Implementing the Paris Declaration and Accra Agenda for Action in Asia and the Pacific

Implementing the Paris Declaration and Accra Agenda for Action in Asia and the PacificLaunch of the Capacity Development for Development Effectiveness Facility

Manila, 12–13 March 2009

For further information on the Capacity Development for Development

Effectiveness (CDDE) Facility, please visit www.AidEffectiveness.org/CDDE

or contact the CDDE Secretariat at [email protected]

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Implementing the Paris Declaration and Accra Agenda for Action in Asia and the Pacific

Launch of the Capacity Development for Development Effectiveness Facility


The Capacity Development for Development Effectiveness (CDDE) Facility has been made

possible with the support of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the Government of Japan,

the Development Assistance Committee of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and

Development (OECD DAC), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and the World Bank.

1 Executive Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

2 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

3 Member Feedback: Defining the Demand . . . . . . . . . . 6

4 CDDE Service Lines: Supporting innovation and capacity development on the road to development effectiveness . . . . 9

4.1 Service Line 1: Peer-to-Peer – Strengthening collaboration in the region . . . . . . 9 4.2 Service Line 2: Knowledge Management and Helpdesk – Connecting people to knowledge . 13 4.3 Service Line 3: Capacity Development – Assessing needs and strategies to meet them 14

5 The Community of Practice (CoP) and CDDE Facility . . . . . 17

5.1 CoP Membership and Responsibilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 5.2 CDDE Secretariat Membership and Responsibilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 5.3 CDDE Steering Committee Membership and Responsibilities . . . . . . . . . . 18 5.4 CDDE 2009 Work Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Annex 1. Sharing Expertise: Country best practices . . . . . . 21

Annex 2. Evaluation of CDDE Launch: Feedback from members . 24

Annex 3. Agenda for CDDE Launch. . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Annex 4. List of Participants: CDDE Launch . . . . . . . . . 31

ConTEnTS

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

The Launch of the Capacity Development for Development Effectiveness (CDDE) Facility sought to strengthen national capacities for implementing the Paris Declaration (PD) and Accra Agenda for Action (AAA) by:

facilitating two days of peer-exchange and •learning amongst policy makers and practitioners from government, legislature, civil society and donors across Asia and the Pacific;

finalizing and launching the CDDE Facility to •support innovation and provide long-term capacity development support for country level implementation of the PD and AAA up to 2011.

To achieve these objectives, the Launch brought together 92 policy makers and practitioners from across 11 countries in the Asia-Pacific region – Bangladesh, Cambodia, Indonesia, Kiribati, Lao PDR, Nepal, Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Sri Lanka, Timor-Leste, and Viet Nam. A first for the region, the delegations included a full cross-section of stakeholders – parliamentarians, senior government officials from central and line ministries, civil society and donor representatives.

As a demand-driven Facility, the Launch provided members of the Asia-Pacific Aid Effectiveness Community of Practice (AE CoP) the opportunity to guide the CDDE’s objectives to 2011, shape its governance structure, and jointly formulate a work programme for the coming year.

The Launch provided partner countries the first opportunity to articulate their demand for sustained capacity development in the context of the CDDE and its proposed service lines. Members highlighted the need to reinforce country level systems and processes, including public financial management, monitoring and evaluation. They flagged a lack of national strategic development

plans and insufficient technical and functional capacities at the sectoral and local levels in particular. CoP members called for deepened peer-peer and south-south networks to facilitate the sharing of knowledge and expertise to, in the words of one practitioner, link islands of practice and expertise and help replicate models of success. Finally, members voiced their desire for a stronger Asia-Pacific voice in the global aid architecture, underlining the need to forge new partnerships between local practitioners and global initiatives.

Speaking to this demand, members were made aware of the range of interconnected services the CDDE was proposing to offer, and were asked to provide their inputs into how those services could best be articulated over the coming year in order to meet partner country needs.

Service Line 1:Peer-to-Peer seeks to strengthen collaboration in the region and capitalize on the benefits that come from peers sharing knowledge and experiences by providing the forum and the tools necessary for that peer exchange to take place. The CDDE proposed to do this by (i) facilitating sub-regional and thematic peer exchange and collaboration, (ii) improving access to evidence and analysis on implementation of aid policy in the region, and (iii) providing an annual forum for the AE CoP to share experiences, codify lessons, develop guidance and set the priorities for the following year’s CDDE work programme.

In facilitating peer exchange and collaboration, members recommended the CDDE focus on those initiatives that address common challenges among countries at the policy and implementation level, those that focus on ownership, demand, and partnerships, and those that provide tools to identify relevant capacity gaps and appropriate responses. Additional challenges highlighted by

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members include weak political leadership, lack of donor harmonization, and lack of capacity to engage in monitoring and evaluation.

Members proposed the following initiatives for inclusion in the 2009 CDDE work programme: (i) Aid Information Management System Initiative; (ii) Joint Initiative on Mutual Accountability; (iii) Asia-Pacific Voice Initiative: Influencing & contributing to the OECD DAC Working Party on Aid Effectiveness; (iv) Initiative on CSOs Network in Asia-Pacific; and (v) Parliaments and Aid Effectiveness Initiative.

Service Line 2:Knowledge Management and Helpdesk aimed to connect members to the expert knowledge they need to implement their aid effectiveness initiatives. The CDDE proposed to do this by providing: (i) an eLibrary of cutting edge aid effectiveness tools and resources, including an updated calendar of events, and a roster of experts; and (ii) a rapid response Helpdesk for ad hoc queries from members looking to quickly access analysis and expertise.

On the eLibrary, members highlighted the need to provide clear cross-linkages to related ongoing initiatives, to clarify members’ roles in maintaining country pages, to include a wide range of stakeholders in its target audience, and to provide access to experts from within the region, specifically those with practical expertise. On the Helpdesk, members recommended Guidance Notes be prepared on the following topics: (i) Aid Information Management Systems; (ii) Sectoral/Technical Working Groups; (iii) Communicating with Politicians & Parliamentarians on Aid Effectiveness; and (iv) Monitoring and Evaluation of Development Effectiveness.

Service Line 3:Capacity Development Services aims to help members assess country capacity needs and develop the strategies to meet them. The CDDE proposed to do this by providing: (i) access to capacity assessment tools and good practices; and (ii) support for capacity development responses through peer collaboration.

Capacity challenges highlighted by members include recognising the institutional and political dimensions that may hamper results even where individual capacities are strong, prioritizing and sequencing capacity development responses, balancing ambition and focus, increasing the flexibility of government systems to implement capacity development strategies, and a multi-stakeholder approach to building capacities. Additional challenges raised included addressing

the local and sectoral as well as the national, ensuring that the process of assessing capacities and developing resources is jointly owned and led from within the country/agency, and the need to make guidance on capacity assessments and responses more practical.

CoP members were asked to better define the specific roles and responsibilities of CoP members, the CDDE Secretariat, the CDDE Steering Committee and its membership. Significant changes were made to reflect member views, substantially increasing partner country membership of the Steering Committee. An Interim Steering Committee was established, and was immediately tasked with putting in place a full Steering Committee by the end of April, with increased representation from the Pacific, from legislature and increased gender balance. Members recognised that ultimately the success of the CDDE and its contribution to a strong AE CoP would hinge on their own personal engagement in making peer-to-peer collaboration a reality.

The peer-to-peer initiatives, practical guidance notes, and other suggestions put forward by CoP members during the two days were consolidated in a draft CDDE Work Plan, which was presented to members for comment. Members welcomed the draft as a good summary of member proposals and it was agreed that the Work Plan would be placed online at www.AidEffectiveness.org/CDDE by 3 April and reviewed and endorsed by the Steering Committee on 29 April. The event closed with a Work Plan in place and clear next steps agreed, paving the way for the CDDE Facility to rapidly begin to deliver practical services that support members in their work promoting development effectiveness at country level.

Feedback from the members on the Launch was very positive, ranking the overall quality of the event 3.4 out of a possible 4.0. In sharing how they planned on using what they learned from the Launch, representatives from across the four stakeholder groups noted: “The first thing is to distribute the knowledge to other CSOs when I return”, “The countries of this workshop will help me to formulate the idea and concept on how to develop capacity for development effectiveness”,

“I’ve learned a lot of things from these two days’ activities”, “I’ll disseminate the information to members and networks at the national and parliament levels”, and “Sharing information should be done at least once a year.”

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“It was useful to have this broad discus-sion and share challenges among a large group of countries. The challenge remains to develop concrete results.”

On the structure of the Launch itself, members noted: “Time management was excellent”,

“Interactivity of sessions was incredibly effective and useful”, and “Partner country participation was well facilitated.” Suggestions for the next AE CoP meeting include: “More time for small group discussion” and a request for “interaction with participants from other regions also.”

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2. InTRoDUCTIon

Mr Helder Da Costa, Aid Effectiveness and National Priorities Secretariat, Ministry of Finance, Timor-Leste

The Launch of the Capacity Development for Development Effectiveness (CDDE) Facility sought to strengthen national capacities for implementing the Paris Declaration (PD) and Accra Agenda for Action (AAA) by:

facilitating two days of peer-exchange and learning amongst policy makers and practitioners from across Asia and the Pacific; and by

finalizing and launching the CDDE Facility, to support innovation and provide long-term capacity development support.

To achieve these objectives, the Launch brought together 92 policy makers and practitioners from across 11 countries in the Asia-Pacific region – Bangladesh, Cambodia, Indonesia, Kiribati, Lao PDR, Nepal, Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Sri Lanka, Timor-Leste, and Viet Nam. A first for the region, the delegations included a full cross-section of stakeholders – parliamentarians, senior government officials from central and line ministries, civil society and donor representatives.

