CzechAid: Fighting Global Poverty - Milestones, Players, and Impact
Learn how the Czech Republic is combating global poverty through CzechAid's milestones, key players, partner countries, and sustainable development projects. Explore their strategies, successes, and contributions to global development goals.
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CzechAid: How the Czech Republic Fights Global Poverty Michal Kaplan, Czech Development Agency Summer School on Migration Studies Prague, 9 September 2016
CzechAid - Milestones: 1989 Legacy of Czechoslovakia 1995 Foreign aid relaunched 2002 First concept paper 2007 Big institutional reform 2008 Establishment of CzechAID 2009 Czech Presidency in EU 2010 Law on Foreign Aid 2013 Accesssion to OECD/DAC 2016 Peer review of Czech ODA 2017 New ODA Strategy (SDGs)
CzechAid classification of partner countries Poor DEVELOP MENT Richer Bad AFG ETI KMB UKR GOVERNA NCE PAL KOS ZAM MLD MNG BIH Good GRU SRB
Basic facts about CzechAID in 2015 18 staff 12 countries 4,4% adm. costs 144 projects 16,8 million EUR 127 grants
CzechAid results of independent evaluations Results by evaluation criteria (max. = 4,0) 3.8 3.3 3.0 2.8 2.4 Relevance Effectiveness Efficiency Impacts Sustainability Relevance Hospod rnost Dopady elnost Udr itelnost
Examples of CzechAid projects How do we contribute to sustainable development?
Pillars of sustainable development Sustainable use of natural resources Inclusive economic growth Human dignity and empowernment Water and sanitation Agriculture Education Renewable energy Infrastructure Health Business innovation Social inclusion Biodiversity Cross-cutting issues Human rights, Rule of law, Gender equality, Climate change
CzechAid - support to green economy 25,000 residents of Daye have access to potable water from a newly established network. Murun, Mongolia, with 35 thousand inhabitants utilizes a new source of water. Moldovan cooperatives uses refrigeration equipment with a capacity of 500 tons, which prolongs the durability and increase the availability of fruits and vegetables. More than 22,000 Cambodian households own biofuel station, which generates energy for two hours of cooking and lighting, and saves of about 75 USD annually. The Czech Republic supported the installation of solar power plants in the province of Tubas in the West Bank at the overall capacity of 400 kW.
CzechAid - support to human dignity 66 Zambian students received training and subsequent employment as electricians, tailors and bakers. 160 Afghan teachers from six secondary schools use new teaching methods in practice. In Georgia , 115 young people from socially vulnerable households passed retraining courses in various vocational fields. 26 children with hearing impairment who attend school Mother Teresa in Kosovo can use hearing improvement equipment. 31 Zambian health workers provide neonatal resuscitation, reducing child mortality.
CzechAid - sharing of transformation experience 30 employees of government of Bosnia and Herzegovina were trained in the legislation and control measures for raising and breeding livestock. CzDA signed a memorandum with the Ministry of Agriculture to build a vineyard register during the visit of President M. Zeman in Moldova. CzDA launched a joint project with USAID on addictology in Georgia, focusing on systemic changes in this area (education, legislation, etc.). Thanks to Czech assistance (in cooperation with Sweden and the US) Bosnia and Herzegovina uses accredited laboratories for the export of food products to the EU.
CzechAid - support to business partnerships The company Dekonta has capitalized on the experience from Czech development projects in Moldova and won the FAO tender on further decontamination. Under the new scheme, CzDA has supported six feasibility studies for consecutive projects finnced from international sources. Czech firms TopolWater Ltd. Ltd. and Ircon built two waste water treatment plants in Kosovo, one in the context of Czech aid, the other ordered by the Kosovo government. Within the program for private sector partnerships CzDA supports business plans with a positive development impact such as apprenticeships in leather processing in Ethiopia.
CzechAid - support to awareness raising 79 students of the Faculty of Arts, University JE Purkyn in st nad Labem were briefed on using audiovisual media in teaching about developing countries. Based on the International Aid Transparency Index ranking 2014 CzDA improved the availability and clarity of information by 5% points. CzDA organized a panel discussion at the international agricultural conference Troptentag hosted in September 2014 Czech Agricultural University in Prague. Director Michal Kaplan in October 2014 participated in the debate with Professor of Harvard University Lant Pritchett in the series of "Kapucsinski Lectures".
CzechAid - cooperation with other donors CzDA organized a workshop in July 2014 on Result Based Management, attended by experts from Austrian ADA and German GIZ. In 2014, CzDA has implemented or started implementing 5 projects with USAID within the Emerging Donors Challenge Fund. CzDA started working with Sovereign Order of the Knights of Malta, with whom we signed a memorandum on joint projects in Palestine. In the framework of trilateral cooperation CzDA supported 47 projects co-financed by the European Commission with a significant 3-4 times leverage effect.
Summary What are our main achievements so far and outstanding challenges for meeting the Agenda 2030?
CzechAid - Achievements: Cross-party political support and public support (80%) Clear institutional and legal framework (2010 Law) International recognition (EU Presidency, OECD/DAC) Trilateral projects (ADA, SIDA, USAID, EC, UNDP, V4) Transition experience = our comparative advantage Small, but flexible and emphatic donor (OECD Peer review) 20.03.2025 19
CzechAid Challenges: Fragmentation (new strategy: 6 partner countries, 2-3 sectors in each) Field presence (next step: CzDA employees posted to embassies) Involvement of private sector (new Business Partnerships scheme) Small overall impact (aid is not enough - policy dialogue, coherence) compliance with the effectiveness agenda (budget support, untying of aid, joint implementation) 20.03.2025 20
Questions and Answers Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About CzechAId But Never Dared Ask ?
Thank you for your attention esk rozvojov agentura Nerudova 3 118 50 Praha 1 T: +420 251 108 130 E: kaplan@czda.cz www.czechaid.org / esk rozvojov agentura CzechAid / CzechAid
