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Panel Debate on donor policy, practice and experiences

Panel Debate on donor policy, practice and experiences. Experiences with Human Rights-Based Approaches: The UK Department for International Development (DFID) A CR2 Social Development Ltd. Perspective Mary Ann Brocklesby. DFID and RBA – the changing agenda.

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Panel Debate on donor policy, practice and experiences

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  1. Panel Debate on donor policy, practice and experiences Experiences with Human Rights-Based Approaches: The UK Department for International Development (DFID) A CR2 Social Development Ltd. Perspective Mary Ann Brocklesby

  2. DFID and RBA – the changing agenda • 2000 TSP – Human Rights (participation, inclusion and fulfilment of obligation). Key driver for promoting an RBA in country programmes • 2005 - Partnerships for Poverty Reduction – rethinking conditionality (commitment to HR standards part of conditionality) • 2005 Paris Declaration (rights linked to aid effectiveness) • 2009 September explicit use of IHRF to structure country programmes (shifts away from an RBA)

  3. Right in Practice: Strengths as a Donor From 2004/5: • Openness of its political and rights-based agenda – White papers • Alignment of Domestic HR obligations with international commitments • Resources committed to focusing attention on rights in the international Donor Community e.g. “Making aid more effective through rights, gender and inclusion”

  4. DFID Rights in Practice – supporting tools and methodologies • Civil society challenge funds explicitly supporting State-Society dialogue around IHRF (Ghana, Uganda, Bangladesh) • The mandatory inclusion of human rights in Country Governance Analyses and Development Partnership Arrangements • New - Institutionalising assessment and monitoring country commitments to IHRF (The “How To” Note)

  5. DFID’s Strategic Engagement International Donor Community • Promoting the Rights agenda in DAC • Producing evidenced-based research in order to influence Government to Government • Dialogue between UK - governments on the realisation of international human rights standards (Driven by DPA and CGA) • Supporting inclusion of Economic, Social and Civil rights in policy and programmes (Ethiopia, Bangladesh)

  6. Rights in Practice: Programme support • Explicit country programme support for Economic, Social and Civil Rights • Support to “domestication” of IHRF (Malawi, Ghana) • Building Civil Society Capacities to challenge and influence national commitments on IHRF • Supporting Citizen –State engagement

  7. DFID’s challenges in implementing - internally • Aid Instruments - limited room to manoeuvre • Criteria for measuring Staff Performance incentives may be in conflict with learning how to do in-depth HR work. • Building an evidence base - the systematic monitoring and evaluation of IHRF

  8. DFID’s challenges in implementing - externally • Deteriorating security situation may reduce opportunities to engage and challenge • Reluctance of Partner Government to engage with and “domesticate” IHRF • Resources and capacities insufficient to put rights into practice systematically • DFID’s influencing power?

  9. Major challenges still to be faced ……1 • How to put politics at the centre of donor support. This is recognised as essential for rights realisation but it will change the terms of donor engagement. • How to maintain sight of the broader goals of the IHRF – social justice, dignity and equity for all – and focus on operational efficiency.

  10. Major challenges still to be faced……2 • How can attention to, and accountability on, Rights be maintained, if engagement is only with central level ministries? This may be the case following commitment to donor harmonisation. • How to increase and improve monitoring of outcomes that show progressive realisation of rights for the poorest and most marginalised people.

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