COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 
Brussels, 21.05.1997 
COM(97)216 final 
95/0166 (SYN) 
" Re-examined proposal for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) 
on aid for population policies and programmes 
in the developing countries 
(presented by the Commission pursuant to Article 189 c (d) 
of the EC Treaty) 

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 
The proposed regulation lays down the objectives and practical arrangement for projects 
financed under budget heading B7-631 (Aid for Population Policies and Programmes in 
Developing Countries). 
The initial proposal for this regulation was presented by the Commission on 
8 September 1995. 
Following Parliament's first reading on 24 May 1996 the Commission presented an 
amended proposal incorporating 26 amendments on 4 September 1996. 
The Council adopted a common position on 2 December 1996. 
On the basis of a report by Mr Nordman, Parliament unanimously adopted three 
amendments at second reading on 13 March. 
Under Article 189C(d) of the EC Treaty the Commission is required to draw up a 
re-examined proposal and give its opinion on the amendments. 
The Commission accepts the second amendment replacing the regulatory committee by 
an advisory committee thus re-establishing the Commission's initial proposal. The 
Commission does not, however, accept the other two amendments (1 and 5). 
Amendment No 1 refers to an increase of ECU 300 000 000 by the year 2000 in the 
Community's financial contribution for population programmes. Attention is drawn here 
to the content of recital No 11 to the common position. In it the Community undertakes 
to follow up the Cairo international conference by increasing its financial support. 
However, since this is a political objective and no decision has been taken by the 
Community budgetary authorities, no such formal undertaking can be entered into a legal 
act such as this regulation. Furthermore, this objective will not be attained by using the 
budget heading in question (B7-631 Aid for Population Policies and Programmes in the 
Developing Countries) to which only ECU 8 000 000 has been allocated and which the 
budgetary authorities do not plan to increase up to the year 2000. The sum proposed by 
Parliament cannot therefore be included in the context of such a regulation. To obtain the 
desired increase population programmes will have to be incorporated gradually into those 
financed by budget headings for the ALA/MED regions or by the EDF. 
The Commission considers that the content of the fifth amendment is sufficiently covered 
by recital No 9 (condemning any violation of human rights in the form of compulsory 
abortion, compulsory sterilization or infanticide), recital No 10 (no support to be given to 
incentives to encourage sterilization or abortion) and amendment No 12 (underlining that 
the decision taken by the Cairo conference that abortion would not be encouraged as a 
method of family planning would be strictly adhered to). 
The list of amendments which have not been accepted by the Commission as at annex. 
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Independently of its position on the amendments referred to above, the Commission 
would point out that it has not included in its re-examined proposal those provisions of 
the common position which it cannot accept. In consequence of its statement entered in 
the minutes of the Council meeting at which the common decision was adopted the 
Commission does not intend to incorporate provisions setting out a reference sum (recital 
No 18 and Article 9 of the common position) or those requiring additional information 
(Articles 10(3) and 12(3) of the common position). The Commission considers that its 
procedures (Committee for projects exceeding ECU 2 000 000, discussion of general 
guidelines and submitting of an annual report) will provide sufficient transparency. 
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AMENDMENTS NOT ACCEPTED BY THE COMMISSION 
Council common position Parliament's amendments 
Amendment No 1 
Recital 8a (new) 
(8 a) whereas the Community has undertaken 
to follow up the Cairo conference, notably by 
increasing its financial support for population 
programmes in developing countries to 
ECU 300 000 000 by the year 2000. 
Amendment No 5 
Article 4 (2a) (new) 
(2a) Countries or organisations authorising or 
encouraging compulsory abortion and 
sterilisation or infanticide as measures of 
controlling population growth shall not be 
eligible for Community aid. 
