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Preparations for HLF-3: The Road to Accra Working Party on Aid Effectiveness 2-3 April 2008 Paris. Content. Update on HLF-3 structure and process Accra 2008: Preparation of RTs & Accra Agenda for Action Roadmap to Accra. What is Accra HLF 3 ?.
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Preparations for HLF-3: The Road to Accra Working Party on Aid Effectiveness 2-3 April 2008 Paris
Content • Update on HLF-3 structure and process • Accra 2008: Preparation of RTs & Accra Agenda for Action • Roadmap to Accra
What is Accra HLF 3 ? • High Levelpoliticalevent on aid, a few monthsbeforeFinancing for Development in Doha • Mid-term Stock-taking of the Paris Declarationmutualcommitments • Forwardlookingevent : road to 2011. • 100 partner countries, mostdonors, most international aidagencies, • 800 to 1000 participants • Strong civil society engagement (+ parallelevent)
2008 Monitoring Survey (2007 data) • Launched early January 2008. • To monitor the Paris Declaration in 56 self- selected countries • Deadline 31 March 2008 • First draft report July 2008 • Final report (+some country report) for the HLF-3
Structure of the HLF Evaluation Reports (ph 1) 2008 Monitoring Survey Accra Agenda for Action HLF-3 Progress Report
What is the Accra Agenda for Action? • Not a new Paris Declaration • Help achieving targets agreed in 2005 • Respond to potential emerging issues • Small set of high impact actions • Politically appealing
List of Roundtables • RT 1 : Country ownership • RT 2 : Alignment : country syst, predictability • RT 3 : Harmonisation- complementarity • RT 4 : Results & impacts • RT 5 : Mutual accountability • RT 6 : Civil society & aid effectiveness • RT 7 : Situations of fragility & conflicts • RT 8 : Sector applications (health, education, infrastructure…) • RT 9 : Aid architecture
Core Issues (Partner Countries) for the RTs and the AAA • Untying • Conditionality • Predictability • Division of Labour • Incentives • Capacity Development + «cross cutting» issues: humanrights, environment, gender
Content • Update on HLF-3 structure and process • Accra 2008: Preparation of RTs & Accra Agenda for Action • Roadmap to Accra
Roundtables: Key Dates • March 3 : HLF3 Steering Committee discusses draft Terms of Reference of each RT • March 12-13 : “cross cutting issues” workshop (Dublin+1) and meeting of RT co-chairs, London • March 15 : RT co-chairs submit full ToR and first outline of RTs; to be discussed and agreed at next WP-EFF (2-3 April) • May 15-16 : Capacity Building workshop to include representatives from all RTs, Bonn • April-May : consensus building, regional preparatory events
The preparation process (1) • WP-EFF: 2 plenary meetings before Accra, to pilot preparation work : • 2-3 April 2008 • 9-10 July 2008 • HLF-3 Steering Committee: frequent meetings to advise on the organisation and content of the forum • Consultations with CSOs: AG-CS regional, national and international meetings (3-6 Feb, Ottawa)
The preparation process (3) • DAC meetings and HLM • Ghana’s partner country preparation initiative (KY Amoako) • Use of regional and international events: • UN Regional Economic Commission meetings (eg UN ECA, Addis, March 31st) • Washington Spring meetings, 12-13 April • Regional Development Banks annual assemblies : e.g. AfDB Maputo, 14-15 May
The preparation process (4) • UN - Strong links with SG’s Africa Initiative, MDG summit, DCF and Doha FfD Preparations. • UNSG’s Africa initiative: OECD and IMF work on predictability – a core issue for Accra • UNSG’s report (mid-May) - focus on aid quality. • UN ECOSOC-BWI meeting New York (15/16 April) - item on aid architecture and aid effectiveness • DCF : DAC chair to attend DCF (30 Jun/1 Jul) to discuss draft Accra Agenda for Action. • FfD outcome document (end July) to be informed by Accra Agenda for Action • DCF, UN MDG Summit (25 Sept), Doha (Dec) to reinforce HLF-3 messages
The preparation process (5) • Various work streams and processes: • Global Learning group, health as a “tracer” sector, • International aid architecture • Task Team on complementarity/DoL • Fragile States + CPDC • Capacity Development • Non-DAC providers of development assistance • various SPA working groups • more …..
Accra Agenda for Action preparation timeline • 3 milestones in developing the AAA: • First Consultative Draft wasprepared by 18 March and will be discussed in a range of international for a • Revised Draft of the AAA will be prepared by 12 June, reflecting the comments on the first draft. • Final Draft, reflecting the comments made by the Working Party on the revised draft, will be released by 20 July for endorsement at the HLF-3.
Content • Update on HLF-3 structure and process • Accra 2008: Preparation of RTs & Accra Agenda for Action • Roadmap to Accra