tailieunhanh - EUROPEAN NEIGHBOURHOOD AND PARTNERSHIP INSTRUMENT SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC

Malnutrition in Somalia is a huge public health problem, negatively affecting growth, development and survival of the population. Situational analysis shows a long term nutrition crisis characterised by persistently high rates of acute and chronic malnutrition throughout the country with some variation by zone and livelihood system. This situation reflects nearly two decades of armed conflict and insecurity, with breakdown in social and public services coupled with recurrent droughts and flooding seriously affecting food security and livelihoods. In response to the alarming rates of acute malnutrition, nutrition programming coordinated by the Nutrition Cluster, has been primarily focussed on the immediate. | EUROPEAN NEIGHBOURHOOD AND PARTNERSHIP INSTRUMENT SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC Strategy Paper 2007 - 2013 National Indicative Programme 2007 - 2010 TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE 1. THE OBJECTIVES OF EU EU external policy the Barcelona process and the European Neighbourhood Policy. 3 Strategic objectives of EU co-operation with 2. THE CHALLENGES FACING Political Economy and Social Energy transport environment information society and 3. THE SYRIAN GOVERNMENT S REFORM The Tenth Five-Year Plan 2006-2010 . 17 Constraints on 4. THE LESSONS LEARNT FROM EC CO-OPERATION IN Overview of past and ongoing EC co-operation Key lessons learnt from the 2002-2006 Syria Country Co-ordination with the programmes of EU Member States and other 5. THE EU RESPONSE STRATEGY FOR General principles of the EU strategic Priority Consistency of EC interventions in Donors Risks and conditions . 31 6. THE NATIONAL INDICATIVE PROGRAMME FOR A four-year framework for EC intervention under the Collaboration with the European Investment Details of 2007 Budget and phasing of the LIST OF ACRONYMS AND ANNEXES Annex 1 Map of Syria Annex 2 Political chronology Annex 3 Selected economic and social indicators Annex 4 Country Environment Profile Annex 5 EC co-operation with Syria Annex 6 EIB co-operation with Syria Annex 7 Donors matrix 1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Country Strategy Paper CSP drafted under the European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument ENPI sets out a strategic framework for European Union EU co-operation with Syria over the period 2007-2013. On the basis of an analysis of the challenges facing the country as well