Technical and financial co-operation

In 2008, the EU launched the PEGASE mechanism to support the Palestinian Authority in achieving the ambitions of the three-year Palestinian Reform and Development Plan (PRDP). PEGASE aligns EU funding with the priorities and timeline of the PRDP. PEGASE is now also the main instrument used by the EU to channel financial assistance directly from the European Union budget and from EU Member States to support recurrent costs under the Palestinian Authority's own budget. The PEGASE mechanism supports the PA in the four PRDP programme axes: Governance, Social Development, Economic and Private Sector Development and Public Infrastructure Development.

Through PEGASE, the EU allocates two types of financial support to Palestinians, both support for PA recurrent expenditure and the delivery of public services and support for long-term sustainable Palestinian development. The EU assists the PA to pay the salaries of public workers and to pay social allowances to vulnerable families. PEGASE funds have also been used to buy industrial fuel for the Gaza power plant, which generates roughly 30% of Gaza’s electricity, and maintains mechanisms for directing additional donor funds to this need. The EU also funds various infrastructure projects, judicial and financial reform initiatives and programmes that support the Palestinian security, health and education systems.

More details on EU technical and financial co-operation are available at the following links:

Direct Financial Support to the Palestinian Authority pdf - 137 KB [137 KB] All available translations.

Governance: Helping to build a Palestinian State pdf - 137 KB [137 KB] All available translations.

Social: Investing in people pdf - 129 KB [129 KB] All available translations.

Economic: providing for sustainable economic growth pdf - 135 KB [135 KB] All available translations.

Investing in Infrastructure pdf - 144 KB [144 KB] All available translations.

Refugees and UNRWA: improving the lives of Palestine refugees pdf - 205 KB [205 KB] All available translations.

Civil Society: Supporting Palestinian communities pdf - 204 KB [204 KB] All available translations.