1. How to use this template presentation?
This template presentation is a compilation of a variety of slides regarding the Global Partnership monitoring.
This template presentation covers four topics:
Why monitoring effective development co-operation in the country?
What is the Global Partnership monitoring exercise?
How the monitoring process works?
What is being measured? (methodologies, etc)
Feel free to edit the slides, add your government logo, delete slides and adapt them to suit your own presentation needs.
National co-ordinators can use this presentation to raise awareness about the exercise and for kick-off workshops, launch meetings, training sessions or other types of meetings.
The presentation is available in English, French and Spanish at

2. Global Partnership Monitoring Managing a Successful Monitoring Round at the Country Level

3. Table of Contents Why monitoring effective development co-operation?
Global Partnership monitoring at a glance
Managing the monitoring process
Understanding the monitoring methodology
This section provides background information on the Global Partnership for Effective Development Co-operation and why it is important to monitoring effectiveness of development co-operation.

4. Effective Development Cooperation in SDGs implementation and FfD context:
The 2030 Agenda raises the bar of ambition beyond development frameworks of the past. All countries share a common, universal development agenda and it acknowledges that nations depend on one another and must work together to solve the world’s most critical challenges.
The SDGs cannot be achieved through inter-governmental collaboration alone. It requires stronger partnerships and new ways of working between governments, businesses, civil society, and others bringing together finance, knowledge and assets of various stakeholders to seek collective solutions.
The SDGs also recognizes inter-linked nature of actions by all countries and stakeholders. Effective development cooperation principles guide the way we work together to strengthen interface of diverse development resources, solutions and actions with country-level implementation framework and mechanisms.
The Addis Ababa Action Agenda for FfD signals the continuous importance of efforts to improve the quality, impact and effectiveness of development cooperation. The 2017 FfD conclusion further re-confirmed the importance of continuous efforts for implement development cooperation effectiveness principles.

5. Monitoring effectiveness helps to…
Generate data and evidence to measure progress towards effectiveness commitments
Strengthen collaboration and build stronger partnerships
Stimulate dialogue and mutual learning, guiding behaviour change
… Contributing to better development impact
Smarter co-operation and stronger country-level partnerships are key to achieving sustainable development.
Why monitor effective development co-operation?
Monitoring helps:
Measure progress towards achievement of effectiveness commitments by generating data and evidence on where progresses are made and where challenges remain.
The data and evidence generated through the Global Partnership monitoring exercise is used at both the country and global level to take stock and chart a way forward to continue to enhance effectiveness.
Data and evidence that can also be used to hold development stakeholders accountable for adhering to their commitments in the areas of development effectiveness.
Strengthen collaboration among an increasing number of development actors to build stronger partnerships by spurring evidence-based dialogue (at country and global levels) – helping countries mobilise and align all development partners to support achievement of national objectives and the sustainable development goals.
Stimulate dialogue and mutual learning, aiming to guide and incentivise behaviour, practice and policy change.
In turn, these drive stronger development impact.

6. Why monitoring effective development co-operation?
Global Partnership monitoring at a glance
Managing the monitoring process
Understanding the monitoring methodology
This section illustrates in a nutshell what is the Global Partnership monitoring framework, who are the relevant stakeholders involved in the process and drawing on past process, how to use the monitoring results.

7. What do countries and their partners monitor?
10 key indicators
for more
effective
co-operation
and
partnerships
The Global Partnership monitoring framework assesses progress in the implementation of development effectiveness commitments, structured around the four principles of effective development co-operation.
It is made up of 10 indicators, grounded the four principles of effective development co-operation. It includes indicators from the Paris Declaration Survey, together with indicators developed as part of the Busan Partnership Agreement.
Countries – assess their own progress towards building policies, institutions and systems – planning for results, country systems to deliver, enabling environment for inclusive partnerships, and mechanisms for accountability.
Partners assess progress in delivering effectively and working collaboratively – aligned, predictable, capacity support, transparency.

8. Where do the evidence and data come from?
Government
leading the
exercise
Private sector
Civil society orgs
Trade unions
Development partners
The monitoring process is a voluntary exercise led by participating countries.
Participating governments take the lead in the process, gathering inputs and data from a variety of partners and domestic stakeholders, including bilateral and multilateral development partners and funds, private sector representatives, civil society organisations and trade unions, and in facilitating a broad validation and discussion of the results, including with the concurrence of parliaments, subnational governments, foundations and others, as needed. 
Various important stakeholders hold parts of the information needed for the indicators: Pooling data together is needed.

