5a strengthening development partner cooperation on green growth by praveen wignarajah-gggi
DESCRIPTION
Roundtable discussion: Mr Praveen Wignarajah (Country Representative, Ethiopia, Global Green Growth Institute, Korea), presented on Strengthening development co-operation on green growth – the case of Ethiopia. He highlighted the need for better co-ordination among providers of development co-operation. Presentation delivered at the OECD ENVIRONET EXPERT WORKSHOP: GREEN GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT PLANNING AND POLICY; as part of the 16th ENVIRONET meeting in Paris.TRANSCRIPT
Strengthening development partner cooperation on green growth
Thoughts from GGGI’s experiences in Ethiopia
Efforts to support green growth are fragmented
Norway
DFID
UNDPWorld Bank
UNEP
Irish Aid
USAID
EU
Denmark CDKN
BMU
JICA
GGGIAfDB
ACPCOxfam
Austria
Remember the principles
Practical steps to improve coordination
Share a plan (e.g. Capacity Action Plan)
Pool your funds (e.g. Facility)
Integrate & mainstream (e.g. PSNP)
Let government decide (eg. Fasttrack Investments)
Meet your partners (e.g. informal group)
The CRGE as a mechanism for coordination
RESULTS
FINANCE
DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM
CLIMATE SYSTEM
Coordination is tricky at the best of times but with green growth these are actually two systems at play
Growth
Poverty reduction Emissions reduction
Development finance Climate finance
Paris Principles Climate negotiations
Dev. agencies Env. agencies