Ongoing Work of the Joint Venture on Managing for Development Results (JV MfDR)

1. Ongoing Work of theJoint Venture on Managing for DevelopmentResults (JV MfDR) Stefan Schmitz, Senior Policy AdvisorAid EffectivenessOECD Development Co-operation Directorate21 March 2008

2. 4 Joint Ventures (JV) under theDAC Working Party on Aid Effectiveness • JV Monitoring the Paris Declaration • JV Public Financial Management • JV Procurement • JV Managing for Development Results

3. OWNERSHIP Partners set the agenda ALIGNMENT Aligning with partners’ agenda Relying on partners’ systems Common arrangements Simplifying procedures Sharing information HARMONISATION MUTUAL ACCOUNTABILITY The Results Pyramid MANAGING FOR RESULTS

4. Managing for Resultsin the Paris Declaration • 43. Managing for results means managing and implementing aid in a way that focuses on the desired results and uses information to improve decision making • 44. Partner countries commit to • … • Endeavour to establish results-oriented reporting and assessment frameworks that monitor progress against key dimensions of the national and sector development strategies; … (Indicator 11) • 45. Donors commit to: • Link country programming and resources to results and align them with effective partner country performance assessment frameworks, … • Work with partner countries to rely, as far as possible, on partner countries’ results-oriented reporting and monitoring frameworks. • Harmonize their monitoring and reporting requirements, and, until they can rely more extensively on partner countries’ statistical, monitoring and evaluation systems, … • 46. Partner countries and donors jointly commit to: • Work together in a participatory approach to strengthen country capacities and demand for results based management

5. Paris Declaration Indicator 11

6. MfDR Definition • Managing for Development Results (MfDR): • Management strategy that involves evidence-based decision making in the pursuit of human development. • MfDR uses sound information for policy making and involves practical tools (that altogether constitute the core elements of any “MfDR cycle”).

7. MfDR Cycle FEEDBACK Goals Impacts National Development Plan Outcome Output(Products, Services) Sector Plans PLANNING & DECISION M. MONITORING & EVALUATION Resource Plans(Budget Link) Resource Uses Service Provision

8. MfDR Roundtable Hanoi 2007 • Leadership and Accountability • Monitoring and Evaluation • Mutual Accountability and Partnerships • Planning and Budgeting • Statistics

9. Post Hanoi:The agreed role of the JV MfDR • Help partner countries and donors to address MfDR and Mutual Accountability • Identify emerging good practice • Develop guidelines • Act as a prime advocate for MfDR

10. JV MfDR Work Program 07-08

11. MfDR Country Capacity Assessment:The Message • See MfDR as a country system • Donors and partner countries are jointly committed to strengthen MfDR capacities • Country based M&E and statistical capacities are crucial basics. • Reliable performance frameworks enable greater accountability and allow donors to refrain from imposing their own M&E and reporting requirements (alignment).

12. MfDR Country Capacity Assessment:The Tool • Harmonized tool kit • Capacity assessment in the fields of Leadership, Accountability, Planning & Budgeting, M&E, Statistics • Pilot testing in Namibia, Malawi, Afghanistan and Moldova • To be launched at the Accra HLF

13. Procedures and Incentives inDonor Agencies: The Message • Stronger ‘performance culture’ is a challenge not only for partner countries, but also for donor agencies. • Management and staff behaviour important to increase aid effectiveness. • Procedures and incentives to be targeted at behaviour; replace short-term benefits with long-term return of investments.

14. Procedures and Incentives inDonor Agencies: The Product • Good practice guidelines for appropriate procedures and incentives; • including a self-assessment tool to assist donors agencies. • To be tested with local aid-coordination groups. • To be presented at the Accra HLF.

15. Regional MfDR Communities of Practice • Operating in Asia-Pacific • Starting phase in Africa • To be launched in Latin America • Asian-Pacific CoP: Very strong focus on Monitoring & Evaluation

16. JV MfDR involved in the Accra HLF • Organizer of Roundtable 4 “Managing for Development Results” • Contributor to Roundtable 5 “Mutual Accountability” • Contributor to HLF Input and Output Documents

17. Thank You! www.oecd.org/dac/effectiveness/results stefan.schmitz@oecd.org