9. Where do the evidence and data come from?
1b. Establishing national results frameworks
6. Aid is on budget overseen by parliament
9a. Strengthening country systems
9b. Using country systems
2. Enabling environment & dev. Effectiveness of CSOS
3. Quality of public- private dialogue
1a. Using countries’ results frameworks
7. Strengthened mutual accountability
5b. Medium-term predictability of development co-operation
5a. Annual predictability of development co-operation
Development Partners
Leading Government
8. Tracking of public allocations for gender equality
Private Sector focal points
Civil Society focal points & platforms

10. Monitoring effectiveness to facilitate collaborative actions for more effective cooperation and strengthened partnerships
Country-specific monitoring results, along with global aggregates, provide concrete evidence through which partners can hold each other accountable to ensure commitments are met with action, identify challenges and jumpstart dialogue to maximise the impact of their joint work.
Past monitoring process has led to
Establishment and strengthening of national development co-operation policies and coordination mechanisms
Overall increased efficiency among national development stakeholders

11. How can country-led monitoring and results help inform the global dialogue?
Findings from the monitoring exercise are used to stimulate both country level and international policy dialogue and stimulate collective actions for effective development co-operation.
The monitoring exercise helps countries and their partners identify ways to enhance their collaboration in working towards the SDGs. 
It provides official source of data for SDG targets 5.c, and and useful information for undertaking Voluntary National Reviews.
Results will inform policy discussions at the 2019 SDG and Financing for Development follow up and review fora.

12. Why monitoring effective development co-operation?
Global Partnership monitoring at a glance
Managing the monitoring process
Understanding the monitoring methodology
This section provides step-by-step guidance on how to implement the 2018 monitoring round. Examples of good practices and guidance materials are listed as well.

13. Key features of Monitoring Process
Voluntary for all stakeholders
Data collection led by partner countries
Multi-stakeholder engagement
Builds on existing systems and mechanisms
The Global Partnership monitoring is an unique and useful instrument for improving joint work – encouraging stakeholders to match commitments with action.
Key features of the Global partnership monitoring are in how monitoring takes place.
Voluntary participation – country officials and partners signal their interest to generate and engage in the process
Country-led process: government official as a national coordinator appointed. Typically from ministry in charge of cooperation and partnerships. Note: the nature of partnerships – the whole of government/whole of society approach – bringing in inter-cross sectoral ministries important;
Multi-stakeholder engagement is strongly encouraged. The indicators themselves also aim to bring partners into discussions on ways in which to strengthen effectiveness of cooperation and partnerships.
Encouraging the process to be grounded in country’s existing systems and mechanisms – Data from national systems and dialogue; e.g. Roundtable; Country Results Groups; Development Partners Groups; existing dialogue mechanisms; data using AIMS/PFMS, etc.
The results will have the ownership of all participants, and will serve to guide actions to address bottlenecks.

14. Data collection and validation Dissemination, dialogue and action
Roadmap of the monitoring exercise 1 2 3 4 5 6
Launch
Sensitisation
and preparation
Data collection and validation
Final review
Analysis and outputs
Dissemination, dialogue and action
The 2018 monitoring round was launched in June 2018, consists roughly of 6 phases from launch to final dissemination, dialogue and action.
July
2019
June 2018
2019

15. Running a collective, “multi-stakeholder” exercise at country level
While the governments of each country or territory lead the exercise, the participation and active contribution of all other stakeholders are a condition for success.
Launch
Country level data gathering process
Post monitoring
Validation & dissemination of results
Kick-off
meeting
Multilateral and bilateral data gathering
Multi-stakeholder dialogue indicators

16. How multi-stakeholder dialogue supports the exercise
Maximising the joint benefits for more effective cooperation and quality of partnerships
Forging joint actions and identifying jointly ways forward to boost countries’ sustainable development
Data collection
Focal point(s) from private sector and social agents are invited to assess the quality of public-private dialogue with the government (indicator 3).
Focal point(s) from civil society organisations are invited to participate with the government and the development partner focal point to assess the quality of their partnership and the development effectiveness of these organisations in their own operations (indicator 2).
Validation and Review
Good practice: all stakeholders are invited to review and discuss/validate the country results.
Partner governments are encouraged to liaise with other domestic actors for specific indicators as well as engage them in dialogue.
Data collection: Specific indicators (Indicator 2 and Indicator 3) to which CSOs and private sector and social agents are requested to provide data.
Validation and Review: highly encouraged for all relevant stakeholders are invited to review and discuss/validate the data.
Whenever feasible or relevant, other stakeholders such as like parliaments, foundations or sub-national governments may be invited to this final phase.

