Improving partnerships

Experience has shown that smarter partnerships in international development can significantly increase the impact of aid, whether it is used to address major health issues such as malaria and HIV or to tackle climate change-related challenges such as deforestation. Today, the Working Party on Aid Effectiveness is the most inclusive and credible forum for key stakeholders in development - including developing and developed countries, civil society, and multilateral and regional agencies.  Together, they engage in a wide range of topics in development co-operation, from public-private partnerships to co-operation between developing and middle-income countries (“South-South co-operation”).

Especially in the lead-up to the Fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness in November in Busan, Korea, we work to encourage development stakeholders to share their knowledge and experience, and keep track of what works and what doesn't to help build a sustainable future for development.

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Assessing progress

Since 2006, we have been assessing donors' progress in achieving the targets in the Paris Declaration through our regular monitoring survey. 78 countries and territories participated in 2011.

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• Find out more about the 2011 survey process here 

The 2011 round of monitoring also features work done by the International Network on Conflict and Fragility on the ten Fragile States Principles.

In parallel, an independent evaluation takes place on the implementation process and effects of the Paris Declaration itself. More information is available here.   

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Implementing reform

Improving the way aid is delivered and managed for better, longer-lasting results requires action on many fronts. To this end, the Working Party on Aid Effectiveness focuses on the principles of the Paris Declaration:

• Ownership and accountability: Who owns development policies? Could donors do something to strengthen country ownership? Is strong country ownership a precondition for real mutual accountability between donors and recipients? To whom are governments accountable? We zero in on these questions and strive towards a better understarstanding of these processes. 
• Country systems: Decades of development experience show that when donors bypass developing country's systems, the sustainability of their efforts are undermined, as is the recipient country's ability to manage their own future.
• Managing for development results: Managing for development results (MfDR) provides a framework for strengthening decision making, including practical tools to plan strategically, manage risk, monitor progress and evaluate outcome. We're helping donors and partners manage for results.
• Transparent and responsible aid: How can aid flows be made more predictable so that they enable recipients to plan? How can donors ensure that their funding is allocated as efficiently and effectively as possible? We work to answer these questions.

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