Since the mid-1990s, donors and the Government of
Tanzania have worked very hard to repair relations that had become severely
strained. Today, Tanzania is regarded by many as a model of donor-Government
“partnership.”
The Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRS), which received
the endorsement of the Boards of the IMF and World Bank in late 2000, is the
basis for the partnership.
Hjelmaker, who is also the EU chairperson for this
year's GBS, said this in Dar es Salaam in an event to launch the EU Week
celebrations.
The EU will continue to extend its general budget
support to the government of Tanzania and in the forthcoming financial year we
will contribute 562 million US dollars," he said.
According to the Head of the EU Delegation,
Ambassador Filiberto Sebregondi, between 2006 and 2011 development partners (14
in total) have made resources contribution of almost 5,000 million US dollars.
"Contributions we have been making in the year
between 2006 and 2011 represent an annual average disbursement of 694 million
US dollars or 16 dollars per annum per head of the Tanzanian population,"
he said.
He added that during the period the EU Commission,
UK, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Ireland and Germany) contributed 53 per cent or
2,578.3 million US dollars. He added that the EU was a unique economic and
political partner, involving 27 democratic European states and the world's
largest contributor of official aid to Africa.
He said plans were underway to increase its
contributions to Africa in the future. Meanwhile, the EU will today launch its
weeklong activities to mark the EU Week where various projects touching on
people's lives are expected to be launched.
A variety of mechanisms have been developed to
encourage greater alignment of donor assistance with the priorities outlined in
the PRS and the harmonization of operational procedures among donors.
Most recently, donors have begun discussing the
possibility of developing a joint country assistance strategy. All of these
measures are intended to enhance local “ownership” of the development process
and reduce the transaction costs of aid for the Government.
Principles governing the relationship between donors
and the Government are spelled out in the Tanzania Assistance Strategy (TAS),
and both parties’ adherence to their respective commitments is evaluated in
advance of Consultative Group meetings by an Independent Monitoring Group
(IMG).
Ends.
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