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COMMISSION  OF THE  EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES 
GENERAL BUDGET FOR 1983 COM(85) 243  final 
SECTION III - COMMISSION  - PART B Brussels,  25 April 1983 
TRANSFER OF APROPRIATIONS  No 9/83 
(Non-compulsory  expenditure) 
FROM CHAPTER 100 - PROVISIONAL APPROPRIATIONS 
TO CHAPTER  94 -  SPECIFIC  MEASURES  FOR COOPERATION  WITH 
DEVELOPING  COUNTRIES 
Article 942 -  Advisory  Committee  on Development  Policies 
500 000 ECU 
The Financial  Controller  approved  this proposal  on 8 April 1983 
in accordance  with Article  21(4) of the Financial  Regulation  and 
certified  that appropriations  are available. 
COM(83) 243  final 

GROUNDS 
1. In the 1983 budget the budgetary  authority  entered  500 000 ECU 
for Article  942 (Advisory  committee on Development  Policies)  but 
froze this amount  in Chapter 100. 
The Advisory  Committee is concerned  with the analysis  and examination 
of the long-term  guidelines  of Community  development  policy and the 
evaluation  of its  results.  It was set up in the 1982 budget procedure, 
by the Commission  exercising  its power under the  Treaties  to set up groups 
of experts  and committees to undertake work  involving  examination  of policies, 
planning  and studies. 
2. This is a purely  advisory  committee, not a  management  committee 
of representatives  of the Member  States.  It consists  of high-level 
experts who are  invited  personally  by the Commission on grounds of 
their competence and  experience  of development problems or  international 
relations. 
The Advisory  Committee  operates  at three levels: 
- a standing  group of European  experts; 
- European and non-European  experts  who are  authorities  in their 
fields; 
- consultants  who are asked to prepare  in-depth  studies  by the  Advisory 
Committee. 
3. The  Advisory  Committee's  current  work programme  is organized  on the 
basis of the  topics in the  attached  list, which accompanied  Transfer 
No 11/82,  authorized  by the budgetary  authority  on 23 June 1982^. 
The Committee has  recently  begun in-depth  work on the  long-term  demographic 
problems  of Africa,  where the period between now and the end of the 
century  will see continuing  rapid growth in both the  total population 
and the urban  population,  with consequent  large-scale  migration.  The study 
is designed  to provide  an overall  picture  of the problems of the  flight 
from the land, the relationship  between urban growth and  food supply,  and 
the problems of  migration  as they affect  social  structures  and the  economy 
in Africa;  the aim is to  facilitate  a better understanding  of the 
prospects  for social and economic development in  Africa. 
It is intended  to produce: 
- a description  of the  present  demographic  situation  and the  utilization 
of space; 
- a sketch of the urban and  rural population  in the  year 2010. 
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The Advisory  Committee  has also decided to  make use of the experience 
acquired by the  European  development  institutes,  some of which have 
been involved in its investigation of the  impact  of Community  policies, 
especially  those which reflect  the economic  interests of  Europe,  on 
the developing countries and  ways of making  this impact more positive. 
The areas considered include agriculture and food supply,  Community 
enlargement,  raw materials and finance. 
4. In 1982 the appropriations (500 000 ECU) to finance  this action 
were likewise entered in  Chapter  100 and released only after approval 
of Transfer No  11/82. 
All these appropriations  were used during 1982 and a  similar  amount 
was entered in the 1983  budget. 
This amount  is to be  used as follows: 
Fees and expenses  of the 15  European  experts  permanently 
participating  in the Committee's  work 169 800 ECU 
Fees of 21 European  and non-European  experts taking part 
in the Committee's  work on an occasional basis 150 000 ECU 
Consultants, preparation of reports on various topics 
and policies,  logistical  support  180 200 ECU 
Total 500 000 ECU 
5. The Commission  hopes that consideration of the topics outlined 
in the annex  will continue. The Advisory  Committee  must continue 
its work quickly  because  of the important deadlines  which the Community 
must meet from autumn  1983 (particularly  the start of negotiations 
to renew the Lomé Convention). 
The budgetary  authority is therefore requested to release all the 
appropriations for  Article  942 frozen in  Chapter  100. 

ANNEX 
STUDY TOPICS 
1. Long-term development  projects 
- Development  and protection  of the  main natural balances: 
techniques  for combating  desert encroachment  and soil erosion 
and ways of providing  Community  assistance. 
- Scientific  and technical  cooperation: 
. ways of increasing  the research  potential  of developing countries; 
. priorities  for action,  especially  in food production  and health. 
- Development  of human  resources: 
. study of demographic problems,  migration, urbanization; 
. study of training  systems; 
. communication  techniques  and dissemination  of information. 
2. Direction  of development  policy 
- Ways of  programming  aid 
- Formulation  of an integrated  approach  to aid for  social and 
economic development  (small and medium-sized  undertakings,  commercial 
and financial  services,  relations  between  industry  and agriculture, 
etc.) 
- Ways of  improving coordination  between  Community  and bilateral 
policies . 
3. Harmonization  of development  policy  with the Community's  other 
internal and external  policies 
- Industry  and commerce:  preferences, access  to markets and structural 
adjustments 
- Mining and energy:  security  of supply,  market  stability  and 
exploitation  of developing countries'  potential 
- Monetary  and financial  affairs 
4. Development  policy in the  international  context 
- Prospects  for North-South  and Euro-South  relations 
- Development  of multilateral  cooperation 
- Prospects  for cooperation  between  developing countries  (regional 
agreements  and South-South  relations). 

APPROPRIATIONS  IN CHAPTER 100 - PART B 
AT 30 MARCH 1983 
Appropriations 
for commitment App upriations 
for payment 
1. Initial  provision 
2. Appropriations being 
transferred 
3. Transfers  made 116 316 000 
15 000 000 
3 500 000 117 316 000 
1 500 000 
4. Appropriations  remaining 97 816 000 115 816 000