§ Mr. BercowTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development (1) what his Department's involvement was in the 2002 project, financed by EU Development Assistance, to promote the human rights of the indigenous people of Chaco in Bolivia; and what assessment he has made of the project; [167079]
(2) what his Department's involvement was in the 2002 project, financed by EU Development Assistance, to defend human rights in Colombia; and what assessment he has made of the project; [167080]
(3) what his Department's involvement was in the 2002 project, financed by EU Development Assistance, to strengthen institutional support for human rights in Mexico; and what assessment he has made of the project; [167081]
(4) what his Department's involvement was in the 2002 project, financed by EU Development Assistance, to provide a landmine expert to Sudan; and what assessment he has Trade of the project; [167082]
(5) what his Department's involvement was in the 2002 project, financed by EU Development Assistance, entitled Participation Management of National Resources in Berau in Indonesia; and what assessment he has made of the project; [167083]
(6) what his Department's involvement was in the 2002 project, financed by EU Development Assistance, on rehabilitation and reconstruction in Afghanistan; and what assessment he I as made of the project; [167084]
(7) what his Department's involvement was in the 2002 project, financed by EU Development Assistance, entitled Second Recovery Programme in Afghanistan; and what assessment he has made of the project; [167085]
(8) what his Department"s involvement was in the 2002 project, financed by EU Development Assistance, entitled Truth and Reconciliation Commission in Peru; and what assessment he has made of the project; [167086]
(9) what his Department's involvement was in the 2002 project, financed by EU Development Assistance, to reinforce civil society in Guatemala; and what assessment he has made of the project; [167087]
(10) what his Department's involvement was in the 2002 project, financed by EU Development Assistance, to reinforce democracy in Venezuela; and what assessment he has made of the project; [167088]
(11) what his Department's involvement was in the 2002 project, financed by EU Development Assistance, to reinforce the judicial system in Colombia; and what assessment he has made of the project; [167089]
597W(12) what his Department's involvement was in the 2002 project, financed by EU Development Assistance, to undertake a landmine technical survey in the Inhambane and Maputo provinces of Mozambique; and what assessment he has made of the project; [167093]
(13) what his Department's involvement was in the 2002 project, financed by EU Development Assistance, to undertake a landmine impact survey; and what assessment he has made of the project; [167094]
(14) what his Department's involvement was in the 2002 effort, financed by EU Development Assistance, to deliver micro-projects in Malawi; und what assessment he has made of the project; [167095]
(15) what his Department's involvement was in the 2002 project, financed by EU Development Assistance, to provide (a) reconstruction at Sona and (b) medical assistance in the Congo; and what assessment he has made of the project; [167096]
(16) what his Department's involvement was in the 2002 project financed by EU development assistance to help displaced communities to return home to Djbouti; and what assessment he has made of the project; [167097]
(17) what his Department's involvement was in the 2002 project financed by EU development assistance to reintegrate Ethiopians displaced from Eritrea; and what assessment he has made of the project; [167098]
(18) what his Department's involvement was in the 2002 project financed by EU development assistance to clear mines in Eritrea; and what assessment he has made of the project; [167099]
(19) what his Department's involvement was in the 2002 project financed by EU development assistance to support refugees and internally displaced people in Eritrea; and what assessment he has made of the project; [167100]
(20) what his Department's involvement was in the 2002 project financed by EU development assistance to provide emergency demobilisation and reintegration support in Eritrea; and what assessment he has made of the project; [167101]
(21) what his Department's involvement was in the 2002 project financed by EU development assistance to deliver micro projects in (a) the Central African Republic and (b) Angola; and what assessment he has made of each project; [167102]
(22) what his Department's involvement was in the 2002 project financed by EU development assistance to deliver micro projects in Togo; and what assessment he has made of the project; [167103]
(23) what his Department's involvement was in the 2002 project financed by EU development assistance on the reintegration of ex-combatants in rural areas of Guinea Bissau; and what assessment he has made of the project; [167104]
(24) what his Department's involvement was in the 2002 project financed by EU development assistance to improve healthcare provision in the Congo; and what assessment he has made of the project; [167105]
