The Accra High-Level Forum: A Roadmap to Aid Effectiveness July 2008

What is Accra HLF 3?  High-level political event on aid effectiveness, prior to the UN Summit on MDGs (September) and Doha Financing for Development (December)  Not an “OECD/DAC”, “Ghana”, or “World Bank” event – but representing a partnership of donors and partners  Stocktaking of Paris Declaration commitments: a crucial milestone for assessing implementation of the Declaration  Forward looking event: road to 2011 and beyond

Participants  A partnership of donors and partners  800 – 1000 participants  Ministers responsible for aid received invitation  Strong civil society engagement  Around 100 partner countries, most donors, most international aid agencies

Main Objectives for the Accra HLF  Gauging progress on implementing the Paris Declaration  Reinforcing country leadership of aid, ownership, and building capacity  Learning from surveys, evaluations, and analytic work, and addressing shortfalls and challenges  Enhancing implementation of aid effectiveness  Promoting a new aid architecture – “new” donors, vertical funds, private foundations, the private sector  Making the link to achieving development results  Maintaining high-level attention

The Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness  Endorsed in March 2005 by Ministers and Heads of Agencies of partner countries and development partners  Reflects the commitment to provide and manage aid as a means of better achieving development results, in line with the principles of: ownership and leadership by developing countries alignment with countries’ strategies, systems and procedures harmonization and coordination of donors’ actions managing for development results mutual accountability for performance and results  Established a monitoring framework of indicators and targets

The Paris Declaration Principles

INDICATORSSURVEYREVIEWS Ownership1National development strategies Alignment2Quality of country systems 3Alignment: aid is on budget Harmonisation4Coordinated support for capacity development 5Use of country systems 6Parallel PIUs 7In-year predictability of aid 8Aid is untied 9Programme-based approaches 10Joint missions & analytic work Managing for Results11Results-oriented frameworks Mutual Accountability12Reviews of mutual performance Paris Declaration Indicators to Monitor Commitments

Implementing the Paris Agenda  The “good news” – change process is underway with progress since Paris  Need to do more to deepen implementation and broaden impact  Road to Accra – opportunity to address the next generation of issues

Paris Declaration: What is Different?  Unprecedented consensus  56 action-oriented commitments for both Donors and Partner Countries  Mechanism for monitoring progress at country and global levels  Targets set for 2010

Monitoring the Paris Declaration: Objectives  Reforming aid delivery  Stimulating dialogue  Fostering shared understanding  Supporting action-oriented agenda  Tracking progress across time  Supporting accountability at national and international levels

 Strengthening capacities (including aid management capacity)  Improving predictability of aid  Untying aid  Addressing questions on conditionality  Achieving better complementarity and division of labor by donors  Improving incentives in donor agencies for effective aid  Addressing cross-cutting key development issues Core Issues identified by Partner Countries

The Working Party on Aid Effectiveness  A partnership of partner countries and donors planning HLF 3  Set up in 2003  Participants: All DAC bilateral donors + European Commission (23 members) 23 partner countries Most multilaterals: UNDP, IMF, World Bank, Regional Development Banks, Vertical funds

Structure of Accra HLF 3 Accra Agenda for Action HLF-3 Progress Report 2008 Monitoring Survey Evaluation Reports (ph 1)

RT 1 : Country ownership RT 2 : Alignment: country systems, predictability RT 3 : Harmonisation – complementarity (division of labor) RT 4 : Managing for results & development impact RT 5 : Mutual accountability RT 6 : Civil society & aid effectiveness RT 7 : Aid effectiveness in fragile situations and post-conflict RT 8 : Sector experiences (health, education, infrastructure, etc.) RT 9 : Implications for aid effectiveness of new aid architecture Planned Roundtables for the Third High Level Forum

Roundtable Co-Chairs Donor Co-chairPartner Country Co-chair w/ support from 1 OwnershipSwitzerlandColombiaUNDP, France, Japan 2 AlignmentEuropean CommissionBangladeshTanzania, UK 3 HarmonisationGermanyUgandaUS 4 Results and ImpactJV-Managing for Development Results South AfricaUNDP, UK, US 5 Mutual AccountabilityIrelandTanzaniaUS, UK 6 Civil SocietyCanadaNepalAdvisory Group on Civil Society 7 FragilityFrance + AfDBDR CongoNetherlands, Norway, US 8 Sector applicabilitySwedenHondurasGTFAM, WHO, World Bank, Japan 9 Aid architectureWorld BankGhanaGPLG, Japan, UNDP

 To highlight success in implementing the Paris Declaration  To illustrate innovative approaches and best practice examples in aid effectiveness, through posters and presentations  To promote information sharing and cross-fertilization of knowledge and approaches among HLF participants  Will be visible throughout the course of the Accra HLF Accra HLF 3 Marketplace

