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Aid activities in support of agriculture

02-Feb-2010

This publication presents comprehensive statistics on aid flows to agriculture. The analysis covers the years 2002-2007, including trends in donors’ aid, geographical focus of flows, and a broader picture of donors’ short and long term interventions to address food security issues.

Earthquake in Haiti - What's the best way to help?

22-Jan-2010

Lessons from evaluations of past humanitarian assistance and reconstruction efforts can help inform today’s response to the disaster in Haiti. As donors pledge to help Haiti recover, they should draw on evidence of what works.

Untying aid: is it working?

15-Jan-2010

"Untying aid: is it working?" is the first ever independent evaluation of DAC members policies and practices towards untying. It finds that the overall picture is positive, with important qualifications. Country partners affirm that untying is about transferring responsibility from donors to recipients. Practically, it is a matter of contracts, modalities, use of country systems and offering local business an opportunity to compete for contracts. The report concludes that there is much scope for further actions towards untying aid in genuine partnerships between donors and aid recipients.

Security System Reform: What Have We Learned?

13-Jan-2010

This report focuses on the results and trends emerging from the publication of the OECD DAC Handbook on Security System Reform. The report explores the results of disseminating the Handbook at headquarters and in partner countries from April 2007 to April 2009, and considers its impact on implementing security system reform more broadly. The dissemination results and the Handbook’s wider impact can provide important insights for OECD DAC members and the international community.

Updated Aid at a Glance donor charts

18-Dec-2009

The Aid at a Glance charts for DAC Donors have been updated with latest data (to 2008).

What are donors doing to help developing countries address climate change?

10-Dec-2009

In the lead-up to COP15, there have been renewed calls for developed countries to assist developing countries’ efforts to reduce their greenhouse gases emissions. Recent OECD data show that in 2007 official development assistance (ODA) targeting climate change mitigation amounted to approximately USD 3.8 billion, accounting for 0,4 percent of total bilateral ODA that year.


Events

Aid effectiveness and environment: How to enhance environmental governance and management through the use of country systems, Lilongwe, Malawi

on 04-Mar-2010

This meeting will focus on the use and strengthening of country systems for environmental management, in particular how to integrate environment into planning and public financial management.  There will also be a special session on climate change financing and aid effectiveness.

First global meeting of the International Dialogue on Peacebuilding and Statebuilding

from 08-Apr-2010 to 10-Apr-2010

The meeting will be hosted by the Government of Timor Leste in Dili. It will bring together all members of the International Dialogue and provide a forum for countries to present their peacebuilding and statebuilding experiences and the results from country consultations.

INCAF Director-level Meeting

on 24-Feb-2010

The INCAF Director-level meeting will take place in Washington D.C. on 24 February 2010. This meeting will be hosted by USAID.

OECD, WTO to release Aid for Trade at a Glance 2009 on 06 July

from 06-Jul-2009 to 07-Jul-2009

This second monitoring report will examine recent developments, present a comprehensive analysis of donor and partner country engagement, address the regional dimension of Aid for Trade, and present country factsheets assessing the outcomes and impacts of the initiative. OECD Secretary-General A.Gurria and WTO Director-General P.Lamy will launch the report during the Second Global Review of Aid for Trade (Geneva, 06-07 July).

Policy Dialogue on High Food Prices: Outlook and Donor Mid-term Response

from 12-Feb-2009 to 13-Feb-2009

This event, organised jointly by the OECD and the Global Donor Platform for Rural Development, focused on how donors should best respond to foster pro-poor agricultural production to sustain access to affordable food in developing countries.

Integrating Gender Awareness and Equality

on 28-Jan-2009

New OECD DAC publication on gender and security system reform (SSR), entitled  "Integrating Gender Awareness and Equality" will provide practical guidance on how to integrate a gender perspective in SSR processes and address programming gaps in this area.

Meeting of the Joint Venture on Public Financial Management : 27 May 2008

The Joint Venture on Public Financial Management (PFM) held a consultative meeting on Public Financial Management on the 27th of May 2008. The meeting was hosted by the South African Treasury and the Collaborative Africa Budget Reform Initiative (CABRI) based in Pretoria.

International Public Procurement Conference

from 28-Aug-2008 to 30-Aug-2008

The International Public Procurement Conference (IPPC) is a meeting place for public procurement professionals and academics from all over the world, in the area of public procurement. The third IPPC will take place in Amsterdam from 28 to 30 August 2008. The conference is shaped around papers submitted by international members of the academic world as well as the world of everyday public procurement practice. About 100 papers, with a wide diversity of topics, have been submitted.



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