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Special Edition on Development Effectiveness and the Busan Forum
1. Fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness (HLF-4)
2. Key Documents and Websites to follow the HLF-4
3. OECD Development Co-operation Report 2011
4. Events on Development Effectiveness
5. Publications of Development Effectiveness
6. Websites related to Development Effectiveness
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Every little thing counts in a crisis. Jawaharlal Nehru
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1 Fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness (HLF-4)
Busan, Korea, 29 November to 1 December 2011
At the fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness approximately 2000 delegates from
160 governments, parliaments, international organisations, civil society and the
private sector will review global progress in improving the impact and value for money
of development aid and make new commitments to further ensure that aid helps reduce
poverty and supports progress in meeting the Millennium Development Goals.
The conference will be a major milestone and turning point for the global aid
effectiveness agenda: The conference will assess the achievement of the Paris
Declaration targets and the commitments of the Accra Agenda for Action by the 2010
deadline, as well as report on the monitoring of the Fragile States Principles.
Significantly, the event will also chart future directions for more effective
development aid and contribute towards a new international aid architecture as
follow-up to the Paris process. The 2015 MDG deadline and the biennial ECOSOC
Development Cooperation Forum will be of particular relevance in this regard and are
likely to put the UN system in the limelight during the negotiations.
The Busan Forum is a continuation in a series of High Level Forums on Aid
Effectiveness that started in Rome (2003) and continued in Paris (2005) and Accra
(2008). For the fourth time since 2003, industrialized and developing countries will
be discussing ways of making development cooperation more effective. A third draft of
the Busan Outcome Document has been prepared. The Outcome Document will be further
discussed and developed and will be finalised at the Busan Forum itself.
It is clear for everyone to see that the context for aid effectiveness has changed a
great deal in recent years. Making sure that Busan is about more than just playing the
end game of a previous era is vital to us all. The question is, are we brave enough to
make it happen?
Michèle Laubscher (Alliance Sud) sees OECD veering in the wrong direction. She writes:
''The last meeting held three years ago in the Ghanaian capital Accra ended with the
recognition that effective development cooperation requires democratic ownership,
transparency and an enabling environment for to civil society. Another idea that also
gained traction in Accra was that aid can contribute only modestly to the social and
economic development of poor countries. Much more important are government policies in
these countries as well as external factors such as global economic and trade
conditions, which are generally dictated by the industrialized countries. Future
discussions should therefore be about «development effectiveness» rather than just aid
effectiveness. It was not decided at the time what this meant in concrete terms, and
this will now be done at the conference in the South Korean city of Busan. The
competition for «new donor countries» and the private sector could well set the clock
back and water down important principles.'' Source:
http://www.alliancesud.ch/en/policy/aid/busan-high-level-meeting
AidWatch takes a critical look at the European Commission's proposals
(http://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/multimedia/presentations-speeches/conference_en.htm)
for the EU common position ahead of the HLF-4. AidWatch is particularly concerned by
the proposal to narrow the aid effectiveness agenda down to a more limited set of
commitments, to streamline the global monitoring process and the lack of concrete and
measureable reform commitments for the EU.
http://www.concordeurope.org/Public/Page.php?ID=14347
A global aid transparency group around ''Publish What You Fund'' has expressed alarm
over the ''pushback" in aid transparency commitments among donor countries while the
text for the final document to be approved in the HLF-4 is being negotiated.
http://tinyurl.com/cyrnsu7
Women's groups and gender equality advocates engaged in the HLF-4 process call on all
governments and other development actors involved in the HLF-4 and 2012 DCF process to
consider some imperatives for Gender Equality
(http://www.globaleverantwortung.at/images/doku/womensorganisations_keydemands_busan_oct2011.pdf)
At Busan, world leaders will again proclaim their faith in the power of local
parliaments and civil society to make aid more transparent, accountable and effective.
