Global Partnership Working Arrangements

Asia-Pacific Regional WorkshopSeoul, 10-11 March 2014

Background• Current set-up of working arrangement – WP EFF June

2012• Ministerial-level meeting every 18=24 months• Multi-stakeholder Steering Committee of 18

members• Supported by the Joint OECD-UNDP Support Team• Global light/counry focused• Constituency-based approach

• Challenges• Not all constituency has a representation• Resources and support• Linking country to global• Constituency-model not sufficiently working

• a model of “global light/country heavy

Abuja Steering Committee Decisions• Decision made

• Rotation of Co-Chairs to be announced in Mexico• Rotation of the Steering Committee members, while ensuring

continuity by mid-June• Expansion of the Steering Committee to 24 members to include

additional members by mid June:• Arab donor• Additional representative from Africa• Additional representative from provider-recipient country• Non-traditional Civil society stakeholders, including trade union• Local Government• Foundations

• Identify regional organizations to support the Steering Committee members going forward.

• A small group to review ways in which to strengthen resourcing

Discussions

• Steering Committee meeting rotation - Constituency-based process • Rotation of co-chairs (recipient country, recipient-

provider country)• Rotation of Steering Committee members • Identification of support facility/platforms/mechanisms to

support Steering Committee members (i.e. regional platforms/organisations, etc

• Systematic regional meetings as part of the overall working arrangement?