De EU verhoogt de subsidie aan Iran. Bij de initiële 18 miljoen euro komt nog eens 376.000 euro bij. Iran financiert terrorisme in het Midden-Oosten.

1. SUMMARY
of the revision to the Action document of the project special measure in favour of Iran for
'Support to Sustainable Development in Iran' for 2018
1. Identification
Title / Number Iran
Annex: Support to Sustainable Development in Iran
MIDEAST/2018/41032
Revision n°1, Date 06/12/2019
Subject of the
revision - modification of the initial contribution :
Initial EU contribution : EUR 18 000 000
Following the present revision :
budget increase by EUR 376 000
Total amount financed by the EU : EUR 18 376 000
Aid method /
Method of
implementation
Project Modality
Indirect management with International Trade Center
Indirect management with the entity to be selected in
accordance with the criteria set out in section 5.3.2
Direct management – grants – call for proposals
DAC-code 321 Industry
32130 Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) development
331 Trade policy and regulations and trade-related adjustment
33110 Trade policy and administrative management140 Water
and sanitation
14010 Water sector policy and administrative management
14015 Water resources conservation (including data collection)
14050 Waste management/disposal
410 General environmental protection
41010 Environmental policy and administrative management
41020 Biosphere protection
41030 Biodiversity
41082 Environmental research
121 Health general
12191 Medical services
160 Other social infrastructure and services
16064 Social mitigation of HIV/AIDS

2. 2
2. Context and justification for the present revision
Under this decision, the EU commits to strengthening service provision for drug use
prevention, treatment and rehabilitation and HIV/AIDS care for injecting users in Iran.
While the current economic recession in Iran increases the need for such services, public
service provision is being reduced due to the government’s simultaneous budget cuts.
The guidelines for the call were drafted in consultation with Iran’s Drug Control
Headquarters (DCHQ). Subsequent communications from DCHQ as well as the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs underscore the importance attached to this call by the government. One
communication asked to extend the deadline for the submission of concept notes, while
another included a list of four concept notes submitted by Iranian CSOs deemed as of
particular importance.
To enable the contracting of four, rather than three, applications, this amendment proposes
to use unclaimed commitment credits under the MIDEAST budget line (ME BL-C1). The
budget line’s total unused commitment credits for 2019 amount to EUR 378 000, while this
amendment requires EUR 376 000.
The four proposals under consideration by the evaluation committee are all of very high
quality and sufficiently distinct as to not overlap and to be of particular interest under the
call and to the Commission.
3. Modifications
The amendment has financial implications. The EU contribution to “Support to Sustainable
Development in Iran” programme is increased to EUR 18 376 000. There are no changes of
the overall objectives or specific objectives, and no changes in their wording.