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Re-examined proposal for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION CEO 
on aid for population policies and programmes 
in the developing countries 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular 
Article 130w thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission , 
Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 189c of the Treaty , 
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(1) Whereas the capacity of most developing countries to achieve sustainable human 
development is hampered by many obstacles, one of them being the high rate of 
population growth; whereas these countries have adopted national population 
programmes; 
(2) Whereas the International Conference on Population and Development held in 
Cairo in 1994 adopted a programme of action; 
(3) Whereas the Council, in its resolution of 11 November 1986 concerning population 
and development and that of 18 November 1992 concerning family planning and 
cooperation with the developing countries, recognised the urgent need to satisfy 
unmet demand for family-planning services, at the same time stressing the need to 
help the developing countries implement broad-based population programmes 
encompassing all the different factors determining control over fertility; 
(4) Whereas the European Parliament hearing of 25 November 1993 highlighted the 
complex relationship between population and development; whereas, up to a point, 
population growth may promote economic development; whereas, however, the 
very high rates of growth observed in a number of developing countries make it 
impossible to satisfy the needs thus generated and to open up prospects for 
sustainable development, notably as far as the environment is concerned; 
(5) Whereas a more moderate demographic development would be promoted through 
the following: 
- a fairer distribution of income among different groups in a society, 
- an economic policy which makes it possible for poor women and men to 
develop a diversified livelihood, 
- investments in infrastructure with importance to people's health, such as clean 
water, improved sewerage systems and acceptable housing, 
- a health policy which improves the access to health services for the poor, 
- improved access and quality for general education and training for women and 
girls; 
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(6) Whereas a number of developing countries have entered a phase of demographic 
transition characterised by a significant reduction in the fertility rate, which points 
at a change in attitude conducive to a reduction in family size; whereas other 
developing countries have not entered this phase and should therefore receive 
special assistance; 
(7) Whereas individual freedom of choice for women, men and, in particular, 
adolescents through adequate access to information and services in matters 
concerning their reproductive rights is a significant element of progress and 
development; 
(8) Whereas the Community has been helping to finance specific measures and pilot 
schemes in pursuit of these objectives since 1990; whereas it is time for the 
Community to step up its cooperation in this particular area, in accordance with the 
programme of action of the said Cairo International Conference; 
(9) Whereas the Community upholds the right of individuals to decide on the number 
and spacing of their children; whereas it denounces any violation of human rights in 
the form of compulsory abortion, compulsory sterilisation, infanticide, rejection, 
abandonment and abuse inflicted on unwanted children as a means of curbing 
population growth; 
(10) Whereas no support is to be given under this Regulation to incentives to encourage 
sterilisation or abortion nor to the improper testing of contraception methods in 
developing countries; 
(11) Whereas the Community has undertaken to follow up the aforementioned Cairo 
International Conference, notably by increasing its financial support for population 
programmes in the developing countries; 
(12) Whereas, when cooperation measures are implemented, the decision adopted at the 
Cairo International Conference, according to which abortion can never be promoted 
as a family-planning method, has to be rigorously observed; 
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(13) Whereas the recipient countries must be helped to introduce population 
programmes that are compatible with sustainable development and to develop 
strategies aimed at giving women the power to decide and achieving equality 
between women and men, which are determining factors in enabling women to 
exercise choice over child-bearing, uptake of family planning and control over their 
own reproductive health, through measures in a variety of social, economic and 
cultural sectors, and in particular the key sectors of education and health; 
(14) Whereas, to be truly effective, such population programmes must be part of an 
overall policy to combat poverty and counter the threats to the environment; 
(15) Whereas new operations of this kind will be effective only if they are accompanied 
by sustainable development enabling the harmonious and progressive integration of 
the developing countries into the world economy; 
(16) Whereas non-governmental organisations and private operators can play an 
essential role in ensuring the success of health, education and family-planning 
policies, in particular among women, who are central to any sustainable human 
development policy, and adolescents; 
(17) Whereas the measures taken under this Regulation are to be funded by grants from 
the general budget of the European Communities; 
(18) Whereas administrative rules and procedures must be laid down for cooperation in 
this field. 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
The Community shall conduct cooperation in support of population policies and 
programmes in the developing countries. 
