The document summarizes information about the 4th High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness (HLF4) taking place in Busan, Korea from November 29th to December 1st, 2011. Over 2000 delegates from donor and developing countries, civil society, and the private sector will attend to assess global progress in improving aid effectiveness, share experiences in delivering results, and agree on commitments in the Busan Outcome Document. Key topics at HLF4 will include building blocks, lessons from prior HLFs in Rome, Paris, and Accra, the roles of developing country systems and civil society, and using evidence to monitor implementation and evaluate progress toward more effective development aid.

1. Busan 4th High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness
Syamsul Ardiansyah / Yayasan Kristen Untuk Kesehatan Umum

2. What’s HLF4 Busan?
• Ministers from across the globe, from both developing
and donor countries, government representatives,
parliamentarians, civil society organisations and private
sector representatives will come together for the
Fourth High-Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness at the
Bexco convention centre in Busan, Korea, from 29
November to 1 December 2011.
• Approximately 2000 delegates will review global
progress in improving the impact and value for money
of development aid and make new commitments to
further ensure that aid helps reduce poverty and
supports progress in meeting the Millennium
Development Goals.

3. Aims
• Participants will:
– assess global progress in improving the quality of
aid against the agreed commitments;
– share global experiences in delivering the best
results; and,
– agree on a Busan Outcome Document to further
enhance efforts globally and within countries to
make aid more effective in reducing poverty and
achieving the Millennium Development Goals.

4. Road to Busan
• The Working Party on Aid Effectiveness is actively preparing
for Busan. Its members include representatives
of multilateral and bilateral aid agencies, partner countries,
representatives of civil society and parliaments.
• Partner countries across four continents have provided
input through regional workshops and an online
consultation, which will help to fuel discussion and action
at the political and technical levels throughout 2011.
• A first draft of the Busan Outcome Document has been
prepared. This was discussed at the July meeting of the
Working Party on Aid Effectiveness. The Outcome
Document will be further discussed and developed and will
be finalised at the Busan Forum itself.

5. What is Aid Effectiveness?
• Aid effectiveness is about ensuring maximum
impact of development aid to improve lives,
cut poverty and help achieve the Millennium
Development Goals.

6. 1st HLF Rome 2003
• In February 2003 representatives of donor and
developing countries met in Rome for the first
High Level Forum on Harmonisation. In Rome,
donors committed to work with developing
countries to better coordinate and streamline
their activities at the country level.

7. 2nd HLF Paris 2005
• In March 2005, over one hundred ministers,
heads of agencies and other senior
officials met in Paris at the second High Level
Forum, and committed their countries
and organisations to the Paris Declaration
Commitments by signing the Paris Declaration
on Aid Effectiveness.

8. Paris Declaration 2005
• Themes covered in the Paris declaration include:
– Ownership: developing countries set their own priorities for
development, strengthen their institutions and lead in
coordinating aid.
– Alignment: donors line up their aid behind developing country
priorities and make better use of a country’s plans, policies and
systems.
– Harmonisation: donors coordinate to avoid duplication, simplify
procedures and agree a better division of labour with partner
countries.
– Managing for results: developing countries and donors keep
their focus on producing - and measuring - results.
– Mutual accountability: donors and developing countries are
held accountable for the results they achieve to each other, and
to their parliaments and public.

9. 3rd HLF Accrra
• In September 2008, development partners came
together for the Third High Level Forum in Accra,
Ghana, to boost efforts to achieve the Paris
targets. At Accra, donors and partner country
governments recognised that strengthening
national ownership of development required a
wider dialogue that fully includes parliaments,
local authorities and civil society organisations as
well as south-south cooperation and aid provided
by middle-income countries. The Accra Agenda
for Action gave new impetus to the Paris
principles. Agreement was reached on:

