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HOM Conference on HRIA in Practice, Zandvoort 23 – 24 November 2006

HOM Conference on HRIA in Practice, Zandvoort 23 – 24 November 2006. Indicators relating to influence of development cooperation on democracy and human rights – example Vietnamese-Swedish co-operation Marcel Zwamborn – mZet research and advice – Utrecht, The Netherlands

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HOM Conference on HRIA in Practice, Zandvoort 23 – 24 November 2006

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  1. HOM Conference on HRIA in Practice, Zandvoort 23 – 24 November 2006 Indicators relating to influence of development cooperation on democracy and human rights – example Vietnamese-Swedish co-operation Marcel Zwamborn – mZet research and advice – Utrecht, The Netherlands + 31 30 251 03 83 – solon@euronet.nl

  2. Outline • What were the expected results of the exercise? • How did this work out in practice? • What type of indicators have been developed? • What will be done with these results?

  3. Expected results: background • Framework: country strategy Swedish – Vietnamese development co-operation 2004 – 2008 • Purpose: assess effects of Swedish – Vietnamese development co-operation on democracy and human rights • Indicators: based on international human rights standards • Sectors: health, decentralisation/local authority, legal

  4. Expected results: key questions • Identify a set of relevant rights in each area as given in the international standards on human rights • Suggest measurable quantitative/ qualitative indicators in relation to these sets of rights, • Assess progress in each sector and identify contribution to progress of Swedish development co-operation.

  5. Practice: process • Inputs from experts on key questions (rights sets, indicators) • Joint Swedish – Vietnamese working groups for each sector to develop indicators • Three sectoral assessments on the basis of indicators • One synthesis report

  6. Practice: challenges • Identification of sets of rights: rights and development conceptual incongruence? • Operationalisation of measurable RBA related indicators: what are key issues to measure? • Measuring: data and baselines available?

  7. Conceptual incongruence?

  8. Operationalisation of indicators • Content and political will: standards and policy • Target groups: vulnerable groups and non-discrimination • Participation and transparency: process • Enforcement: remedies and redress

  9. Preliminary results • Exercise more complicated than expected: translation of development goals into sets of rights, covering all elements of obligations, etc. • Indicators worked for assessment of achievements in sectors, but evidence shows large gaps: no baseline, no data • Attribution difficult, also in view of conflicting trends in donor policies: wish for attribution, at the same time donor consortia, focus on large programs • Joint ownership of process in crucial to address above points.

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