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As part of its efforts to reform the management of external aid the Commission formally set up the EuropeAid Co-operation Office on 1 January 2001. EuropeAid Co-operation Office's mission is to implement the external aid instruments of the European Commissionwhich are funded by theEuropean Community budget and the European Development Fund. It does not deal with pre-accession aid programmes (Phare, Ispa and Sapard), humanitarian activities, macro-financial assistance, the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) or the Rapid Reaction Facility.
The Office is responsible for all phases of the project cycle (identification and appraisal of projects and programmes, preparation of financing decisions, implementation and monitoring, evaluation of projects and programmes) which ensures the achievement of the objectives of the programmes established by the Directorates-General for External Relations and Development and approved by the Commission.
It is also involved in initiatives to improve programming systems and their content, to establish policy evaluation programmes and to develop mechanisms for feeding back evaluation results.
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Information on contract procedures
Person to contact in EuropeAid for questions concerning local government:
European Commission - EuropeAid
Unit E/4 – Governance, Human Rights, Democracy and Gender
200 rue de la Loi
B-1049 Brussels
Ms Dominique Dellicour – Head of Unit
Phone +32.2.298.41.41