2011-09-09: Euractiv: EU voisi säästää jopa 4 miljardia kehitysavussa

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The EU, which is the world's biggest aid donor and gives over €53 billion a year to developing countries, could save €4 billion by managing more effectively the grants and loans it provides to help reduce poverty and achieve the Millennium Development Goals by 2015.

"I am aware that efforts are still too slow and more efforts are needed. In a period of crisis, we cannot spare any effort to save money whilst increasing the impact of aid," said the EU commissioner in charge of development, Andris Piebalgs, presenting today (9 September) the position that the European Commission believes the 27-country bloc should adopt with regard to the effectiveness of international aid.

Piebalgs said he would come up with proposals for better coordination of EU donors, for instance through joint programming, in the coming weeks ahead of the Fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness, which will take place in Busan, South Korea, from 29 November to 1 December.

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"The Commission recommends blending loans and grant and using innovative ways of raising money to leverage additional development funds, but it does not say how financial institutions are going to be chosen and how they can effectively track the social impact of the aid they channel," Berger added.

http://www.euractiv.com/global-europe/brussels-save-4-development-aid-news-507526

Ihastuttavaa ajattelua eurobyrokraatilta: kriisiaikana emme voi käyttää voimavaroja hukkaan menevän läskin identifioimiseen ja leikkamiseen, joten jatketaan rahan polttamista ja käsienheiluttelua.