Article 2 
Measures taken under this Regulation shall be directed primarily at those countries which 
are furthest away from the criteria defined by the Cairo International Conference on 
Population and Development, at the poorest and least developed countries and at the most 
disadvantaged sections of the population of developing countries. 
Article 3 
The assistance provided under this Regulation shall complement and reinforce assistance 
provided under other instruments of development cooperation in the education and health 
sectors with a view to taking population issues fully into account and to integrating them 
in Community programmes. 
Article 4 
1. In operations funded in the course of the cooperation referred to in Article 1, 
account shall be taken of the following priority objectives: 
- enabling women, men and adolescents to make a free and informed choice about 
the number and spacing of their children, 
- contributing to the creation of a socio-cultural, economic and educational 
environment conducive to the full exercise of that choice, especially for women 
and adolescents, and in particular through the condemnation and eradication of 
all forms of sexual violence, mutilation and abuse which affect their dignity and 
health, 
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- helping develop or reform health systems in order to improve the accessibility 
and quality of reproductive health care for women and men including 
adolescents, thereby appreciably reducing the risks to the health of women and 
children. 
2. Community aid may be granted to projects involving activities in the following 
areas: 
- support for the establishment, development and increased availability of 
reproductive health care services as part of policies and programmes 
implemented by governments, international bodies, NGOs and private operators, 
particularly targeting groups for whom the issue is especially important, such as 
adolescents, pregnant women and other groups as locally determined, 
- help with the drafting, application or financing of policies which contribute to 
the better reproductive health of women and girls, 
- the improvement of reproductive health care services, encompassing safe 
pregnancies, perinatal care, family planning, prevention and treatment of 
sexually transmitted diseases, including AIDS, in terms of infrastructure, 
equipment, supplies, training or research, 
- support for information, education and awareness campaigns aimed at 
promoting better reproductive health and an understanding of population issues, 
including the wider social benefits of speeding up the demographic transition, 
- family-planning policy and services including information on safe and effective 
family-planning methods, 
- the development of grassroots* structures, the voluntary sector, local NGOs and 
south-south cooperation for the implementation of programmes, the exchange of 
experience and support for cooperation networks between partners. 
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Article 5 
The cooperation partners eligible for financial support under this Regulation shall be 
regional and international organisations, local and Member State-based NGOs, national, 
provincial and local government departments and agencies, community-based 
organisations including women's organisations, institutes and public and private 
operators. 
Article 6 
Cooperation initiatives shall be implemented on the basis of dialogue with the national, 
regional and local authorities concerned so as to avoid programmes which are coercive, 
discriminatory or prejudicial to fundamental human rights. Account shall be taken of the 
economic, social and cultural background of the sections of population concerned, 
respecting universal human rights. 
Women in particular shall be invited to take part in the design, planning, implementation 
and evaluation of all population projects and programmes. 
Article 7 
1. The instruments to be employed in the course of operations effected pursuant to 
Article 2 shall include studies, technical assistance, training or other services, 
supplies and works, along with audits and evaluation and monitoring missions. 
2. According to the needs of the operations concerned, Community financing may 
cover both capital investment, other than the purchase of real estate, and operating 
costs in foreign or local currency. However, with the exception of training 
programmes, operating costs may normally be covered only during the start-up 
phase and on a degressive basis. 
3. A financial contribution from the partners defined in Article 5 shall be sought for 
each cooperation operation. Their contribution shall be requested within the limits 
of the possibilities available to the parties concerned and depending on the nature 
of the operation concerned. 
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4. A financial contribution from the local partners, particularly in respect of operating 
costs, shall be sought as a matter of priority in the case of projects intended to 
launch long-term activities, so as to ensure the viability of such projects once 
Community funding comes to an end. 
