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REVIEW 2011

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Building thE houSEAccording to a recent survey, public support for development cooperation is waning. More and more people want to see concrete results and question our mode of operation. And yet, more than ever, international solidarity is vital to meeting existing global challenges.

This annual overview offers a sample of the activities of the Belgian governmental development cooperation. Belgian tax payers do contribute to the achievement of good results and help improve the living conditions of thousands of people.

But it is not only the financial aspect that counts. Our partnerships with very diverse organisations and institutions are equally important, because they enable us to apply the best ideas and concepts quickly and where they are needed most. And let us not forget the commitment and expertise of hundreds of men and women who, under difficult conditions, give body and soul to contribute to building the house.

Carl MichielsChair of the Management Committee

CAmbodIAAlSo thE pooRESt hAVE A RIght to good hEalth carE

In Cambodia BTC developed a system to provide access to quality health care for the poorest population groups.

For funding health care a so-called Health Equity Fund was established, which is like a social fund that is initially fully financed by donors. This origi-nal approach consists in the fund's money being managed by independent instances that control the quality of the public healthcare services delivered and pay the healthcare centres and hospitals only when service delivery is good. It is a means to motivate the healthcare providers to also provide the very poor with quality health care.

Spectacular results In the three Cambodian provinces concerned, between 2006 and 2011, the number of poor who relied on healthcare services, which are free of cost for them, almost doubled. These spectacular results have convinced Cambodian authorities to increase their annual contribution to the Health Equity Fund: 30% in 2012, and 40% in 2013. So, obviously, the initiative of the Belgian Development Cooperation is a catalyst for national health care in Cambodia.

Toolkit BTC works with the Cambodian Institute for Public Health and the Institute of Tropical Medicine (Antwerp) to draw up a toolkit on establishing Health Equity Funds (publication end of 2012).

hEalthhiV and aids In thE WoRkplACEBTC is committed to creating a safe and healthy work environment. BTC acknowl-edges its staff is at an increased risk for HIV infection. With its HIV and AIDS workplace policy, the agency wants to reduce this risk and create an enabling work environment for staff that is affected by HIV or AIDS.

... AlSo A national priority In buRundIThe activities of the Belgian Development Cooperation in Burundi aim, among other things, at strengthening public health care. In May 2011 Burundi approved its national policy to fight HIV and AIDS in the workplace. Belgium wants to support the implementa-tion of this policy, both in the public and the private sector.

20% of Btc's portfoliohealth is a priority sector in Benin, Bolivia, Burundi, Ecuador, Mozambique, niger, peru, rwanda, senegal and uganda

Family and sexual violence in Peru

According to the final evaluation of the 4-year Integral Programme to Fight Domestic and Sexual Violence in Ayacucho (Peru) "... the programme succeeded in putting family and sexual violence on the agenda of local authorities". This is a major result as the ideas and values that were at the basis of the project will outlast the project's term.

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BrusselsEU Commissioner Piebalgs guest of honour at BTCBTC's annual reception has become the meeting place of choice for the Belgian Development Cooperation. In 2011 EU Commissioner for Development Cooperation Andris Piebalgs is the guest of honour.

BrusselsFirst stakeholders meetingOn 15 February BTC organises its first stakeholders meeting. More than 20 organisations discuss BTC’s Corporate Social Responsibility and formulate recommendations for BTC to further improve its GRI-based sustainability reporting.

WatEr and sanitation

January February

SEnEgAl thE lASt StRAIght lInE for MillEnniuM dEVElopMEnt goal 7

Senegal has adopted a strategy, the Millennium Programme for Drinking Water and Sanitation (PEPAM), which aims to combine the efforts of the State, civil society, local communities, NGOs, the private sector and the development partners to achieve the Millennium Development Goal 7 drink-ing water targets. BTC leads the Water and sanitation in rural areas group. The good news is that with efforts of the partners maintained, Senegal is well on its way to achieve the targets set.

The rate of access to drinking water in cities went from 78% in 2000 to 98.5% in 2010; it is expected to reach 100% by 2015.

In rural areas, the situation also improves: From 66% in 2005 it went to 78.5% in 2011; it is expected to reach 82% by 2015.

KaMpala (ugAndA) Since 2005 BTC has managed an environmen-tal planning and management programme in the slums of Kampala (KIEMP).

