The purpose of the Fragile States group (FSG) is to facilitate coordination among bilateral and multilateral donors to improve aid effectiveness in fragile states.  It is also designed to help increase the focus on countries facing weak governance and violent conflict and to avoid the ‘cost of neglect’, working on development in these situations in addition to development co-operation efforts on middle income countries.

The DAC characterises fragile states by those countries where there is a lack of political commitment and weak capacity to develop and implement pro-poor policies, suffering from violent conflict and weak governance.  It recognises that the complexities of these partnerships vary from country to country and over time.

The FSG brings together knowledge from experience, research and lessons learned on the design and implementation of development approaches in fragile states.  It forms a bridge between the DAC Network on Governance (GOVNET) and the Conflict, Peace and Development Co-operation (CPDC) and also benefits from inputs from other DAC Networks and Working parties such as the DAC Working Party on Aid Effectiveness (WP-EFF).

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