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Confirmed countries for the 2006 Survey

04-May-2006

Certain developing countries have already confirmed their participation in the 2006 Survey on Monitoring the Paris Declaration. Governments of countries wishing to take part in the survey are invited to send an email to the Secretariat (simon.mizrahi@oecd.org) and provide the name of the National Coordinator. For more information on the role of the National Coordinator, please consult the Explanatory Note.

2006 Survey - FINAL VERSION

03-May-2006

The 2006 Survey on Monitoring the Paris Declaration, officially launched on 2 May 2006, was designed in order to establish an intial and comprehensive baseline against which to monitor progress on the 12 indicators agreed in Paris.

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

25-Apr-2006

Summary now available for this workshop that was held in Bamako, Mali. It provided representatives from Central, North and West African countries and their partner donor institutions the opportunity to identify practical actions that can be taken with respect to implementing the Paris Declaration.

Workshop on Results Reporting by Donor Agencies

14-Apr-2006

This workshop enhanced mutual learning in the way that information on development results can be reported to the stakeholders in the development process. The Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs hosted the workshop in The Hague, The Netherlands on 11-12 April 2006.

Applying Strategic Environmental Assessment to Development Co-operation

10-Apr-2006

The purpose of this brochure is to introduce the concept and value of Strategic Environmental Assessment as applied to international development. It summarises the key messages of the publication "Applying Strategic Environmental Assessment" (DAC Guidelines and Reference Series).

The Status of Women in Developing Asia: What is the Role of Social Institutions?

31-Mar-2006

Presentation made by Johannes Jütting at Casa Asia, Barcelona, 30 March 2006.

The Challenge of Capacity Development: Working Towards Good Practice

22-Mar-2006

Adequate country capacity is one of the critical missing factors in current efforts to meet the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Development efforts in many of the poorest countries will fail, even if they are supported with substantially increased funding, if the development of sustainable capacity is not given greater and more careful attention.

DAC takes further steps to untie more aid

22-Mar-2006

Hardly a major international development event goes by without calls for more aid to be untied.  In response, the DAC had agreed in 2001 on a Recommendation on Untying ODA to the Least Developed Countries.  While the Recommendation provided for exceptions concerning small contracts, the DAC has now decided to lift this exception.....(Extract from Room Document presented at the 15 March 2006 DAC Meeting).

Global Corporate Social Responsibility Forum: China

28-Feb-2006

This speech by the OECD Secretary-General outlines the benefits of responsible business conduct and provides an overview of the contribution made by the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises.  This speech was delivered during the Global Corporate Social Responsibility Forum held in Beijing on 22 February 2006.

Annual Meeting of the Heads of Procurement of the Multilateral Development Banks and International Financial Institutions

24-Feb-2006

This meeting was held on 13-16 February 2006 in Manila, the Philippines. The main objective was to continue the practice of sharing and the common use of harmonised procurement documents and approaches between the MDBs and the IFIs.




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