How do we all live up to the promises?

1. Monitoring the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness How do we all live up to the promises? Janet EntwistleFilippo CavassiniThe World Bank Third Roundtable on Managing for Development Results Mutual Accountability and Partnerships—Breakout Session 4 Monitoring the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness Hanoi, February 7, 2007 11:30 am to 1:30 pm

2. Purpose of the session • To provide an overview of current monitoring of the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness both globally through the Joint Venture on Monitoring the Paris Declaration and locally through emerging in-country frameworks • To stimulate an open discussion on implications for the 2008 global monitoring round

3. Overview of the session • Overview of efforts by the Joint Venture on Monitoring the Paris Declaration – Janet Entwistle • Capacity building initiatives towards fulfilling the 56 partnership commitments – Terry Jones • Local efforts to monitor the Paris Declaration and strengthen country-level partnerships • Introduction – Filippo Cavassini • Mozambique – Pedro Couto • Cambodia – Heng Chou • Looking towards Ghana – Lead discussants: Chris Hall, George Carner, Pham Thi Thanh An

4. Overview of Paris Declaration monitoring • The Paris Declaration • Joint Venture on monitoring the Paris Declaration • In-country frameworks for monitoring the Paris Declaration

5. The Paris Declaration Signed by over 100 partner and donor countries, international organizations and civil society organizations at the Paris High-Level Forum in 2005 • Holistic • 56 partnership commitments to strengthen ownership, alignment, harmonization, results • Monitorable • 12 indicators to assess progress • Mutually accountable • Donors and partner countries jointly monitor progress through global and country-level efforts

6. Joint Venture on Monitoring the Paris Declaration • OECD/DAC-coordinated Survey • Tracking progress of 9 of the 12 progress indicators (quantitative assessment) that assess alignment, harmonization and mutual accountability • Indicator 3: aid flows are aligned on national priorities • Indicator 4: strengthen capacity by coordinated support • Indicator 5: use of country systems • Indicator 6: strengthen capacity by avoiding parallel implementation structures • Indicator 7: aid is more predictable • Indicator 8: aid is untied • Indicator 9: use of common arrangements and procedures • Indicator 10: encourage shared analysis • Indicator 12: mutual accountability

7. Joint Venture on Monitoring the Paris Declaration (cont’d) • World Bank Country Policy and Institutional Assessment ratings • Tracking progress of indicator 2a (reliable country systems-public financial management) • Joint Venture on Procurement • Identifying criteria to assess indicator 2b (reliable country systems-procurement)

8. Joint Venture on Monitoring the Paris Declaration (cont’d) • World Bank-coordinated Aid Effectiveness Review • Tracking progress of indicators 1 (operational development strategies) and 11 (results-oriented frameworks) that assess ownership and results • Building on 2005 CDF Progress Report setting the baseline and assessment criteria for Indicators 1 and 11 • 61 countries with PRS/IPRS and 4 middle-income countries without PRS • Individual aid effectiveness profiles organized around the 12 Paris Indicators • Aid Effectiveness Review website (www.worldbank.org/aer) • In-country consultations with government and development partners on profiles • Information as of end-2006 • Qualitative directional assessment

9. In-country frameworks for monitoring the Paris Declaration Based on preliminary results from the Aid Effectiveness Review… • 10 countries have a framework for monitoring the Paris Declaration • Country-tailored indicators to assess both government and development partner progress • Afghanistan, Cambodia, Ghana, Kyrgyz Republic, Lao, Moldova, Mozambique, Tanzania, Vietnam, Zambia • 19 countries are developing an action plan • 15 countries aim to develop similar frameworks • 21 countries have not yet considered plans for country-tailored monitoring frameworks

10. In-country frameworks for monitoring the Paris Declaration (cont’d) • Mozambique • Performance Assessment Framework for government and budget support partners • Independent PAP Performance Assessment Scoring rating partners and government in relation to the Paris Targets • Cambodia • Harmonization, Alignment and Results Action Plan 2006-10 • Declaration between government and development partners on Enhancing Aid Effectiveness with joint monitoring indicators

11. Looking toward the 2008 monitoring round… • How can the 2008 monitoring round build on emerging in-country monitoring frameworks? • How can Paris Indicators 1 and 11—closely related to country policy making processes—be integrated into emerging in-country monitoring frameworks? • What are the capacity building implications?

12. Looking toward the 2008 monitoring round… • How can the 2008 monitoring round build on emerging in-country monitoring frameworks? • How can Paris Indicators 1 and 11—closely related to country policy making processes—be integrated into emerging in-country monitoring frameworks? • What are the capacity building implications?