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One of the most frequent complaints made by partner authorities is that too much time is spent with donor officials and responding to donor needs. Sometimes meetings are scheduled by donors without giving sufficient consideration to partner authorities’ agendas and irrespective of claims made by other donors on the time of partner authorities. In planning their missions to the field it is important that donors:
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Conduct fewer missions.
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Coordinate timing of missions with partner authorities and, where necessary, with other donors.
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Conduct more joint missions.
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Avoid conducting missions during ‘mission free periods’.
This indicator focuses only on the proportion of missions undertaken by two or more donors jointly or by one donor on behalf of another (see definitions below). In doing so, it recognises that the intention behind this Indicator is not simply to have more joint missions but to have fewer missions overall. It also recognises that there is a proper place for single donor missions that are not undertaken jointly.
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