Presentation by Lars Engberg-Pedersen (DIIS) on the seminar "Dead End or Breakthrough? Where is International Development Cooperation Heading after the Accra High Level Forum?", 23 September 2008

1. Aid in Accra and beyond:
An introduction
Lars Engberg-Pedersen
23 September 2008
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2. The Third High Level Forum in Accra
The Third High Level Forum aimed at
taking stock of progress to date in
implementing the Paris Declaration
commitments,
identifying the remaining bottlenecks and
challenges and
determining the key actions donors and
partner countries need to take to accelerate
progress in making aid more effective.
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3. The Third High Level Forum in Accra
Discussions were undertaken in 9 roundtable meetings
– Country ownership
– Alignment
– Harmonisation
– Managing for development results
– Mutual accountability
– The role of civil society organisations
– Aid effectiveness in fragile states
– Sectoral application of the Paris Declaration
– Implications of the new aid architecture
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4. Accra Agenda for Action
Strengthening country ownership over
development
Building more effective and inclusive
partnerships for development
Delivering and accounting for development
results
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5. Issues and changes in Accra
More emphasis on particular development
objectives (gender equality, respect for human
rights, environmental sustainability).
Inclusion of civil society organisations and emphasis
on parliaments.
A strengthening of the wording and the deadlines
on particular points
– use of developing country systems,
– division of labour and ‘aid orphans’,
– transparency and accountability,
– predictability of aid, and
– conditionalities
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