Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID)

The Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation is a public law entity, attached to the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, in charge of the design, implementation and management of development cooperation projects and programmes, both through its own funds and through the collaboration with other national and international entities and non governmental organizations.
The Spanish cooperation priority areas are established in the Master Plan for Spanish Cooperation 2005-2008.

The ultimate goal of the Spanish international development cooperation policy is the fight against poverty. Moreover, the AECID aims at improving the Spanish cultural and scientific cooperation with developing countries and ensure that development policies of donor countries are coordinated, especially within the European Union.
The Millennium Declaration and the Millennium Development Goals shape a common agenda and methodology in the fight against poverty, and are the main reference points of the Master Plan.

AECID IN SRI LANKA

Sri Lanka, one of the South East Asian countries suffering the consequences of the 2004 tsunami, is included for this reason as a Country for Special Attention within the Master Plan for Spanish Cooperation 2005-2008.

The Spanish Cooperation got involved immediately after 2004 seaquake with an emergency aid operation that was extended until June 2005. The objective of this intervention was to prevent an epidemic widespread and the worsening of the general situation.

Since then, a reconstruction and rehabilitation phase takes place, implementing different mid term projects, covering different sectors: fishing and aquiculture, tourism, community and economic development, humanitarian aid, health and governance/ civil society.

The strategy and intervention of the Spanish cooperation in Sri Lank is aligned with the strategic lines and the geographical areas gathered and priorized in the Special Plan of Action for Sri Lanka 2006-2008,(currently under review), and takes on account the New Development Strategy of the Government of Sri Lanka.

Since the year 2006, the AECID has supported the Art Gold Programme of the UNDP in Sri Lanka with more than 2.3M euros.



For further information:
AECID
Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo
Av. Reyes Católicos 4
28040 Madrid, ESPAÑA
Teléfonos:+34 91 583 81 00/01/02
Fax: +34 91 583 83 10 /11/13