Governance

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Governance

• Good governance a policy priority
• Good governance, good for what?
• Implementing policies, how?
• Decentralisation and adjusting our roles
• Governance Network
• Summing up

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Good governance, a policy priority

• Development policy part of foreign policy
• Major governance support in all partner countries
• Security Council conflicts, anti-terror etc.
• More support to countries affected by conflict
  Iraq, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Sudan
• Governance support to Arab world,
• Anti-terror support (Indonesia, Kenya)

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Good governance, a policy priority

• Anti-corruption action plan
• Governance a priority in multilateral assistance
  World Bank
• Good governance for private sector development
• Governance features highly in policy dialogue on
  budget support and PRS
• Governance key features in sector support

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Good governance, good for what?

• How people organise to
• Build nations
• Protect human rights
• Elect leaders
• Promote accountability
• Provide public goods (conflict resolution,
  safety, service delivery etc.)

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Good for what

• Good governance More equality in terms of
• Influence,
• Opportunities
• Security and personal safety
• Rights and justice
• Service delivery
• All critical dimensions of poverty reduction

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Good for what

• Governance and economic growth
• Property rights
• Peace and safety
• Corruption
• Etc.

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Good for what

• National systems of accountabilities
  (harmonisation)
• Policies and legislation
• The Budget proposal (tax and expenditure)
• Budget approval
• Budget implementation
• Accounts, Reporting, Audit
• Partners parliament, government, civil service,
  civil society, private sector, research, donors

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Good for what

• Promoting good governance is promoting social
  change
• How to promote change in partnership
• Who has the power
• Ownership versus promoting change
• What are the Drivers of Change?
• Identify opportunities for succes capacity and
  political will

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Implementing policies for good governance

• Many partners vs. few partners
• Managing assistance to many partners
• Governance wide approach
• Identifying the right partners takes time
• Governance advisers a key role advising
• Key issues for policy dialogue
• Mainstreaming governance in sector support
• Informing policy makers on realistic strategies
• Communicating results to Danish taxpayers

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Decentralisation, adjusting our roles

• More flexibility, faster decision making, better
  harmonisation
• Less involvement of TAS in preparation and
  implementation, more focus on strategic issues
• Need for strategies to implement policies

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Decentralisation, adjusting our roles

• Need for agreeing on key issues of good practice
  for support for good governance and different
  governance areas.
• Danida Governance Network

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Danida Governance Network

• Objectives
• Access to core Danida documents.
• Generate and share knowledge on good practices
  and streamline policy implementation
• An opportunity to make use of the knowledge
  available among Danida staff globally.
• Content/activities
• Website (www.danida-networks.dk)
• News, Documents (ProDocs, fact sheets etc.),
  Tools (ToRs, MoUs etc.), Links, Members list.
• Accessible to the public
• E-mail forum (danida_at_governancenetwork.net)
• Queries, information and discussions
• Closed network for advisers, representations and
  TAS/Danida

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Danida Governance Network cont.

• Expected contributions from the members
• Website
• ToRs, lessons learned, prodocs, news and updates
  on existing information etc.
• E-mail forum
• Queries, lessons learned, information sharing
• Feedback
• Management outline in folder
• Feedback at the seminar to TAS or by mail
  gov_at_danida-dccd.dk

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Conclusion (t)

• Strategy for governance support at country level
• Take part in drivers of change analysis and share
  with colleagues
• Mainstream governance in sector support
• Identify key issues for policy dialogue
• Communicate results/good stories
• Share knowledge in the Danida governance network