The Launch followed hot on the heels of the four sub-regional Asia-Pacific consultations for the Third High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness (HLF-3) held in 2008, which saw delegations from 38 countries come together in an unprecedented forum to exchange views on aid effectiveness in the region and influence the outcomes of HLF-3. From these consultations, and from the HLF-3 itself, came a resounding demand from partner countries for continued peer-to-peer exchange in the region, and for sustained support of national efforts to implement the PD and AAA. Having highlighted their particular capacity gaps, countries expressed demand for innovative methods to fill those gaps, with a particular focus on learning from peers.

“As a newcomer to the aid effectiveness agenda, my country’s delegation is here to learn about what facilities the CDDE can offer and how we can learn from other countries’ experiences.”

The CDDE Facility is a response to this country level demand. For the Facility to meet the needs of members of the Asia-Pacific Aid Effectiveness Community of Practice (AE CoP), strong and diverse country level involvement was recognised as being essential from the start, with a joined up and coherent approach from donors. The Asian Development Bank (ADB), the Government of Japan, the Development Assistance Committee of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD DAC), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and the World Bank thus pooled their expertise and financing in order to finance the first activity of the CDDE Facility – the Community of Practice meeting and CDDE Launch held on 12-13 March in Manila.

The Launch witnessed not only a rich exchange across countries of practical lessons learned, but also provided the opportunity for comprehensive feedback from members of the CoP on exactly what services they are seeking from the CDDE and how they should be delivered. Members from government, CSOs, legislature and the donor community proposed peer-to-peer initiatives that the Facility may fund, voted on which

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practical guidance notes were their highest priority, and stated what they wanted from the AidEffectiveness.org web portal. By the end of the two days, members had developed a draft Work Plan for the CDDE Facility, agreed on next steps for implementation, and identified an Interim Steering Committee to guide the Facility’s work.

This report provides information on the CDDE Facility and the Launch. More importantly, it presents the feedback given by members during the Launch, the initiatives prioritised by members, and the next steps that members agreed on with the aim of ensuring that the CDDE Facility will live up to its mission to provide innovative and sustained capacity development support for country level implementation of the PD and AAA in the lead up to High Level Forum-4.

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3. MEMBER FEEDBACK: DEFInInG THE DEMAnD

Mr Chou Heng, Council for the Development of Cambodia, Cambodia

The CDDE Facility is the result of a demand-driven process. The demand for sustained capacity development support to help countries ensure aid contributes to their development effectiveness emerged steadily throughout 2008. Still, this Launch provided the first opportunity for policy makers and practitioners from across the Asia-Pacific region to articulate that demand in the particular context of the CDDE Facility and its proposed service lines.

At the country level, members acknowledged that a lack of capacity was one of the key challenges they faced in meeting their aid effectiveness targets. Specific capacity challenges that were identified include the following:

The need to reinforce country level systems •and processes. Members identified numerous challenges related to national systems and processes, including weak and insufficiently used national systems of procurement, public financial management, monitoring and evaluation, audit, and environmental impact assessment. Members flagged a lack of national strategic development plans and insufficient technical and functional capacities at sectoral and local levels in particular. Beyond the technical, the importance of stronger political commitment and leadership was emphasized as critical. Donors were sometimes too ready to lead the preparation of capacity development strategies, while countries themselves also needed to be more pro-active in analysing their capacity needs and setting out their own strategies with which donors should align. Several members noted that resource constraints and vulnerability to external forces, such as the current global financial crisis, risked compromising development progress recently achieved.

“Coordinated efforts and a national strategy should be the starting point for long-term capacity development.”

Stronger peer-peer •and south-south networks. Members stated an overwhelming preference for high quality peer-to-peer exchanges and networks as a means of learning. Despite different enabling environments, members fe lt they could adapt lessons and best practices to their own contexts. There was consensus on the importance of not only sharing information, but turning that information into real knowledge that could help members in a practical way with their day-to-day jobs. Specifically, members sought a vibrant CoP that would facilitate collaboration and problem solving across countries, across stakeholder groups and between regions. As Chris MacCormac, Deputy Director General of the Asian Development Bank’s Strategy and Policy Department put it, there is a need to “link islands of practice and expertise, and help replicate models of success.”

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Mr Fakavae Taomia, Regional Programme Manager, Foundation of the Peoples of the South Pacific International

Ms Misaki Watanabe, Aid Effectiveness Division, OECD DAC

“The CDDE should facilitate learning by sharing of experiences from the region-al to the national level and through constructive engagement with civil society networks.”

A stronger Asia-Pacific voice sought in global aid architecture. Members identified the need to strengthen the voice of the Asia-Pacific region in shaping global aid effectiveness architecture and policies. New partnerships between policy makers and practitioners from the region, and global initiatives needed to be forged, priorities at the global level needed to

take more account of those at the country and sub-regional level, and global processes needed to be more inclusive of not only countries in the region, but also of the different stakeholders within those countries in order to achieve better results at the ground level. CSOs, in particular, noted that while they had made significant progress in the run up to and at HLF-3, and were better placed to contribute and be listened to, they sought support in enhancing their own capacities to promote development effectiveness.

“OECD DAC’s participation in this work-shop is important for learning, and also for ensuring that the Working Party on Aid Effectiveness understands and responds to the needs of the region.”

Given these capacity chal-lenges and the increasing strain placed on national capacities by the global eco-nomic crisis, several members suggested that the Launch of the CDDE Facility could not have come at a better time. Members expressed their hope that the Facility would provide practical support to countries as they sought to maximise the development impact of aid received, and that it would help identify and nurture partnerships not only across countries and stakeholders but also with other initiatives at the international level.

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Mr Jun Imanishi, Principal Deputy Director, Aid Policy Planning Division, International Cooperation Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan

Lava Deo Awasthi, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Education & Sports.

“The time for action has come…By sharing innovative practices, I hope countries can learn from each other and define their own way forward.”

The three key results which the CDDE Facility seeks to support from 2009-2011 reflect the three priority demands set out by members. These are:

Key Result 1.Asia-Pacific signatories will achieve the Paris Declaration targets by 2010 and the AAA actions by the time of the HLF-4 in 2011.

Key Result 2.Asia-Pacific countries establish south-south networks that

deliver real improvements in national capacities for development effectiveness.

Key Result 3Asia-Pacific countries contribute to the strengthening of global aid architecture and policy.

Members acknowledged that the success of the CDDE Facility in contributing to these key results would depend not only on the Secretariat and Steering Committee, but primarily on the active engagement of members of the CoP themselves.

“We are committed to the spirit of this Community of Practice and the goals we have set for ourselves.”

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4. CDDE SERVICE LInES: SUPPoRTInG InnoVATIon AnD CAPACITY DEVELoPMEnT on THE RoAD To DEVELoPMEnT

Mr Rajat Nag, Managing Director General, Asian Development Bank

The draft CDDE Programme Document set out three service lines designed to support innovation and provide long-term capacity development support for country level implementation of the PD and AAA. At the CDDE Launch CoP members from the 11 countries reviewed and critiqued the three service lines and developed a draft Work Plan covering each one:

Service Line 1.Peer-to-Peer – Strengthening collaboration in the region

Service Line 2.Knowledge Management and Helpdesk – Connecting people to knowledge

Service Line 3.Capacity Development – Assessing needs and strategies to meet them

These interconnected service lines are the means through which the CDDE Facility will support policy makers and practitioners in the region in achieving the PD and AAA targets, establishing south-south networks that bolster national capacities, and contributing to global aid policy and its architecture.

The three service lines will evolve in response to the changing needs of members. However, the CDDE Launch provided the first opportunity for members from across the region to provide systematic feedback on the objectives of these service lines, their formulation and how they could best be delivered to meet partner country needs.

“The usefulness and success of the CDDE Facility will depend on its members…The members’ active involvement in and contribution to the Facility should not only lead to their benefiting from the service lines but also be key to delivering the service lines.”

4.1. SERVICE LINE 1: PEER-TO-PEER – STRENGTHENING COLLABORATION IN THE REGION

In 2008, partner countries and development partners from across the region came together to establish, for the first time, the Asia-Pacific Aid Effectiveness Community of Practice (AE-CoP). Peers met to prepare for the 2008 OECD DAC Aid Effectiveness Survey and in sub-regional consultations ahead of the Accra High Level Forum. Building on the 2006 Asian Regional Forum on Aid Effectiveness, the HLF consultations included CSO representatives and began the process of enlarging the CoP to include all four stakeholder groups highlighted in Accra: partner government central policy and line ministries, CSOs, legislature and donors.

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This service line aims to foster and deepen that collaboration by providing for these stakeholders to meet regularly in person or virtually, as a full CoP or in smaller groups tackling specific challenges.

“The progress on implementation of the Paris Declaration revealed that country ownership, demand and partnerships were key ingredients for success and sustainability. This spirit was behind the CDDE Launch.”

Service Line 1 includes three components:

4.11. FACILITATING SuB-REGIONAL ANd THEmATIC PEER ExCHANGE ANd COLLABORATION.

This responds to a demand that emerged from the HLF-3 consultations, where members highlighted the value in countries having opportunities to share similar experiences or challenges in implementing aid policy and to work together to develop common policy positions for global processes.

On day one of the CDDE Launch, members worked in pairs and at their tables to discuss challenges they faced at country level in using aid effectively, and developed ideas for peer-to-peer initiatives that would bring together small groups to collabo-rate on a response. Each table posted these ideas for initiatives on the wall, where they were clustered, and all members could begin to see which initia-tive they might wish to join. On day two, members stepped up to “champion” five initiatives, taking the microphone at “Speakers’ corner” and providing more detail on their proposals. Those interested in finding out more joined at lunch where each initiative had its dedicated lunch table. These initia-tives, proposed for support under Service Line 1 for 2009, are summarised below (includes additional details provided by members in the week following the workshop).