''I have my doubts," writes Till Bruckner in this Devev Blog. Accountability is
inherently demand-driven. If local parliaments and NGOs are to effectively monitor and
influence international aid, they must be highly capable, and willing and able to rise
to the challenge. In most aid recipient countries, these preconditions for aid
accountability simply do not exist. The Busan forum will doubtlessly produce a
polished document full of well-intended promises. But if these promises are based on
fantasy, not reality, we cannot pressure donors to live up to them. Aid transparency
is a necessary precondition for local aid accountability, but in itself is not
sufficient. Accountability is a two-way process. Information gives local
accountability agencies ammunition to press for change – but only if they are willing
and able to do so. Source:
http://www.devex.com/en/blogs/full-disclosure/the-local-aid-accountability-delusion
The European Parliament adopted its report on aid effectiveness
(http://tinyurl.com/cnoznl7) that demands much more ambitious reforms than the
European Commission has proposed so far. The report is published just as EU Member
State governments are currently negotiating the joint EU position for the HLF-4. The
report calls for further progress to empower developing country's people and
democratic institutions; and emphasises that donors' procurement practices need to be
reformed to boost aid's economic impact and drive inclusive growth.
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2. Key Documents and Websites to follow the HLF-4
A collection of useful and key documents on Aid Effectiveness are openly available on
this OECD page http://tinyurl.com/6awtvd6 to read, reproduce, quote or disseminate in
view of making information on Aid Effectiveness, as well as the work of the Working
Party on Aid Effectiveness.
Official Event Site http://www.aideffectiveness.org/busanHLF-4/
Official OECD Site http://tinyurl.com/3zemvor
UN Aid Effectiveness Website http://www.undg.org/index.cfm?P=219
CSO Open Forum http://www.cso-effectiveness.org
Fully participatory space for Civil Society Organizations worldwide united to define
and advocate a common framework for CSO development effectiveness
http://twitter.com/#!/CSOpenForum
The Broker Blog http://www.thebrokeronline.eu/Blogs/Busan-High-Level-Forum
The Broker, in cooperation with the OECD, invites you to contribute to this blog about
the challenges of the coming HLF on aid effectivess at Busan.
ODI Blog - The road to Busan and beyond http://tinyurl.com/3gr7d2v
ODI experts respond to the conference
http://tinyurl.com/bvetons
In the lead up to the Busan conference, ODI experts explore aid effectiveness
alongside country ownership, climate finance, and principles for global agreement.
Official Social Media Sites of the Fourth High Level Forum
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/busanHLF-4
Twitter https://twitter.com/#!/HLF-4Org
Vimeo http://vimeo.com/user7035907
YouTube http://www.youtube.com/user/HLF-4busan
Blog http://www.thebrokeronline.eu/Blogs/Busan-High-Level-Forum
RSS http://feeds.feedburner.com/busanHLF-4
Sign on to CSO Asks to Busan: http://www.betteraid.org
Tell world leaders that you want to add a citizen voice to aid and development decisions.
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3. OECD Development Co-operation Report 2011
The Development Co-operation Report is the key annual reference document for
statistics and analysis on trends in international aid. This special edition
commemorates the 50th anniversary of the Development Assistance Committee (DAC). In
his Introduction, DAC Chair J. Brian Atwood highlights the role the DAC has played
over the past 50 years and signals its continuing relevance in meeting the challenges
ahead. Chapters by former World Bank President James Wolfensohn, UNDP Administrator
Helen Clark and African Development Bank President Donald Kaberuka reflect on lessons
learned over the past 50 years of development co-operation. Michelle Bachelet,
Executive Director of UN Women, Hernando de Soto, President of the Institute for
Liberty and Democracy, Sadako Ogata, President of the Japan International Co-operation
Agency, and R.K. Pachauri, Chair of the International Panel on Climate Change, provide
insights on the challenges of gender equality, empowerment, inclusive development and
climate change, respectively. Former DAC Chair Richard Manning and former Director
General of the French Development Agency Jean-Michel Severino look ahead to future
challenges for official development assistance. http://www.oecd.org/de/dacreport
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4. Events on Development Effectiveness
One month to Busan – what is the latest from the OECD, and what do the major donors
expect to change?
http://tinyurl.com/5wu2cka
With one month to go until the biggest aid conference in years, ODI hosted Brenda
Killen, the head of Aid Effectiveness at the OECD and therefore at the heart of
pulling the conference together. A full documentation of the event held in London on
31 October 2011 is available to download.
Busan and beyond: An ODI public events series
http://tinyurl.com/c3jml6d
As the aid community prepares to meet at the Fourth High Level Forum on Aid
Effectiveness in Busan in November 2011, this ODI event series examines some of the
most pressing issues that need to be addressed by the policymaking community.