Kilometres of road have been rehabilitated and paved, sewers have been built for more than 35,000 inhabitants and dozens of public toilets have been installed.

Vietnam WAtER, SAnItAtIon and cliMatE changE Vietnam's social and economic development plan for 2011-2015 provides the framework for the development cooperation programme with Belgium. To achieve greater effective-ness, it concentrates on two sectors and a limited number of regions.

30 million euros are invested in a water and sanitation programme in the Ninh Thuan, Binh Thuan and Ha Tinh provinces. A major part concerns training staff of local authori-ties to respond in an appropriate way to the threats of rapid urbanisation and climate change.

19% of Btc's portfolioWater and sanitation is a priority sec-tor in algeria, Morocco, senegal and Vietnam

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April mayEcuadorRural development in the northIn cooperation with provincial authorities in the north of Ecuador the Belgian Development Cooperation supports tens of local initiatives (cocoa, beans, sugar cane, maize, fisheries…). Rural development reaches more than 2000 families and small producers.

MaliSouth-South cooperation with CameroonAs part of a pilot project for collecting and managing waste in the city of Sikasso, Malian civil servants go to Cameroon, where they visit the first installation in West Africa for the capture of greenhouse gases at waste dumps.

NigerLocal project awardedOuma Jamila Dicko enthusiastically teaches sewing to young unschooled women in Niamey. The Niger Ministry of Crafts awarded her initiative, which is supported by BTC, and promotes it as an example for other entrepreneurs.

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Rwanda bAnAnA ExpERtS ExchangE thEir ExpEriEncEs In July 2011 BTC Rwanda and the Rwanda Ministry of Agriculture organised a confer-ence on the banana crop.

Actors from Burundi, DR Congo, Rwanda, Uganda and Tanzania, as well as Belgian researchers, the private sector and farmers jointly discussed how to meet challenges such as increasing productivity and crop disease management.

South afRica/ BoliVia oRgAnIC FARmIng pRoduCtS, also in thE south Labelling systems for organic farming are expensive and not suited for the local context. That is why in the South Partici-patory Guarantee Systems (PGS) are be-ing developed. They are more accessible for producers, focus on national situations and promote organic products on the local market.

BTC's Trade for Development Centre supports such systems in South Africa and Bolivia within projects that develop and commercial-ise organic products locally.

18% of Btc's portfolioagriculture is a priority sector in Benin, Bolivia, Burundi, dr congo, Ecuador, Mali, Morocco, Mozambique, niger, peru and tanzania

The banana. A fruit living on borrowed time

This publication of BTC’s Trade for Development Centre outlines the ecological, geopolitical and economic interests involved in the growing and commercialisation of the banana, a staple food for no less than four hundred million people and the focus of several BTC projects. è www.befair.be

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nIgERbottom-up dEcision-MaKing

BTC has supported the livestock sector in Niger for more than 10 years. In 2010 we started a new livestock programme: Along with local authorities, the technical ser-vices of the Ministry of Livestock and the associations of stock breeders in three of the country's eight regions look for solutions for the scarcity of grazing land, for better water storage management as well as for increased animal production. Likewise – and this is new – BTC helps to improve the organisation and functioning of the Ministry of Livestock, so it can better fulfil its role as the sector's driving force.

Win-win approachThis double approach – support to the implementation of policy in the field and the institutional support at the ministry level – offers many advantages.

Local authorities, the technical services of the ministry and the livestock breeders can voice their concerns. For them it is a way to participate in decision-making; it is also a way to strengthen the basis of democracy.

The Ministry of Livestock can check its policy choices with reality. This is to the benefit of the national livestock policy because the best solutions can be applied throughout the country and impact the whole sector.

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June July AugustBrusselsJunior Programme exists five yearsSince the launch of the Junior Programme in 2006 more than 250 young people have taken the opportunity to have a first professional experience in development cooperation. è blogcooperation.be

PeruPhotography exhibit ‘Mujeres en la mirada’Two Belgian projects organise a travelling photography exhibit that is to raise awareness about the rights of women in Peru. Local students take more than one thousand visitors on an education tour of the exhibit.