Ms Dasa Silovic, Senior Aid Coordination Adviser, Bureau of Development Policy, UNDP

MEMBERS CALLED FoR PEER-To-PEER InITIATIVES To FoCUS on:

common challenges at the policy and implementation level:Many faced similar challenges, and CDDE could help members link-up and draw on existing expertise from other countries.

country ownership, demand and partnerships:Countries must be the drivers of all CDDE initiatives. Flexibility is essential to respond quickly to demand and develop relevant tools fast. Partnerships are central and may be between countries or institutions, sub-regional, regional, triangular or global.

tools for identifying capacity gaps and developing a national or sectoral capacity development strategy:These were two challenges identified by most countries. CDDE could develop a methodology and the tools for analyzing gaps and support countries in developing capacity development responses, including by facilitating sharing of concrete country experiences.

Aid Management Systems and South-South Cooperation:Many flagged that Aid Information Management Systems could support better development effectiveness, but that results sometimes disappointed. CDDE could help distil lessons and support countries tap knowledge from within the region.

CSOs and CDDE:CDDE could facilitate constructive engagement with civil society networks including sharing of CSO experience in implementing PD and AAA.

political leadership and CDDE:Must not forget the importance of politics and leadership in determining aid’s impact on development effectiveness. CDDE should support country stakeholders in their dialogue with political leadership, including perhaps through a toolkit.

using national systems:CDDE should promote a greater willingness among donors to use countries systems and more harmonized procedures.

CDDE and monitoring and evaluation:Members requested that CDDE help in bolstering capacity at sectoral and sub-national levels on M&E, and promote better access to good models and practices.

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Aid Information Management Initiative.

Timor-Leste asked if peers in the CoP would be willing to share their knowledge and experience in selecting and implementing an Aid Information Management System (AIMS). Cambodia, Viet Nam and Sri Lanka offered to contribute their expertise. The CDDE Secretariat will help in preparing a discussion paper on lessons and AIMS options for online discussion. The World Bank office in Timor-Leste agreed to facilitate a video conference discussion among the countries. The proposed team leaders of this initiative were Helder Da Costa (Timor-Leste) and Homa Fotouhi (Timor-Leste).

Joint Mutual Accountability Initiative.

This initiative aims to follow up on the mutual accountability initiative, jointly undertaken by Cambodia, Lao PDR, and Viet Nam in 2008. The initiative will distil examples of implementing mutual accountability mechanisms, such as defining joint monitoring indicators and effective mechanisms for monitoring them. This initiative may have components on online discussion as well as face-to-face meetings, potentially in Luang Prabang in July 2009. It was proposed to invite CSO representatives and other observers as well. Hope was expressed that all three members of the 2008 initiative (Cambodia, Lao and Viet Nam) would wish to continue their collaboration and jointly lead the initiative.

Asia-Pacific Voice Initiative: Influencing & Contributing to the oECD DAC Working Party on Aid Effectiveness (WP-EFF).

Sri Lanka, with Nepal’s support, proposed to fur-ther strengthen Asia-Pacific partner country voices in international aid policy and aid architecture. It builds on the collaboration that began in 2008 with the Asia-Pacific Partner Country Contact Group which helped ensure Asia-Pacific perspec-tives were taken into account in the preparations of the HLF-3 and the AAA. The new initiative seeks to ensure a diversity of views on experi-ence in implementing aid policy at country level in Asia-Pacific reaches international policy making processes (such as OECD DAC) and reflects voices from a range of stakeholders and countries. It will invite members of the Asia-Pacific AE CoP to join an online discussion – for example on the topic

“The Accra Agenda for Action – a year on, what progress has been made in designing and imple-menting country-based action plans?” It will invite those individuals from Asia-Pacific who participate in the WP-EFF meeting in November 2009 to a face-to-face preparatory meeting.1 This will result in a consolidated contribution from Asia-Pacific to the WP-EFF. The proposed team leader for this initiative is Velayuthan Sivagnanasothy (Sri Lanka), and all countries and CoP members are invited to participate in the online discussions and contrib-ute to the consolidated input to the WP-EFF.

Initiative on CSos network in the Asia-Pacific Region.

This proposed initiative supports the constructive engagement of the CDDE Facility with CSO networks in the Asia-Pacific region. It will focus on linking to and adding value to existing initiatives, in particular the Asia-Pacific CSO network developed by the Reality of Aid. Proposed activities may include supporting CSOs in a review of their role in implementing the PD & AAA, and in so doing enhance the capacity of CSOs to better understand, implement and monitor the progress of the PD and AAA at the community, national and regional levels. The proposed team leaders of this initiative were Fakavae Taomia (Pacific CSO), Donatus Marut (Indonesia) and Rosalinda Tablang (Philippines).

Parliaments and Aid Effectiveness Initiative.

Drawing a distinction between individual parliamentarians and the institution of parliament, Alessandro Motter (IPU) expressed the view that an initiative should address issues at the institutional level as that would pay a higher dividend. This initiative proposes to conduct a survey of parliamentary capacities for aid effectiveness. It would be submitted to parliaments (key committees and support offices) to develop a picture of the specific capacity development needs in the region. It could include precise questions based on a menu of tools, processes and assets that a parliament should ideally be endowed with to play its role in maximizing the development benefits from aid, and it could be based on a simple 2-3 page questionnaire, the results of which could

1 As at 26 March 2009, the WP-EFF has invited participants from the following countries in Asia-Pacific: Bangladesh, Cambodia, Indonesia, Republic of Korea, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Viet Nam,

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be pasted on www.AidEffectiveness.org along with a guidance note (see Service Line 2). Both the survey and guidance note could draw on information and insights from recent IPU and other case studies of parliaments. A second element in the initiative could be for the CDDE Facility to support the convening of a regional meeting of parliamentarians most directly involved in aid and development effectiveness. This would be in the peer-to-peer mode of the CDDE, would follow-up on the survey, and would enable MPs to compare notes on capacities of their respective parliaments and exchange experience on how those capacities were built or could be further developed. Focused on practical and technical questions, the meeting could help identify those country situations requiring more attention in future plans for parliamentary capacity development. It would be essential to link this initiative to existing ongoing initiatives addressing parliamentary capacities and to ensure synergies and avoid duplication. The proposed team leaders of this initiative were Alessandro Motter (IPU) in partnership with UNDP and those countries and parliamentarians who wish to join.

4.12. Support peer-to-peer initiatives through iAid tools.

In order to help facilitate this collaboration, members agreed on the value of web-based communications, such as through the online Aid Effectiveness Portal, where iAid tools would allow members to search for other AE CoP members based on interests and experience, discuss issues and challenges with each other, find out about upcoming events, collaborate on initiatives, and put a question forward to the community.

Members discussed the proposed online tools and their value in facilitating effective collaboration and made the following recommendations:

Clarify Membership.It will be important for the CDDE Facility to clarify its terms of online membership in order to establish a close-knit community. The Facility could also engage in a pro-active membership drive by making use of individual stakeholders’ networks, and to reach out to other countries in the region that were not in Manila.

Perform Quality Assurance.The CDDE Secretariat should moderate the website, as well as inactive and active member accounts, in the interests of quality assurance.

Provide Instructions.The CDDE Facility should make available clear instructions for all members on how to use the online tools.

4.13. Improving access to evidence and analysis on implementation of aid policy in the Asia-Pacific region.

The CDDE Facility would provide in-country stakeholders and others globally and regionally with up-to-date access to evidence and analysis on implementation of aid policy in the region through:

AE-COP Newsletter: The CDDE Facility would continue the newsletter that was established by the AE-CoP in 2008, aimed at bridging the knowledge gap between countries in the region and between the region and the international community. An example of a recent Asia-Pacific AE-COP Newsletter can be found at www.AidEffectiveness.org/newsletter.

Two Flagship Development Effectiveness Reports:To ensure that the robust evidence from the Asia-Pacific region is taken into account in international policy debates and give appropriate visibility to innovations in policy and practice from the region, it was proposed that the CDDE Facility would produce two reports; one in 2009-10 and a more detailed one ahead of HLF-4 in 2011. This depends on whether the current funding shortfall in the CDDE Budget of approximately $150,000 for 2009 is met.

4.14. Providing an annual forum for aid effectiveness policy makers and practitioners.

The CDDE Facility will organize an annual AE-CoP meeting, similar to that just held in Manila, which will bring together champions of aid effectiveness from countries across the region to share experiences, codify lessons, develop guidance, and set the priorities for the CDDE. Good practices underline that in order for a CoP to be vibrant and remain in touch with the day to day practical

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needs of its membership, online interactions, videoconferences and the smaller peer-to-peer initiatives need to be complemented by occasional face-to-face meetings. The annual CoP event will provide for facilitated face-to-face meetings for (i) partner countries to share experiences and develop peer-to-peer and south-south initiatives, and (ii) partner countries and development partners to discuss practical responses to the challenges in implementing the PD and AAA, and to develop the next year’s CDDE Work Plan. The CDDE Launch served the purpose of an annual meeting in which partner countries and development partners were able to share best practices and concerns about this year’s theme, the implementation of PD and AAA, and put in place a country-driven and multi-stakeholder draft Work Plan for 2009.

4.2. SERVICE LINE 2: KNOWLEdGE mANAGEmENT ANd HELPdESK

– CONNECTING PEOPLE ANd KNOWLEdGE

As part of the preparations for HLF-3 in 2008, partner countries were provided with Helpdesk support in implementing at country level the 2008 OECD DAC Survey on Implementation of the Paris Declaration. The Helpdesk, staffed jointly by the OECD DAC Secretariat, UNDP and the World Bank, provided access to (i) a web-based repository of tools and guidance for implementing the survey, (ii) on-demand expert email responses to specific queries from the country level, and (iii) information to help countries access technical resources and expertise in conducting the survey. An eLibrary (at www.AidEffectiveness.org) was also established to improve partner country access to key resources on each of the nine Round Tables topics to be discussed at HLF-3, as well as other aid effectiveness policy documents, country level resources, and links to other sources of expert knowledge.

The Helpdesk concept, led by the OECD DAC and supported by UNDP and the World Bank, will serve to provide guidance and support not only on the 2010 OECD DAC Survey but on a wide range of issues relating to aid and development effectiveness. It will seek to provide on-demand support, responding in real-time to specific country needs and interests. The eLibrary function will be updated, expanded and made more interactive, allowing country stakeholders to maintain ownership over their own country pages.

