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FINEXPO EVALUATION
The programme of the Belgian Survival Fund (BSF) focuses on food security, in
partnership with the BTC, Non-governmental organisations (NGOs), and multilateral
institutions. The BSF approach is the following:
emphasis on agriculture,
integrated approach to the food issue with other social services,
capacity-building in grassroots organisations and decentralised authorities,
focus on the problem of individual capacity of persons, and defensive
strategies against external shocks.
In addition, projects within the BSF are often test cases, laboratories for an innovative
approach by means of which relatively scant resources can still tackle a complex issue.
The Fund's resources come from an extra-budgetary allocation from the National Lottery.
The 1999 Fund, which was added to the remainder of the 1983 Fund, makes up a total
budget of almost €300 million for this ten-year period. Expenditures have increased since
1999 from around €10 million a year to more than €30 million p.a. A new “Belgian Fund
for Food Security” is being developed and the related law was scheduled to be submitted
to parliament in 2009.
Other institutions
According to the DGDC statistics on Belgian ODA 71 , ODA is also delivered by the FPS
Foreign Affairs excluding the DGDC (humanitarian relief, conflict prevention and
contribution to international institutions), the FPS Finance (State-to-State loans, debt
cancellation, e.g.), other FPS (including Defence), the Delcredere office (debt
cancellation), the FEDASIL, the regions, the commune, and the decentralised public
services.
D – Institutions involved in FINEXPO
The presidency of the committee is ensured by the General Director of bilateral affairs
from the FPS of Foreign affairs. He is supported by:
a vice-president – the Director of Administration of the Treasury from the FPS
Finance,
and a secretariat – the First Attaché of the Administration of the Treasury from
the FPS Finance and the Counselor at the International Financial Policy. The
secretariat is in charge of the follow-up of the files related to interest
subsidies, donation, stabilization and outline agreement submitted to the
committee.
Since the Royal Decree of February 25, 2003, the committee has been made up of the
following:
2 representatives of the Federal Ministry of Foreign affairs (the managing
director of the Bilateral Affairs);
2 representatives of the Federal Ministry of Finance (including Administration
of the Treasury);
1 representative of the member of the Federal government who has the
Foreign trade under its attribution;
see
71 http://www.dgci.be/documents/fr/statistiques/apd_belge_2008.pdf, Aide publique belge au développement 2004-2008
Final report – Appendix 7 – page 138