Knowledge sharing for global development – Building up new partnerships
http://tinyurl.com/d33nh5w
Bonn, 17.11.2011, 17h, Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE)
Public Lecture with World Bank Managing Director
The Millennium Goals and Beyond: Reflections on an international development policy
agenda after 2015
Bonn, 21.-22.11.2011, German Development Institute
http://tinyurl.com/d4p4bdq
International Workshop
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5. Publications on Development Effectiveness
Aid effectiveness: bringing country ownership (and politics) back in
ODI Working Papers 336, August 2011
http://tinyurl.com/cwmlxlk
This paper by David Booth considers that assumption untenable and agrees with those
arguing that ownership should be treated as a desirable outcome, not an achieved state
of affairs. It then asks the corresponding question: whether external actors have any
useful role in assisting the emergence of developmental country leaderships.
Capacity Development: Where do EU Members Stand on the Road to Busan?
http://tinyurl.com/18r
Gwennaelle Corre, author of the EC study on 'Supporting the Implementation of the
Technical Cooperation for an Enhanced Capacity Development', found, however that there
is a noticeable difference between the Capacity Development practices and experiences
of EU Member States. While all European donors do not regard Capacity Development with
the same degree of priority, they have become increasingly aware of the importance of
supporting it as a way to achieve lasting development results, according to a recent
European Commission study.
CSOs on the Road to Busan: CSO Key Messages and Proposals
http://tinyurl.com/d8s8wmh
This paper by BetterAid lays out the main demands from civil society organizations
(CSOs) in the run up to the HLF-4. Civil society organizations can sign on to the
paper online.
Demanding democratic ownership. D+C article by Antonio Tujan Jr.
http://www.inwent.org/ez/articles/197562/index.en.shtml
Civil society organisations are engaged in the aid effectiveness debate. They have
been pushing for deeper, more meaningful reform. In 2008, the Accra HLF recognised
CSOs as development actors in their own right. Some of their concerns were adopted by
the HLF, including broader country ownership or more effective and inclusive
partnerships. Many demands, however, were not met. The most important of these were
aid reforms that would enable people to use their human rights (''right-based
results") and introduce democratic ownership free from foreign interference.
Democratic Ownership after Busan: Setting up Integrative Partnerships for Development
http://www.alliance2015.org/index.php?id=54
In its preparations for the HLF-4, Alliance2015 has surveyed the progress towards
democratic ownership based on five case studies – Cambodia, Ghana, Mozambique,
Nicaragua and Tanzania – and on a cross-country report focussing on civil society
participation in the development process. Donors are not doing enough to provide
developing countries the political space they need in order to find their own path to
development through real democratic processes. Numerous governments in developing
countries have never really endorsed the principle of democratic ownership. They have
not taken serious steps towards shaping an enabling environment because they do not
sufficiently recognise civil society and parliaments as being independent actors in
the development process. When civil society organisations and parliaments are invited
to participate, they often do not possess the necessary knowledge about political
processes. Therefore, they are frequently unable to make a meaningful contribution to
the development process.
Independent Evaluation of the Implementation of the Paris Declaration
http://www.aideffectiveness.org/busanHLF-4/topics/evidence-for-busan/450.html
The Independent Evaluation of the Implementation of the Paris Declaration is an
independent global appraisal of efforts to improve the effectiveness of international
aid since 2005. The latest evidence is vital for decisions taken at Busan. It will
help in learning lessons and ensuring that all involved in aid meet their commitments.
It's Complicated: the Challenge of Implementing the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness
http://www.brookings.edu/opinions/2011/0922_paris_declaration_chandy.aspx
By Laurence Chandy, The Brookings Institution.
Of the 13 targets agreed to at the Paris High Level Forum, only one was met. That's a
grim outcome even by the standards of global development, where commitments are
regularly professed but rarely fulfilled. It also makes for a gloomy backdrop to this
November's High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness in Busan, Korea. Over the next few
weeks, be prepared for a good amount of haranguing and finger-pointing as development
activists line up to accuse donor agencies of not trying hard enough and aid skeptics
write off the High Level Forum process as an ineffectual talking shop.
Move on. D+C Comment by Sachin Chaturvedi
http://www.inwent.org/ez/articles/197873/index.en.shtml
The time has come to move on beyond ''donors" and ''recipients" in the international
development discourse, argues an expert from India. In his view, the focus must be on
what is happening in the countries that receive aid flows, and what can improve the
lot of their peoples.
