Greening EU Cooperation Toolbox

This toolbox aims at providing technical guidance and tools for staff working in DG INTPA and NEAR Headquarters and in EU Delegations, as well as to the implementing partners involved in the design and implementation of EU international cooperation programmes. The toolbox has been produced by the Directorate-Generals for International Partnerships (DG INTPA) and for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations (DG NEAR), with the support of external consultants.

This document is based on the 2016 guidelines for the integration of environment and climate change into EU international cooperation and development, and on experience gained in applying them. This revised version draws on consultations with staff in the European Commission, European Union Delegations and others, and has benefited from the discussions and contributions received. It will be regularly updated in order to align with the evolution of institutional policies and processes.

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• I. Introduction
  • 1.1. Purpose and policy context
    • 1.1.1. Embracing the environmental and climate agenda
    • 1.1.2. International policy commitments
    • 1.1.3. EU policy commitments
    • 1.1.4. EU international cooperation instruments
    • 1.1.5. A new ambition in practice
  • 1.2. Climate and biodiversity financial targets
    • 1.2.1. Background
    • 1.2.2. Climate targets
    • 1.2.3. Biodiversity targets
    • 1.2.4. Tracking EU support
• II. Greening in practice
  • 2.1. Greening and the intervention cycle
    • 2.1.1. Overview
    • 2.1.2. Greening EU cooperation: obligations and the green lens approach
    • 2.1.3. Greening programming
    • 2.1.4. Annual action planning: greening identification
    • 2.1.5. Greening formulation
    • 2.1.6. Greening implementation
    • 2.1.7. Greening evaluation
  • 2.2. Greening budget support
    • 2.2.1. Background to greening budget support
    • 2.2.2. Main entry points in greening budget support operations
  • 2.3. Greening investments
    • 2.3.1. Background to greening investments
    • 2.3.2. Main entry points in greening blended finance
    • 2.3.3. Main entry points in greening budgetary guarantees
    • 2.3.4. Greening the contracting and monitoring of investments
    • 2.3.5. Greening evaluations: learning from greening of blending and guarantees
    • 2.3.6. Seeking more effective greening of investments at national level: promoting upstream opportunities
  • 2.4. Greening policy dialogue
    • 2.4.1. Background to greening policy dialogue
    • 2.4.2. Key measures to green the policy dialogue
  • 2.5. Greening project and office management
• III. Guidance and support
  • 3.1. Sector-specific greening guidance
  • 3.2. Support to greening EU cooperation
• IV. Annexes
  • Annex 1. Greening EU cooperation tools
  • Annex 2. Aid to environment, DRR and Rio markers
  • Annex 3. Model terms of reference for a Country Environmental Profile
  • Annex 4. Environment and climate risk screening
  • Annex 5. Sources to understand the environment and climate context
  • Annex 6. Model terms of reference for a Strategic Environmental Assessment
  • Annex 7. Model terms of reference for an Environmental Impact Assessment
  • Annex 8. Model terms of reference for a Climate Risk Assessment
  • Annex 9. Green and greening indicators
  • Annex 10. Greening calls for proposals
  • Annex 11. Greening procurement
  • Annex 12. Entry points for greening PFM systems
  • Annex 13. Environment and climate change screening of investment project pipelines
  • Annex 14. Greening budget support – guiding questions to assess the eligibility criteria and dedicated tools
  • Annex 15: Greening the Risk Management Framework Plus
  • Annex 16. Greening investments through upstream green finance frameworks
• Additional information
  • Opportunities for greening investments
  • Strategic Environmental Assessment in budget support
  • The greening of public finance management and domestic revenue mobilisation
  • Examples of potentially relevant evaluation questions
  • Main Green Deal policies and measures of relevance for international cooperation
  • Key multilateral environmental agreements
  • Some key definitions
  • A triple planetary crisis
• Acronyms and abbreviations