MINISTERIO DOS NEGOCIOS ESTRANGEIROS BILATERAL MEETING GOVERNMENT TL AND DONOR COUNTRY 11 July 2011 MFA Dili Draft

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First hand information on the Development Strategic Plan 2011-2030 EU s future contributions to the nationsbuilding of TL for the fiscal year 2011 and onwards

Timor-Leste Introductions : Welcome Great honour to receive you. Not all Ministers here due to the launch of the Strategic Development Plan at the national Parliament. ZAC Let me reiterate to political dialogue Wording that we have to go to New York. PM will go to NY. I have clarification you call the joint programme under EU umbrella. Can you clarify. I hear no talk of synchrony/ To Ambassador from France. We will appoint Brussels to France. We appreciate your support. I would like to mention that there are no

EU EU ambassador Rey Good afternoon thanks. Presents the Representative of Spain, Eoghan Walsh from Ireland, French Ambassador who has travelled from Jakarta, the Austrian Ambassador, the Portuguese Ambassador and the Representative of German cooperation. Thank you for political dialogue. Was impossible for us to have meeting. In any case we would like to consider meeting in second half of September. We wish to congratulate Timor-Leste TL for progress in the last year. I think we will count all the achievements including the anticorruption and EITI. We welcome the govt on these achievements. From the EU side concerning good governance we would like to support initiatives in

mechanisms. We now have a cooperation division now and hope to coordinate. We are trying to follow up on this. M Francisco will coordinate with you on your projects. Lastly let me thank you each of you for your contribution.

these areas but some area need a bit more work. We are pleased to support activities May I now give floor to France France Ambassador draw your attention to visit of French expert. They have taken assessment on money laundering. Asia/Pacific important elements including anti money laundering training. Conclusions to major recommendations. Anti money laundering training is needed for good governance. Second recommendation adopt the legislation by November,. Expert will be here in September. Thank you Rey: This is the message we want to serve on good governance. Thanks to Vice Minister of Finance. Welcome the Strategic Development Plan. This will be perfect guidance for TL This again is great work. I would like to say thanks for the EU aid effectiveness. In relationship might be able to announce a joint programme. In any case we would like to support in the Pacific regional programme. EU can support presence of TL in New Zealand. 2011 official language. We welcome dont have any problem with Portuguese and Tetum. We like clarification. The EU wants clarification. We are not like world bank. Have no problem working in official language. Eoghan Walshe Joint cooperation have synchronise our country strategies under the framework and also work to 2013. This helps with joint planning. France Ambassadors I will leave my

Rui: Thanks We appreciate all the facilities especially dealing with technical issues. This is part of the capacity. Our minister would like DF9 about million disbursements this is a bit slow. This is of course. We need to discuss. VPM thanks you coming since 1999 thanks all the countries for support also for your support for the solidarity Arab Spring is positive. Thanks you. We have been with in human rights resolutions at the UN. Again I thank you Ambassador Juan.

position AS AMBASSADOR. Our colleague Nelson is in Brussels hope he is accredited to France. Austria. This will be the last development meeting that I will attend. This is just a few words on Austria and TL. We had the pleasure we have a long history. All inclusive intra-Timorese talks, working better on aid effectiveness, we hosted Timorese activists in our Embassy in Jakarta. Co financing rural water programme. Two words on SDP. From Austria l point the energy issue hits the eye working in West Papua Vocational training We have 50 centers in Indonesia. We propose peace training for your army. Portuguese Ambassador: Portugal is increasing in 3 fields; agriculture on bilateral projects, media radio and television, justice sector rural development sector. Rey: thanks to support UNSC for EU

Bilateral cooperation EU intention is to establish a joint programme. Sharing the values. Concerning the level of disbursement. The EU is not flexible. I would like to present to you one statement of the EU. We appreciate your support. I would like to mention that ehre are no mechanisms there are no. We now have a cooperation division now and hop to coordinate. We are trying to follow up on this. M Francisco will coordinate with you on your projects. Lastly let me thank you each of you for your contribution.

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