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

On 27-29 March 2006 a workshop on the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness: Implications and Implementation took place in Bamako, Mali. This workshop, the second in a series of regional workshops, brought together representatives from Central, North and West African countries and their partner donor institutions. Please click here for the summary of the workshop.

Specific objectives of the workshop included the following:

  • to facilitate open discussion and exchange of views and experiences among partner countries and donors on aid effectiveness issues;
  • to take a closer look at the Paris commitments, focusing particularly on their application to country and country-level donor institutions, policies, procedures, and systems;
  • to provide an opportunity for participants to identify practical actions that can be taken with respect to implementing harmonization, alignment and managing for results; 
  • to assist participants in understanding the international monitoring process of the Paris commitments and implications for the country monitoring process; and
  • to promote  cross-country sharing and encourage a community of practice to continually exchange experiences.

The first workshop in this series of regional workshops was held in Entebbe, Uganda on 16-17 November 2005.

Please click here for a press release from the African Development Bank.

 

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