There are two main components of Service Line 2:

4.21. eLibrary, Events and ‘Find an Expert’ service.

The eLibrary will provide an online repository of cutting edge and innovative tools and resources on a wide range of aid effectiveness topics. It will help members access relevant material by providing simple topic guides on a carefully selected set of practically useful materials. It will also provide country pages, under the full ownership of country stakeholders, in order for them to showcase their national initiatives.

“The Portal should accommodate people having no expertise but who want to learn and have areas of interest.”

Within the eLibrary, members will be able to access an Events page, which will feature a regularly updated calendar of events related to aid effectiveness and its global, regional or national processes that may be of interest.

Members will also be able to use an online ‘Find an Expert’ service. The CDDE Facility will maintain a database of aid effectiveness experts, which will allow members to locate experts based on the country and areas of expertise they require. The eight broad areas of expertise identified include Aid Management and Coordination, Aid Delivery and Using Government Systems, Building Mutual Accountability, Capacity Development, Civil Society and Aid Effectiveness, Cross-cutting Issues, Managing for Results, and National Plans and Budgets. Members could also sign up to become an expert themselves or recommend others. The CDDE would assist in the matching of expertise with member requirements.

Members highlighted the usefulness and convenience of these tools, and made the following recommendations:

Ensure Cross-Linkages.It will be important to ensure cross-linkages between the Aid Effectiveness Portal and other websites, including those of training institutions and development partners. The eLibrary should also help members access the second component of this service line – finding relevant Guidance Notes.

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Clarify Ownership.In order for the CDDE and, more specifically, the online country pages to be owned by partner countries, there needs to be further clarification on what role members will have in maintaining the site. This will then need to be balanced with issues of quality assurance and the need to ensure country pages reflect perspectives of a cross-section of government, parliamentary, CSO and donor stakeholders. Careful selection of content and a system of user comments were mentioned in this context.

Define the Audience.The online Portal should aim to reach out to a wide range of stakeholders, including government officials, parliamentarians, CSOs and practitioners alike.

“I expect to exchange the information and materials discussed during the workshop through the Aid Effective-ness Portal.”

Expand the Areas of Expertise.Members suggested additional criteria that could be applied to select experts for inclusion in the database: (i) have hands-on experience, (ii) have local knowledge and be sensitive to local conditions, (iii) have experience in project and programme management, (iv) have knowledge of aid effectiveness in fragile states, and (v) have experience in moderating and facilitating. There was a clear preference for experts from within the region and those with practical experience.

4.22. Rapid Response Helpdesk.

The CDDE Facility will maintain a rapid response Helpdesk for ad hoc queries from partner countries seeking access to analysis, expertise, policy process, and event information as they relate to aid effectiveness. The Helpdesk, based within the CDDE Secretariat, would draw from expertise available regionally or elsewhere and provide tailored responses. It may also include direct mission support. Where issues concern several partner countries or practitioners, the Helpdesk would prepare practical Guidance Notes.

Members recommended that lessons and experiences from the following areas be codified and compiled into easy to use Guidance Notes. Members worked in pairs and at their tables to

propose topics for which they felt there was a priority need for guidance in their countries. These proposals were displayed on the wall with the four topics receiving the largest number of votes listed below:

Aid Information Management Systems;•

Practical guidance for sectoral/technical •working groups on aid effectiveness, such as inclusiveness in the development effectiveness process, and managing multi-stakeholder dialogue;

Communicating with and increasing awareness •of politicians/parliamentarians on aid effectiveness;

Monitoring and evaluation of development •effectiveness, with an emphasis on outcomes rather than outputs.

It was proposed that the first three topics be included in the 2009 CDDE Work Plan, and the CDDE Secretariat will contact members and ask for volunteers to join the reference group which quality controls each Guidance Note.

Additional areas where members felt Guidance Notes could be useful include: funding mechanisms and modalities, managing basket funds and coordination of aid assistance, localization of implementation of PD and AAA, and systematically assessing capacity development needs for aid effectiveness and development effectiveness.

4.3. SERVICE LINE 3: CAPACITY dEVELOPmENT

– ASSESSING NEEdS ANd STRATEGIES TO mEET THEm

At the Accra HLF-3, partner countries and development agencies alike recognized the importance of multi-stakeholder capacity development if each was to be able to play their role in promoting the effective use of aid for development effectiveness. In response, the CDDE Facility proposed a service line to support members in assessing their capacity needs and developing appropriate capacity development responses and strategies to meet them. The proposed service line was welcomed by CoP members and two key areas were identified in which the CDDE Facility

Member from a Central Ministry

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could support partner countries in their capacity development measures:

4.31. Access to capacity assessment tools and good practices.

The CDDE Facility will ensure access for country stakeholders throughout the region to capacity assessment methodologies and tools that countries can use to assess systematically capacities at the level of the enabling environment, the organisation and the individual with respect to aid effectiveness. The service line will support the codification of good practices in using these tools and methodologies, taking into account the changing needs and differing levels of experience in across country contexts.

“Without addressing the highly techni-cal capacity issues, we cannot follow

the spirit of the Paris Declaration and Accra Agenda for Action.”

4.32. Support for capacity development responses through peer collaboration.

In addition to improving partner country access to methodologies and tools to assess their capacity gaps, the CDDE Facility will also support countries in their development of strategies to address those gaps.

Members highlighted the value of CDDE support in mapping and codifying member/country experiences of capacity assessments and responses. They highlighted the existence of capacity gaps in not only central policy ministries but also in line ministries, at sub-national level and among other country stakeholders, including within donors

agencies. Specific capacity challenges identified included:

Recognise the institutional and political •dimensions. Members voiced a demand that capacity development tools recognise the importance of addressing institutional and political dimensions that may hamper achieving results, even where individual capacities are seemingly strong;

Prioritizing capacity development responses. •Once a capacity assessment is complete, members asked how they would go about developing a capacity assessment response, and prioritizing and sequencing those responses when there are many;

Balancing ambition and focus.• Having acknowledged the demand for national and sectoral capacity development strategies, members were concerned with how to keep the strategy focused and practical, rather than trying to accomplish too much too fast;

Increasing flexibility.• Members identified the inflexibility of government systems as a major obstacle in being able to implement effective capacity development responses;

Multi-stakeholder approach.• Members highlighted the need to place a strong emphasis on building capacities at the sectoral level and also on building the capacities and effectiveness of CSOs.

“The question of capacity is not only with regards to the central ministries.”

Addressing the local •as well as national. Members identified a challenge in conducting capacity assessments and developing and implementing responses at the local level.

Ownership.• Members expressed concern that too often the process of assessing capacities and developing responses is imposed from the

Mr Toru Arai, Senior Aid Coordination Advisor, JICA Viet Nam

Mr Coa Manh Cuong, Deputy Director General, Department of International Cooperation, Ministry of Planning and Investment, Viet Nam

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outside instead of being a jointly owned and conducted process led from within the country or ministry/agency itself.

Being practical.• Members underscored that it was essential to make guidance on capacity assessments and responses more practical and less theoretical, so that countries can easily adapt it to their context and use it.

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The CDDE Facility exists to serve the members of the Asia-Pacific Aid Effectiveness Community of Practice (AE CoP) - the policy makers and practitioners that are working on the ground to localize and implement the PD and AAA throughout the region.

CoP Members have the opportunity to contribute and benefit in three ways:

Collaborate with other members, use the 1. Members’ Directory, or access CDDE services such as the online Aid Effectiveness Portal, Find an Expert database, and the Helpdesk.

Take part or lead specific multi-stakeholder 2. country initiatives or cross-country peer-to-peer initiatives that the CDDE Facility supports technically and/or financially.

Support the effective operation of the CDDE 3. Facility by standing for membership of the CDDE Steering Committee or Co-Chair.

During the CDDE Launch, members had the opportunity to better define the specific roles and responsibilities of CoP members, the CDDE Secretariat, the CDDE Steering Committee and its membership. Significant adjustments were made to the draft terms of reference for the CoP and CDDE Facility to reflect member views, including substantially increasing partner country membership of the CDDE Steering Committee and reducing donor membership. Immediately following the closing of the CDDE Launch, the Interim CDDE Steering Committee met and agreed on actions to respond to the views expressed by CoP members. Below is a summary of suggestions made by CoP members and actions agreed at the Launch or immediately afterwards at the Interim Steering Committee meeting. The CoP and CDDE Steering

Committee Terms of Reference and the Minutes of the Interim Steering Committee Meeting can be found online at www.AidEffectiveness.org/CDDE.

5.1 AE COP mEmBERSHIP ANd RESPONSIBILITIES

Membership of the AE CoP would be limited to (i) Individuals with a demonstrated commitment and interest in taking forward the aid effectiveness agenda; (ii) representatives of governments, legislature, civil society organizations, donors and other country-level policy makers and practitioners; (iii) representatives of donor agencies funding the CDDE; and (iv) members of international bodies and networks such as the OECD DAC.

It was agreed that members of the AE CoP, accepted a responsibility to (i) share information on their initiatives to strengthen the effectiveness of aid for development; (ii) directly or indirectly support, upon demand, fellow members from other countries in the region; (iii) identify and promote linkages between the Asia-Pacific CoP and other country, regional and global networks and initiatives; and (iv) identify and implement practical initiatives as part of the annual CDDE Work Plan.

All participants at the CDDE Launch would become AE CoP members, who would, along with the CDDE Secretariat make efforts to reach out to committed individuals from countries that were not present in Manila. Individuals can join the Asia-Pacific AE CoP by visiting www.AidEffectiveness.org/CDDE.

