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1 Effective Aid? From Paris to Accra to Doha and Beyond
GERT DANIELSEN PROGRAMME SPECIALIST, UNDP 11 MAY 2009

2 TODAY’S PRESENTATION What is the Paris Declaration (PD)?
Any progress since Paris? What came out of Accra? What is the UN response? Access to more information Q&A, Discussion

3 WHAT IS THE PARIS DECLARATION?
Millennium Summit 2000, Summit+5 Monterrey (FfD) 2002, Rome 2003, Paris 2005, Accra 2008 (AAA), HLF4 2011 OECD, WB, Regional Banks, civil society Monitoring Surveys 2006 and 2008 PD Implementation Evaluation

4 Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness, March 2005
Who endorsed it? 35 donor countries 26 multilateral donor agencies 56 countries that receive aid (recently more) 14 civil society organisations present Roadmap to deliver more effective aid: 56 specific commitments 12 indicators of progress

5 Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness: 12 Indicators of Progress (1/2)
Ownership: 1. Partners have operational development strategies. Alignment: 2. Reliable country systems. 3. Aid flows are aligned on national priorities. 4. Strengthen capacity by coordinated support. 5. Use of country systems. 6. Strengthen capacity by avoiding parallel PIUs. 7. Aid is more predictable 8. Aid is untied.

6 Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness: 12 Indicators of Progress (2/2)
Harmonization: 9. Use common arrangements or procedures. 10. Encourage shared analysis and joint missions. Managing for Development Results: 11. Results-oriented frameworks. Mutual Accountability: 12. Joint/independent country reviews of aid effectiveness.

7 Paris-FfD Principles Effective development cooperation - an integral part of global partnership for development Development cooperation guided by a shared set of development goals, owned by all stakeholders. National development priorities and IADGs constitute this agreed framework for development cooperation

8 From Monterrey and Paris
Outcome 2005 FfD PD ECOSOC symposia and HLD Monitoring progress, CCIs, CSOs DCF Accra Sept. 2008 Doha Dec. 2008

9 TODAY’S PRESENTATION What is the Paris Declaration (PD)?
Any progress since Paris? What came out of Accra? What is the UN response? Access to more information Q&A, Discussion

10 ANY PROGRESS SINCE PARIS?
Ownership PDI 1 17% vs 12,5% (target 75%) Poor predictability Alignment Little progress with aid on budget Some improvement on untying Some improvement on PFM systems quality Little use of systems, no ‘quality correlation’

11 ANY PROGRESS SINCE PARIS?
Harmonisation Some progress on PBAs Some progress on joint missions, studies Managing for Development Results Challenges in monitoring national devt plans Unrealistic performance matrices Mutual Accountability Need for donor-country balance CS and parliaments to come onboard

12 TODAY’S PRESENTATION What is the Paris Declaration (PD)?
Any progress since Paris? What came out of Accra? What is the UN response? Access to more information Q&A, Discussion

13 WHAT CAME OUT OF ACCRA? Accra Agenda for Action
Predictability – donors will provide 3-5 year forward information on planned ODA Partner country systems – first option for aid delivery Conditionality – switch from prescriptive conditions to countries’ dev’t objectives Conditionality – conditions made public

14 WHAT CAME OUT OF ACCRA? Broad ownership – more engagement of civil society and parliaments; CD for all Gender equality, environment, HR, disability – integrated into national plans Country-led division of labour – across sectors and countries (2009) Commitment to engage with CSOs Situations of fragility - special efforts

15 WHAT CAME OUT OF ACCRA? Monitoring – donors to align with country information systems Incentives for AE – authority to donor field offices and staff incentives Untying – restrictions relaxed to allow best quality-lowest price purchases Link to MDG Event and FfD Doha – SG asked to convey AAA message

16 TODAY’S PRESENTATION What is the Paris Declaration (PD)?
Any progress since Paris? What came out of Accra? What is the UN response? Access to more information Q&A, Discussion

17 WHAT IS THE UN RESPONSE? UNDG Practice Note and Action Plan
UNDG Working Party on Aid Effectiveness Capacity development for AE implementation (DoL for agencies, funds) UNCT implementation of the Paris Declaration Country and CS facilitation

18 WHAT IS THE UN RESPONSE? Support in RRMs (CGs, RTs, JAS)
Aid policy, AIMS and PFM linkage Peer-learning, tripartite cooperation Sharing best practices (CoP) CSO, gender, HR, MICs, new donors HIV response, post-crisis contexts UN positioning, UNCT facilitation

19 UNDP ENGAGEMENT IN BS, FUNDS
Growing demands from governments and the recent TCPRs - reports: “UNDP engagement in direct budget support and pooled funds” (DP/2008/36) “The role of UNDP in the changing aid environment at the country level”, DP/2008/53) in September   The Executive Board issued two decisions and endorsed a four-year pilot period, enabling UNDP to provide limited financial contributions to a sector budget support fund and/or pooled fund (Decisions 2008/24 and 2008/29). Main contribution: capacity development. Soon: Respective guidance note for COs on options and approval processes

20 OPTIONS FOR UNDP ENGAGEMENT
UNDP support in a DBS environment in four ways: Standard UNDP project for policy advisory services and capacity development support; Managing a pooled fund upon request by a government; Signing on to a sector budget support fund or a pooled fund as a non-fund provider or “signatory without” fiduciary obligation”, or becoming a non-signatory with observer status in the respective partnership group; A financial contribution to a sector budget support fund or to a pooled fund. COs can undertake an appropriate combination of options

21 TODAY’S PRESENTATION What is the Paris Declaration (PD)?
Any progress since Paris? What came out of Accra? What is the UN response? Access to more information Q&A, Discussion

22 ACCESS TO MORE INFORMATION
UNDG: NY: Panama:

23 QUIZ OECD-DAC AAA HLF RRM AIMS TBC

24 OBRIGADO

25 QUESTIONS FOR REFLECTION
Which tools will help the CO/CT? What are CT challenges?


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