ECA/OECD-DAC

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ECA/OECD-DACMutual Review of Development
Effectiveness in the context of NEPAD

• Briefing for
• DAC Evalunet
• Paris, 3 June 2005

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What is the  Mutual Review ?

• A biennial process of dialogue between Africa and
  OECD-DAC leaders and policymakers on development
  progress in Africa focusing on

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• Seven thematic issues
• Political governance
• Economic and corporate governance
• Capacity development
• Aid volume
• Aid quality
• Policy coherence
• Agriculture (special focus chapter)
• Each chapter identifies challenges for
• African policies and performance
• OECD policies and performance

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Origins and Political Underpinnings

• Monterrey agreement on shared responsibility for
  achieving the MDGs the concept of mutual
  accountability
• Kananaskis and 2002 meeting of OECD Ministers and
  NEPAD Representatives
• NEPAD HSGIC request to ECA and OECD to propose
  arrangements for a Mutual Review of Development
  Effectiveness process (November 2002)

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The  Report 

• Joint Secretariat product
• Prepared on the responsibility of ECA Executive
  Secretary and OECD Secretary General
• Key components of the Report
• Commitments
• Main and supporting messages
• Key Action Frontiers for Africa and OECD
• 2007 Performance Benchmarks for Africa and OECD

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Finalising the  Mutual Review Report 

• Series of international discussions at technical
  and political levels
• SPA Plenary (January 2005)
• Two ad hoc experts meetings in Paris and Addis
  Abbaba (February 2005)
• DAC High Level Meeting (March 2005)
• African Partnership Forum (April 2005)
• ECA Conference of Ministers (May 2005)
• Final report forward to NEPAD HSGIC and OECD
  Council

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Capacity developmentMain messages

• Capacity development must start from strong
  national visions and values (performance/accountab
  ility)
• For donors --from fragmented technical assistance
  to strategic institutional/systemic outcomes
• New capacity development efforts needed with
  regular joint review of aims, methods and
  resources
• Holistic strategies for key systemic areas
• Civil service reform
• Democratic governance and accountability
• Private sector/civil society
• Intellectual capital
• Regional institutions
• Intellectual capital creation, retention,
  participation
• African learning and monitoring mechanisms APRM,
  PRSP Learning, African budget officials and
  public service ministers networks

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Capacity development Action Frontiers and
2007 Performance Benchmarks

• For Africa
• Create a national vision identify key capacity
  needs, address systemic issues, involve non-state
  actors
• Reform laws, regulations and processes to allow
  for freedom, initiative and creativity
• Foster an open intellectual environment
• Improve performance of governance institutions
  (legislature, judiciary, executive)
• Reform civil service (conditions,
  professionalism, performance appraisal)
• Establish Africa-wide mechanisms for mutual
  learning among African policy communities

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Capacity development Action Frontiers and
2007 Performance Benchmarks

• For OECD
• Align behind national visions and priorites
• Support systemic strategies for capacity building
  (dialogue)
• Avoid aid modalities that undermine systemic
  capacity (salary supplements, PIUs, expatriates)
• Use African analytical capacities, support
  universities and higher education/policy
  thinktanks
• Assure peer review and accountability in capacity
  development performance and outcomes
• Co-operate with African countries to stem brain
  drain
• Provide predictable aid for scaling up capacities