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5.2 CddE SECRETARIAT mEmBERSHIP ANd RESPONSIBILITIES

The UNDP Regional Centre in Bangkok and ADB will provide the Secretariat support to the CoP and take responsibility for the implementation of the Facility, under the guidance of the CDDE Steering Committee and reporting to the Co-chairs. The Secretariat’s tasks include: (i) monitor demand and initiatives put forward by CoP members; (ii) support members in developing their initiatives and compile the annual work plans based on the proposals put forward by members of the CoP; (iii) post draft annual work plans on the CDDE website for comment by CoP members and secure Steering Committee approval for the work plans; (iv) provide expert, technical and other support to the implementation of the members’ initiatives contained in the work plan and develop relevant resources upon demand by the CoP; and (v) monitor implementation and, twice a year, prepare and publish on the website progress reports on the implementation of the work plan.

The Secretariat will prepare the first draft of the CDDE work plan by 3 April and distribute it for member comment.

5.3 CddE STEERING COmmITTEE mEmBERSHIP ANd RESPONSIBILITIES

A Steering Committee will be established and will meet twice a year in order to agree on the CDDE work plans and review the progress of the CDDE. Its tasks include to: (i) provide strategic direction to the CDDE; (ii) ensure the accountability and transparency of the CDDE to the CoP membership and to funding partners; (iii) review and endorse CDDE business processes including work planning, criteria for the appraisal of member initiatives, and reporting procedures; (iv) support the development, review and endorsement of the CDDE annual work plans and monitoring reports through six-monthly virtual Steering Committee meetings; (v) participate in activities supported by the CDDE when this will add value for partner countries; (vi) actively publicise the CDDE at key meetings at global, regional and country level; (vii) promote country, regional and global partnerships to support the achievement of CDDE results; (viii) mobilise financial and technical support to the CDDE; and (ix) organise the Annual CoP meeting.

After much member feedback, the following principles of Steering Committee membership were established:

As far as possible all sub-regions will be •represented on the Steering Committee;

A gender balance will be proactively pursued •and preference given to female members where equally qualified;

“The Steering Committee should be slim, but also representative.”

All stakeholder •groups within the CoP will be repre-sented – partner government (central policy and line min-istries), legislature, CSO and donors (multi-lateral, region-al and bilateral);

Organisations will •be invited to take observer status where synergies in programming are identified;

Steering Committee members will be active •members and champions of the CoP.

Community of Practice members were invited to put themselves forward to become members of the CDDE Steering Committee. Their commitment and readiness to support the success of the CoP and the CDDE Facility were welcomed. However, concern was expressed that there was insufficient sub-regional and gender balance. It was agreed that the Steering Committee would thus be established on an interim basis, and its first task would be to address the members’ concerns.

The diagram below illustrates how the CDDE Facility, including its Steering Committee, its Secretariat and the country/regional/global initiatives it sponsors will support the Asia-Pacific Community of Practice on Aid Effectiveness.

Mr Tubagus Achmad Choesni, Director for Procurement Planning for State Budgeting, LKPP:

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By the end of the Launch, the following members of the Interim Steering Committee were in place:

Lava Deo Awasthi, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Education and Sports, Government of Nepal (Co-Chair)

Indu Bhushan, Director, Strategy & Policy Department, ADB (Co-Chair)

Velayuthan Sivagnanasothy, Director General, Department of Foreign Aid and Budget Monitoring, Ministry of Plan Implementation, Government of Sri Lanka

Mosharraf Bhuiyan, Additional Secretary, Economic Relations Department, Ministry of Finance, Government of Bangladesh

Suranjan Kodithuwakku, Green Movement of Sri Lanka and Reality of Aid Asia

Donatus Marut, INFID Indonesia and Reality of Aid Asia

Jun Imanishi, Principal Deputy Director, Aid Policy Planning Division, International Cooperation Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan

Mark Nelson, Capacity Development Unit, World Bank Institute

The Interim Steering Committee (ISC) met immediately after the closing of the CDDE Launch. ISC members agreed to address members’ concerns by taking the following actions:

Invite a member of the legislature to participate •in the Steering Committee (SC), with attention to the candidate’s ability to fulfil the SC responsibilities listed in the Terms of Reference, their ability to fulfil the role of a CoP member, and particularly seeking qualified women candidates. The Inter-Parliamentary Union will be asked to provide three recommendations.

Invite a member of a Pacific government to •participate in the SC, with reference to their SC and CoP responsibilities, and particularly

Asia-Paci�c Aid Effectiveness Community of Practice

Country Initiatives

Regional & Global Initiatives

Partner government, Multilateral donor (Asia-Paci�c)

Steering Committee Co-Chairs CDDE SecretariatTwo aid effectiveness advisers (UNDP RCB)

Aid effectiveness adviser (ADB) CDDE knowledge management specialist

CDDE administrative assistant

CSO Asia-Paci�c(rotating)

CSO Asia-Paci�c(rotating)

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seeking qualified women candidates. The Pacific Forum Island Secretariat will be asked to provide three recommendations.

Mr Mosharraf Bhuiyan of the Ministry of •Finance of Bangladesh agreed to stand down as a member of the SC if a South-East Asian member came forward to take his place. An invitation to South-East Asian government members to put themselves forward for the SC was issued on 20 March, with a deadline for nomination of 27 March.

It was agreed that the full CDDE Steering •Committee, which adequately addressed members’ demands for balanced representation, would be in place by the end of April 2009.

5.4 CddE 2009 WORK PLAN

The peer-to-peer initiatives, proposed practical guidance notes, and other suggestions put forward by CoP members during the two days were consolidated in a draft CDDE Work Plan, which was presented to members for comment during the Work Planning and Next Steps session. Members welcomed the draft work plan as a good overall summary of member proposals, but noted that they needed time to review the draft carefully, add additional country names to initiatives where they were missing, and remove countries where they were incorrectly included.

Two concrete next steps were agreed:

The CDDE Secretariat will work with those •members who proposed peer-to-peer initiatives and support them in further developing their proposed initiatives, so that they can be circulated to all members for comment.

The CDDE Secretariat, on behalf of the •Co-Chairs, will send out the draft Work Plan to all CoP members for comment on 3 April. A revised Work Plan will be prepared taking account of CoP feedback received by 17 April, and submitted to the CDDE Steering Committee for review and endorsement at the SC meeting tentatively scheduled for 29 April.

The event closed, warmly welcoming the rich exchange of experience and the successful development of a clear Work Plan based on member feedback. This paves the way for the CDDE

Facility to rapidly begin delivering practical services that support members in their work to promote development effectiveness at country level.

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Name Of INItIatIve & COuNtrIes INvOlved

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Joint Initiative on Mutual Accountability

Cambodia•

Lao PDR•

Viet Nam•

On 6 July 2008, delegates from Cambodia, Lao PDR, and Viet Nam established the South-East Asia Joint Initiative on Mutual Accountability. Focusing on the question of “What is Mutual Accountability,” the three countries shared and reviewed experiences, and helped each other identify next steps and make recommendations which were presented at the Accra High Level Forum. A summary report and video were produced following the event.

This initiative is considered highly successful because of its mutual learning nature and the spirit of cooperative exchange that is the hallmark of the south-south approach.

During the CDDE Launch, it was recommended that these three countries reconvene and discuss implementation of recommendations, as well as look at how this model can be replicated and expanded throughout the region.

Capacity Development Training Pilot

Indonesia•

Lao PDR•

Nepal•

In October 2008, UNDP Regional Centre Bangkok facilitated a pilot Regional Executive Peer Exchange Programme in partnership with Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy. This brought together 8 senior level officials from Indonesia, Lao PDR and Nepal and combined elements of peer exchange and training. The programme looked at the key actors, forces, principles, and aid modalities that influenced national development and aid management. A series of modules were developed, and made available online for others to see, which helped participants identify and analyze the challenges they faced in building their capacity for aid management.

During the CDDE Launch, the training pilot was deemed useful in developing a better understanding of aid effectiveness issues and functional skills, and also offered an excellent opportunity for peer-peer exchange. Because the programme did not last long, however issues of sustainability were also raised. Members requested that modules from the Regional Executive Peer Exchange and the subsequent Indonesia-specific training programme (conducted in November 2008) be made available at www.AidEffectiveness.org as a global public good. This will be implemented by end April/early May 2009.

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The Jakarta Commitments

Indonesia•

On January 12, 2009, 22 donor countries and multilateral agencies and the Government of Indonesia signed the Jakarta Commitments, an agreement that signified the forging of a new relationship between the Government and its donors, moving from an aid model to a development partnership.

The Commitments are intended to strengthen country ownership over development, build more effective and inclusive partnerships for development, and focus on delivering and accounting for development results.

The Commitments hold donors accountable for better alignment with national programmes and priorities, increased use of the country’s public financial management systems, and a reduction in parallel monitoring activities. The Commitments pledge that the Government will in turn establish a regular dialogue mechanism with its development partners in order to continue an open discussion on the development agenda, and implement a strong framework for measuring and monitoring results within its new Medium-term Development Plan.

At the CDDE Launch, Indonesia recognised the importance of dissemination on lessons learned from the development and implementation of the Jakarta Commitments, and offered to report back on this at the next AE CoP meeting.

Increasing CSO Engagement

Philippines•

CSOs in the Philippines have been working to promote greater inclusiveness of CSOs and find their place in the country’s aid architecture. In the lead up to HLF-3, they started holding civil society seminars and consultations at both the national and sub-national levels, soliciting the responses of CSOs throughout the country to the AAA which were consolidated in a national statement on PD and AAA implementation on behalf of CSOs in the Philippines.

Particularly innovative was the success of Philippines NGOs to achieve greater inclusiveness and meaningful participation in the aid effectiveness and development process. All consultations were carried out in a bottom-up approach, which began at the grassroots level, working up to island-wide consultations. The process was multi-stakeholder, in that CSOs also met with national government agencies to debate their concerns relating to aid effectiveness. Following HLF-3, CSOs in the Philippines have also held briefings with parliamentarians, and continued to monitor the effectiveness of ODA projects.

