Written answers
Thursday, 30 June 2005
Department of Foreign Affairs
Overseas Missions
8:00 pm
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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Question 306: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on the support in materials, cash and personnel provided to UNMIK, IPTF and non-governmental organisations working in Kosovo for 2004 and 2005. [23568/05]
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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Question 307: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on the support in materials, cash and personnel provided to the Government of Bosnia-Herzegovina and non-governmental organisations working in Bosnia for 2004 and 2005. [23569/05]
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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Question 308: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on the support in materials, cash and personnel provided to the Government of Macedonia and non-governmental organisations working in Macedonia. [23570/05]
Conor Lenihan (Dublin South West, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 306 to 308, inclusive, together.
Since the early 1990s, Ireland has provided in excess of €30 million in assistance to the western Balkans, including Bosnia-Herzegovina, Kosovo and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. In recent years, the focus has shifted from the provision of emergency humanitarian assistance to projects and programmes that encourage the development of functioning public administrations, economic development, including poverty reduction, and the emergence of a civil society. The objective is to work with the countries of the region to consolidate peace and stability and to ensure full respect for human rights and European democratic standards. Ireland also contributes significantly to projects that are implemented on a regional basis, including through the stability pact for south-eastern Europe.
Details of support from my Department for Kosovo, Bosnia-Herzegovina and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia for 2004 and committed for 2005 are provided. We have also provided development personnel funding for the region amounting to approximately €130,000. Four members of the Defence Forces are serving as military observers with UNMIK in Kosovo. For the period January 2004 to June 2005, Ireland's contribution to UNMIK amounted to approximately €1.2 million. The United Nations International Police Task Force, IPTF, concluded its mission in Bosnia-Herzegovina at the end of 2002.
| Funding from the Department of Foreign Affairs 2004-05. | ||||
| Country | Organisation | Project | 2004 | 2005 |
| â'¬ | â'¬ | |||
| Bosnia & Herzegovina | International Trust Fund for de-mining and mine victims assistance | Mine clearance, de-mining and mine victims assistance | 115,450 | |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Office of the High Representative, OHR, for Bosnia and Herzegovina | Secondment of Irish expert to Criminal Institutions Prosecutorial Reform Unit and to War Crimes Chamber | €102,992 for year end 30.09.2004, €28,725 from October to December 2004 | 143,880 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Catholic Relief Services, CRS | Active citizens and good governance | 128,948 | |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | CARE | Strengthening SMEs for employment generation | 154,124 | |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | CARE | Strengthening democracy and increasing citizen participation | 150,000 | |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | CARE | Strengthening women's civil society organisations in the north, west and east | 167,826 | |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Economic Cooperation Network | Collection of organic wild forest products | 169,822 | |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | International Organisation for Migration, IOM | HIV-AIDS national capacity building | 50,000 | |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Catholic Relief Services, CRS | Building just structures: An ongoing community capacity-building development programme: Training in advocacy, budgeting and leadership skills. | 139,226 | |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Serbia and Montenegro | International Rescue Committee, IRC | Provide NGO support through cross border cooperation of civil society organisations and implementation of joint projects and sharing of experience. A further objective is to support the development of a voice for the NGO sector at a regional level. | 163,994 | |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo | TOGETHER Foundation | Psycho-social training for teachers | 117,500 | |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia and Montenegro | Catholic Relief Services, CRS | Strengthening advocacy capacities of organisations for disabilities | 42,949 | |
| Kosovo | UNDP | Helping returning families | 100,000 | |
| Kosovo | Handikos | Training and awareness raising for people with disabilities | 140,000 | |
| Kosovo | UNICEF | Immunisation programme | 220,000 | 150,662 |
| Kosovo | Irish Defence Forces | Small scale projects by the Irish Army in Kosovo | 25,000 | 55,000 |
| Kosovo | Council of Europe | Development of local democracy | 8,565 | |
| Kosovo | International Centre for Community and Enterprise Development, ICCED | Training for civil society development | 64,125 | |
| Kosovo | Trócaire | Education centre | 136,270 | |
| Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia | European Centre for Minority Issues | Implementation of the Ohrid Agreement | 150,000 | |
| Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia | Ireland and European Commission | Conference on "Small States Catching Up" | 7,000 | |
| Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia | Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe | Referendum on Territorial Re-organisation November 2004. Election monitors. | Three short-term observers | |
| Kosovo | Council of Europe | Assembly Elections October 2004 | Four short-term observers | |
| Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia | Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe | Municipal Elections March 2005 | Three short-term observers |
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