The Roadmap to Accra Pacific Regional Workshop on Aid Effectiveness Nadi, Fiji (April 4, 5 & 7, 2008) Bee Ean Gooi, World Bank

Content 1.Update on HLF3 structure and process 2.Accra 2008: Preparation of RTs & Accra Agenda for Action 3.Roadmap to Accra

What is the Accra HLF ?  High Level political event on aid, a few months before Financing for Development in Doha  Mid-term Stock-taking of the Paris Declaration mutual commitments  Forward looking event : road to  100 partner countries, most donors, most international aid agencies,  800 to 1000 participants  Strong civil society engagement (+ parallel event )

Objectives of the Accra HLF  Sustain momentum of Paris  Reinforcing country leadership, ownership and building  Addressing shortfalls from benchmark survey and other bottlenecks  Learning from 2008 survey round, and other analyses  Enlarging the tent Internal Incentives Ensure HR incentives and institutional framework are conducive to agenda Decentralization International agenda Enlarge the tent to help improve aid architecture Facilitate other partners progress in aid effectiveness Enrich and forge consensus on aid effectiveness agenda Paris Declaration Ownership Alignment Harmonization Managing for Results Mutual Accountability Countries exercise leadership over development strategy Donors ’ strategies based on partners ’ national strategies Donors ’ actions are more harmonized and transparent Managing resources and decisions for results Clients and donors are mutually accountable for development results

2008 Monitoring Survey 2008 Monitoring Survey (2007 data) Launched early January To monitor the Paris Declaration in 56 self- selected countries Deadline March First draft report July 2008 Final report (+some country report) for the HLF3

Structure of the Accra HLF HLF-3 Progress Report 2008 Monitoring Survey Evaluation Reports (ph 1) Accra Agenda for Action

Core Issues (Partner Countries) for the RTs and the AAA  Untying  Conditionality  Predictability  Division of Labour  Incentives  Capacity Development + «cross cutting» issues: human rights, environment, gender

List of Roundtables RT 1 : Country Ownership RT 2 : Alignment - country systems, predictability RT 3 : Harmonization - complementarity RT 4 : Managing for Dev. Results & Impacts RT 5 : Strengthening Mutual Accountability RT 6 : Role of Civil Society in Aid Effectiveness RT 7 : Situations of Fragility & Conflicts RT 8 : Sector applications (health, education, infrastructure…) RT 9 : Changing Aid Architecture

Roundtable Co-chairs Donor co-chairCountry co-chairw/ support from 1 OwnershipSwitzerlandColombiaUNDP 2 AlignmentEuropean Com.BangladeshTanzania, SA 3 HarmonisationGermanyUgandaUS 4 ResultsJV-MfDRSouth AfricaUNDP 5 Mutual Account.IrelandTanzaniaUS 6 Civil SocietyCanadaNepalAG-CS 7 FragilityFrance+AfDBRD CongoNL, Norway 8 Sector applic.SwedenHondurasGTFAM WHO WB Japan 9 Aid architectureWorld BankGhanaGPLG, Japan, UNDP

Content 1.Update on HLF3 structure and process 2.Accra 2008: Preparation of RTs & Accra Agenda for Action 3.Roadmap to Accra

Roundtables: Key Dates March 3 : HLF3 Steering Committee discusses draft Terms of Reference of each RT March : “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 (April 2-3) April-May : consensus building, regional preparatory events May : Capacity Building workshop to include representatives from all RTs, Bonn

Preparation Process (1) Survey 2008: on Paris Declaration implementation (56 countries) WP-EFF: 2 plenary meetings before Accra, to pilot preparation work : –April 2-3, 2008 –July 9-10, 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 (Feb 3-6, Ottawa)

Preparation Process (2) Preparation Process (2) Regional Preparatory Events Lead Regional Development Bank (Sub) RegionDateVenue UNDP (Pacific Center) & Pacific Island Forum PacificApril 4-7Fiji UNDP (Bangkok Reg. Center) & Asian Development Bank Southeast AsiaApril Bangkok South AsiaMay 5-6 Central & West AsiaMay 8-9 African Development Bank AfricaApril 28-30Kigali Inter American Development Bank Latin America & Caribbean June 5-6Colombia Islamic Development Bank Middle East May (exact date to be confirmed) Jeddah (to be confirmed)

Preparation Process (3) Meetings  DAC meetings and HLM  Ghana’s partner country preparation initiative  Use of regional and international events: UNECA-AUC meeting, Addis, 31 March, 2008 Washington Spring meetings, April, 2008 Regional Development Banks annual assemblies: e.g. AfDB Maputo, May, 2008 Work streams and processes  Global Learning group, health as a “tracer” sector  Work with non-DAC providers of Development Assistance  Task Team on complementarity/DoL  Fragile States  Various SPA working groups  Other

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

Structure of AAA Preamble Reaffirm commitments to international agreements State purpose of Accra HLF Statement of Resolve Recognize progress and draw and make reference to key challenges and bottlenecks Recognize role and value of additional new players Priority Action Areas Focus on small set of actions that have a high impact on aid effectiveness, high profile and politically appealing actions Looking Forward Arrangements and next steps for the future

Key Milestones in Developing AAA »First Consultative Draft will be prepared by 18 March and will be discussed in a range of international fora »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 about 20 July for endorsement at the HLF-3.

Content 1.Update on HLF structure and process 2.Accra 2008: Preparation of RTs & Accra Agenda for Action 3.Roadmap to Accra

Timeline to Accra (summary) WORKING PARTYCSOSREGIONAL PREPARATORY EVENTS PROGRESS REPORTSACCRA AGENDA FOR ACTION JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUNE JULY AUG SEPT OTTAWA (3-6 FEBRUARY)  International multi- stakeholder meeting on CSOs and aid effectiveness 2-3 APRIL  Review plans for HLF3 incl. Roundtable Structure and preparations  Discuss first elements of the Accra Agenda for Action 9-10 JULY  Review revised draft of the AAA  Take stock of regional preparatory events  Review preparations for HLF3 ACCRA (31 AUG – 1 SEP)  CSOs are planning a special forum in Accra, ahead of the HLF3 REGIONAL PREPARATORY EVENTS  Organized by Regional Development Banks, UNDP and other interested parties  Workshops or series of smaller consultations  Comments on the AAA  Identifying key messages and actions for ACCRA 2008 SURVEY  International survey launched on 2 January  countries assess progress at country level  Countries report data on indicators and key messages for analysis  Survey completed by 31 March 2008 ACCRA PROGRESS REPORTS  Overview of the 2008 Survey is finalized  Accra Progress Report is finalized AAA FIRST DRAFT AAA FULL DRAFT AAA FINAL DRAFT

The Road to Accra  Keeping the momentum of the Paris agenda  Reinforcing country leadership, ownership and building capacity – putting partner countries in the lead is key  Learning from surveys and analytic work  Maintaining high level attention  Addressing next generation issues  Broadening and deepening  Ensuring Paris/Accra process is robust enough to serve new aid architecture  Making the link to results  Maximize development impact Accra HLF website:

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