1. Trilateral Development Cooperation: How to make it more Effective? Global Partnership for Development Conference New Delhi 13 August 2008 Roger Nellist Ag Head, Growth and Investment Group Department for International Development, London

2. Page 2 Trilateral Development Cooperation (Example: CUTS 7Up Competition Policy Projects) “projects which are jointly planned, financed and carried out by an established donor country which is a member of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (e.g. UK/DFID) and a partner country (e.g. 27 countries in Africa + Asia) together with a cooperating country which, although itself a recipient of development cooperation, has either started providing aid or has accumulated expertise (e.g. India and CUTS)”

3. Page 3 Some other TDC-type arrangements supported by UK/DFID Investment Climate Facility for Africa (ICF) CoST and MeTA transparency initiatives Financial Sector Deepening Trust - Tanzania (proposed) South-South Exchange Facility UK-China-DRC co-operation on mitigating env/social impacts of Chinese road investments

4. Page 4 UK – DFID led the development and implementation of MeTA and CoST Local secretariats and multi-stakeholder groups in each pilot country – including research/academic institutes, NGOs, business and government – will access support from the International MeTA Secretariat, WB and WHO. 7 countries are running MeTA pilots and 6 countries are running CoST pilots Medicines Transparency Alliance (MeTA) and Construction Sector Transparency (CoST) initiative* * MeTA and CoST both build on the success of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative. They promote transparency over key data related to the medicines and construction sectors, through multi-stakeholder ‘accountability’ processes so as to tackle inefficiency, corruption and promote effective development

5. Page 5 TDC experience with CUTS’ 7Up Competition Policy Research & Advocacy Projects 4 projects, 27 countries (Africa + Asia), multi- year, multi-purpose, multi-phase, multi-donor, multi-$million Programmed but flexible approach to delivery (all parties) Building on lesson-learning, and replicating successful model Attitude: appreciate differences, resolve, determination to deliver Long-term commitment to the agenda Networks, stakeholder buy-in, sustainability Delivers strong results (info, awareness, policy, CB, establishes useful linkages….)

6. Page 6 Some delivery lessons learned from four CUTS 7Up Projects Holistic project design (inc: common Start, phased project Conferences, Evaluation) Benefits/challenges of donor co-partnership (larger envelope, perspectives, relative V-A; conflicting emphases?, funding, reporting) Importance and competence of country partners (research, advocacy, resources, networks) Remuneration Scope/consistency published project reports Synthesise/disseminate main messages (inc Recommendations) International Advisory Panel

7. Page 7 Overall Reflections on Effective TDC (1) Need to promote the ‘TDC model’ better, inc show-casing good examples (like CUTS) Trilateral may be more difficult than bilateral, but can result in greater understanding, buy-in, and ownership? Develop workable approach, not necessarily ‘1 st best’ (Issue: what is minimum ‘good enough’ standard?) Common interest, focused agenda

8. Page 8 Overall Reflections on Effective TDC (2) Standing of co-operating partner (CoP) is crucial CoP’s independent linkages with international community is important CoP’s working relationship with donors is crucial, as with ‘local’ national partner CoP’s ‘local’ presence helps