Aid Effectiveness

Confirmed countries for the 2006 Survey

04-May-2006

Certain developing countries have already confirmed their participation in the 2006 Survey on Monitoring the Paris Declaration. Governments of countries wishing to take part in the survey are invited to send an email to the Secretariat (simon.mizrahi@oecd.org) and provide the name of the National Coordinator. For more information on the role of the National Coordinator, please consult the Explanatory Note.

Workshop on the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness: Implications and Implementation

25-Apr-2006

Summary now available for this workshop that was held in Bamako, Mali. It provided representatives from Central, North and West African countries and their partner donor institutions the opportunity to identify practical actions that can be taken with respect to implementing the Paris Declaration.

Workshop on Results Reporting by Donor Agencies

14-Apr-2006

This workshop enhanced mutual learning in the way that information on development results can be reported to the stakeholders in the development process. The Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs hosted the workshop in The Hague, The Netherlands on 11-12 April 2006.

Follow-up to the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness

12-Aug-2005

On 3 August 2005, Richard Manning the Chair of the DAC and Michel Reveyrand, the Chair of the Working Party on Aid Effectiveness, wrote to the heads of delegations of the Paris High Level Forum (28 February - 2 March) to inform them on the agreements reached on the targets for the 11 Indicators of Progress included in the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness.

Incentives for Harmonisation in Aid Agencies

21-Mar-2005

The scope of this study is to assess the importance of incentive systems internal to aid agencies in their efforts to deliver on the commitments made in the Rome Declaration on Harmonisation. It looks at different factors which influence individual and collective behaviour in aid agencies, and discusses whether these work for or against the adoption of harmonised practices and of the new paradigm in development cooperation based on donor coordination and country ownership.

Middle East Regional Workshop

07-Feb-2005

The Middle East Regional Workshop on Harmonisation and Alignment for Development Effectiveness and Managing for Results will be held on 8-9 February 2005 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.  The concept note  is available.

Results of the OECD-DAC Survey on Harmonisation & Alignment (first draft)

19-Oct-2004

The first draft of the results of the OECD-DAC survey on progress in harmonisation and alignment are now available.

Regional Forums/Workshops on Harmonisation and Alignment

16-Sep-2004

The dates and venues for the regional forums/workshops on harmonisation and alignment leading to the Paris High-Level Forum in March 2005 have now been confirmed.

Essential reading

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