17. Data collection at country level
August – October
Government’s national coordinator:
Good practice: Kick-off meeting
Requests information from partners for indicators that require their input (4 indicators)
Responds in the meantime to indicators that only require government input (7 indicators)
Liaise with other actors, such as civil society organisations, private sector and trade unions to answer indicators that involve consultation (indicators 2 & 3)
Role of participating countries leading the exercise:
• Partner countries confirm participation in the 2018 monitoring round and appoint a national co-ordinator, an official usually sitting at the ministry overseeing development co-operation management.
• The national co-ordinator announces to partners the formal launch of the monitoring exercise in country (typically in July-August). Depending on the country, this launch could include a launch workshop, bilateral meetings or other modalities.
• In this multi-stakeholder monitoring process, the government invites key partners to participate in joint reporting -including bilateral and multilateral partners, civil society, private sector and trade unions.
• For selected indicators, the national co-ordinator requests data from international and domestic partners. A validation exchange follows.
• The government validates the findings with its partners and submits the results to the Global Partnership's OECD-UNDP Joint Support Team.
Development partners and other stakeholders:
Provide data/inputs requested by government
Engage in consultation as requested by government

18. Examples of observed successful strategies to ensure smooth data sharing
Governments raising awareness and engaging all stakeholders from the onset (use our outreaching tools and documents!)
Development partners establishing HQ & country level focal points (and providing helpdesk and remote guidance to colleagues from HQ)
Governments relying on their information management systems as starting point (then validate and complement)
All relying as much as possible on existing management structures and co-ordination mechanisms and platforms (including emerging SDG follow-up)

19. Data collection at country level
August – October
Online course & self training videos
Capacity building
2018 Monitoring Guide
Partners edition (Mini Guide)
National Coordinator edition
National Co-ordinator
Checklist =>
Guidance
Regular Q&A Webinars (Clinics)
Role of participating countries leading the exercise:
• Partner countries confirm participation in the 2018 monitoring round and appoint a national co-ordinator, an official usually sitting at the ministry overseeing development co-operation management.
• The national co-ordinator announces to partners the formal launch of the monitoring exercise in country (typically in July-August). Depending on the country, this launch could include a launch workshop, bilateral meetings or other modalities.
• In this multi-stakeholder monitoring process, the government invites key partners to participate in joint reporting -including bilateral and multilateral partners, civil society, private sector and trade unions.
• For selected indicators, the national co-ordinator requests data from international and domestic partners. A validation exchange follows.
• The government validates the findings with its partners and submits the results to the Global Partnership's OECD-UNDP Joint Support Team.
Global Helpdesk

20. Data collection at country level
August – October
User-friendly ‘Country Excel’ to report country data
Tools for data collection
And a special version (DP Excel) to receive inputs from your development partners
Self-explanatory
In multiple languages
User-friendly and easy to navigate as a website
Allows for easily copy & paste (‘as values’) the data submitted by your development partners
Auto-calculates a country dashboard summarising the country results [when data is included]
Role of participating countries leading the exercise:
• Partner countries confirm participation in the 2018 monitoring round and appoint a national co-ordinator, an official usually sitting at the ministry overseeing development co-operation management.
• The national co-ordinator announces to partners the formal launch of the monitoring exercise in country (typically in July-August). Depending on the country, this launch could include a launch workshop, bilateral meetings or other modalities.
• In this multi-stakeholder monitoring process, the government invites key partners to participate in joint reporting -including bilateral and multilateral partners, civil society, private sector and trade unions.
• For selected indicators, the national co-ordinator requests data from international and domestic partners. A validation exchange follows.
• The government validates the findings with its partners and submits the results to the Global Partnership's OECD-UNDP Joint Support Team.