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UgandaDeveloping expertise to set up climate projectsAfrica attracts only 2.5% of projects that can be financed under the Clean Development Mechanism (Kyoto protocol). Through individual and institutional capacity development Belgium wants to strengthen specific expertise in Uganda so the country can better start up such climate projects.

buRundIprofEssionalisE polICE FoRCES

A modern police force that is close to the citizens, such was the ambition of the reform conducted by the Ministry of Public Security in Burundi. Since 2006 BTC and the Belgian federal police have provided their expertise to this reform. First, this support is made concrete through training. A pool of 80 trainers is established, trained and equipped. And more than 18,000 po-lice officers, which is the total workforce, have benefited from this upgrade programme.

Now, the support to building this new police force is extended. BTC and the Belgian police support the Ministry of Public Security in elaborating its vision and strategy, especially pertaining to neighbourhood policing, train-ing and communication policies, and the management of human, material and financial resources. Burundi, Belgium and the Netherlands have worked together to finance these interventions. This partnership of three allowed for stronger consultation and coordination between the actors intervening in the sector.

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Btc - Belgian policeA pionEEring pARtnERShIp� First formal partnership between BTC and a Belgian federal public service (2005),� A partnership that operates in Burundi, DR Congo and Rwanda,� It served as a model for partnerships with the Federal Public Service Justice, the

National Institute for Health and Disability Insurance (INAMI/RIZIV) and the Belgian Food Agency (AFSCA/FAVV).

Benin

“a child without a birth certificate is not a citizen but a phantom!” Angélique kidjo, unICEF goodwill Ambassador

By providing them with a birth certificate, more than 210,000 children have obtained legal status. This is one of the major achie-vements of the Belgian support to 25 muni-cipalities in Benin. Now, these children are not anonymous phantoms anymore and they can benefit from services from which they were until recently excluded, such as health care and education.

tanzania SuppoRt to thE policy dialoguE Since March 2011 Belgium has co-chaired the Local Government Development Part-ner Group, which was established to foster the principles of aid effectiveness. In this context, BTC assists the Belgian Embassy in conducting the policy dialogue with the government of Tanzania and in coordinating the action of donors in the local governance sector.

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11% of Btc's portfoliogovernance is a priority sector in Benin, Mali, palestine, rwanda, tanzania and Vietnam; it is also a major concern in all our interventions

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Busan and beyond. Localising Paris principles for more effective support to decentralisation and local governance reforms

A publication presented during the 4th High-level Forum on Aid Effectiveness in Busan, published by the decentralisation and local governance network DeLog. It features experiences from BTC in Uganda, DR Congo and Benin.

September novemberoctoberRwandaRegional healthcare workshopBTC, the Be-cause Health network and the National University of Rwanda organise a regional workshop about healthcare systems, attracting partici-pants from Rwanda, Burundi, Congo, Tanzania and Belgium. The workshop concludes with recommendations to improve the quality of current and future projects in the health sector.

Palestinian Territory2012-2015 Cooperation ProgrammeThe cooperation programme between Belgium and the Palestinian Territory for the 2012-2015 period, which amounts to 71 million euro, focuses on education and local governance.

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BeninNational Rice DayThis event is to convince people in Benin that the West African country is well suited for growing rice and that rice from Benin is a good buy. Belgium leads the international support to the rice sector in Benin. BTC implements agricultural projects for Belgium and the European Commission in Benin.

EnErgymozamBique An aMBitious prograMME The extension of the public electricity dis-tribution network to the countryside is not economically viable due to the low popula-tion density and the size of the country. To resolve this problem an investment fund (Fundo National de Energia or FUNAE) has been set up to improve the access of rural populations to energy. Among other things, it fosters the electrification of health centres, schools and public administration buildings on the basis of renewable energy sources.

BTC's programme assists FUNAE in install-ing small hydroelectric power plants, solar panels and windmills. It facilitates access to micro credit for households to electrify their homes with renewable sources of energy. Finally, the programme also contributes to capacity development at FUNAE.

