DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION BRANCH

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January 1 2010 saw the fusion of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and the Office of the Committee for European Integration (OCEI). The related restructuring created a unique opportunity to use the potential of the expanded MFA to bolster and realign the system of Polish development assistance. It is now based on the commonly applied principle of separating policy and implementation. Thus, the Development Co-operation Department is responsible for planning development cooperation activity, including the definition of geographic and thematic priorities and allocation of funds.  The practical implementation of the projects (including holding of calls for proposals) and their monitoring is the responsibility of the new Department of Implementation of Development Programmes, which also handles other tasks previously assigned to the OCEI.

Since January 1 2010, the two departments constitute the MFA Development Cooperation Branch.