598W(25) what his Department's involvement was in the 2002 project financed by EU development assistance to deliver micro projects in the Congo; and what assessment he has made of the project; [167106]
(26) what his Department's involvement was in the 2002 project, financed by EU development assistance, to provide complementary support to the rehabilitation programme in Burundi; and what assessment he has made of the project; [167107]
(27) what his Department's involvement was in the 2002 project, financed by EU development assistance, to provide emergency support to the peace process in Angola; and what assessment he has made of the project; [167108]
(28) what his Department's involvement was in the 2002 project, financed by EU development assistance, to support displaced people in (a) Eastern and Southern Africa and (b) the Indian Ocean; and what assessment he has made of each project; [167109]
(29) what his Department's involvement was in the 2002 projects, financed by EU development assistance, entitled Education-Environmental Capacity Development Programme in (a) Ghana, (b) Namibia, (c) South Africa, (d) Mozambique and (e) Angola; and what assessment he has made of the projects; [167110]
(30) what his Department's involvement was in the 2002 project, financed by EU development assistance, to reduce rural poverty and manage forest sustainability through development of non-timber products arid community institutions in Ethiopia; and what assessment he has made of the project; [167111]
(31) what his Department's involvement was in the 2002 project, financed by EU development assistance, to deliver community-based fisheries management and coral reef restoration in (a) the Caribbean and (b) the Pacific; and what assessment he has made of the projects; [167112]
(32) what his Department's involvement was in the 2002 project, financed by EU development assistance, to deliver sustainable forest management in Kenya; and what assessment he has made of the project; [167113]
(33) what his Department's involvement was in the 2002 project, financed by EU development assistance, to provide infrastructure technical assistance in Sempoa; and what assessment he has made of the project; [167114]
(34) what his Department's involvement was in the 2002 project, financed by EU development assistance, to provide sanitation in St.Pierre; and what assessment he has made of the project; [167115]
(35) what his Department's involvement was in the 2002 project, financed by EU development assistance, to deliver micro-projects at a cost of ¬7.0 million, linking relief, rehabilitation and development in the Dominican Republic; and what assessment he has made of the project; [167116]
(36) what his Department's involvement was in the 2002 project, financed by EU Development Assistance, entitled Bugesera/Karenge drinking water supply in Rwanda; and what assessment he has made of the project; [167117]
599W(37) what his Department's involvement was in the 2002 project, financed by EU Development Assistance, entitled Karasburg Sanitation in Namibia; and what assessment he has made of the project; [167118]
(38) what his Department's involvement was in the 2002 project, financed by EU Development Assistance, to provide (a) community based natural resource management and (b) carbon management in Mozambique; and what assessment he has made of the projects; [167119]
(39) what his Department's involvement was in the 2002 project, financed by EU Development Assistance, entitled Beira Sanitation in Mozambique; and what assessment he has made of the project; [167120]
(40) what his Department's involvement was in the 2002 project, financed by EU Development Assistance, to undertake social forestry in Malawi; and what assessment he has made of the project; [167121]
(41) what his Department's involvement was in the 2002 project, financed by EU Development Assistance, to provide water supply for six towns in Lesotho; and what assessment he has made of the project; [167122]
(42) what his Department's involvement was in the 2002 projects, financed by EU Development Assistance, to manage natural resources in semi-arid regions in (a) Kenya and (b) Somalia; and what assessment he has made of the projects; [167123]
(43) what his Department's involvement was in the 2002 project, financed by EU Development Assistance, to use a new wildlife management method in Gabon; and what assessment he has made of the project; [167124]
(44) what his Department's involvement was in the 2002 project, financed by EU Development Assistance, to manage protected forest areas through Government NGO and civil society partnerships in Cameroon; and what assessment he has made of the project; [167125]
(45) what his Department's involvement was in the 2002 project, financed by EU Development Assistance, to improve rural water distribution in Burkina Faso; and what assessment he has made of the project; [167126]
(46) what his Department's involvement was in the 2002 project, financed by EU Development Assistance, to deliver a solid waste programme in the Dominican Republic; and what assessment he has made of the project; [167127]
(47) what his Department's involvement was in the 2002 project, financed by EU Development Assistance, to provide sustainable forest management in Tanzania; and what assessment he has made of the project; [167128]
