other five chapters of each Action Plans. Some examples of
governance-related priorities are: introducing sectoral reforms (transport,
energy, information society, environment, etc.)