Inventory of Donor Practices
Donors and partner countries acknowledge the importance of capacity development both for the relevance and the sustainability of development co-operation action. Current DAC guidelines on capacity development1 are widely recognised as a primary international reference on this topic. Nevertheless, many donors experience difficulty in tailoring the use of these concepts for field operations. Conscious of the need to stimulate more specific application of already recognised principles, the members of the DAC decided in October 2008 to focus on the capacity development priorities expressed in the Accra Agenda for Action (AAA)2 as a pragmatic and internationally recognised anchor for advancing the global capacity development agenda.
Drawing inspiration from this mandate, the DAC Secretariat has begun a series of actions, including this inventory of current donor practice, to promote a more co-ordinated and more specific global effort in capacity development through the next High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness in 2011. The inventory consolidates and compares information on existing approaches and strategies for capacity development across DAC and multilateral donors and through the lens of the 2008 AAA.
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