OECD calls for Aid Pledge from donor countries

30-Oct-2008

The Secretary-General of OECD, Angel Gurría, and the Chair of OECD’s Development Assistance Committee, Eckhard Deutscher, have issued a call to the world’s main aid donor countries to stand by their development pledges despite the economic slowdown. “Unless we act decisively now, we may not be able to prevent the financial crisis from generating an aid crisis,” Mr Gurría and Mr Deutscher warn.

The Managing for Development Results Capacity Scan - a new tool to conduct assessments

25-Aug-2008

Any effort to develop serious capacity in the public sector to fully manage for results will have to start with an assessment of the existing capacity. Diagnostic reviews are an important - and growing - source of information to governments on the state of MfDR country systems. Together with the existing MfDR capacity assessment tools, this newly developed product allows developing countries to conduct assessments that provide a clear view of capacity gaps, develop actions to address them and target donor support.

Incentives for Aid Effectiveness in Donor Agencies: Good Practice and Self-Assessment Tool

22-Aug-2008

Under the Paris Declaration, donors and partner countries commit to “reform procedures and strengthen incentives - including for recruitment, appraisal and training - for management and staff to work towards harmonisation, alignment and results”. DAC Peer Reviews highlight a number of positive efforts by individual donors. However, much more remains to be done. This report addresses this need and aims to provide donor agencies with guidance on how to improve aid effectiveness, and to assist them in identifying their strengths, weaknesses and gaps in incentives for promoting aid effectiveness.

Mutal Accountability Country Case Studies

22-Aug-2008

Donors and partners are accountable for development results: “A major priority for partner countries and donors is to enhance mutual accountability and transparency in the use of development resources. This also helps strengthen public support for national policies and development assistance.” (Paris Declaration) Three country case studies examine how the mutual accountability process operates in Mozambique, Rwanda and Vietnam .

Stock take on donor approaches to managing risks when using country systems - May 2008

01-Aug-2008

Mokoro and the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA) drafted a stocktake paper which identifies and analyses donor approaches to managing risks when using country systems, the range of benefits from using country systems recognized by donors and the different types of relationships between risks and benefits recognized by donors. The stocktake was commissioned by DFID to feed into the Joint Venture on Public Financial Management’s report on the Use of Country Systems in Public Financial Management. The Stocktake Report is available here.

Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs PFM Flash Report - June 2008

25-Jul-2008

The PFM Flash Report offers information about activities under, or relevant for, the PFM Support Programme of the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The 2008 Report is dedicated to experiences with the Public Expenditure and Financial Accountability initiative at five Dutch Embassies in partner countries.

Meeting of the Joint Venture on Public Financial Management : 27 May 2008

The Joint Venture on Public Financial Management (PFM) held a consultative meeting on Public Financial Management on the 27th of May 2008. The meeting was hosted by the South African Treasury and the Collaborative Africa Budget Reform Initiative (CABRI) based in Pretoria.

High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness

from 02-Sep-2008 to 04-Sep-2008

International Conference Centre, Accra, Ghana (2-4 September 2008). The Accra High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness will reform the way developed and developing countries work together, to ensure that development assistance is well-spent and that it helps build sustainable economies that lift people out of poverty. The Forum is open to media. Journalists are welcome in the Media Centre, which is equipped with wifi. They are also invited to join a field trip to a development project near Accra.

International Public Procurement Conference

from 28-Aug-2008 to 30-Aug-2008

The International Public Procurement Conference (IPPC) is a meeting place for public procurement professionals and academics from all over the world, in the area of public procurement. The third IPPC will take place in Amsterdam from 28 to 30 August 2008. The conference is shaped around papers submitted by international members of the academic world as well as the world of everyday public procurement practice. About 100 papers, with a wide diversity of topics, have been submitted.

Third Meeting of the JV on Procurement

from 05-May-2008 to 07-May-2008

The third meeting of the Joint Venture on Procurement took place in Arusha from 5 – 7 May, at the invitation of the Public Procurement Regulatory Authority of Tanzania in collaboration with the African Development Bank. This meeting brought together procurement professionals and interested development practioners from multilateral and bilateral development organisations and from partner countries around the world. The meeting took place in the context of implementing the procurement-related aspects of the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness. (español)

International Orientation and Guidance Workshop

from 13-Sep-2007 to 14-Sep-2007

An international workshop was organised to provide guidance and orientation to partner countries who have agreed to use the Joint Venture's procurement assessment methodology as part of the 2008 field survey exercise.  This data will be included in the 2008 Monitoring Report for the Paris Declaration

Working Group of Joint Venture Meeting

from 27-Jun-2007 to 29-Jun-2007

The Working Group of the Joint Venture on Procurement meeting took place in Tunis, Tunisia. Please click above for the major decisions and next steps. This is also available in français  and espagnol . 

Second meeting of the Joint Venture for Procurement

from 19-Sep-2007 to 21-Sep-2007

At the invitation of the Government of Denmark and the United Nations Development Programme, the second meeting of the Joint Venture for Procurement took place in Copenhagen from 19-21 September 2007. This meeting brought together procurement professionals from multilateral and bilateral development organisations and from partner countries in the context of implementing the procurement-related aspects of the Paris Declaration for Aid Effectiveness. Documents are also available in français and espagnol.

Latin America and Caribbean Regional Meeting: Procurement Capacity Development

from 24-Apr-2007 to 26-Apr-2007

The Government of Peru hosted the Latin America and Caribbean Regional Meeting regional meeting on procurement capacity development in Lima. This event was sponsored by the Inter-American Development Bank and the  Latin America and Caribbean Region of the World Bank in collaboration with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the OECD-DAC Joint Venture for Procurement.

Meeting between the Joint Venture for Procurement and Members of the BIAC

on 03-Apr-2007

At this meeting, the Joint Venture for Procurement explained the methodology for assessing national procurement systems and listened to the points of view of the private stakeholder.

Africa Regional Meeting: Procurement Capacity Development

from 12-Dec-2006 to 14-Dec-2006

The Government of Uganda hosted the Africa regional meeting on procurement capacity development in Kampala. This event was sponsored by the African Development Bank and the Africa Region of the World Bank in collaboration with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the OECD-DAC Joint Venture for Procurement.