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Improved donor cooperation and collaboration with partner countries for
pro-poor growth in rural areas
by Christoph KohlmeyerBMZ,Co-Chair of the Global Donor Platform
IFAD Governing Council,Rome, February 16th 2006
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1. Why the Platform?
2. What is the Platform?- Activities & products - Organization- Towards improved donor cooperation
3. The Platform and the Paris Declaration
Presentation outline
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Growing consensus: We‘ll miss MDGs if rural poverty not reduced.
But: Consensus on how to reduce rural poverty is fragile Differences in policies, ineffective lesson-learning,
duplication of efforts impede sustainable RDat the same time:
Paris Declarations demand „aid effectiveness“ and a re-orientation of the delivery mechanisms
So: GDPRD launched end-2003 as a joint initiative of donor
agencies and international finance institutions
1. Why do we need a Global Donor Platform?
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A communication and facilitation mechanism between donors, partner countries, high-level policy dialogue, and national development frameworks
A learning network between countries as well as between donor head-offices and field staff
Ultimate objective: Reduce poverty and enhance economic growth in rural areas in developing countries through improved donor cooperation, collaboration & coordinated dialogue with partner countries
2. What is the Platform?
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Three pillars: Pillar 1
Advocate needs/opportunities of rural poor
Product:: “The role of agriculture in achieving the MDGs”, donor pamphlet & narrative paper
Key messages:Agricultural growth = Best avenue to pro-poor growth. No other way to better employ existing resources & create enough jobs
GDPRD promotes its messages through its Focal Points at donor agencies, in conferences and through broad media
Activities and products (1)
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Pillar 2
Promote shared learningProducts:
• Platform website to share donor experiences and documents (www.rdxxl.org)
• Online Forum to facilitate drafting joint policies (e.g. Joint Donor Rural Concept)
• Rural Focus of PRSPs (led by IFAD, with other members)
• Lessons learnt from in-country facilitation services (Pillar 3)
Facilitate donor understanding of what RD means todayand how to jointly implement it with partner countries
Activities & products (2)
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Pillar 3:
Foster H&A efforts in RD at country level
Products: • Build a global community of practice for PBAs and link existing
regional networks: e.g. RUTA/Central America, Hub/West Africa, Africa Forum.
• Technical & financial support to donor harmonisation & alignment, based on jointly drafted, long-term action plans in pilot countries Tanzania, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Nicaragua
Documenting lessons learned from “real-life” donor cooperation, identifying knowledge gaps about Paris Declaration and bottlenecks in donor cooperation
Activities & products (3)
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Steering Committee (SC)is the main decision-maker
SC is composed of the Focal Points of 6 member-organizations
Germany‘s Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation & Development (BMZ) and FAO are present co-chairs
DFID
WB
BMZ
CIDA
FAO
EU
Chai:FAOBMZ
Chair:FAOBMZ
Organization (1)
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25 members at present(bi- and multilateral)
Platform Secretariat is housed by BMZ in Bonn, Germany, and managed by GTZ
Organization (2)
WBG
OECD
IADB
IFAD
FAO
EU
ADB
KfW
USAID
SDC
SidaDANIDA NMFA
MFAN
MFAF
MAE Lu
MFA
MFE
MAE
AFD
DFID
CIDA
GTZ
MZADA
PlatformSecretariat
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Towards improved donor cooperation
In-country facilitation:
Platform acts as “external and independent facilitator” in thecoordination processes between donors and partners as they work to set up the new modes of delivery for better harmonisation &alignment in development aid (PBAs, SWAps, budget support etc).
The Platform • moderates the joint development of a road map between
donors and partners• functions as honest broker in the coordination processes• helps create an atmosphere of trust and transparency
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Providing a global learning network on how to implement the Paris Declaration in agricultural and rural programmes; close cooperation with regional and other sector initiatives
GDPRD works with Learning Network on Programme- Based Approaches to help monitor implementation of Paris Declaration (with the Joint Venture on Monitoring the Paris Declaration, hosted by the OECD/DAC)
3. GDPRD and the Paris Declaration
Raise respective country profile through dissemination of ‘pioneer work’ in the translation of harmonization & alignment principles into practice in the rural sector
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Thank you very much
for your attention!
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