During the CDDE Launch, three key achievements of this initiative were highlighted: (i) better understanding among CSOs of their role in the aid system; (ii) the acknowledgement that national and regional (sub-national) CSOs need to work together to insert themselves and participate in the overall development process and overcome the traditional lack of mechanisms and processes to include them; and (iii) new avenues for collaboration have opened up with the Congressional Oversight Committee on Official Development Assistance, parliamentarians, and the National Economic and Development Authority.

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Advancing Aid Effectiveness in Timor-Leste

Timor-Leste•

Despite being a post-conflict country, Timor-Leste has made significant strides in advancing its aid effectiveness agenda. With the support of UNDP Regional Centre Bangkok, it established a National Directorate of Aid Effectiveness. Following HLF-3, it became one of the founding members of the “Group of Six” (G6) of states in fragile development situations.

Along with Afghanistan, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Haiti, and Sierra Leone, the G6 is working on publishing a report in June 2009 on Monitoring Implementation of Principles for Good International Engagement in Fragile States. Timor-Leste was the first country to hold its national consultative meeting in March, where representatives of the 3Ds (Diplomacy, Defense, and Development) gathered with CSOs to discuss key priorities and action areas. A key result was the systematic inclusion for the first time in the country’s history of ODA from development partners in the 2009 national Combined Sources Budget.

During the CDDE Launch, Timor-Leste identified challenges that remain, including coordination of its 46 different donors and the lack of a national strategic development plan. Still, the country has utilized peer-peer and south-south networks to not only develop its own capacities but also strengthen its voice in the international aid arena.

Joint Study of Effective Technical Cooperation for Capacity Development

Japan•

In collaboration with other donors, Japan has actively supported capacity development in developing countries. In its Joint Study of Effective Technical Cooperation (TC) for Capacity Development (CD), which involved 11 countries and 7 donors, it sought to provide evidence on how to make TC more effective as part of the overall drive towards country-led CD.

Based on its 11 country reports, the study set out five key findings: (i) ownership is a key ingredient for CD; (ii) CD strategies should be multi-factor and multi-level; (iii) political leadership is crucial; (iv) TC can help strengthen CD; (v) enabling conditions for effective TC include:

Adequate planning, management and monitoring and evaluation under the •leadership of countries

Flexible and responsive design of TC•

Long-term commitment•

Embedding TC in organizational change and learning•

Complementarity with other modalities such as south-south and Triangular •Cooperation

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52 participants provided fedback on the CDDE Launch, rating the overall event quality at 3.4 out of a possible 4.0. Representatives from across the four stakeholder groups fedback in the evaluation forms what they had learned from the event, their plans for turning their knowledge into action, and suggestions on what could be improved for the next annual AE CoP Meeting.

Participants emphasized the practical nature and implications of the CDDE and the Launch event:

“The information on Aid Information Management Systems and development effectiveness will be the points of discussion on a day-to-day basis,” “Group discussions that included all stakeholders widened the perspectives and promoted inclusiveness towards better partnerships,” and the Launch had begun the process of “improving the way of working and the coordination between Government ministries and the donor community.”

It was felt that “these new areas will no doubt be brought to management for further deliberation.” Specifically, the event’s strong emphasis on peer exchange was found to be valuable, with participants saying: “The countries at this workshop will help us formulate the ideas and concepts on how to develop capacity for development effectiveness,” and “the sharing of experiences was the best part.”

Across the stakeholder groups, participants were eager to return home and start turning all the words they had heard over the two days into action within their respective networks.

CSO representatives said, “The first thing is to distribute the knowledge to other CSOs”, “I’ll write about this in our newsletter and newspaper, and share the process and result of this meeting to other CSOs in my country,” and “I’ve learned a lot of things from these two days’ activities.”

Parliamentarians suggested they “will liaise with the responsible personnel to promote parliamentarian’s awareness of the CDDE and CoP,” and will “disseminate the information to members and networks at the national and parliament levels.” Donors noted that there was a “good link with countries’ activities,” and the issue of building local capacities for aid effectiveness “will be discussed among our colleagues.” At the Government level, participants said they will “share with our ministry for information dissemination on the subject” and

“apply some of the experience/knowledge shared with colleagues in my country.”

On the format of the Launch, participants welcomed “the interactive styles of exchanging ideas and experiences and the open forum discussion” and the “very flexible structure,” suggesting that “it was good to see the organizers encourage partner countries to say/suggest/recommend what should be done.”

Recommendations for the next AE CoP meeting included: “more time for small group discussion” instead of “too much plenary,” that there be a “recap of group discussions at plenary,” that discussions be “arranged on a geographical basis”, and that “more time be allowed for concrete best practices from countries.”

Overall, participants “appreciated the efforts to organize this useful meeting,” and recommended that this kind of “sharing of information should be done at least once a year.”

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CDDE Launch Member Feedback (1=low; 4=high)

Sessions on Service Line 1: Peer to Peer

Sessions on Service Line 2:

Knowledge Management & Helpdesk

Sessions on Service Line 3:

Capacity Development

Festival of Experience

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THURSDAY 12 MARCH 08.30-09.00 Late Registration if Security Registration missed on Wednesday (Reception Desk at ADB)

Welcome Coffee & Tea (ADB, Auditorium B, First Floor)

Session 1: Welcome and Members Introductions

09.00-10.00 Opening and welcome

Chair: Mr. K. Sakai, Director General, SPD, ADB

1. Welcome: Mr R. Nag, Managing Director General, ADB

2. Members’ introductions: Chair invites 4 CDDE members to speak on what they hope to contribute and what they are seeking from their membership of the CDDE Facility.

Sri Lanka: Mr V. Sivagnanasothy,• Director General, Department of Foreign Aid & Budget Monitoring, Ministry of Plan ImplementationIBON International: Ms. Maita Gomez• , Policy Officer (tbc)Bangladesh: Professor Ali Ashraf• , Bangladesh Parliament (tbc)OECD DAC: Ms Misaki Watanabe• , Aid Effectiveness Division

3. Agenda and Objectives (Aidan Cox & Tom Beloe)

4. Members’ discussion at tables:Members discuss in • pairs their aid effectiveness experiences and challenges they face and expertise they seekAt the • table, members try to match challenges faced with experience & expertise of others at the table.Brief reporting back from tables at random•

5. Wrap up by Chair

Rapporteur: Manoranjan Senapaty

1. Welcome (10 mins)

2. Each member gives 2 minute introduction (10 minutes)

3. Agenda & Objectives (10 mins)

4. Members’ discussion (25 mins)

5. Wrap up (2 mins)

AnnEX 3. AGEnDA FoR CDDE LAUnCH

Implementing the Paris Declaration & Accra Agenda for Action in Asia and the Pacific

Launch of the Capacity Development Facility for Development Effectiveness11-13 March 2009, Manila, Philippines

PurposeTo strengthen national capacities for implementing the PD and AAA by:

Facilitating two days of peer-exchange and learning• amongst governments, organizations and concerned individuals from across the Asia-Pacific; andFinalising and launching the Capacity Development Facility for Development •Effectiveness (CDDE), supporting innovation and providing long-term capacity development support for country level implementation of the PD and AAA up to 2011.

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Session 2: Sharing innovation from the Implementation of Aid Policy at Country Level

10.00-10.50 Innovations in aid effectiveness–making a difference in 2008

Moving forward with lesson learning

Chair: Mr Jun Imanishi, Principal Deputy Director, Aid Policy Planning Division, International Cooperation Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

1. Introduction by chair

2. Innovations at country level: three members present on innovations from their country that have strengthened implementation of aid policy:

Indonesia• : Jakarta Commitments, Mr Tubagus Choesni, Director for Procurement Planning for State BudgetingPhilippines: Rosalinda Tablang• , Aid WatchTimor-Leste: Dr Helder Da Costa• , Aid Effectiveness & National Priorities Secretariat, Ministry of Finance

3. Plenary discussion: clarifications; ideas for lesson-learningHow can we work as members of the Asia-Pacific Aid •Effectiveness Community of Practice and use the CDDE to improve lesson learning across (and within) countries?

4. Closing by chair

Rapporteur: Stefanie Carmichael

1. Introduction by chair (5 mins)

Introduction on role of the community of practice in lesson learning

2. Members present innovations (20 mins)

3. Plenary discussion on objectives and ideas for lesson learning (25 mins)

4. Closing (2 mins)

10.50-11.20 Coffee & Tea (ADB, Auditorium B, First Floor)

Session 3: What is Capacity Development for Development Effectiveness (CDDE)?

11.20-12.45 Festival of experience:Support for implementing aid policy in the regionWhat is the CDDE Facility?