8% of Btc's portfolioEnergy is a priority sector in rwanda

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Belgian development agency

Development a matter of energyPromoting renewable solutions

Promoting renewable sources of energy Brussels, April 2011. About forty development professionals discussed, debated and shared their experiences, successes and challenges to get a better grasp of the energy issue in development projects. “Development, a matter of energy. Promoting renewable solutions” provides a summary of the discussions and the presentations of this meeting. è www.btcctb.org

RWAndASuppoRt to thE EnErgy policy

In 2010, less than 10% of the Rwanda population was connected to the grid. The government aims at a 50% connection rate by 2017. The coop-eration programme between Belgium and Rwanda signed in 2011 con-tributes to this goal. Energy is one of the 3 priority sectors for the next 12 years.

As part of this programme, BTC supports the development of geothermal power, a clean and reliable source of energy with low long-term mainte-nance costs. The agency also contributes to installing new power lines. Objective: 21,000 new connections by 2014, with a priority for social and administrative infrastructure. Add to this the support to the private sector and institutional capacity development of the Rwanda Energy, Water and Sanitation Authority and the Ministry of Infrastructure.

RwandaWhEn ElEctricity MaKEs progrEssFrom 2005 to 2011, support from BTC allowed for:� The construction of 3 micro hydroelectric power plants,� The connection of 41 villages to the grid,� The electrification of 50 health centres with photovoltaic systems,� Studies on the energy production potential and the maintenance of the energy infrastructure

in Rwanda.

This programme, Renewable Energy for Rural Development, was strengthened in 2011 through delegated cooperation from the Dutch Development Cooperation. Its budget amounts to more than 23 million euros.

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Vietnam : High Quality Education for All by 2020 Joint publication of the World Bank, DFID and the Belgian Development Cooperation.

This report provides an in-depth analysis of the performance of primary and secondary education in Vietnam. It shows that the country has made impressive progress in this area in a short time.

MoroccoStart of large-scale water projectThe European Investment Bank, the German development bank KfW, the French development agency AFD, the European Commission and Belgium are in a partnership with the Moroccan government for a large-scale sanitation project in 40 residential areas throughout the country.

AlgeriaSelective management of hospital wasteA new incinerator for hospital waste is inaugurated at the Bachir Mentouri Hospital of Kouba (Algiers). It is the country’s first incinerator with advanced fume treatment and heath recovery.

SenegalTraining by Belgian health insurance expertsExperts of the Belgian National Institute for Health and Disability Insurance (INAMI-RIZIV) train Senegalese healthcare workers. By 2015, Senegal wants half of its population covered by health insurance.

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buRundI / dR Congo / RWAndAfocus on tEchnical And pRoFESSIonAl EduCAtIon

To build up an economy, a country needs qualified and skilled workers who add value in production sectors. That is why, for many years, BTC has supported technical and professional education in DR Congo, Burundi and Rwanda, among other countries.

School drop-outsTechnical and professional education aims at training skilled workers such as tailors and plumbers. The skills needed are developed throughout the curriculum. But whoever drops out (for whatever reason) does not have a diploma and is left with nothing.

In Burundi a project in professional education starts from product knowledge. How do you make trousers? How do you replace a tap? Thanks to this approach, even school drop-outs have something that they can work with.

Labour market needsTraining offer should be suited as much as possible to the needs of the labour market. Not just schools and companies, but especially pupils benefit from this because they find a job more easily. An innovation is the career coaching for new graduates which helps them to find a suitable job. For this, projects work with local authorities and economic and social instances.

Training teachers and advising ministriesBelgian support to technical and professional education in Congo focused on infrastructure in the first years: school buildings and classrooms were renovated or constructed. Since a few years, the focus has shifted to training teachers, optimizing didactic materials and the strategic steering of the whole of the education sector at the level of the ministry.

Education

6% of Btc's portfolioEducation is a priority sector in Burundi, dr congo, palestine and uganda

SCholARShIpS And intErnships

In 2011 BTC supported more than 5000 for-eign grant holders (graduates, interns and PhD students). The majority were trained in their own country or region; 20% of them travelled to Belgium for studies or an intern-ship.

New strategyThe new grant programme is integrated more strongly in bilateral cooperation. Indi-vidual grants are replaced by institutional ca-pacity development grants. That way, the various interventions of the Belgian Develop-ment Cooperation are better aligned and their impact is enhanced.

Grant holders Aimé Kakudji Kyungo (DR Congo) and Trinh Hai Le (Vietnam), winners of the Belgian Development Cooperation Prize 2012.

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