(48) what his Department's involvement was in the 2002 project, financed by EU Development Assistance, to deliver a water sector support programme in South Africa; and what assessment he has made of the project; [167129]
(49) what his Department's involvement was in the 2002 project, financed by EU Development Assistance, on education reform in El Salvador; and what assessment he has made of the project; [167136]
600W(50) what his Department's involvement was in the 2002 projects, financed by EU Development Assistance, on ecology in Brazil; and what assessment he has made of the projects; [167137]
(51) what his Department's involvement was in the 2002 project, financed by EU Development Assistance, to strengthen the capacity of citizens in Colombia to exercise their rights and what assessment he has made of the project; [167138]
(52) what his Department's involvement was in the 2002 project, financed by EU Development Assistance, on human rights in Guatemala; and what assessment he has made of the project; [167139]
(53) what his Department's involvement was in the 2002 project, financed by EU Development Assistance, on re-unification in Peru; and what assessment he has made of the project; [167140]
(54) what his Department's involvement was in the 2002 project, financed by EU Development Assistance, on the defence and promotion of the rights of the indigenous people and those of African origin in Nicaragua; and what assessment he has made of the project; [167141]
(55) what his Department's involvement was in the 2002 project, finance' by EU Development Assistance, to counter discrimination on grounds of ethnicity in Guatemala; and what assessment he has made of the project; [167142]
(56) what his Department's involvement was in the 2002 project, financed by EU Development Assistance, to strengthen organisational processes in 120 communities in Colombia; and what assessment he has made of the project; [167143]
(57) what his Department's involvement was in the 2002 project, finance d by EU Development Assistance, to counter racial discrimination in Paraguay; and what assessment he has made of the project; [167144]
(58) what his Department's involvement was in the 2002 projects, financed by EU Development Assistance, to rehabilitate victims of torture in (a) Argentina, (b) Chile and (c) Peru; and what assessment he has made of the projects; [167145]
(59) what his Department's involvement was in the 2002 project, financed by EU Development Assistance, to prevent torture in Peru; and what assessment he has made of the project; [167146]
(60) what his Department's involvement was in the 2002 project, financed by EU development assistance, to provide an electoral observation mission in Ecuador; and what assessment he h as made of the project; [167147]
(61) what his Department's involvement was in the 2002 project, financed by EU development assistance, to create a code of ethics and of education in Ecuador; and what assessment he has made of the project; [167148]
(62) what his Department's involvement was in the 2002 project, financed by EU development assistance, on public engagement in the electoral process in Columbia; and what assessment he has made of the project; [167149]
601W(63) what his Department's involvement was in the 2002 micro projects, financed by EU development assistance, at a cost of €1,300,000 in (a) Colombia, (b) Guatemala and (c) Mexico; and what assessment he has made of the projects; [167150]
(64) what his Department's involvement was in the 2002 project, financed by EU development assistance, on the reform and modernisation of public administration in Honduras; and what assessment he has made of the project; [167151]
(65) what his Department's involvement was in the 2002 project, financed by EU development assistance, on the modernisation of the administration of justice in Mexico; and what assessment he has made of the project; [167152]
(66) what his Department's involvement was in the 2002 project, financed by EU development assistance, on the development of commerce and promotion of investment in Bolivia; and what assessment he has made of the project; [167153]
(67) what his Department's involvement was in the 2002 project, financed by EU development assistance, on academic co-operation in Latin America; and what assessment he has made of the project; [167154]
(68) what his Department's involvement was in the 2002 project, financed by EU development assistance, on rural development in Nicaragua; and what assessment he has made of the project; [167155]
(69) what his Department's involvement was in the 2002 project, financed by EU development assistance, on help for small rural producers in Panama; and what assessment he has made of the project; [167156]
(70) what his Department's involvement was in the 2002 project, financed by EU Development Assistance, to (a) provide education in South Sudan on the banning of landmines, (b) train refugees in Tanzania in self-reliance and (c) secure demobilisation and reintegration in (i) the Great Lake, and (ii) Eritrea; and what assessment he has made of each project; [167157]