Chair: Mr Mark Nelson, World Bank Institute

1. Introduction to the session, Chair

2. ‘Festival of experience’: interactive sessions on the three service lines. Three areas to visit – including presentation, video, and hands on computer sessions – and chance to ask questions:(i) Peer-peer: South-East Asia Mutual Accountability Initiative of

Cambodia, Lao and Viet Nam [Annex 1](ii) Knowledge Management & Help Desk Services: Accessing

a gateway to expertise through www.AidEffectiveness.org. Country-pages – show case country innovations and resources [Auditorium B]

(iii) Capacity development services: Training pilot and other CD initiatives, eg LenCD [Annex 2]First round• of entertainment (visit one of the 3 sessions)Second round• of entertainment (visit a different session)

3. Presentation of CDDE Facility: results and service lines. Aidan Cox, Regional Adviser on Aid Effectiveness, UNDP Regional Centre in Bangkok

4. Plenary discussion: Are the objectives and service lines of the CDDE broadly right?

5. Closing: Chair


1. Introduction (5 mins)

2. Festival of experience (2x20 minutes)

i) Facilitator: UNDP (Thomas Beloe) Guest speakers (rotate): Viet Nam (tbc), Cambodia (tbc), Lao (tbc) Rapporteur: Bob Bernardo

ii) Facilitator: UNDP (Stefanie Carmichael)Guest speaker: Agulhas (Marcus Cox)Rapporteur: Manoranjan Senapaty

iii) Facilitator: UNDP (Aidan Cox) Guest speakers (rotate): Nepal (tbc), Laos (tbc), Indonesia (tbc). World Bank (Mark Nelson) Rapporteur: Dipa Bagai

3. Presentation of the Facility (10 mins)

4. Plenary discussion (25 mins)

5. Closing (2 mins)

12.45-14.00 Lunch (ADB’s Executive Dining Room, Coffee Lounge, 2nd floor) Tables divided by stakeholder group: (a) Parliaments; (b) CSOs; (c) line ministries; (d) central ministries; (e) donors

Session 4: The Community of Practice and the CDDE Facility

14.00-14.20 The Community of Practice and the CDDE Facility

Chair: Mr Chris MacCormac, Deputy Director General, SPD, ADB

1. Overview of the CDDE, Mr Chris MacCormac, ADB

Its relationship to the Community of Practice, including ideas on roles of CoP members in the governance of the CDDE and shaping the CDDE work plan

2. Plenary Clarifications. Any issues that need discussion during remainder of the two days?

3. Closing by chair


1. Overview (10 mins)

2. Plenary clarifications (10 mins)

3. Closing (2 mins)

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Session 5: Service Line 1: Peer to Peer – strengthening collaboration in the regionFacilitating • sub-regional & thematic peer exchange with technical and small grant assistance, web-based communications and interactive iAid support;Improving • access to evidence & analysis from the implementation of aid policy in Asia-Pacific, including 2 flagship reports and quarterly newsletter;Annual forum for aid effectiveness policy makers & practitioners to exchange experience and strategise across countries•

14.20-15.30

What is this service line?

What happened in 2008?

Developing ideas for initiatives in 2009

Chair: Mrs Dasa Silovic, Senior Aid Coordination Adviser, Capacity Development Group, Bureau of Development Policy, UNDP

1. Presentation of Peer to Peer Service line: how will it support stronger collaboration in the region? Tom Beloe, Aid Effectiveness Specialist, UNDP Regional Centre

2. Introduction to work planing for Peer to Peer, Tom Beloe

3. Brainstorming in pairs: (i) capacity challenges; (ii) ideas for initiatives to address them

4. Discuss at table which initiatives to support solutions are strongest or can be combined. Tables take the best ideas to the

“community board” and look around at others’ ideas.

5. Wrap-up by chair


1. Peer to Peer presentation (10 mins)

2. Work planning (5 mins)

3. Brainstorming in pairs (10 mins)

4. Table discussions and walk around(45 mins)

5. Wrap-up (2 mins)

15.30-16.00 Coffee and Tea (ADB, Auditorium B, First Floor)Facilitators look at the wall and try and identify where champions might be brought together to develop joint initiatives.Members aware of global processes that see strong linkages with proposed peer-peer initiatives should work to establish these links

Session 6: Putting Peer-to-Peer in Place: helping members to collaborate

16.00-17.00 What facilities do members need to help them collaborate on peer-to-peer initiatives?

Have we got them right?

Chair: Mr Ikufumi Tomimoto, Chief Representative of JICA France Office

1. Brief Introduction by Chair

2. Helping Members to Collaborate: what do we need, and what facilities can iAid offer to help? Stefanie Carmichael, Aid Effectiveness & Knowledge Management, UNDP

iAid Profile Pages and Who’s Who•Discussion Forums•Initiatives•

3. Brainstorming at tables: Members’ feedbackPart I: what tools do I need to collaborate? Are these the right •ones?Part II: Who can help me? Who can I help? i-aid profiles•

4. Plenary discussion: Feedback from tables at random

5. Wrap-up by chair

Overall Rapporteur: Manoranjan Senapaty

1. Introduction (3 mins)

2. Presentation (10 mins)

3. Brainstorming at tables (25 mins) One facilitator & rapporteur per table

4. Plenary (15 mins)

5. Wrap-up (2 mins)

16.50-17.00 Wrap up Facilitator

18.30-20.30 Dinner Reception (Emerald A & B, 4th floor, Crowne Plaza Hotel)

Service Lines –putting Capacity Development for Development Effectiveness into practice

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FRIDAY 13 MARCH 08.00-08.30 Coffee & Tea (ADB, Auditorium B, First Floor)

08.30-08.40 Introduction to day Facilitators

Session 7: Service Line 2: Knowledge Management & Helpdesk Services – connecting people to knowledgeProvide access to a cutting edge • knowledge management portal (www.AidEffectiveness.org), including e-library and database of expertsProvide • Helpdesk giving rapid response to ad hoc queries on how to access analysis, expertise, policy process and event information

08.40-10.00 What is this service line?

Have we got it right?

Developing Guidance notes

Making use of expertise

Chair: Mr Mark Nelson, World Bank Institute

1. Presentation of Knowledge Management & Helpdesk Service Line. Aidan Cox, UNDP and Marcus Cox, Agulhas

2. Plenary discussion:Is our • e-library organised the right way, focusing on the right aid effectiveness tools, to help us meet our country level challenges?

3. Do we need practical guidance notes on tools/themes?If so, which ones!•Voting!• Prioritising guidance notes by voting and joining reference groups

4. Find an Expert service: Stefanie Carmichael, UNDPHow do I do it?•How can I become one?•Areas of expertise•Discuss with neighbour/table: •• Is this the right categorisation of expertise? • Any other feedback on Find an Expert Service?Feedback from tables• at random

5. Wrap-up by Chair


1. Presentation of service line & feedback (10 mins)

2. Plenary discussion (15 mins)

3. Voting: discussion at table and voting/signing up to join a reference group (30 mins)

4. Find an Expert service (20 mins)

5. Wrap-up (2 mins)

10.00-10.30 Coffee & Tea (ADB, Auditorium B, First Floor)

Session 8: Service Line 3: Capacity Development Services – assessing needs & strategies to meet themAccess to capacity assessment tools and good practices•Support for capacity development responses through peer collaboration•

10.30-11.45 What is being offered?

Experience so far in capacity assessments?

Experience so far in capacity responses?

Developing ideas for implementation in 2009

Chair: Ms Sara Fyson, Policy Adviser, Aid Effectiveness Division, OECD DAC

1. Presentation of Capacity Development Service Line: Mr Peter Robertson, Senior Capacity Development Specialist, Public Management, Governance and Participation Division, RSGP, ADB

2. Capacity Assessments and Responses in practice:Cambodia:• why, how, who and what were the results. Mr Heng Chou, Council for the Development of CambodiaNepal:• tailoring capacity assessment methodologies for aid effectiveness in 2009, Mr Bob Bernardo, UNDPJoint Study on Effective TC for CD• (tbc) : Mr Ikufumi Tomimoto, Chief Representative of JICA France Office

3. Plenary Discussion

4. Working Groups:Can we • map member/country experience of capacity assessments and capacity responses? (eg as part of national or sector planning processes)what kinds of demand• do members/countries have for capacity is there in countries for capacity assessments and CD responses?how can we better • codify experiences of using capacity assessments and develop a better menu of CD responses?What expertise do we have• and can we recommend experts?

5. Highlights from the working groups (Mr Peter Robertson and Ms Dipa Bagai, CD Team Leader, UNDP Regional Centre in Bangkok)

6. Wrap-up by Chair


1. Presentation of service line (5 mins)

2. Three examples of Capacity Assessments and CD Responses: 5 minutes each, maximum 4 slides each. (15 mins)

3. Plenary (15 mins)

4. Working Groups (30 mins) (Each group to select a rapporteur and facilitator)

5. Highlights (5 mins)

6. Wrap up (2 mins)

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Session 9: Service Line 1 (cont): Peer to Peer – strengthening collaboration in the region

11.45-12.30 Speakers’ corner – publicising and joining peer-peer initiatives

Chair: Mrs Dasa Silovic, Senior Aid Coordination Adviser, Capacity Development Group, Bureau of Development Policy, UNDP1. Members who wish to look for support in developing peer-peer initiatives provided with an opportunity to publicise proposals (open microphone)2. Plenary discussion3. Wrap-up by chair

Rapporteur: Manoranjan Senapaty 1. Members 3 minutes each 2. Plenary. Any members who see linkages between the proposed peer-to-peer initiatives and ongoing or upcoming global processes should highlight these during plenary discussion. 3. Wrap up. Initiatives will be allocated lunch tables

12.30-14.15 Lunch (ADB’s Executive Dining Room, Coffee Lounge, 2nd floor)Tables allotted for peer-peer discussions to further clarify modalities for moving forward as appropriate.