21. Final Validation and Review
November – December
Governments:
National coordinator validates the findings with its partners
Results are consolidated at country and global level
Development partners and other actors:
Donor officials from both headquarter and country level have a chance to ensure data accuracy.
Role of participating countries leading the exercise:
• Partner countries confirm participation in the 2018 monitoring round and appoint a national co-ordinator, an official usually sitting at the ministry overseeing development co-operation management.
• The national co-ordinator announces to partners the formal launch of the monitoring exercise in country (typically in July-August). Depending on the country, this launch could include a launch workshop, bilateral meetings or other modalities.
• In this multi-stakeholder monitoring process, the government invites key partners to participate in joint reporting -including bilateral and multilateral partners, civil society, private sector and trade unions.
• For selected indicators, the national co-ordinator requests data from international and domestic partners. A validation exchange follows.
• The government validates the findings with its partners and submits the results to the Global Partnership's OECD-UNDP Joint Support Team.

22. Dialogue and Action on Results
Starting January 2019
Participating governments, their development partners working in the country and other domestic stakeholders discuss monitoring findings in the country.
Results can be used to introduce policy changes and strengthen co-ordination arrangements, both in countries and within development organisations.
Data and evidence feed into analysis in the following products:
Country and territory profiles identifies challenges and opportunities based on contexualised analysis
Global progress report which provides a global snapshot and trend analysis
Online dashboard that allows development stakeholders to view, explore and compare results and progress across regions and contexts.
Toolkits and support on how to move from results to action
will be made available to participating governments together with the country reports.

23. Why monitoring effective development co-operation?
Global Partnership monitoring at a glance
Managing the monitoring process
Understanding the Indicators and Methodology
This section provides detailed information on the methodology for each indicator.

24. Overview of Indicators and Reporting Responsibilities
Development Partners
Private Sector
Global Sources
Governments
Civil Society
Focus on results
1a. Development partners use country-led results frameworks  ●
1b. Countries strengthen their results frameworks
Country ownership
5a. Development co-operation is predictable: annual predictability
5b. Development co-operation is predicable: medium-term predictability
6. Development co-operation is on budgets subject to parliamentary oversight ○
9a. Quality of countries’ public financial management systems ◊
9b. Development partners use country systems
10. Aid is untied
Inclusive partnerships
2. Civil society enabling environment and development effectiveness
3. Quality of public-private dialogue
Transparency and mutual accountability
4. Transparent information on development co-operation is publicly available
7. Mutual accountability is strengthened through inclusive reviews
8. Gender equality and women’s empowerment
Data for indicators 1b, 5b, 7 and 8 are reported by national co-ordinators directly.
Data for indicators 1a, 5a, 6 and 9b are reported by national co-ordinators with inputs from development partners.
Data for indicator 2 and 3 are reported by national co-ordinators in consultation with development partners and domestic stakeholders.
Data for indicator 4 and 10 are globally sourced:
Indicator 4: International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), OECD’s Creditor Reporting System (CRS) and Forward Spending Survey (FSS)
Indicator 10: OECD Working Party on Development Finance Statistics (WP-STAT)
● Stakeholder responds to indicator ◊ Stakeholder can provide complementary information
○ Stakeholder provides inputs to indicator  Stakeholder validates information

25. Countries strengthen their national results frameworks (indicator 1b)
Reported by governments
What does it measure?
Existence and quality of country key planning instruments.
How SDGs are incorporated in country’s development strategy.
Allows cross-country and over time comparability.
Why this is important?
A clear national definition of countries' desired path to development (setting priority areas, targets and indicators for the medium-term) helps clarify the direction that national, sector and subnational policies should take in order to achieve the desired development results.
It also help domestic and external actors organise their work in line with these country- defined priorities, reinforcing country ownership and leadership, co-ordination and mutual accountability.

