EU 2011 report on policy coherence for development

PURPOSE: to present the 2011 Report on Policy Coherence for Development (PCD).

CONTENT: since 2005, Policy Coherence for Development (PCD) has become a permanent and significant pillar of the EU effort to enhance the impact of external assistance and to better tailor and weight the external effects of EU non-development policies in our partner countries.

This is the third biennial report on PCD progress prepared by the Commission.

It aims to report on:

• progress made by the EU and its Member States in making their policies more coherent with development cooperation objectives, focusing  on those sectors identified as priority challenges for the PCD exercise ;
• recent activities to ensure better monitoring and implementation of the PCD process, and
• the main lessons learned and challenges ahead.