Welcome to our development cooperation pages!

Development cooperation is an important dimension of our work in the Philippines. Our development programmes are managed by the Operations Section of the EC Delegation.

The EC's support to the Philippines started in 1976, when, for the first time, funds were committed to co-finance NGO grassroots development actions. Long-term and structured development cooperation only started in 1986 with the restoration of democracy in the Philippines.

EC Development cooperation in the Philippines has always focused on combating poverty and raising standards of living of the poor. Over the years, evolution in development thinking have led the EC to diversify the focus of its programmes to encompass a range of interlocking development themes. EC development policy, financing instruments and programming documents are now aligned in support of achieving the Millennium Development Goals. Furthermore, lessons learnt from past development programmes have encouraged the development community to revise its methods to reach higher effectiveness and accountability of Official Development Assistance. This is reflected in the Paris Agenda and Accra Agenda for Action, which guide our programming. In consequence, the EC is increasingly shifting to a results and performance oriented approach, based wherever possible on supporting national programmes and using national delivery methods. This is demonstrated in the current programme, under which the majority of our funding supports the Health sector reform of the government, which directly supports MDG targets in maternal and child health where achievement of the MDGs is at risk.

More information on our past and present development cooperation actions in the Philippines is provided in these pages. By selecting from the menu on the left, you can chose between four sections:

The first gives you an overview of the EC's development policies;

The second focuses on EC aid to the Philippines. It explains our strategy for the Philippines, and how this translates into concrete development programmes implemented by a range of local stakeholders;

The third presents ongoing and past EC programmes and projects, for a number of sectors: human and social development, governance, trade, democracy and human rights, etc.

The fourth section is reserved to showcasing publications produced by our project partners.

On the right frame, you can visualize the location of our past and ongoing bilateral projects, as well as grant contracts implemented in the Philippines since 2000.

I hope these pages will fulfill your information needs. Feel free to communicate to us your feedback and requests for further information.

Alistair MacDonald

Head of Delegation

Click the map below to view the ongoing EU Projects in the Philippines