26. Countries strengthen their national results frameworks (indicator 1b)
Reported by governments
Questionnaire is structured around 4 criteria defined by key elements.
Questions are answered by partner countries’ governments.
Criteria
Elements
(1) Setting transparent, country-led results frameworks
Approved/Established
Developed in an inclusive manner (whole-of-society)
Transparent to the public
(2) Prioritising development results
Defines priorities, targets and indicators
Plans to identify/identifies SDGs
Informs sector and subnational strategies
(3) Monitoring results at country level
Is monitored regularly and transparently
Monitors whole-of-government progress
Relies on government’s own systems and data to monitor progress
(4) Using the results information
Uses the framework to inform budgeting
Uses the framework to guide priorities in development co-operation

27. Development partners use country-led results frameworks (indicator 1a)
Reported by development partners
What does it measure?
Alignment of development partner new interventions with country-defined development objectives and results (strategy and project levels).
Progressive reliance of development partners on countries’ own statistics and monitoring and evaluation systems to track progress of development interventions.
Provides the data for SDG target on country’s own policy space and leadership for poverty reduction and development.
Why this is important?
Alignment of development co-operation support to priorities and results defined by partner countries ensures their local ownership, creates efficiencies in monitoring and reporting, and increases sustainability of results.

28. Measuring whether development partners are aligned to countries' priorities and relying on their results frameworks
Level
…% drawn from..
Priority Areas
Jointly identified
Strategic level:
Most recent country strategy or partnership framework
Results Indicators
% Country Results Frame’k
Indicator Monitoring
% Use Gov’t Statistics, Data
Final Monitoring & Evaluation
Gov’t involvement
Overall
Agenda 2030 & SDGs
Questions:
% of new interventions with aligned objectives/focus to government results frameworks and planning documents
share of results indicators included in the interventions’ results framework/logical framework that draw on results indicators from existing government-led results frameworks, plans and strategies?
share of results indicators that will rely on sources of data provided by existing country-led monitoring systems or national statistical services?
% of new interventions with a final ex post evaluation with government involvement
Project Objective
Gov’t Plans or Strategy
Project level:
Representative sample
Results Indicators
% Country Results Frame’k
Indicator Monitoring
% Use Gov’t Statistics, Data
Final Evaluation
Gov’t involvement

29. Development partners use country-led results frameworks (indicator 1a)
Reported by development partners
at strategic level:
Examines whether development partners define their partnership with their partner countries strategically (e.g. country strategy or partnership framework, memorandum of understanding, etc)
Reviews whether those strategic approaches are country aligned and results focused [and whether they start to reflect the SDGs]
Useful for country governments to strengthen partnerships, and for development partners’ headquarters to assess the effectiveness of approaches used across different partner countries.
at project level:
In each participating country where development partners had a programme in 2017, development partners are asked to do a similar, quick assessment of new programmes/projects approved there in 2017 (for a maximum of 6).
Useful for both country governments and development partners to assess whether new development interventions are being designed in ways that reinforce country ownership.
For development partners, it also helps them assess whether their projects are as aligned as their country strategies or partnership documents.

30. Annual predictability of development co-operation (indicator 5a)
Reported by development partners
Annual predictability of development co-operation (indicator 5a)
What does it measure?
The difference between development co-operation scheduled for disbursement at the beginning of the year and development co- operation effectively disbursed at the end of the year.
Why this is important?
Supports partner governments in planning and managing their development policies and programmes taking into account external development financing.
Helps development partners and countries identify implementation bottlenecks that need to be addressed.
Helps development partners check their forecasting accuracy.

31. Reported by development partners
Estimating the annual predictability of development co-operation in the country (indicator 5a)
Reported by development partners
How it is measured
Development partners provide information for each partner country participating in the monitoring round:
How much development co-operation was scheduled for disbursement? (at the beginning of the reporting year)
How much development co-operation was actually disbursed by the end of the reporting year?
Note: It refers only to development funding directed for/to/thru partner countries’ public sector entities.

32. Medium-term predictability of development co-operation (indicator 5b)
Reported by governments
What does it measure?
Whether development partners have shared forward-looking spending plans with their partner governments
Forward-looking spending plans: Annual estimates of planned development funding for 1, 2 and 3 years ahead. These can be aggregated estimates.
Why this is important?
Allows development partners to better coordinate activities in a country, increasing synergies and reducing fragmentation.
Governments can plan longer-term policies, programmes and investments.
Partner governments can increase broader country ownership by recording these estimates in the national budget (see indicator 6 next).

33. Medium-term predictability of development co-operation (indicator 5b)
Reported by governments
How it is measured
For each of the development partners operating in the country, the partner country indicates whether a forward spending plan was made available to the partner government, for one, two and/or three years ahead.
To verify this indicator, partner country governments seek for proof of development partners’ future expenditure plans in written or electronic records, in the development partners’ country strategy / Partnership Document / Memorandum of Understanding, or in their aid information management systems.

