HLF4 happening in Korea“Political spaces and strategies for gender cross-cutting into Busan”

Youngsook CHO*Chair, International Solidarity Center, Korean Women’s Association United (KWAU)

*Steering Committee Member, Korea Civil Society Forum on International Development Cooperation (KoFID)

- Venue: Busan, BEXCO- Dates: 29 November ~ 1 December 2011- Estimated Delegations: 2,000 (GO, UN, IDA (1,500), CSOs(300), Business(100))- CSOs Forum: 26~28 November

OECD HLF4 Busan

Timeline for Political Debates on Aid Effectiveness/Development

2011JanFebMarAprMayJunJul

AugSeptOctNov

2011JanFebMarAprMayJunJul

AugSeptOctNov

Deadline for submission of proposed themes

Start of negotiation process. Decision on major themes for the outcome doc; attribution of responsibilities for related events

[depending on state of negotiation process] Decision on interactive sessions & political debates

*On-site negotiation of the Busan Outcome Document: The format and link with the Political Debates will be defined in due course.

Menu of Options – identifies themes for events, of any kind, at HLF 4 (incl. potential organisers based on expressed interest) and of the outcome doc.

Road to Busan 2011

Rome Declaration on Harmonisation

Accra Action Agenda

Busan 29 Nov – 1Dec

2011

2002

Monterrey Consensus

2003 2005 2008 2010 2011

HLF-1

HLF-2

Paris Declaration on Aid

Effectiveness

Bogota Statement on SSC

Dili Declaration on Fragile States

Istanbul principles on CSO effectiveness

HLF-3

HLF-4

The aid effectiveness journey

Exclusion of CSOs & GE in the HLF-2/PD (2005)

5 Pillars of the Paris Declaration (PD) on Aid

Effectiveness highly technical process, donor driven,

focused on aid management not on impacts

1. Ownership

2. Alignment

3. Harmonization

4. Managing for Results

5. Mutual Accountability

Limited inclusion of CSOs and GE in the HLF-3/AAA(2008)

1. Para 3: Gender equality, respect for human rights, and environmental sustainability are cornerstones for achieving enduring impact on the lives and potential of poor women, men, and children.

2. Para 13(a) : Developing country governments will work more closely with parliaments and local authorities in preparing, implementing and monitoring national development policies and plans. They will also engage with CSOs.

3. Para 20: We will deepen our engagement with CSOs as independent development actors in their own right whose efforts complement those of governments and the private sector. We share an interest in ensuring that CSO contributions to development reach their full potential. To this end: a) We invite CSOs to reflect on how they can apply the Paris principles of aid effectiveness from a CSO perspective. b) We welcome the CSOs’ proposal to engage with them in a CSO-led multi-stakeholder process to promote CSO development effectiveness. As part of that process, we will seek to i) improve co-ordination of CSO efforts with government programmes, ii) enhance CSO accountability for results, and iii) improve information on CSO activities. c) We will work with CSOs to provide an enabling environment that maximizes their contributions to development.

Needs for gender cross-cutting to HLF4 Lacks of Gender Perspectives of PD and AAA

Low levels of integrations of women’s rights and gender

equality into the national development planning and

budgeting (not only recipient but also donor countries as

well)

Gender equality and women’s rights are not fully included

into the development paradigm

Majority of development NGOs based on charity and

religious perspectives and also not familiar with the RBA

and GE

How to make alternative development paradigm for the future?: ’MBA’

To Recognize of gender equality, environmental sustainability and respect for human rights, as cornerstones for development: by treating policy priority issues as sectors with indicators and specific resources allocated in national budgets.

To build democratic, inclusive, multi-stakeholder approach and clear mechanisms for the participations of women’s rights organizations as part of civil society.

To align the PD/AAA implementation with international agreed development goals including MDGs, CEDAW, BPFA, UN Security Council Resolution 1325 etc.

To make government’s Poverty Reduction Strategies (PRS) focused on the gender equality and women’s rights.

Road to HLF4 and Beyond

2011 Historical Context : Where to start?50th Anniversary of OECD25th Anniversary of the UN Declaration on the

Right to Development (R2D)10th Anniversary of “9.11 Attacks” : Defense,

Diplomacy, Development (DDD), US and ROK- US MOU on IDC (June 2011)

After LDC IV and before Rio+20 (June 2012) and “Beyond 2015”

Ongoing multiple crisis (Climate Change, Food, Fuel/Energy, Financing, etc.) : USA and Europe, Japan, etc.

