Article 4 Programming

Within the framework of the partnership, the Government of Greenland shall assume the responsibility for the formulation and adoption of sector policies in the main areas of cooperation referred to in Article 3(2) and shall provide the adequate follow-up.

On that basis, the Government of Greenland shall prepare and submit an indicative Programming Document for the Sustainable Development of Greenland (the ‘PDSD’). The PDSD shall provide a coherent framework for the cooperation between the Union and Greenland, that is consistent with the overall purpose and scope, objectives, principles and policies of the Union.

The preparation and implementation of the PDSD shall comply with the following principles of aid effectiveness: national ownership, partnership, coordination, harmonisation, alignment to national systems, mutual accountability and results orientation.

The PDSD shall draw on lessons learned and best practices and shall be based on consultations and dialogue with civil society, local authorities and other stakeholders in order to ensure their sufficient involvement and subsequent ownership of the PDSD.

The PDSD shall be adapted to the needs and shall respond to the specific circumstances of Greenland, including climate change impacts and socio-economic development.

A draft version of the PDSD shall be the subject of an exchange of views between the Government of Greenland, the Government of Denmark and the Commission.

The Government of Greenland shall be responsible for finalising the PDSD. Upon finalisation, the Commission shall appraise the PDSD, to determine whether it is consistent with the aims of this Decision and with the relevant Union policies, and whether it contains all the elements required to adopt the annual financing decision. The Government of Greenland shall provide all the necessary information, including the results of any feasibility studies, for that assessment.

The PDSD shall be approved in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 8(2). That procedure shall also apply to substantial reviews which have the effect of modifying significantly the strategy or its programming.

The examination procedure shall not apply to non-substantial modifications to the PDSD, such as technical adjustments, reassigning funds within the indicative allocations per priority area, or increasing or decreasing the size of the initial indicative allocation by less than 20 %, provided that those modifications do not affect the priority areas and objectives set out in the PDSD. The Commission shall communicate such non-substantial modifications to the European Parliament and to the Council within one month of the date of adoption of the relevant decision.

Any programming or review of programmes taking place after the publication of the mid-term review report referred to in Article 7 shall take into account the results, findings and conclusions of that report.