10. Accra Agenda for Action (1)
• The Accra Agenda for Action gave new impetus to the
Paris principles. Agreement was reached on:
– Predictability: donors provide, when possible, 3- to -5 year
estimates of their planned aid.
– Country systems: partner countries strengthen their
capacities; developing country systems are used to deliver
aid as the first option.
– Conditionality: donors switch from prescriptive conditions
on how and when aid money is spent to conditions based
on the developing country’s own objectives.
– Untying: donors relax restrictions that prevent developing
countries from buying the goods and services they need
wherever they can get the best quality at the lowest price

11. Accra Agenda for Action (2):
Role of CSOs
• Para 13 of Accra Agenda for Action
• 13. We will engage in open and inclusive dialogue on development
policies. We acknowledge the critical role and responsibility of
parliaments in ensuring country ownership of development processes. To
further this objective we will take the following actions:
– a) Developing country governments will work more closely with parliaments
and local authorities in preparing, implementing and monitoring national
development policies and plans. They will also engage with civil society
organisations (CSOs).
– b) Donors will support efforts to increase the capacity of all development
actors – parliaments, central and local governments, CSOs, research institutes,
media and the private sector – to take an active role in dialogue on
development policy and on the role of aid in contributing to countries’
development objectives.
– c) Developing countries and donors will ensure that their respective
development policies and programmes are designed and implemented in ways
consistent with their agreed international commitments on gender equality,
human rights, disability and environmental sustainability.

12. 4th HLF Busan
• At Busan global development leaders will
review progress in improving the impact and
value for money of development aid and make
new commitments to further ensure that aid
helps reduce poverty and supports progress in
meeting the Millennium Development Goals.

13. Topics of 4th HLF Busan
• Building Blocks
• Thematic Sessions
• Paris and Accra Themes
• Evidence for Busan
• Civil Society

14. Topics: Building Blocks
• Building blocks are Initiatives built around key themes
which draw broad support and, crucially, are being or
will be implemented.
• The initiative showcased could have one or more of the
following aims:
– Encourage willing stakeholders to join or support the
initiative;
– Offer ideas that can be replicated and/or adapted based
on the stakeholder capacity and need; and
– Promote debate on what different stakeholders can bring
to the table recognizing varying roles, responsibilities, and
points of entry.

15. Topics: Thematic Sessions
• Lesson Learned from Paris and Accra: Actions to Move Forward (29
November 2011)
– Objectives: Review progress implementing the Paris Declaration and
the Accra Agenda for Action. The topics proposed build on the five
thematic chapters of the “Aid Effectiveness 2005-10: Progress in
implementing the Paris Declaration” Report. For each topic, the
objective is to take stock of the progress made and lessons learned to
date, discuss the specific actions needed to move forward, and how
this will happen through the “building blocks” initiatives.
• From Aid Effectiveness to Development Effectiveness (29 November
2011)
– Objectives: Discuss areas of critical importance to achieving
development goals reflecting some of the cross-cutting and specific
aspects of effectiveness, as well as actors and approaches which have
become central to development cooperation. Present and discuss
possible initiatives to move ahead (including “building blocks” and
other ongoing initiatives).

16. Topics: Paris and Accra Themes
• Capacity Development
• Country System
• Fragile States
• Gender Equality and women's empowerment
• Managing for Development Results
• South-South Cooperation

17. Topics: Evidence for Busan
• Monitoring implementation
• Evaluating implementation
• Monitoring the Fragile States principles

18. Topics: Civil Society
• CSOs Key Ask for Busan:
• Istanbul Principle and International
Framework for CSO Development
Effectiveness
• Shadow Report of the Survey on Monitoring
the Paris Declaration
• CSOs Evaluation Report
• Documents can be downloaded from
http://goo.gl/GfydG

19. More information
http://www.aideffectiveness.org/busanhlf4/

20. Thank you
Yayasan Kristen untuk Kesehatan Umum
Liaison Office Jakarta
Jln. KH. Wahid Hasyim No. 02 Jakarta Pusat. 10340
Yakkum.jakarta@hotmail.com/syamsuladzic@gmail.com