(period
2001- 2002)
Monaco’s official development assistance (bilateral
and multilateral cooperation) increased in 2002 to €1,579,400, or 0.24 per cent
of the State budget. African countries are given priority in the allocation of
bilateral cooperation, which benefited from a credit of €1,156,800. That
cooperation has been in place for some 10 years and is increasing steadily.
The bulk of the assistance provided goes to African
countries, either in the Maghreb, West Africa or sub-Saharan Africa.
The priority areas of bilateral or multilateral
cooperation are harmonized with the NEPAD guidelines, as follows:
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Education: Construction
of schools in rural areas, support for vocational training centres in Morocco
and Senegal.
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Basic health care:
supplying medicines and infrastructure in the Niger.
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Economic development:
establishment of income-generating activities in rural areas and support for
the agricultural sector.
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Integrated rural
development: preservation of natural resources, combating desertification,
income-generating activities in Tunisia and the Niger.
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Support for the micro
finance sector: with UNDP, establishment of a micro financing programme for
women in four African cities: Dakar, Cotonou, Essaouira and Niamey.
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Environmental
protection.
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Training and skills
transfer: technicians in reforestation and air quality analysis.
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Promotion of
South-South cooperation: participation in the FAO special food security
programme for the exchange of experts in agricultural development between
Morocco and the Niger and China and Mauritania.
§ Emergency humanitarian assistance: provision of anti-tuberculosis medicines to the Niger, natural disaster relief.
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Basic infrastructure
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Agriculture and market
access
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Human resources
development
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Environment
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Others: combating
poverty, basic health care, education, economic development.
Approximate financial assistance to African countries
since 2001
In 2000, bilateral and multilateral assistance, which
goes largely to the African continent, was €762,200. In 2001, it rose to
€1,400,787, and in 2002, to €1,579,400; in other words, it has almost doubled
since the adoption of NEPAD.
Given its limited means, Monaco cannot cooperate in
the major infrastructure projects currently supported by NEPAD.