WRITTEN QUESTION No. 2520/98 by Hugh McMAHON to the Commission. Projects in Tarija, Bolivia (SUPPLEMENTARY ANSWER)
Date: 1998-07-28
Institutions: European Parliament, MCMAHON
Subjects: Bolivia, EU programme, agricultural policy, costing, farm development plan, food aid, foodstuff, operating cost, technical cooperation, wage cost













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WRITTEN QUESTION No. 2520/98 by Hugh McMAHON to the Commission. Projects in Tarija, Bolivia (SUPPLEMENTARY ANSWER)  


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WRITTEN QUESTION P-2520/98by Hugh McMahon (PSE) to the Commission(28 July 1998)Subject: Projects in Tarija, BoliviaCan the Commission provide Parliament with an up-to-date breakdown of the finances of the projects in Tarija, Bolivia, in each of the following categories:- improving economic access to food;- improving physical access to food;- improving availability of foodIn addition, can the Commission inform Parliament of the administrative costs of the project, including the personnel costs for the eight directors over the past four years and the cost of transport shipped from Europe?Supplementary answergiven by Mr Marín on behalf of the Commission(19 November 1998)The Commission has implemented a nation-wide food security programme in Bolivia, with the aim of improving economic access to food, physical access to food and availability of food. The global budget for 1996-2000 is ECU 80 million, and the programme covers the whole of Bolivia. The programme has a sectorial axis, where horizontal programmes are financed (example: national seeds programme). The other axis is territorial, and covers 78 out of the 311 local communities in the country. These communities are amongst the poorest, the total population being 800 000 persons. The territorial axis includes parts of Tarija.The break-down of the 128 projects approved so far under the food security programme is irrigation 23 %; rural roads 35 %; training 18 %; support to agricultural production 14 % and others 10 %.The Prodizavat is a separate agricultural development project aiming at increasing the revenue of farmers in the Tarija region. The project is managed by a project management unit, composed of two directors, a European and a Bolivian. Over the last four years, there have been two European and four Bolivian directors. The Community contribution does not cover the cost of the Bolivian co-directors.The Community budget for European technical assistance is ECU 1,68 million and covers 4 European experts for 4 years (the European director, an agronomist, an engineer and an administrator). The Community budget has also financed the wages of a Bolivian legal counsellor and a Bolivian sociologist (ECU 0,065 million). On the other hand, the Bolivian authorities have financed a local staff of about 60 people (including the Bolivian directors).The project has bought vehicles in Europe, given that the Community tendering rules specify that goods bought for any project under Community financing should be of national or European origin. Since Bolivia does not produce vehicles, they had to be imported in the country. The cost of vehicles is ECU 0,28 million.