(71) what his Department's involvement was in the 2002 project, financed by EU Development Assistance, to (a) support the Office of the Attorney General and (b) provide the rapid reaction mechanism to (i) Afghanistan, (ii) Indonesia, (iii) Nepal, (iv) Sri Lanka and (v) Cambodia; and what assessment he has made of each project; [167158]
(72) what his Department's involvement was in the 2002 project, financed by EU Development Assistance, entitled (a) Asia-Urbs (increase), (b) ASEAN-IPR (increase), (c) Asia-Europe Foundation Phase II, (d) Asia Invest II and (e) II' and C for Asia (increase); and what assessment 1 e has made of each project; [167159]
(73) what his Department's involvement was in the 2002 project, financed by EU Development Assistance, entitled (a) framework contract/studies for Asia, (b) medicinal plants in Bhutan and (c) APRIS institutional strengthening at a coot of £4 million; and what assessment he has made of etch project; [167160]
602W(74) what his Department's involvement was in the 2002 project, financed by EU Development Assistance, to (a) support the SME Development fund in Vietnam, (b) provide multilateral trade assistance to Cambodia and (c) provide support to the process of government reform in Pakistan; and what assessment he has made of each project; [167161]
(75) what his Department's involvement was in the 2002 project, financed by EU Development Assistance, entitled (a) WTO II (support to China's integration) in China and (b) small project facility in (i) Indonesia and (ii) the Philippines; and what assessment he has made of each project; [167162]
(76) what his Department's involvement was in the 2002 project, financed by EU Development Assistance, entitled (a) Vietnamese Government Interpreters Training Programme in Vietnam, (b) European TA programme for Vietnam (ETU2) and (c) labour market facility in Vietnam; and what assessment he has made of each project; [167163]
(77) what his Department's involvement was in the 2002 project, financed by EU Development Assistance, (a) to provide multilateral trade assistance to Laos, (b) on renewable energy in Nepal, (c) to develop rural towns in Bangladesh and (d) to provide support for community health services in Indonesia; and what assessment he has made of each project; [167164]
(78) what his Department's involvement was in the 2002 project, financed by EU Development Assistance, entitled (a) SEDF-Enterprise development in Bangladesh, (b) Reproductive Health/UNFPA II in Asia and (c) Drugs-Reach Out II in Pakistan; and what assessment he has made of each project; [167165]
(79) what his Department's involvement was in the 2002 project, financed by EU Development Assistance, entitled (a) Northern Pakistan Education Programme, (b) Support for Basic Education in Laos and (c) SMILING (Support to NGOs in Bangladesh); and what assessment he has made of each project; [167166]
(80) what his Department's involvement was in the 2002 project, financed by EU Development Assistance, (a) to provide assistance for street children in Vietnam, (b) to support healthcare reform in Thailand and (c) to deliver an HIV/AIDS project within the UN joint plan of action in Burma; and what assessment he has made of each project; [167167]
(81) what his Department's involvement was in the 2002 project, financed by EU Development Assistance, (a) to provide support to the education sector in Cambodia and (b) to provide European studies in China; and what assessment he has made of each project; [167168]
(82) what his Department's involvement was in the 2002 micro-projects, financed by EU Development Assistance, in (a) Zimbabwe and (b) Tanzania; and what assessment he has made of each project. [167169]
Hilary BeanDFID has been involved in the projects, or programmes described in a number of ways. Firstly by contributing the UK's share of the European Commission budget allocated to the projects cited and secondly, wherever possible through in-country consultation with the EC office over project and 603W programme design. DFID also attend the relevant Management Committees that approved the EC strategies and programmes under which the projects were or are being implemented. Finally, in some cases, DFID has formed part of a multi-donor in-country programme management committee that oversaw or is overseeing project implementation.
Some of the projects cited are ongoing and an assessment will only be possible once they have been completed. The EC, through its results-orientated management system and strengthened evaluation systems, is best placed to carry out such an assessment. DFID is however often involved in, or consulted on, such assessments. Assessments carried out to date have identified both significant success and areas for improvement. DFID continues to work with the European Commission to improve the quality and impact of its development assistance.
I refer the Hon. Member for Buckingham to the information available in the '2003 Annual Report from the European Commission to the Council and the European Parliament on the EC Development Policy and the Implementation of External Assistance 2002' and the European Commission's website http:// europa.eu.int for further details about individual programmes and projects. I will place copies of the report in the Libraries of the House.