Coordination Officers WorkshopGlen Cove, New York

Abdul Hannan, Programme Advisor

unite and deliver effective support for countries

Aid Effectiveness

Topics we’ll cover today

The UN is a

small fish

in a big funding

pool

UN funding can only do so much

Bilateral aid’s share of total aid has grown much more rapidly.

Core funding for the UN development system has plateaued.

Net ODA from OECD DAC countries to multilateral institutionsat constant 2006 prices and exchange rates (millions USD)

… so the UN should focus on technical assistance and leverage its impartiality

The UN’s technical expertise is a strength only when deployed

strategically and coherently.

Any questions on how the UN fits into the international aid architecture?

The average number of donors per country is growing.

1960s 2001-2005

unite and deliver effective support for countriesThere are new modalities, mechanisms, Initiatives and partnerships with an

emphasis on setting goals and results.

Seoul

Accra Agenda

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Millennium Declaration

Rome Forum

(Harmonization)Doha Declaration

Monterrey Consensus

Paris Declaration

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Millennium Development Goals

Aid effectiveness is gathering momentum.

The Paris Declaration set five principles

for more effective aid,

with indicators and targets.

Aid effectiveness principles

The Paris Declaration Pyramid

Paris Declaration Indicators

The 2006 Paris Declaration Monitoring Survey established baselines for 2005.

34 UN country teams participated.

The second survey in 2008 looked at 2007 data to assess progress.

56 country teams participated.

The final Monitoring Survey in 2011 will assess whether 2010 targets were met.

Any questions on what aid effectiveness means?

The UN system has unique advantages and challenges in delivering effective aid.

Impartiality makes the UN a trusted government partner that can help

coordinate with donors.

Aid effectiveness builds on the existing reform agenda set by UN member states

The UN system is making progress.

Proportion of aid flows to the government sector that is reported on partners’ national budgets.

UN progress: Indicator 3

UN progress: Indicator 4

Proportion of donor capacity-development support provided through coordinated programmes consistent with partners’ national development strategies.

UN progress: Indicator 5a

proportion of aid flows that use public financial management systems in partner countries

UN progress: Indicator 5b

Proportion of aid flows that use partner country procurement systems with good practices or reforms in progress

UN progress: Indicator 6

Reduction in the number of parallel project implementation units per country.

UN progress: Indicator 7

Proportion of aid disbursements released according to agreed schedules in annual or multi-year frameworks.

UN progress: Indicator 9

proportion of aid provided as programme-based approaches

UN progress: Indicator 10a

Proportion of field missions that are joint.

UN progress: Indicator 10b

Proportion of country analytical work, including diagnostic reviews, that is joint.

The UNDG’s priority is to help UNCTs engage in the changing aid environment

and do well in the 2011 survey.

UNDAF indicators

reflecting aid effectiveness

principles

UNDG Guidance

Note “UNCT Engagement

in the Changing Aid Environment”

UNDG Action Plan on Aid

Effectiveness

Any questions on the UN and Aid Effectiveness?

Thank You

Abdul Hannan, Programme Advisor

unite and deliver effective support for countries

Aid Effectiveness