Article 11

In the interests of making the Community assistance cohesive and more efficient and complementary, the Member States and the Commission shall exchange any relevant information on the operations they intend to implement.

In liaison with the Member States and on the basis of a regular mutual exchange of information, including on the spot, particularly as regards strategy papers, multiannual indicative programmes and annual action programmes and the preparation of projects and monitoring of their implementation, the Commission shall ensure effective coordination of the assistance efforts made by the Community, including the EIB, and by each Member State, in order to make their cooperation programmes more consistent and complementary. In addition, it shall encourage coordination and cooperation with international financial institutions, United Nations cooperation programmes and other donors. Practical arrangements for on-the-spot coordination shall be covered by guidelines to be approved by the CARDS Committee.