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There have been important shifts in the international development landscape over recent years. A range of non-DAC providers of development co-operation - including emerging economies, private philanthropies, and sector-specific funds - have rapidly increased support to developing countries. To encourage co-ordination and understanding, the DAC issued a statement welcoming non-DAC partners to engage in a mutual learning dialogue.

» Read the full statement in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Spanish

The DAC issued a global relations strategy (November 2011) welcoming non-DAC countries and organisations to engage in a dialogue of mutual learning.
» Download the DAC Global Relations Strategy summary l full version in English / in French)

An open invitation is extended to OECD members who are not DAC members. Most already participate in the DAC's work on a daily basis.

» Consult a list of OECD members

» Consult a list of DAC members: dates of membership and websites

Partners that have enhanced engagement with the OECD (Brazil, China, India, Indonesia and South Africa)or that are acceding to OECD membership (Russia) are invited to the DAC's annual Senior- and High-Level Meetings. 

As part of our work on promoting partnerships for development, our Open Doors programme supports global dialogue initiatives, including

• The International Dialogue on Peacebuilding and Statebuilding: since 2008, it has worked to establish international objectives for peacebuilding and statebuilding in countries affected by conflict and fragility. The first such dialogue that gives fragile states a voice, it defines realistic objectives, sets the agenda for international support for peacebuilding and statebuilding, and helps ensure that the money that goes into fragile states meets specific needs.
• OECD Global Forum on Development: Focus on domestic resource mobilisation

Dialogue with specific countries includes:

• China: China-DAC Study Group , supported by the International Poverty Reduction Centre in China (IPRCC) and DAC members, was created in 2009 to promote mutual learning on growth and poverty reduction.
• Arab donors: At their Joint Meeting with Arab Co-ordination Group Institutions in Kuwait City on 10 May 2009, Arab Coordination Group Institutions (AGCI) and members of the DAC agreed on an Action Plan for Stronger Partnership.
  Against the backdrop of historic political change in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) and in the run-up to the Fourth High-Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness in Busan, South Korea, the AGCI and the DAC met at the High-Level Partnership Dialogue in London on 4-5 July 2011. As a follow-up, a technical meeting on statistics was held in Kuwait on 12-13 October 2011, where the AGCI and the DAC agreed to collaborate to improve statistical reporting of aid flows from Arab donors.

Topical dialogue events have focused on:

• Triangular co-operation

In September 2009, DAC members and other providers shared experiences with triangular co-operation. » Policy Dialogue on Development Co-operation

• New partnerships in development finance

In February 2010 in Moscow, discussions centered around new partnerships in international development finance.

We have also collected evidence on the common ground between the principles of different traditions of development co-operation. (pdf 386 kB)

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DAC Global Relations

Tracking trends beyond the DAC

Strengthening aid management beyond the DAC