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Dear International Cooperation and Development,

Under the right of access to documents in the EU treaties, as developed in Regulation 1049/2001, I am requesting documents which contain the following information:

On the 14 January 2020, the BKP Development Research & Consulting GmbH released the following report “Implementation Report of the EFSD and the EFSD Guarantee Fund. Final Report”.

The report, requested by the Commission, drew its conclusions based primarily on interviews and with very little, if any evidence, to substantiate its conclusions.

"Although every effort was made to maximise the depth and breadth of the analysis there were important practical limits, notably that there were no visits to EUDs nor to projects benefiting from EFSD support. In addition, few of the projects approved for Blending grants from the AIP and NIP have progressed far in implementation and at the time of drafting 25of the 28 approved guarantee programmes remain un-signed and prospective. This implies that there was heavy reliance on interviews and that on occasion hard ‘evidence’ is light. "

On 6 June 2020, the European Commission then released a report on the implementation of the European Fund for Sustainable Development.

The report made conclusions based on the following criteria: Relevance, Effectiveness and value added, Efficiency, Coherence and co-ordination, Sustainability.

I am seeking all documents that served as a basis for obtaining the aforementioned conclusions under those headings, as expressed by the report, and in particular hard evidence.

This includes, but is not limited to:

- All correspondence – including all attachments – regarding, mentioning or discussing the Relevance, Effectiveness and value added, Efficiency, Coherence and co-ordination, Sustainability.
- A list of all meetings held where these conclusions were discussed or mentioned, as well as all minutes of these meetings.

Yours faithfully,
Nikolaj Nielsen

EUobserver
Avenue d'Auderghem / Oudergemlaan 150
1040 Brussels
Belgium

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Dear Sir,

 

Thank you for your e-mail of 13 July 2020. We hereby acknowledge receipt
of your application for access to documents, which was registered on 13
July 2020 under reference number GESTDEM 2020/4260.

 

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International Partnerships

Dear Sir

Subject : Your application for access to documents – GESTDEM 2020/4260

We refer to your e-mail of 13 July 2020 in which you make a request for access to documents, registered on 13 July 2020 under the above mentioned reference number.

Your application is currently being handled by our unit. However, we will not be in a position to complete the handling of your application within the time limit of 15 working days, which expires on 4 August 2020. An extended time limit is needed as the application concerns a large number of documents, some of which may originate from third parties. Therefore, we will have to extend the time limit by 15 working days in accordance with Article 7(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 regarding public access to documents. The new time limit expires on 25 August 2020
.
We apologise for this delay and for any inconvenience this may cause.

Yours faithfully,
Torsten EWERBECK, Acting Head of Unit DEVCO C7
International Cooperation and Development
Unit C7 – Coordination of the EIP Secretariat and Blending Facilities

-----Original Message-----
From: Nikolaj Nielsen <[FOI #8354 email]>
Sent: Monday, July 13, 2020 12:51 PM
To: DEVCO DOSSIERS ACCES <[DG DEVCO request email]>
Subject: access to documents request - European Fund for Sustainable Development

Dear International Cooperation and Development,

Under the right of access to documents in the EU treaties, as developed in Regulation 1049/2001, I am requesting documents which contain the following information:

On the 14 January 2020, the BKP Development Research & Consulting GmbH released the following report “Implementation Report of the EFSD and the EFSD Guarantee Fund. Final Report”.

The report, requested by the Commission, drew its conclusions based primarily on interviews and with very little, if any evidence, to substantiate its conclusions.

"Although every effort was made to maximise the depth and breadth of the analysis there were important practical limits, notably that there were no visits to EUDs nor to projects benefiting from EFSD support. In addition, few of the projects approved for Blending grants from the AIP and NIP have progressed far in implementation and at the time of drafting 25of the 28 approved guarantee programmes remain un-signed and prospective. This implies that there was heavy reliance on interviews and that on occasion hard ‘evidence’ is light. "

On 6 June 2020, the European Commission then released a report on the implementation of the European Fund for Sustainable Development.

The report made conclusions based on the following criteria: Relevance, Effectiveness and value added, Efficiency, Coherence and co-ordination, Sustainability.

I am seeking all documents that served as a basis for obtaining the aforementioned conclusions under those headings, as expressed by the report, and in particular hard evidence.

This includes, but is not limited to:

- All correspondence – including all attachments – regarding, mentioning or discussing the Relevance, Effectiveness and value added, Efficiency, Coherence and co-ordination, Sustainability.
- A list of all meetings held where these conclusions were discussed or mentioned, as well as all minutes of these meetings.