 Objectives:  To enhance implementation of the Paris Declaration, with a view to achieving the targets set in 2005  To supplement (not substitute for) the Paris Declaration  To identify key actions to help achieve better aid effectiveness  To respond to potential emerging aid effectiveness issues The Accra Agenda for Action (AAA)

 Objectives:  To reflect the ownership and leadership of Partner Countries  To Inform how the international community might deal with current global priorities – e.g., the food price crisis, climate change, etc.  To engage new participants in the process – e.g., new donors The Accra Agenda for Action (continued)

AAA Preparation Timeline OUTPUTS FOR DISCUSSIONRELEASEDISCUSSION Annotated Outline of the Action Agenda (AAA) 19 Jan. 2008Steering Committee (SC) Meeting — 30 Jan. Zero Draft of the AAA 25 Feb SC Meeting — March 3 and 17 DAC Meeting — 5 March First Draft of the AAA 18 March 2008 WP EFF — 2-3 April “Menu of Options” Note28 April 2008Regional Preparatory Events, etc. Series of consultations April-June 2008 Regional Preparatory Events DAC HLM / Spring meetings (April / May) RDB annual assemblies (May) Second Draft of the AAA 27 June 2008 WP EFF Meeting — 9-11 July 2008 UN DCF July 2008 Final consideration of the AAASeptemberHigh-Level Forum, Accra, 2-4 September 2008

The Preparation Process Working Party on Aid Effectiveness (WP-EFF) Two plenary meetings before Accra:  2-3 April, 2008  9-11 July, 2008: final preparations HLF 3 Steering Committee Frequent meetings to advise on the organization and content of the forum Consensus GroupTo negotiate the Accra Agenda for Action Consultations with CSOs Advisory Group of Civil Society consultations:  Regional, national and international consultations in 2007/2008  Discussions with the WP-EFF

The Preparation Process (continued) Meetings  DAC meetings and HLM  Ghana’s partner country preparation initiative (KY Amoako)  Use of regional and international events: UNECA-AUC meeting, Addis, 31 March, 2008 Washington Spring meetings, April, 2008 Regional Development Banks annual assemblies: e.g. AfDB Maputo, May, 2008 Work streams and processes  Global Learning group, health as a “tracer” sector  Work with non-DAC providers of Development Assistance  Task Team on complementarity/DoL  Fragile States  Various SPA working groups  Other

The Preparation Process: Regional Preparatory Events Lead Regional Development Bank (Sub) RegionDateVenue Asian Development Bank & Pacific Island Forum Pacific4-7 AprilFiji Asian Development Bank & United Nations Development Programme Southeast Asia21-22 April Bangkok, Thailand South Asia5-6 May Central & West Asia8-9 May African Development Bank Africa28-30 AprilKigali, Rwanda Inter American Development Bank Latin America & Caribbean 5-6 June Santa Marta, Colombia Islamic Development Bank Middle East24-25 JuneJeddah, Saudi Arabia

Timeline to Accra (summary) WORKING PARTYCSOSREGIONAL PREPARATORY EVENTS PROGRESS REPORTSACCRA AGENDA FOR ACTION JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUNE JULY AUG SEPT OTTAWA (3-6 FEBRUARY)  International multi- stakeholder meeting on CSOs and aid effectiveness 2-3 APRIL  Review plans for HLF3 incl. Roundtable Structure and preparations  Discuss first elements of the Accra Agenda for Action 9-11 JULY  Review revised draft of the AAA  Take stock of regional preparatory events  Review preparations for HLF3 ACCRA (31 AUG – 1 SEP)  CSOs are planning a special forum in Accra, ahead of the HLF3 REGIONAL PREPARATORY EVENTS  Organized by Regional Development Banks, UNDP and other interested parties  Workshops or series of smaller consultations  Comments on the AAA  Identifying key messages and actions for ACCRA 2008 SURVEY  International survey launched on 2 January  countries assess progress at country level  Countries report data on indicators and key messages for analysis  Survey completed by 31 March 2008 ACCRA PROGRESS REPORTS  Overview of the 2008 Survey is finalized  Accra Progress Report is finalized AAA FIRST DRAFT AAA FULL DRAFT AAA FINAL DRAFT

Thank You for Your Attention! Looking ahead  Participation of civil society and the private sector is key to aid effectiveness and should be encouraged  Close collaboration between donors and partner countries is essential to implementing the principles of the Paris Declaration and effective delivery of aid.  The momentum of the Paris Declaration can be sustained only by broadening political and public engagement  Achieving positive impact on the ground should be placed at the heart of development aid