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The ability to deliver essential public services and government functions is a prerequisite for well-functioning, legitimate states, and is a necessity if they are to meet the most basic needs of vulnerable groups, maintain security and stability, and bring in foreign direct investment, while pursuing poverty-reduction objectives and consolidating governance. Find out more about the Partnership for Democratic Governance.
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Second volume of PDG Series launched in Stockholm
05-Nov-2009
As a follow-up to the joint PDG-AfDB conference held in Tunis last June, the Advisory Unit is pleased to announce that the second volume in the PDG Series, titled Contracting Out Government Functions: Emerging Lessons from Post-Conflict and Fragile Situations, has been published. This addition to the PDG Series includes the proceedings of the PDG-AfDB conference, as well as a special contribution from Prof. Paul Collier. The Advisory Unit released the publication to the development community and the general public during the 2009 European Development Days in Stockholm (22-24 October).
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23-Jun-2009
On the 8-9 June in Tunis, the PDG held a conference on “Contracting Out Core Government Services and Functions in Fragile and Post-Conflict Situations”. This event was co-hosted by the African Development Bank and benefitted from a financial support from Japan. The conference gathered around 80 participants from a wide range of development aid stakeholders. Fifteen partner countries from Africa and Asia were represented at senior level, including the Minister of Finance for Timor-Leste and the Minister of Health for Liberia.
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25-Mar-2009
On 17 March, the PDG, in co-operation with ZIF (Center for International Peace Operations), co-hosted a senior-level policy dialogue on "The Use of Deployable Civilian Capacity for Stabilisation and Reconstruction". OECD Deputy Secretary-General Mario Amano provided opening remarks. For the first time, representatives from the Commonwealth Secretariat and NATO Civil Emergency Planning took part in the dialogue, which included over 40 participants from 16 OECD and non-OECD countries and five international organisations.
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24-Mar-2009
The first volume of the PDG Experts’ Series investigates whether using technical assistance in core government functions and services has been conducive to capacity development. Each case study (Afghanistan, Haiti, South Sudan and Timor-Leste) identifies specific bottlenecks and successes and aims to find new ways of thinking about the use of interim personnel for service delivery in core government functions.
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12-Jun-2008
The Advisory Unit recently travelled to the United States and Canada seeking advice and know-how from experts from several think tanks and International Organisations. The information gathered during this week of talks is being used to update the PDG core documents and operational model.
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Forty-one international representatives met in Paris to discuss the mandate of the PDG, its objectives and principles of action, its programme of work, and considered possible areas of PDG-supported field-level initiatives.
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12-Jun-2008
Jerzy Pomianowski, the new head of the PDG Advisory Unit, took up duty alongside 2 technical advisers and 2 administrative staff in April 2008. Three other technical advisers will join the unit by mid-June 2008.
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on 01-Oct-2007
This event, jointly organised by the OECD Secretary General and the UNDP Administrator, gathered several ministers from the founding countries of this new multilateral initiative.
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