Introduction to NZAID

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Introduction to NZAID
11 September 2008 Peter Adams, Executive
Director NZAID
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NZ Government Agencies Fund Introductory Workshop

• Inaugural workshop 2008, to be held each year
• The workshop will give you an understanding of
  what the GAF is, how it works and how to apply
  and information on New Zealands official
  development assistance (ODA) programme, and aid
  effectiveness more generally.

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Establishment of NZAID

• SAB, born 1 July 2002,child of a review
• distinctive profile and new focus to ODA
• poverty, the Pacific policies, programme
  innovation
• reviewed twice OECD and Ministerial

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How NZAID Works

• Programmes focused on the
• Pacific
• Also programmes in Asia,
• Latin America and the Pacific
• 17 bilateral partners, focus on 5 core programmes
• Multilateral assistance
• NGOs
• Humanitarian assistance natural disasters and
• Complex emergencies

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Our vision A safe and just world free of
poverty
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Our mission Eliminating poverty through
development partnerships
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What do we mean by poverty?

• Extreme poverty
• Poverty of opportunity
• Vulnerability to poverty

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Our values

• We
• Place people at the heart of our activities
• Are responsive to people and communities in
  developing
• countries
• Act fairly, ethically and with respect to all
  partners
• Are strategic and long-term in our approach
• Are focused on the effectiveness of NZs
• development assistance
• NZAID is committed to the partnership principles
  of
• the Treaty of Waitangi. It draws on and
  reflects the
• diversity of NZ society.

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Operating principles

• Protecting and promoting human rights
• Strategic approach to poverty elimination
• Sustainability
• Partnerships
• Participation
• Coordination
• Access and accountability

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NZAID and Aid Effectiveness

• NZAID is committed to implementing the Paris
• Declaration on Aid Effectiveness
• Ownership
• Alignment
• Harmonisation
• Managing for results
• Mutual Accountability
• Update from Accra

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The budget

• Total NZAID programme budget 07/08 FY 413M.
  DAC-able
• GNI 0.27
• UN target of 0.7 by 2015
• 60 of NZAIDs budget is focused on the Pacific

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Strategy shape
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NZAID and the ODF

• NZAID developing Organisational Development
  Framework (ODF)
• Purpose of ODF
• Four stages of the ODF
• ODF Timeframe

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ODF and the NZAID Business Model

• The four pillars of the NZAID Business Model
• More effective aid country ownership, scaling up
• Strengthened management for results increased
  demand for accountability
• More connectedness context, other donors,
  internal
• Continuous Learning staff development

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The New Zealand Government Agencies Fund

• Reinforces a Whole of Government approach to
• development
• Aims to establish long-term partnerships between
• NZ government agencies and their counterparts,
  exchange
• of knowledge and expertise
• Important tool in New Zealands ongoing work to
• support capacity development
• Improved ODA coherence and coordination

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Questions?