Results based aid: limitations of new approaches
GDI Briefing Paper 17/2011 by Stephan Klingebiel
http://tinyurl.com/clx2d5b
Some of the current instruments already offer useful ways of incentivising
performance. For instance, designing budget support with variable tranches. With
respect to other RBA approaches (such as Cash on Delivery), practical experience is
still lacking. It is possible that the disadvantages might outweigh the advantages.
The hoped for benefit of RBA approaches, that of being able to produce clearly
verifiable results may only ''seem to be" achievable. RBA approaches assume a clear
performance orientation in the partner countries, which applies to the reform dynamic
countries, but those without good governance may be less easily encouraged by such a
system of incentives, and thus other approaches might be more suitable there.
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6. Websites related to Development Effectiveness
Asian Development Bank's MfDR Website
http://www.adb.org/results
ADB has just launched its new website on _Development Effectiveness and Results_. It
merges content on MfDR and aid effectiveness to give users a more streamlined,
easy-to-access web experience. The new site reports on what ADB is doing to achieve
greater effectiveness and results, both within the institution and with its developing
member countries. Browse the News section for articles, speeches, events, feature
stories and multimedia related to development effectiveness.
Africa Platform on Development Effectiveness
http://www.africa-platform.org
The Platform brings consultation, coordination and a common voice to Africa's
development perspectives, strategies and policies focusing on capacity development,
aid effectiveness and south-south cooperation.
BetterAid
http://www.betteraid.org
BetterAid unites over 1000 development organisations from civil society working on
development effectiveness. BetterAid has been challenging the aid effectiveness agenda
since January 2007 and is leading many of the civil society activities in the lead up
to the HLF-4 in Busan.
capacity4dev.eu Public Group on Aid Effectiveness
http://capacity4dev.ec.europa.eu/pubaideffect/
Capacity4dev.eu is a growing online community for development practitioners. This
interactive platform was set up by EuropeAid to enhance knowledge through the exchange
of practices on effective international cooperation.
CSO Development effectiveness
http://www.cso-effectiveness.org.
New website on the effectiveness of civil organisations working in Development.
IATI is a global aid transparency standard
http://iatistandard.org
IATI consists of a set of aid information standards; an online registry of published
data; and a governance and advocacy process that builds the case for transparency
across the aid sector. IATI makes information about aid spending easier to access, use
and understand.
IDEAS AidRating
http://www.aidrating.org
AidRating strives to contribute to better aid by measuring effectiveness/impact of
interventions and making them comparable. In order to achieve this, we support full
project related transparency by donors and contracting agencies.
Impact Evaluation, Development Effectiveness | 3IE
http://www.3ieimpact.org
The International Initiative for Impact Evaluations. Improving development
effectiveness through better use of evidence from quality impact evaluation.
LenCD Learning Network on Capacity Development - Road to Busan
http://www.lencd.org/group/busan
The ''Road to Busan'' working group has identified 10 key priorities to pursue between
now and the High Level Forum. All members of the Learning Network are invited to
participate in any or all of these initiatives.
Make Aid Transparent campaign
http://www.makeaidtransparent.org
The Make Aid Transparent campaign is a coalition of 101 civil society organisations
who have come together to call on donors to publish more and better information about
the aid they give.
SDC Aid Effectiveness Network (SDC-AEnet)
http://www.sdc-aid-effectiveness.ch
The website of the Swiss SDC Community of Practice on matters related to Aid
Effectiveness. You'll find here information on the SDC-AEnet itself, as well as on the
DAC hosted Working Party on Aid Effectiveness, and SDC's role in it.
The Open Forum for CSO
http://www.cso-effectiveness.org
The Open Forum brings together civil society organisations from around the world to
discuss the issues and challenges to their effectiveness as development actors. Its
objective is to propose, by late 2011, a global effectiveness framework for CSOs. The
Open Forum is accessible to all interested CSOs worldwide, including NGOs,
church-related organisations, trade unions, social movements and grassroots organisations.
United Nations Development Group
http://www.undg.org/index.cfm?P=1412
The UNDG Task Team has agreed on a joint statement and key messages for HLF-4 on the
global aid architecture and the role of multilateral institutions, capacity
development, and on countries affected by conflict and fragility. The UNDG/ECHA
Working Group on Transitions is used at the platform to develop coordinated and
coherent UN messages on crisis and post-crisis issues, feeding in to the joint
preparations of the UNDG task team, as well as to the relevant external processes,
i.e. the International Dialogue on Peacebuilding and Statebuilding and the
International Network on Conflict and Fragility (INCAF).
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