communications, aid effectiveness and accra
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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.
2. The Paris Declaration
Table of contents
1. Some Background
4. Communicating aid effectiveness
3. The Accra High Level Forum
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
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
2. The Paris Declaration
Table of contents
1. Some Background
4. Communicating aid effectiveness
3. The Accra High Level Forum
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
Ministerial Segment, Session 2
Ministerial Segment, Session 3
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.
2. The Paris Declaration
Table of contents
1. Some Background
4. Communicating aid effectiveness
3. The Accra High Level Forum
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?