34. Reported by governments
Development Co-operation on Annual Budgets Subjected to Parliamentary Oversight (indicator 6)
What does it measure?
The share of development co-operation directed to the partner country’s public sector that is recorded on the annual budget submitted to their parliament or legislature for approval and oversight.
Why this is important?
Development funding becomes an integral part of their overall public expenditure supporting the country’s national development policies  longer term policy and programmatic perspective
Parliaments can play a role in ensuring good use of funds.
It increases broad-based national ownership and transparency on the use of external support.

35. Reported by governments
Development Co-operation on Annual Budgets Subjected to Parliamentary Oversight (indicator 6)
How it is calculated
Development co-operation funds recorded on the partner country’s annual budget
divided by
Development partners’ scheduled disbursements to/for/thru the partner country’s public sector [for the reference year]
To validate this indicator, partner country governments review the annual budget for the reference year, looking for amounts recorded on budget for each development partner [this can appear in as an expenditure line, in the revenue section, or in the annex to the budget].

36. Reported by governments
Quality of Countries’ Public Financial Management Systems (indicator 9a)
Reported by governments
What does it measure?
Quality of a country’s public financing management systems
Specifically, national norms, procedures and systems for budgeting, financial reporting, auditing and procurement.
Why this is important?
Quality of public financial systems is a proxy for effective functioning and delivery capacity of the public sector.
Good country systems allow better management of resources and greater development effectiveness.

37. Reported by governments
Quality of Countries’ Public Financial Management Systems (indicator 9a)
Reported by governments
How it is measured
Indicator is based on existing assessments.
The indicator is based on Public Expenditure and Financial Accountability (PEFA) assessments that most countries perform regularly with support from several development partners.
Only for reference: PEFA dimensions taken into account for the indicator
Budget
PI Aggregate expenditure outturn
PI Expenditure composition outturn by function
PI Budget classification
PI Public access to fiscal information
PI Timing of legislative budget approval
Procurement
PI Procurement methods
Audit
PI Coverage of internal audit
PI Audit coverage and standards (external)
Financial reporting
PI Completeness of annual financial reports

38. Reported by development partners
Development partners use countries’ own public financial management and procurement systems (indicator 9b)
Reported by development partners
What does it measure?
The share of development co-operation to/for the country’s public sector that is delivered using the partner country’s own public financial procedures and systems – instead of requiring to follow the development partners’ own policies and procedures.
Why this is important?
Increases efficiency in delivery and avoid countries to handle multiple parallel policies, norms and systems, per development partner.
By using partner countries’ own institutions and systems to deliver, helps build capacity and ownership in managing programmes and projects.
Increases long-term sustainability of development efforts.

39. Development partners use countries’ own public financial management and procurement systems (indicator 9b)
Reported by development partners
How it is measured
Development partners provide information to partner country governments:
How much development co-operation funding disbursed for/to/thru the public sector used partner country’s norms, procedures and systems for…
…budget execution
(USD)
…financial reporting (USD)
…auditing (USD)
…procurement (USD)

40. Aid is untied (indicator 10)
Collected at global level
+ Views of government
What does it measure?
Development co-operation that imposes no geographical barriers to procurement processes for goods and services (e.g. no limitation to suppliers from development partner country).
Why this is important?
Untied aid reduces transaction costs for countries (bidding opportunities open for all) and provides better value-for-money for development partners (+30%).
Aid untying reinforces partner country ownership over the management of resources to address their development priorities.

41. Aid is untied (indicator 10)
Collected at global level
+ Views of government
How it is measured
Data is collected from existing sources: the most recent estimate estimated by the OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC). Therefore, information only available for OECD DAC bilateral development partners.
During the monitoring round, partner countries are invited to provide commentary and remarks on the untied aid results for their development partners in the country (complementary information).

42. Reported by governments in dialogue
Civil society operates within an environment that maximises its engagement in and contribution to development (indicator 2)
Reported by governments in dialogue
What does it measure?
Extent to which civil society organisations are implementing the development effectiveness principles in their own operations.
Extent to which governments and development partners operate in ways that encourage contributions from civil society organisations.
Why this is important?
Civil society organisations and NGOs that organise themselves and operate according to the effectiveness principles exert greater development impact.
Government and development partners that adopt adequate policies and engagement mechanisms help maximise civil society contributions to countries’ development.

