Explanatory Note to the Donor Profiles
Institutional Framework
Management System for ODA For example: Ministry of Foreign Affairs / Development Cooperation Directorate within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs/Autonomous Aid Agency /other (please specify)
Total Staff in Nicaragua Estimate of full time staff working on ODA in Nicaragua
Total Expatriate Staff Estimate of full time expatriate staff working on ODA in Nicaragua
Total Local Staff Estimate of full time local staff working on ODA in Nicaragua
Aid in Nicaragua at a Glance in 2007
Disbursements / EU Disbursements 2007 Disbursements compared to 2007 EU Disbursements (in %)
Grant ODA / Total ODA 2007 Grant Disbursements compared to total 2007 Disbursements (in %)
Loan ODA / Total ODA 2007 Loan Disbursements compared to total 2007 Disbursements (in %)
Bilateral ODA / Total ODA 2007 Bilateral Disbursements compared to total 2007 Disbursements (in %)
Multilateral ODA / Total ODA 2007 Multilateral Disbursements compared to total 2007 Disbursements (in %)
Support to NGOs / Total ODA 2007 Support to NGOs Disbursements compared to total 2007 Disbursements (in %)
Top 3 Regions Next to national activities, the top 3 regions according to disbursements made in 2007 - Please note that regional disbursements are based on individual project disbursements divided by their number of regions. This might not reflect the full reality in the field but gives a confident trend.
Degree of Centralisation Who has the final decision on each stage of the ODA process? a) Headquarters or b) Field?
Programming Responsibility Country ODA allocation, approval of country strategy
Project Appraisal and Approval Appraisal and approval of projects and programmes
Tenders Responsibility Issue, approval and evaluation of tenders, selection of contractors
Commitments and Disbursements Signature of contracts, approval of commitments and disbursements
Monitoring and Evaluation Monitoring and evaluation of projects
Preferred approaches for aid delivery
Commitment to budget support Estimated % of ODA for 2007-2010 through budget support
Commitment to sector-wide approaches Estimated % of ODA for 2007-2010 through sector-wide approaches
Commitment to projects Estimated % of ODA for 2007-2010 through projects
Programming priorities
Country Strategy Paper Availability of a country strategy paper (response: yes/no)
Period covered Period covered by the last available CSP
Internet link Link to the Internet webpage where the CSP is available
Focal Sectors and their Regions Priority sectors according to the last CSP and their regions
Disbursements 2007-2008* in Millions ODA disbursements from 2007-2008* for grants and loans in million €, with 2008 being forecast data. Please note that only ODA under responsability of the Agency/Embassy of the EU Member State participating is counted here. Full ODA disbursements can be higher.
Distribution of Assistance by sector Distribution of 2007 Disbursements by general DAC sector