Session 10: Members’ Feedback

14.15-15.00 Members’ feedback opportunity

Chair: Mr Indu Bhushan, Director, SPPI, ADB1. Opportunity for members to give overall feedback on:Member feedback on initiatives further developed over lunch;CDDE service lines;Governance arrangements ;Any other aspects of CDDE Facility2. Approval of Partner Country Co-chair and CSO member of CDDE Steering Committee3. What have we heard? How we will adjust the CDDE Facility to maximise its benefits to country level partners? (Peter Robertson and Aidan Cox)


Open microphone for members to provide feedback on any aspect of the CDDE Facility

15.00-15.30 Coffee and Tea (ADB, Auditorium B, First Floor)

Session 11: CDDE Working Planning and Next Steps

15.30-16.30 Taking forward the CDDE Community of Practice ahead of HLF-4

Chair: Partner country CDDE Steering Committee Co-ChairAgreeing next steps:

Draft Work Plan for CDDE• . Tom Beloe, UNDPPlenary discussion•Next steps• for Community of Practice: • Partner country Co-chair • Donor Co-Chair, ADB, Mr. K. SAKAI, Director General, SPD, ADB


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AnnEX 4. LIST oF PARTICIPAnTS: CDDE LAUnCH

Ali [email protected]

Tel: +88-02-811-2433/9125319Member of Parliament

BANGLADESH

CAMBODIA

Ahmed [email protected]@gmail.com

Tel : +88-02-8158688Executive DirectorVoice

Bijon [email protected]

Tel: +88-02-811-2683Joint Secretary, Economic Relations DivisionMinistry of Finance

Bo [email protected]

Tel: +88-017-13-499Head of Corporate Business & Aid EffectivenessDFID

F.M.M Jalaluddin AI [email protected]

Joint SecretaryMinistry of Primary and Mass Education

Mosharraf [email protected]

Tel: +88-02-811-1971Additional Secretary, Economic Relations DivisionMinistry of Finance

Borithy [email protected]

Tel: +855-23-214152 Mobile: +855-12-802384Executive DirectorCooperation Committee for Cambodia

Chou [email protected]

Tel: +855-92-660661Council for the Development of Cambodia

Dylan [email protected]

Tel: +855-23-216-167 x221Programme Manager, Aid Coordination Portfolio Governance ClusterUNDP Cambodia

Oul [email protected] [email protected] for the Development of Cambodia

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Chann [email protected]

Tel: +855-23-992-357Council for the Development of Cambodia

INDONESIA

KIRIBATI

Donatus Klaudius [email protected] [email protected]

Tel: +62-8119-6713-27 Executive DirectorInternational NGO Forum on Indonesian Development

Kennedy [email protected]

Tel: +62-21-310-1927Director, Bilateral Foreign FundingMinistry of National Development Planning

Kurniawan [email protected]

Tel: +62-21-3101927 Mobile: +62-81-61857480Head of Division Asia Bilateral FundingDirectorate of Bilateral Foreign FundingBappenas

Laksono [email protected]

Tel: +62 21 3141 308 ext 430Head of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Unit UNDP Indonesia

Tubagus Achmad [email protected]@gmail.comDirector for Procurement Planning for State BudgetingLKPP (National Public Procurement Agency)

Widjanarko [email protected]

Tel: +62-21-3064770Director for Debt Accounting and Settlement; Director General of Debt ManagementMinistry of Finance

CAMBODIA (CONTINUED)

Kurinati [email protected]

Tel: + 686-21812Senior Planning Officer, Aid CoordinationMinistry of Finance and Economic Planning

Roko [email protected]

Tel: +686-22820Executive DirectorKANGO

Saitofi [email protected]

Tel: + 686-21812Economic Planning Officer,Aid CoordinationMinistry of Finance and Economic Planning

Airata Temeta [email protected]

Tel: +686-21880Parliamentary OfficerHouse of Parliament

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KIRIBATI (CONTINUED)

LAO PDR

NEPAL

Tom [email protected]

Tel: + 686-21637Deputy SecretaryMinistry of Internal and Social Affairs

Amphay Ladouangphanh [email protected]

Tel: +856-20-5517943Director of DivisionDepartment of EconomicNational Assembly

Khame [email protected]

Tel: +856-21-415363/+856-20-5822880Deputy Director GeneralDepartment of PlanningMinistry of Agriculture and Forestry

Phanthanousone [email protected] Reduction UnitUNDP Lao PDR

Phonedavanh Phinsavanh [email protected]

Tel: +856-20-9808849Deputy Director General of CabinetLao Women Union

Sengsomphone [email protected]

Tel: + 865-21- 5520-912Deputy Director GeneralDepartment of PlanningMinistry of Education

Somchith [email protected]

Tel: +856-21-223759 Director General, Department of International CooperationMinistry of Planning and Investment

Lava Deo [email protected] [email protected] Secretary Ministry of Education & Sports.

Bhuban [email protected]

Tel: +977-1-4211305Under SecretaryMinistry of Finance

Sharad [email protected]

Tel: +977-1-5523200 Assistant Resident RepresentativeUNDP Nepal

Arjun [email protected]@rrn.org.np

Tel: +977-1-4004507/4434165Fax: +977-1-4004508President of NGO Federation of NepalPacific Region CSO

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PACIFIC REGION CSO

PHILIPPINES

PNG

Fakavae [email protected]

Tel: +679-331 2250 Regional Programme ManagerFoundation of the Peoples of the South Pacific International

Roderick [email protected]

Tel : +632-631-3737Director Project Monitoring StaffNational Economic and Development Authority

Sharon Almanza Attaute [email protected] of FinanceInternational Finance Group

Rosalinda Tablang [email protected]

Tel: + 632-929-8109Executive Director PhilippinesCPDG

Renato [email protected]

Tel : + 632-929-6227Department of the Interior and Local Government

Dennis Joseph Landicho Stella [email protected]

Tel: + 632-529-9920DirectorInternational Finance Group

Loia Joy [email protected] Senior Aid Coordinator Aid Policy & Coordination Directorate Department of National Planning & Monitoring

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SRI LANKA

TIMOR-LESTE

Fredrick [email protected]

Tel: +94-11-258-0691Senior Programme AnalystUNDP Sri Lanka

Upali [email protected]

Tel: +94-777 718509Additional SecretaryPlanning and DevelopmentMinistry of Power and Energy

Suranjan [email protected]

Tel: +94-11-281-7156 DirectorGreen Movement of Sri Lanka

Velayuthan Sivagnanasothy [email protected]

Tel: +94-11-247-7915 Director General, Department of Foreign Aid and Budget MonitoringMinistry of Plan Implementation

Aderito [email protected] [email protected]

Tel: +670-7234222SecretaryCommittee on Economy, Finance and Anti-CorruptionNational Parliament

Cidalia Tilman [email protected]

Tel: + 670-7240172Policy officer for ASEAN AffairsMinistry of Foreign Affairs

Helder da [email protected] [email protected]

Tel: +670-331-0128 Mobile: +670-736-4617Aid Effectiveness and National Priorities SecretariatMinistry of Finance

Homa [email protected]

Tel: + 670-332-4649Mobile: +670-723-1959Senior Operations OfficerWorld Bank

Maximus [email protected]

Tel: +670-332-5013CoordinatorLa’o Hamutuk (Timor-Leste Institute for Development Monitoring and Analysis)

Ramon [email protected]

Tel: + 670-731-0589Ministry of Finance

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Cao Manh [email protected]

Tel: + 84-4-7333000Fax: + 84-4-7333000Deputy Director GeneralDepartment of International CooperationMinistry of Planning and Investment

VIET NAM

ADB

Doan Phuong [email protected]

Tel: +84-4-6273-2235Official, International Cooperation DepartmentMinistry of Health

Duong Quynh [email protected]

Tel: + 84-4-2220-2828 ext 3039Deputy Manager, Multilateral Division Debt Management and External Finance OfficeMinistry of Finance

Kerry [email protected]

Tel: +84-4-3831-7754 Counselor, Australian Embassy in Viet NamAustralian Agency for International Development

Toru [email protected]

Tel: +84-4-38315005 ext 265Fax +84-4-38315009Senior Aid Coordination AdvisorJICA

Nguyen Hai [email protected] of Planning and Investment

Dang Ngoc Quang [email protected]

Tel: +84-4-3512-1175Executive DirectorRural Development Services Centre

Indu [email protected]

Tel: + 63-2-632-5398Director, SPPIStrategy & Policy DepartmentADB

Kazu [email protected]

Tel: + 632-632-6550Director GeneralStrategy & Policy DepartmentADB

Peter [email protected]

Tel:+632-632-4642Senior Capacity Development AdviserPublic Management, Governance and Participation Division, RSGPADB

Christopher [email protected] Director GeneralStrategy and Policy DevelopmentADB

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ADB (CONTINUED)

JAPAN

Aileen [email protected] Strategy & Policy DepartmentADB

Antonio [email protected]

Tel: +63-2-632-5661Planning & Policy SpecialistStrategy & Policy DepartmentADB

Lou de [email protected] ConsultantADB

Shahid [email protected]

Tel: +632-632-5961Lead Professional (Aid Effectiveness) Private Sector

Department ADB

Eden [email protected]

Tel: + 632-634-4434Associate Capacity Development AnalystRegional Sustainable Development DepartmentADB

Alely [email protected] SARDADB

Ikufumi [email protected]

Tel: +33-1-40200421Chief RepresentativeJICA France

Jun [email protected] Principal Deputy Director, Aid Policy PlanningInternational Cooperation BureauMOFA

Kai [email protected] International Cooperation BureauMOFA

Morita [email protected]

Tel: + 81-3-5352-5159Development Division, Operations Strategy DepartmentJICA

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UNDP

Dipa [email protected] Development Team LeaderCapacity Development GroupUNDP RCB

Robert [email protected] SpecialistCapacity Development GroupUNDP RCB

Stefanie [email protected] Effectiveness & Knowledge ManagementGovernance TeamUNDP RCB

Suchada [email protected] TeamUNDP RCB

Tom [email protected]

Tel: +66-22-882723Aid Effectiveness Specialist Governance TeamUNDP RCB

Aidan [email protected]

Tel: +66-22-882735Regional Advisor Aid EffectivenessGovernance TeamUNDP RCB

Dasa [email protected] Policy AdvisorUNDP Bureau for Development PolicyCapacity Development Group

OECD DAC

Misaki [email protected]@gmail.com

Tel: + 33-1-45-24-76-26Aid Effectiveness DivisionOECD DAC

Sara [email protected] AdviserAid Effectiveness DivisionOECD DAC

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WORLD BANK

CDDE CONSULTANT

INTER-PARLIAMENTARy UNION

JAPAN VOLUNTEER CENTER

Mark [email protected] Development GroupWorld Bank Institute

Maryse [email protected] and Operation ManagerWorld Bank

Marcus [email protected]

Tel: +44-7970-0077-981DirectorAgulhas Applied Knowledge

Manoranjan [email protected]@ipeglobal.comEconomic Adviser and Head (Asia Pacific)Centre for Urban & Regional Excellence

Alessandro [email protected]

Tel: +1-212-557-5880Fax: +1-212-557-3954Liaison OfficerIPU Permanent Observer Office to the United Nations

Kiyotaka [email protected]

Tel: + 81-70-5540-6040Research and Policy ManagerJapan Volunteer Center

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