communications, aid effectiveness and accra

Communications,

Aid Effectiveness and

Accra

Brenda Killen

Head, Aid Effectiveness Division

Development Co-operation Directorate

2. The Paris Declaration

Table of contents

1. Some Background

4. Communicating aid effectiveness

3. The Accra High Level Forum

Aid Effectiveness: Role of the DAC

• The Development Assistance Committee (DAC) - a

key forum of major bilateral donors working to

support sustainable development.

• Major role in providing statistics and knowledge on

aid effectiveness.

• DAC behind the International Development Targets,

Rome and Paris Declarations.

• Hosts the Working Party on Aid Effectiveness.

DCD/EFF: Supporting the Working

Party on Aid Effectiveness

Working Party on Aid Effectiveness

Jan Cedergren (Sweden) – Chair

Chris Hall (World Bank) – Vice Chair

Joint Venture on Public Financial Management

Co-Chairs

Ricardo Maggi (European Commission)

Anthony Hegarty (World Bank)

Joint Venture on Managing for Development Results

Co-Chairs

Joan Boer (Netherlands)

Bruce Purdue (Asian Development

Bank)

Advisory Group for Civil Society

Norman MacDonnell(Canada) -

Chair

Joint Venture on Procurement

Co-Chairs

Jocelyn Comtois (Canada)

Bernard Becq (World Bank)

Henry Malinga (South Africa)

Joint Venture on Monitoring the Paris Declaration

Co-Chairs

George Carner(United States)

Partner Country Co-Chair TBC

The focus points

• The Paris Declaration.

• The Accra High-Level

Forum

• The 2008 Survey on

Monitoring the Paris

Declaration.


Table of contents

1. Some Background



Paris: A Roadmap for Change

• 56 Action-Oriented Commitments

Paris Declaration: What’s different?

• Unprecedented consensus;

• 56 action-oriented commitments for

both Donors and Partners countries;

• New concepts of managing for results

and mutual accountability; and

• Built-in mechanism for monitoring

progress at country and global levels.

• Targets set for 2010

Monitoring the Paris Declaration

Monitoring is about reforming aid delivery:

• Stimulating broad-based dialogue

• Fostering a shared understanding

• Supporting action-oriented agenda

• Tracking progress across time (not between countries)

12 indicators of aid effectiveness

Ownership 1 Operational national development strategies

Alignment

2 Quality of country systems

3 Aid flows aligned to national priorities (% of aid flows

reported on national budget)

4 Strengthen capacity by coordinated support

5 Use of country systems (PFM and procurement)

6 Avoid Parallel Project Implementation Units (PIUs)

7 In-year predictability of aid (% of aid released according to

agreed schedules)

8 Untied aid

Harmonisation 9 Use of programme-based approaches

10 Joint missions & country analytic work

Managing for

results 11 Sound performance assessment frameworks

Mutual

accountability12 Reviews of mutual accountability

What is Aid Effectiveness?

It’s about making aid work better where it is needed

When is Aid Effective?

• When it helps countries achieve their

own development goals.

• Three conditions are needed:

– Predictability.

– Accountability.

– Cost-effectiveness.

Was aid predictable in 2005?

41% of aid was disbursed on schedule in 2005

EGYPT

AID SCHEDULED

AID RECEIVED

AFGHANISTAN ZAMBIA

Was aid accountable in 2005?

42% of aid was recorded in countries’ budgets

GOV.

BUDGET

ESTIMATES

AID DISBURSED

EGYPT ZAMBIABOLIVIA

Is aid cost effective?

800

750

700

650

600

550

450

Vietnam (791)

Cambodia (568)

Honduras (521)

Mongolia (479)

Uganda (456)

10 453 missions in 34 countries in 2005

Number of donor missions in 2005

Try Managing this ….

Source; Don De Savigny & COHRED


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1. Some Background



What is Accra HLF 3 ?

• High Level political event on aid, a few

months before Doha Financing for

Development Conference.

• Mid-term Stock-taking of the Paris

Declaration mutual commitments

• 100 partner countries, most donors,

most international aid agencies,

• 800 to 1000 participants

The Structure of HLF-3

Accra Action AgendaAccra Action Agenda

High-Level Forum Ministerial Segment,

Session 1

DAY 1

DAY 2

DAY 3

Ministerial Segment, Session 1

MA

RK

ET

PL

AC

EMorning

RT

Plenary Session

Afternoon RT RT



RT RT RT

RT RT RTMorning

Afternoon

Morning

Afternoon

HLF-3 Progress ReportHLF-3 Progress Report

2008 Monitoring Survey2008 Monitoring Survey

Roundtable ReportsRoundtable Reports

A Successful Accra HLF-3 .…

• Practitioners act on the Paris

Declaration;

• The global public cares about aid

effectiveness;

• New Donors and Partners sign up to

the Paris Principles

• Accra Action Agenda – accelerating

and deepening implementation of the

Paris principles.


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1. Some Background



Shared objectives

• Shared interest in making aid more

effective;

• All want to see a successful Accra HLF;

• Not just Accra – long term message on

why aid effectiveness matters;

• Synergies – can deliver a consistent

message across many audiences

Synergies in Communications for Accra

and beyond

• OECD/DAC and DevCom together

can reach a world-wide audience:• High level officials

• Development practitioners

• Partner country populations

• Donor country populations

• Aim to tell a compelling story – get

political interest in Accra

• And not just for Accra – for the long

term

Synergies in Communications

• Where does this overlap with your

communications agenda?

• What opportunities do you have to

promote aid effectiveness?

• How can we work together most

effectively?

• How can we help you? What do you

need from us?

Thank you for your

attention!

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