5. Opportunities may be sought for co-financing with other fund providers, and 
especially with Member States. 
6. The Commission shall ensure that the Community character of the aid provided 
under this Regulation is highlighted. 
7. In order to achieve the objectives of consistency and complementarity referred to in 
the Treaty and with the aim of guaranteeing optimum effectiveness of all the 
operations concerned, the Commission may take all necessary coordination 
measures, including in particular: 
(a) the establishment of a system for the systematic exchange and analysis of 
information on operations financed and those which the Community and the 
Member States propose to finance;.. 
(b) on-the-spot coordination of the implementation of operations through regular 
meetings and exchange of information between representatives of the 
Commission and of the Member States in the recipient country. 
8. In order to obtain the greatest possible impact globally and nationally, the 
Commission, in liaison with the Member States, shall take any initiative necessary 
for ensuring proper coordination and close collaboration with the recipient 
countries and the providers of funds and other international agencies involved, in 
particular those forming part of the United Nations system, and more specifically 
the United Nations Population Fund. 
Article 8 
Financial support under this Regulation shall take the form of grants. 
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Article 9 
1. The Commission shall be responsible for appraising, approving and managing 
operations covered by this Regulation in accordance with the budgetary and other 
procedures in force, and in particular those laid down in the Financial Regulation of 
21 December 1977 applicable, to the general budget of the European Communities'. 
2. Projects and programme appraisal shall take into account the following factors: 
- effectiveness and viability of operations, 
- cultural, social, gender and environmental aspects, 
- institutional development necessary to achieve project goals, 
- experience gained from operations of the same kind. 
3. Decisions relating to grants of more than ECU 2 million for individual operations 
financed under this Regulation and any changes resulting in an increase of more 
than 20 % in the sum initially approved for such an operation shall be adopted 
under the procedure laid down in Article 10. 
4. The Commission shall be authorised to approve, without recourse to the opinion of 
the committee provided for in Article 10, any supplementary commitments needed 
for covering expected or real cost overruns in connection with the operations, 
where the overrun or additional requirement is equal to 20 % or less of the initial 
commitment fixed by the financing decision. 
5. • All financing agreements or contracts concluded under this Regulation shall 
provide for the Commission and the Court of Auditors to conduct on-the-spot 
checks according to the usual procedures laid down by the Commission under the 
rules in force, and in particular those of the Regulation referred to in paragraph 1. 
OJ No L 356, 31.12.1977, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2335/95 (OJ No L 
240,7.10.1995, p. 12). 
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6. Where operations are the subject of financing agreements between the Community 
and the recipient country, such agreement shall stipulate that the payment of taxes, 
duties or any other charges is not to be covered by the Community. 
7. Participation in invitations to tender and the award of contracts shall be open on 
equal terms to natural and legal persons of the Member States and of the recipient 
country. It may be extended to other developing countries. 
8. Supplies shall originate in the Member States, the recipient country or other 
developing countries. In exceptional cases, where circumstances so warrant, 
supplies may originate elsewhere. 
9. Particular attention shall be given to: 
- the pursuit of cost-effectiveness and sustainable impact in project design, 
- the clear definition and monitoring of objectives and indications of achievement 
for all projects. 
Article 10 
1. The Commission shall be assisted by an advisory committee composed of the 
representatives of the Member States and chaired by the representative of the 
Commission, which shall be, depending on the country or region at which the 
measures are targeted: 
(a) for the African, Caribbean and Pacific countries, the EDF Committee set up by 
Article 21 of Internal Agreement No 91/401/EEC on the financing and 
administration of Community aid under the Fourth ACP-EEC Convention, 
adopted on 16 July 1990 by the representatives of the Member States meeting 
with the Council; 
(b) for the Mediterranean countries, the MED Committee set up by Article 6 of 
Council Regulation (EEC) No 1762/92 on the implementation of the Protocols 
on financial and technical cooperation concluded by the Community with 
Mediterranean non-member countries; 
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(c) for the countries of Latin America and Asia, the ALA Committee set up by 
Article 15 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 443/92 on financial assistance to, 
and economic cooperation with, the developing countries in Asia and Latin 
America. 
