Q. What are the priority areas of cooperation of the Government of Spain in Ethiopia?
In the last few years Spain has considerably scaled up its cooperation with Ethiopia, that is considered a priority country for the Spanish Cooperation Master Plan. According to the first Joint Commission that took place in Addis Ababa in January 2008, the target areas are Health, Gender and Rural Development, as well as Humanitarian Assistance. In global terms, our ODA amounted in 2008 to 40 million Euros. We attach a lot of importance to work both bilaterally and multilaterally, especially with the UN System, following the principles on Ownership, Alignment and Harmonization, enshrined in the Paris Declaration and the Accra Plan of Action.
Q. The European Union like many other countries supported the UN High Level Panel on System Coherence. Even though the UN Country Team in Ethiopia is not a Delivering As One pilot, it is proceeding on a self starter basis and our readers would like to know your views on UN reforms in general and Delivering As One in particular?
Spain on a national basis, and as a member of the EU, is strongly supporting the UN Reforms Process with the aim of enhancing the effectiveness and coherence of its activities. In this regard, Spain is actively engaged in the implementation of the One UN programme.
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