UN Women and Reappointment of Ban Ki-moon as UNSG

What is HLF4 Busan?“Last station of PD journey since

2005”“Last push for MDGs”“Beyond Busan to Rio”For ROK Government, Busan is one

of several international meetings since G20 Summit(2010), Nuclear Security Summit (2012), …

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International Conference on Development, Aid Effectiveness, and the Busan Agenda

March 28, Lotte Hotel

Making Development EffectiveMaking Development Effective : Opportunities and Challenges for Busan: Opportunities and Challenges for Busan

Making Development EffectiveMaking Development Effective : Opportunities and Challenges for Busan: Opportunities and Challenges for Busan

Enna Park Director General for Development Cooperation

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Republic of Korea

Focus on removing bottlenecks and creating an “enabling” environment for development from a medium- to long-term perspective

Focus on economic growth

• Best allows it to add value to the complex development landscape

• Fits well with the G20’s key objective to promote strong, sustainable and balanced growth

• The economic growth of low income countries contribute to

global rebalancing and sustainable growth through capacity

building

II. G20: Growth and Development (1/3)II. G20: Growth and Development (1/3)

G20 Approach to Development

II. G20: Growth and Development (2/3)II. G20: Growth and Development (2/3)

Outcome of the G20 Seoul Summit “Seoul Development Consensus for Shared Growth”

and “Multi-Year Action Plan on Development”

G20 Development Principles • Focus on economic growth • Strengthen equal partnerships, particularly with LICs • Address global or regional systemic issues • Enhance private sector participation • Complement existing development efforts • Produce tangible outcomes

9 Key Pillars • Infrastructure • Private Investment and Job Creation • Human

Resource Development • Trade • Financial Inclusion • Growth with Resilience •

Food Security • Domestic Resource Mobilization • Knowledge Sharing

II. G20: Growth and Development (3/3)II. G20: Growth and Development (3/3)

G20’s Contributions to the Busan Process

Values of holistic and comprehensive approach • strong impetus for looking beyond aid issues • driving force for a shift of paradigm toward development effectiveness and impact

Firm political commitment to development as an issue of shared interest of the global community

Strengthening global development partnerships • bridging developed countries and BRICs • partnerships with international organizations in implementing the Multi-Year Action Plans

HLF4 and Civil Society in Korea

ROK is chair of Core Group as host of HLF4

ROK is the new member of OECD (1996) and DAC (2009), ODA Increase to 0.25 before 2015

ROK is driving force of “Seoul Development Consensus” and “Multi-year Action Plan”

-> What is ROK’s political interest and role on agenda of the HLF4?

Challenges to Civil SocietyKoFID (Korea Civil Society Forum on

International Development Cooperation) was a civil society response to emerging role of the ROK in the field of international development cooperation

CSOs’ Policy engagement with the ROK - G20 development agenda - Korean Development Model/Style ? - Korean ODA

WEF GGI (Gender Gap Index) : 115th (2009)/ 105th (2010) among 134th countries

Women in National Assembly : 13.7% (2010) Women in Local Assembly : 20.3% (2010) 63.4% of women workers are non-regular

workers Wages of women are 38% less than men (2010) Burden share and time spending of ‘domestic

labors’ between wives and husbands both are working (2010)

The wife spend 2hrs and 38minutes and the husband spend 24 minutes (7 times differences) 19

Challenges to Women’s organizations

Busan HLF4 Main Disputes1) Aid Effectiveness Development Effectiveness2) Development Effectiveness Development

Accountability3) Paradigm: Economic Growth Centered(G20)

‘Human Development’4) OECD UN DCF 5) Role of OECD : Technical Political6) IDC as a binding treaty? 7) ODA (official development assistance) and PDA

(private development assistance) 8) CSOs and Private Company 9) Donor countries : OECD DAC Non-DAC 10)New Financing ?

Aid/Development Discussion Frame I

Aid/Development Agenda Frame II

Post Busan : Gender Cross-cutting

Gender Cross-cutting into Development Paradigm

Strategies for Gender Cross-cuttingon the road to Busan HLF-4

1. Inputs for prioritizing gender issues for the ‘Busan Outcome

Documentations’ and/or separate statement?

2. Using the new space of establishment of UN Women and also with the

partner countries to promote political will for the gender cross-cutting into

the Busan HLF-4.

3. Collaborations with Women’s groups in BetterAid Coordinating Group

(BACG) during the WP-EFF and ExCOM meeting in upcoming September

4. High expectations for the Korean GO’s Initiatives for the gender cross-

cutting on the road and beyond Busan HLF-4.

Where to start?Strategize to raise gender issue to be discussed and included into to the outcome documents of the HLF4

Organize gender inputs to make impacts for the HLF4 procedures

Who can be our allies? “Partner Countries Inputs on Gender Issues”

Thank you !