2. The representative of the Commission shall submit to the committee a draft of the 
measures to be taken: The committee shall deliver its opinion on the draft within a 
time limit which the chairman may lay down according to the urgency of the 
matter, if necessary by taking a vote. 
The opinion shall be recorded in the minutes; in addition, each Member State shall 
have the right to ask to have its position recorded in the minutes. 
The Commission shall take the utmost account of the opinion delivered by the 
committee. It shall inform the committee of the manner in which its opinion has 
been taken into account. 
3. An exchange of views shall take place once a year on the basis of a presentation by 
the representative of the Commission of the general guidelines for the operations to 
be carried out in the year ahead, in the framework of a joint meeting of the three 
committees mentioned in paragraph 1. 
Article 11 
1. At the end of each budget year, the Commission shall present a report to the 
European Parliament and the Council comprising a summary of the operations 
financed in the course of that year and evaluating the implementation of this 
Regulation over that period. 
The summary shall in particular contain information on those with whom contracts 
have been concluded. 
2. The Commission shall regularly assess operations financed by the Community with 
a view to establishing whether the objectives aimed at by such operations have been 
achieved and to provide guidelines for improving the effectiveness of future 
operations. The Commission shall submit to the committee referred to in Article 11 
a summary of the assessments made which, if appropriate, may be examined by the 
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committee. The assessment reports shall be made available to any Member States 
requesting them. 
Article 12 
1. This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in 
the Official Journal of the European Communities. 
It shall be applicable until 31 December 2002. 
2. Three years after this Regulation enters into force, the Commission shall submit to 
the European Parliament and the Council an overall assessment of operations 
financed by the Community under this Regulation, which may include suggestions 
regarding the future of this Regulation and, where necessary, proposals for 
amending or prolonging it. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member 
States. 
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For the Council 
The President 
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT 
Article B7-631 : Aid for population policies and programmes in the developing 
countries 
1. TITLE OF THE OPERATION 
Aid for population policies and programmes in the developing countries 
2. BUDGET HEADING INVOLVED 
Article B7-631 
3. LEGAL BASIS: 
Amended proposal for a Council regulation on aid for policies and programmes in 
the developing countries presented by the Commission on 4 September 1996 
(OJ No C 323, 29/10/1996, p. 7). 
4. DESCRIPTION OF OPERATION 
4.1 General objective 
Most developing countries are currently experiencing high rates of population 
growth and a lack good quality accessible reproductive health services. This 
action aims to help developing countries design, implement and evaluate 
population and reproductive health programmes and projects based on the 
principles that individuals and families must be free to choose and that 
reproductive health activities must be designed as an integral component of 
health services. Complementarity will be sought with actions supported under 
B7-6000 (actions executed by NGOs). 
The International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD - Sept. 
1994, Cairo) made the status of women, their levels of education and health, 
and their social, cultural and economic empowerment, a cornerstone of its 
action plan. The European Union (EU) has undertaken to follow-up the ICPD 
conference in the same spirit. 
The instruments employed and projects undertaken will focus on: 
- enabling women, men and adolescents to make a free and informed choice 
about the number and spacing of their children; 
- contributing to the creation of a socio-cultural, economic and educational 
environment conducive to the full exercise of that choice, especially for 
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women and adolescents, and in particular through the condemnation and 
eradication of all forms of sexual violence, mutilation and abuse which 
affect their dignity and health; 
- helping develop or reform health systems in order to improve the 
accessibility and quality of reproductive health care for women and men 
including adolescents, thereby appreciably reducing the risks to the health of 
women and children. 
See 9.1 (b), 9.1 (c) and 9.2 for further details. 