Yours faithfully,
Nikolaj Nielsen

EUobserver
Avenue d'Auderghem / Oudergemlaan 150
1040 Brussels
Belgium

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Dear Sir

We refer to your e-mail of 13 July 2020 in which you make a request for access to documents, and our email of 28 July.

We are currently in the process of preparing the reply for your request for documents and will send it in the coming days.

We apologise for this extra delay and for the inconvenience this may cause.

Best regards,

Torsten EWERBECK, Acting Head of Unit DEVCO C7
International Cooperation and Development
DEVCO C7 – Coordination of the EIP Secretariat and Blending Facilities

-----Original Message-----
From: DEVCO C7
Sent: Friday, July 31, 2020 4:27 PM
To: 'Nikolaj Nielsen' <[FOI #8354 email]>
Subject: Your application for access to documents – GESTDEM 2020/4260 - European Fund for Sustainable Development

Dear Sir

Subject :Your application for access to documents – GESTDEM 2020/4260

We refer to your e-mail of 13 July 2020 in which you make a request for access to documents, registered on 13 July 2020 under the above mentioned reference number.

Your application is currently being handled by our unit. However, we will not be in a position to complete the handling of your application within the time limit of 15 working days, which expires on 4 August 2020. An extended time limit is needed as the application concerns a large number of documents, some of which may originate from third parties. Therefore, we will have to extend the time limit by 15 working days in accordance with Article 7(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 regarding public access to documents. The new time limit expires on 25 August 2020
.
We apologise for this delay and for any inconvenience this may cause.

Yours faithfully,
Torsten EWERBECK, Acting Head of Unit DEVCO C7
International Cooperation and Development
Unit C7 – Coordination of the EIP Secretariat and Blending Facilities

-----Original Message-----
From: Nikolaj Nielsen <[FOI #8354 email]>
Sent: Monday, July 13, 2020 12:51 PM
To: DEVCO DOSSIERS ACCES <[DG DEVCO request email]>
Subject: access to documents request - European Fund for Sustainable Development

Dear International Cooperation and Development,

Under the right of access to documents in the EU treaties, as developed in Regulation 1049/2001, I am requesting documents which contain the following information:

On the 14 January 2020, the BKP Development Research & Consulting GmbH released the following report “Implementation Report of the EFSD and the EFSD Guarantee Fund. Final Report”.

The report, requested by the Commission, drew its conclusions based primarily on interviews and with very little, if any evidence, to substantiate its conclusions.

"Although every effort was made to maximise the depth and breadth of the analysis there were important practical limits, notably that there were no visits to EUDs nor to projects benefiting from EFSD support. In addition, few of the projects approved for Blending grants from the AIP and NIP have progressed far in implementation and at the time of drafting 25of the 28 approved guarantee programmes remain un-signed and prospective. This implies that there was heavy reliance on interviews and that on occasion hard ‘evidence’ is light. "

On 6 June 2020, the European Commission then released a report on the implementation of the European Fund for Sustainable Development.

The report made conclusions based on the following criteria: Relevance, Effectiveness and value added, Efficiency, Coherence and co-ordination, Sustainability.

I am seeking all documents that served as a basis for obtaining the aforementioned conclusions under those headings, as expressed by the report, and in particular hard evidence.

This includes, but is not limited to:

- All correspondence – including all attachments – regarding, mentioning or discussing the Relevance, Effectiveness and value added, Efficiency, Coherence and co-ordination, Sustainability.
- A list of all meetings held where these conclusions were discussed or mentioned, as well as all minutes of these meetings.

Yours faithfully,
Nikolaj Nielsen

EUobserver
Avenue d'Auderghem / Oudergemlaan 150
1040 Brussels
Belgium

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This is a request for access to information under Article 15 of the TFEU and, where applicable, Regulation 1049/2001 which has been sent via the AsktheEU.org website.

Please kindly use this email address for all replies to this request: [FOI #8354 email]

If [DG DEVCO request email] is the wrong address for information requests to International Cooperation and Development, please tell the AsktheEU.org team on email [email address]

This message and all replies from International Cooperation and Development will be published on the AsktheEU.org website. For more information see our dedicated page for EU public officials at https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www....

Please note that in some cases publication of requests and responses will be delayed.

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Dear Sir
 
Please find attached the Commission's reply to your application to access
documents ref. Gestdem 2020/4260.
 
Regards,
 
DEVCO C7 – Coordination of the EIP Secretariat and Blending Facilities
International Cooperation and Development