Evaluatierapport (PDF, 6.47 MB) - Buitenlandse Zaken - Belgium

FINEXPO EVALUATION
In 1983, the Development Related Export Transactions (ORET)
programme was launched in a joint effort of the ministries of
Foreign Affairs and Economic Affairs. In 1987, the mixed credits
were replaced by a programme of less concessional loans, which
were not only provided for exports of capital goods, but also
included service contracts that were linked to civil engineering
and/or institutional building. In 1991, the Netherlands
development co-operation abandoned the provision of loans and
ORET (renamed into Development Relevant Export Transactions)
replaced loan-based financing by the award of grants (in fact to
the supplier, enabling suppliers to offer either lower prices for
goods and services, or suppliers credit). The Industry and
Environment programme MILIEV was set up in 1993 and was
comparable to ORET, but with a higher grant percentage (up to
53%). In 1998, the programmes merged into ORET/MILIEV under
a single set of procedural guidelines.
Netherlands:
ORIO
After the untying of aid agreement in OECD, several modification
were introduced, such as the establishment (2002) of the Least
Developed Infrastructure Fund 76 within FMO, with a budget of
approximately € 49 million per year, in part subtracted from the
ORET/MILIEV budget. More changes took place in 2006 and 2007,
such as the separation of MILIEV from ORET. After an evaluation 77
that concluded that the development objectives were not reached
in full, the ORET programme was closed per 1st August 2007 78 .
ORIO means “Development Relevant Infrastructure Incentive” 79 .
Its objectives 80 are: (1) the development, implementation
(construction/ renovation/ extension) and exploitation of public
infrastructure in developing countries. (2) contribution to the
Millennium Development Goals, (3) provide benefits to the poorer
strata of the society, and (4) promoting the involvement of the
private sector in the development, technology and knowledge
concerning public infrastructure in developing countries.
The successor programme of ORET was developed as a joint
concept by the ministries of Foreign and Economic Affairs and the
Dutch umbrella organization for employers, the VNO/NCW. The
programme was launched in March 2009 with an annual budget of
€ 190 millions. By February 2010, however, the implementation
arrangements had not been completed, so the programme had a
slow start and is/was not fully operated yet.
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76 In October 2001, the members of the OECD/DAC committee decided to untie Official Development Assistance to the Least
Developed Countries as from the 1 st of January 2002 onwards. It was agreed that total volume of aid would not decrease as a
result of this agreement. As a result of this decision, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs decided to close the ORET/MILIEV
programme for LDCs. In order to compensate LDC countries and to open up new opportunities to Dutch companies a new
programme was created, called the LDC Fund. The regulations of 2005 introduced a change of policy of the Netherlands
Ministry of Foreign Affairs. As from the 1 st of January 2005 onwards the ORET programme became untied for LDCs and the
objectives of the programme were amended to that end. See: Investing in infrastructure. Evaluation of the LDC Infrastructure
Fund. Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands. IOB Evaluations no 324, July 2009.
77 Berenschot, SEOR, Ecolas. (2006) ORET/MILIEV Evaluation 1999-2004. Rotterdam.
78 For the benchmarking use has been made of the ORET/MILIEV arrangement as per 21 March 2002, a regulation applied up to
late 2006.Where necessary reference is made to later modifications.
79 Source: Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken (2008). Directie Duurzame Economische Ontwikkeling. Ontwikkelingsrelevante
Infrastructuurontwikkeling (ORIO). See also: Tweede Kamer (2009), kamerstuk nummer 31200V-116.
80 Source: Beleidsregels Schenkingsfaciliteit ORIO. EVD; Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken. 2009.
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