4.2 Period covered and arrangements for renewal or extension 
The policy concerned is of an indefinite nature. Individual operations will be 
renewable annually until this Regulation is adopted. 
5. CLASSIFICATION OF EXPENDITURE 
- Non-compulsory expenditure 
- Differentiated appropriations 
6. TYPES OF EXPENDITURE 
- Subsidy in the form of a 100% grant towards project costs. Developing Country 
NGOs would normally be eligible for such funding.. 
- Subsidy in the form of co-financing projects with other public and/or private-
sector sources; notably Member State agencies and NGOs, non-member 
countries in the region, multilateral agencies, and developing countries 
themselves. The participation of the beneficiary in the costs of a proposed action 
will constitute a positive element in the evaluation of proposals. 
- Supporting measures, notably in the form of technical assistance, evaluation, 
training, studies, and supplies. 
7. FINANCIAL IMPACT 
7.1 Calculation of total operational cost (establishment of unit costs) 
The budget requested for 1998 reflects the range of activities which will be 
undertaken to achieve the specific objectives of the operation. In particular , 
cost estimates reflect previous experience in financing (or part-financing) 
actions in support of population policies in developing countries and in 
estimates of additional actions in the field of information and awareness which 
will be a significant feature of future actions. Services and supplies paid for 
under the budget will be subject to normal EC tendering and contract 
procedures. 
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7.2 Indicative breakdown of expenditure 
INDICATIVE BREAKDOWN 
Subject Area 
Support for policy and strategy development 
Improving access to reproductive health services 
Improving quality of reproductive health services 
Support for information, education and awareness raising 
Support for Capacity building and South-South collaboration 
Support for International migration issues million ECU 
1.0 
2.0 
2.0 
1.0 
1.2 
0.8 
TOTAL 8.0 
Expenditure will be widely spread/ Approximately 25% in the Eastern 
Mediterranean, 10% in Asia, 25% in Latin America, 15% on South-South 
Collaboration, and 25% in ACP countries. These figures are indicative and 
should be seen in the context of considerable additional related expenditure 
financed from other regionally specific budgets (e.g. the EDF in the ACP 
countries). 
8. FRAUD PREVENTION MEASURES 
- Normal checks by Commission officials; 
- External audits; 
- All contracts shall entitle the Commission to conduct financial controls and to 
check performance at the contractor's premises; 
- Commission delegations in the countries concerned shall monitor projects on the 
ground. 
9. ELEMENTS OF COST-EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS 
9.1 Types of actions financed which contribute to the general objectives of the 
budget heading 
- Support for the establishment, development and increased availability of 
reproductive health care services as part of policies and programmes 
implemented by governments, international bodies, NGOs and private operators. 
- help with drafting, application or financing of policies which contribute to the 
better reproductive health of women and girls. 
- The improvement of reproductive health care services, encompassing safe 
pregnancies, perinatal care, family planning, prevention and treatment of 
sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV/AIDS. 
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- Support for information, education and awareness campaigns aimed at 
promoting better reproductive health and an understanding of population and 
reproductive health issues. 
- Development of grass-roots structures, the voluntary sector, local NGOs and 
south-south cooperation for the implementation of programmes, the exchange of 
experiences and support for cooperation networks between partners. 
9.2 Justification for the operation 
9.2.1 Need for Community financial aid 
Budget heading B7-631 (ex B7-5050) was created at the instigation of 
Parliament. The operation will give concrete expression to the wish of the EU 
to make a practical contribution to the follow-up of the International 
Conference on Population and Development. 
The proposed EU operation will help developing countries confront the 
serious economic and social problems associated with high rates of 
population growth and poor reproductive health of people, which threaten to 
erode progress made in other areas and impose serious strain on the existing 
social infrastructure. It is hoped to significantly contribute to the socio­
economic well-being of the target populations, notably through meeting 
demand for reproductive health (including mother and child health) services 
and reducing maternal and infant mortality and morbidity. 