43. Reported by governments in dialogue
Civil society operates within an environment that maximises its engagement in and contribution to development (indicator 2)
Reported by governments in dialogue
How it is measured
Reported by partner country governments, seeking inputs from civil society organisations and from development partners (via focal points).
Questionnaire based on four modules:
Space for CSO dialogue on national development
CSO development effectiveness
Official development co-operation with CSOs
Legal and regulatory environment

44. Reported by governments in dialogue
Public-private dialogue promotes private sector engagement and its contribution to development (indicator 3)
Reported by governments in dialogue
What does it measure?
The quality of public-private dialogue.
Why this is important?
Private sector has an important role in achieving sustainable development.
Private sector's financial and non-financial contribution to sustainable development requires effective public-private engagement.
Good public-private dialogue is a precondition for enhanced collaboration between the two parties.

45. Reported by governments in dialogue
Public-private dialogue promotes private sector engagement and its contribution to development (indicator 3)
Reported by governments in dialogue
How it is measured?
Reported by partner governments in liaison with their private sector.
How is it measured?
Joint assessment identifies recent public-private dialogue experiences
Subsequent dialogue analyses the quality of these recent experiences:
Enablers of public-private dialogue were present:
Mutual trust and willingness to engage
Readiness for public-private dialogue (e.g. co-ordination, capacity)
Addressing crucial issues with the right participation:
Broad-based, inclusive dialogue
Relevant public-private dialogue
Leading to action:
Producing results from the dialogue
Leading to joint public-private action

46. Collected at global level
Transparent information on development co-operation is publicly available (indicator 4)
Collected at global level
+ Views by government
What does it measure?
Whether information on development co-operation is available at global and country levels.
Why this is important?
Governments who have access to information on the resources provided through development co-operation can use this for planning, budgeting, execution and monitoring and evaluation.

47. Collected at global level
Transparent information on development co-operation is publicly available (indicator 4)
Collected at global level
+ Views by government
How it is measured
Data is collected from existing sources:
OECD Creditor Reporting System
OECD Forward Spending Survey
IATI standard
The following dimensions are assessed: comprehensiveness, timeliness, accuracy, public accessibility and forward looking.
During the monitoring round, partner countries answer a complementary module on the use of development co-operation information at the country level.

48. Reported by governments + development partners
Mutual accountability is strengthened through inclusive reviews (indicator 7)
Reported by governments + development partners
What does it measure?
Whether countries carry out mutual assessment reviews of effective development co-operation.
Whether these assessments are target-bound, inclusive and the results are made public.
Why this is important?
Development impact is higher when involved parties take responsibility for delivering on their contributions.
Joint assessments serve as incentives to meet commitments and to improve the ways of working together.

49. Reported by governments + development partners
Mutual accountability is strengthened through inclusive reviews (indicator 7)
Reported by governments + development partners
How it is measured
Partner countries report using a questionnaire.
Development partners can reflect their views on current arrangements for co-ordination and accountability at country level.
Questionnaire for partner countries is based on 5 dimensions:
A policy framework that defines the country’s development co- operation priorities;
Targets for the country and its development partners;
Regular joint assessment against those targets;
Active involvement of other stakeholders;
Public availability of the results of these reviews.

50. Reported by governments
Governments have systems in place to track allocations for gender equality and women’s empowerment (indicator 8)
Reported by governments
What does it measure?
Government efforts to track budget allocations for gender equality through the public financial management cycle and to make this information publicly available.
Why this is important?
It links national budget systems with implementation of legislation and policies for gender equality and women’s empowerment.
It is an official source of evidence for tracking progress of Sustainable Development Goal indicator 5.c.1.

51. Reported by governments
Governments have systems in place to track allocations for gender equality and women’s empowerment (indicator 8)
Reported by governments
How it is measured
Partner countries answer questionnaire that assesses:
Whether government has gender responsive policies/programs and corresponding resource allocations to support their implementation.
If government has public financial management system that promotes gender responsive goals.
Transparency and public availability of allocations for gender equality and women’s empowerment.