The OECD Development Assistance Committee is a unique international forum of many of the largest providers of aid, including 31 members. |
The overarching objective of the DAC for the period 2018-2022 is to promote development co-operation and other relevant policies so as to contribute to implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, including sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, poverty eradication, improvement of living standards in developing countries, and to a future in which no country will depend on aid.
We monitorOFFICIAL DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE |
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We set development co-operationSTANDARDS |
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We conduct regularPEER REVIEWSof our members |
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MeetingsThe DAC holds High Level Meetings (generally every 2-3 years) whose participants are development ministers. In between High Level Meetings, the DAC convenes Senior Level Meetings (attended by heads of aid agencies) to review the Committee’s work on current policy issues. Ordinary DAC meetings are attended by Paris-based delegates of DAC members and by officials from member capitals. |
DAC Subsidiary BodiesThe DAC subsidiary bodies bring together our sectoral experts. |
Global relationsThe DAC engages with development actors beyond the Committee’s membership to improve the relevance and impact of its work. |
MembersThe DAC currently has 31 members. Candidate countries are assessed in terms of the following criteria: the existence of appropriate strategies, policies and institutional frameworks that ensure capacity to deliver a development co-operation programme; an accepted measure of effort; and the existence of a system of performance monitoring and evaluation. |