The proposed operation will also complement bilateral measures already 
supported by Member States. Close collaboration with those responsible for 
Member State bilaterally funded programmes, will contribute to significant 
improvements in the coordination of policy and activity between the EU and 
the Member States. 
Donor meetings are planned to improve coordination between donor agencies. 
Such exchanges of information will avoid duplication, and enhance the 
coherence and cost-effectiveness of the European programme. 
9.2.2. Procedures 
Decisions on actions of more than 2 MECU, and any modification of such 
actions leading to an increase of more than 20 % of the original budget, will 
only be made following consultation with an Advisory Committee composed 
of representatives of the Member States and chaired by a representative of the 
Commission. Actions of less than 2 MECU will be selected through 
consultation within the Commission. Because EU Delegations are better 
informed on the level of other donor activity in their countries, all proposals 
will either be screened in advance by the Delegations or sent to the 
Delegations for comment prior to decision; this procedure should maximise 
complementarity and minimise duplication. 
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The Guidelines for the Financing of Population Related Initiatives in 
Developing Countries will be extensively revised to give all necessary 
information on the financing of actions under this budget line (financing 
conditions; admissible costs; eligibility of applicants, initiatives and 
countries; procedures for the submission of applications etc.). 
The guidelines will stress the priority to be given to initiatives which 
complement other national and/or regional activities funded by the EU or the 
EDF in ACP and ALA MED countries 
9.3. Monitoring and evaluation of the operation 
The logical framework exercise has been introduced into the preparation, 
monitoring and evaluation of projects. 
Progress against stated objectives can be measured using selected objectively 
verifiable indicators (OVIs) such as: 
- increased utilisation of reproductive health services 
- contraceptive prevalence rate 
- number of new acceptors 
- reduction in case fatality rate for direct obstetric complications 
- reduction in perinatal mortality 
- % of births attended by trained health personnel 
- reduction in maternal mortality rate 
- reduction in infant mortality rate 
Technical assistance will be used to assess specific outputs through a process of 
ongoing project monitoring. 
A number of specific impact studies will be carried out. The project design of all 
major operations financed under B7-631 will include an evaluation requirement. 
The Commission will also use the results of evaluations undertaken by other bodies 
(e.g. USAID, ODA, the World Bank, UNFPA, and the IPPF). 
An overall evaluation of the budget line, covering the period 1990-1995, was 
undertaken in 1995. The recommendations and results shall be integrated into the 
revised guidelines for submitting proposals. They will form the basis against which 
all actions will be screened for renewal, termination, or realignment. Towards the 
end of the programme cycle a similar overall evaluation will be carried out. 
10. Administrative expenditure 
The actual mobilisation of the administrative resources required will depend on the 
annual Commission decision on the allocation of resources, taking into account any 
additional amounts or staff allowed by the budgetary authority. 
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10.1. Impact on the number of posts 
The officials required can be assigned from existing resources in the units 
concerned within Directorates-General IB and VIII. 
Type of post 
Officials or 
temporary 
officials A 
B 
C 
Other staff 
Total Staff to be assigned to the 
project 
Permanent 
posts 
0.2 
0 
0 
0.2 Temporary 
posts 
1.0 
0.1 
0 
1.1 of which 
By using 
existing staff 
in the DG or 
service 
concerned 
1.2 
0.1 
0 
1.3 By recourse 
to additional 
staff 
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-Duration/ 
year 
indefinite 
10.2. Overall financial impact of the additional staff 
Expenditure on the staff required for this operation will be covered by mobilising 
existing resources (within the unit concerned) : 0.2 officials + 1.1 temporary 
officials (Al, A2, A4, A5): ECU 130 000 per year. 
10.3. Increase in other operational expenditure resulting from the operation 
The resources required for this operation will be obtained by recourse to existing 
resources within the unit or directorate concerned. 
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