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Short summary

 

The 2010 meeting of National Focal Points for Policy Coherence for Development focused on the implications of a shifting and increasingly interdependent world economy on three inter-related issues: global development; aid international architecture; and particularly PCD. It also aimed at sharing policies and experiences on PCD at the global, national, regional, and OECD levels, and exchange views on the ways forward. A number of recommendations to enhance PCD emerged from the discussions. Among them: 

•  the inclusive and collective action by the global community beyond aid efforts is required in a context of major development challenges and PCD is a key component;
•  the active role of developing and emerging countries is vital to identify critical areas for a better design and implementation of PCD solutions;
• the OECD is well placed to bring together policy-makers from all public policy areas with development experts and analysts to promote greater coherence;
•  the importance of PCD and the costs of incoherence should be widely communicated to the global public and in governance fora to enable political debate and momentum. 

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Programme and presentations

 

Friday,1 October 2010

 

9.00: Welcome and opening remarks by Mario Amano, Deputy Secretary-General, OECD

 

9:10-10:50: Special Panel 1: The future of aid

In the current context of major development challenges and the impact of multiple crises, significant changes are taking place in the international aid architecture. The active participation of new players increases the diversity of approaches and modalities and thereby presents both challenges and opportunities to reshape the global aid architecture. This panel discussed how to strengthen and articulate the aid architecture to make it more inclusive, coherent and effective.

Key note speaker:

• Lars Engberg-Pedersen, Head of Research Unit on Politics and Governance, Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS). (See presentation here).

Panellists:

• Eckhard Deutscher, Chair of the OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC).  (See remarks).
• Jinkyu Jeong, Counsellor, Permanent Delegation of the Republic of Korea to the OECD. (See intervention.
• Yiping Zhou, Director of the Special Unit for South-South Co-operation, UNDP. (See intervention).

Moderator:

•  Brenda Killen Head of Division, Aid Effectiveness, Development Co-operation Directorate, OECD

 

11:10-12.30. Special Panel 2 : PCD in a shifting world economy

The gravity of the economic growth is shifting towards the developing world and emerging economies as documented by the OECD (2010) publication on: shifting wealth. This panel sought to explore the implications of this shift for PCD and took stock on these changes, analyse their impact on PCD and discuss how the changes need to be reflected in further PCD work.

 

Speaker:

• Helmut Reisen, Head of Research, OECD Development Centre. (See presentation).

Panellists:

• Samuel Wangwe, Chairman, Daima Associates, Development and Management Consultants (Tanzania).
• Alfredo Valladão, Professor, Institut d’études politiques de Paris (Sciences Po).

Moderator:

• Guido Ashoff, Head of the Department I: Bi- and Multilateral Development Cooperation, German Development Institute (DIE)

 

14:00-15.15 Session 1: Ongoing work on PCD

At the global level:

• Presentation: Outcomes of the MDG summit and the next steps from PCD perspective by Rob Vos, Director, Development Policy and Analysis Division, United Nations - Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA)
• Presentation: PCD at the Second Development Cooperation Forum (DCF) of ECOSOC by Nikhil Seth, Director of the Office for ECOSOC Support and Coordination, (UN DESA)

 

Moderator:

• Jon Lomøy, Director of the Development Co-operation Directorate, OECD

 

At the OECD level:

• Presentation: Non-Tariff Measures in the agro-food sector by Frank Van Tongeren, Head of Division, Policies and Trade in Agriculture, OECD.
• Presentation: Importance of innovation for development and green growth, by Yuko Harayama, Deputy Director, Directorate for Science, Technology and Industry at the OECD.
• Presentation: Tax and development by Roberto Schatan, Senior Advisor, Center for Tax Policy and Administration, OECD.
• Presentation: Climate change and technology transfer, by Nick Johnstone, Environment and Economy Integration Division, Environment Directorate, OECD.
• Comments on the OECD work programme on PCD by Ebba Dohlman, Head of the PCD Unit at the OECD.

Moderator:

• David Batt, Director of the Africa Partnership Forum Support Unit, OECD

 

16:45-18:00 Session 3: The ways forward

• Presentation: EU’s policy framework for a whole-of the union approach by Ollivier Bodin, Forward looking studies and policy coherence, European Commission
• Presentation: The role of impact assessments in promoting PCD, by Paul Engel, Director of the European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM)
• Comments by Jon Lomøy, Director of the Development Co-operation Directorate, OECD

 

Moderator:

• David Batt, Director of the Africa Partnership Forum Support Unit, OECD

 

18:00: Concluding remarks by Eckhard Deutscher, Chair of the OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC).