INTRODUCTION

This report is submitted to the European Parliament and the Council in compliance with the reporting requirement set out in Article 23 of Regulation (EC) N=B01717/2006 of the European Parliament and the Council of 15 November 2006 establishing an Instrument for Stability (the IfS Regulation). This article states:

'The Commission shall examine progress achieved in implementing the measures undertaken pursuant to this Regulation and shall submit to the European Parliament and the Council an annual report

INTRODUCTION

This is the second Multi-annual Indicative Programme (IP) for the long-term component (Article 4) of the Instrument for Stability (IfS). It covers the three year period 2009-2011. It builds on the Strategy Paper for 2007-2011, the Indicative Programme 2007-2008, and the Annual Action Programmes for 2007 and 2008.

According to Article 7 of the IfS Regulation, this IP should summarise the priority areas selected for Community financing, the specific objectives, the expected results and timeframe of Community

The European Commission (EC) launched today (20/4) a project in support of the local elections in Aceh.
With an EC grant funding of 750,000 euro, the "EC support to Aceh Local Elections (ALES)" project will provide strategic technical assistance to the Aceh Independent Elections Commission (KIP) with the aim of ensuring sustainable institutional capacity to conduct recurring free and fair elections.

Support will also be provided for the training of election poll workers, voter information and education as well

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Jakarta, 23 February 2006 - The European Commission (EC) and the Office of the Governor of Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam endorsed Wednesday (22/2) the 230 villages to receive livelihood assistance as part of the EC supported "Livelihood support for conflict affected communities in Aceh" project -- also known as "Makmu Gampong Kareuna Dame". The project will be delivered through DINSOS-PIKR assisted by the International Organisation for Migration (IOM). With an EC grant funding of 1.4 million euro, the "Makmu Gampong Kareuna Dame" project

A year after the Asian Tsunami the EU can record a rapid and coherent response, both in humanitarian and reconstruction aid, to the disaster, and a substantial contribution made by the EU to support the resolution of long-standing conflicts in some of the affected countries. The EU remains fully aware of the dire conditions in which many people are still living, and will continue to work to restore communities and livelihoods. Details of the EU response to the Tsunami are set out

IP/05/1444
Brussels, 18 November 2005

As the first anniversary of the Asian Tsunami approaches, the European Commission today set out a progress report on EU humanitarian and reconstruction aid to areas hit by the devastating natural disaster last December. The report records a rapid and coherent response to the disaster, and the substantial contribution made by the EU to support the resolution of long-standing conflicts in some of the affected countries.

Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid, Louis Michel, said: "From the early hours on that terrible 26th of

IP/05/1116

Brussels, 9 September 2005 - The European Commission will provide €4 million, under its Rapid Reaction Mechanism, to help re-integrate into civilian life former political prisoners and fighters in the long-running conflict in Aceh. The move follows the signature on 15 August 2005 of a peace agreement, in the form of a Memorandum of Understanding, between the Government of Indonesia and the Free Aceh Movement (GAM), which it is hoped signals the end of this 30-year conflict. The Commission support will cover the immediate basic needs of GAM returnees

IP/05/591
Brussels, 23 May 2005 - The European Commission today approved detailed plans for €323 million of its €350 million post-tsunami reconstruction programme, which will be delivered over the coming two years. €12 million has been immediately released under the Rapid Reaction Mechanism (RRM) to kick-start this longer-term reconstruction work. This builds on the Commission's €123 million humanitarian aid that started flowing days after the disaster struck.

Commissioner for External Relations and European Neighbourhood Policy, Benita Ferrero-Waldner said "I promised

MEMO/05/135
Brussels, 20 April, 2005 - The tsunami of 26 December 2004 was one of the worst natural disasters in recorded history. Large tracts of the islands of Sri Lanka and the Maldives as well as coastal zones of Indonesia, India and Thailand were devastated. The true scale of the tragedy is now clear, with some 300,000 dead and a further million people displaced. Europe's (European Commission and Member States) response to the Tsunami crisis was immediate and generous with contributions amounting to around € 1.5billion (making it the largest donor to the appeal).