Tracking RH/FP Policies & Funding:

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1 Tracking RH/FP Policies & Funding: Countdown 2015 Europe Holding Governments Accountable for their ODA commitments An Huybrechts Senior Advocacy Adviser IPPF EN

2 Coordinating Tracking of European Donor RH/FP Support

3 1. Why Europe?

4 European donors Support to RH/FP Maintain strong political stance and long-term & significant financial commitment to RH/FP strong supporters of UNFPA support many countries, to a high financial level, bilaterally contribute to EU institutions, large donor to RH/FP SRHR an overall holistic commitment

5 Recent European political and economic context Tense economic climate since 2008 Increasing focus on achieving results & demonstrating impact of ODA Political climate growing more conservative Significant cuts in many European countries to ODA Political & financial support to RH/FP maintained

6 European Donor Support to RH remains strong during crisis Specific country trends for RH funding, out of 12 countries a stagnation or increase in funding for RH Countdown 2015 Europe IPPF EN

7 No Crisis Survival European Donor Support to RH in Severely Affected Countries Specific country trends for RH funding, Countdown 2015 Europe IPPF EN

8 Overall funding to UNFPA

9 European Funding Bilaterally to Countries Lack of transparency and uniform way of collecting data and comparing Bilateral programming can focus on general health and health systems Bilateral expenditure to NGOs and multi-laterals is not easy to track Limited access to information from different governments in capital and in the field

10 European funding to international RH/FP organisations & initiatives From European donors continue: Support to big SRHR NGOs fairly stable Support to GFATM, UNITAID, Clinton Health Access Initiative, AmplifyChange Are in lead of or supportive to global initiatives e.g. FP2020, Muskoka Initiative, Ouagadougou Partnership

11 2. Added Value of C2015E Tracking RH/FP Support

12 European Donor Existing Data on RH and FP Countdown 2015 Europe IPPF EN

13 A. Countdown 2015 Europe Working on Existing European Donor Data with NIDI & OECD/DAC UNFPA/NIDI Resource Flows project: question added on % RH and % FP, in addition to % HIV for multilateral core funding (governments & multilaterals) Access to detailed data online FP tracker tool and recommendations on OECD/DAC CRS coding system discussed at: Civil servant Expert Meeting, The Hague, June 2011 Task Team WP STAT at OECD/DAC, Paris, October 2011 Disaggregation data Countdown 2015 Europe

14 B. Creating Additional Countdown 2015 Europe Tracking System Based on Country s National Expenditure Reports & Use of Formal & informal information channels Sources: national accounts, conversations with RH/FP government focal points, parliamentary questions, and a few countries use OECD/DAC National advocates collect Policy commitments Core + project funding for main multilaterals, with FP/RH proportions (NIDI) Funding to RH/FP Research Bilateral data (when available) on RH/FP expenditure Countdown 2015 Europe IPPF EN

15 Web-based tool with C2015E Tracking System More detailed & Real Time Data to Support Advocacy Real time data, automatically uploaded and translated into graphs Showing trends Offering tools for European advocates Facilitating info sharing among European advocates CSO govts trust relations improved advocacy Uses national advocates local knowledge and capitalises on local contacts process is key to accountability Countdown 2015 Europe IPPF EN

16 C2015E Tracking System Data Interpreted in Policy Environment Countdown 2015 Europe IPPF EN

17 3. C2015E Tracking Allows CSOs Holding European Donors Accountable Enabling Accountability

18 C2015E Tracking Keeping RH/FP Funding Commitments on Agenda All countries: Use tracking for briefings with parliamentarians and to open spaces for dialogue with government officials beyond usual suspects Denmark: Reviewing Danish SRHR Strategy providing critical inputs Finland & the Netherlands: Working together with Parliament to hold governments accountable to their commitments despite overall ODA cuts

19 C2015E Tracking Increasing Transparency through Research Belgium: Funding Health Systems Strengthening: What is their for RH/FP? France: Understanding French ODA spent for the Muskoka Initiative

20 C2015E Tracking Used as a Reference Sweden: A government analysis matching policy commitments and funding Matching C2015E tracking data and government tracking data France: Key health CSOs using C2015E tracking data as reference in papers

21 4. Conclusion C2015E Tracking Facilitating Advocacy on RH/FP Increased accountability Access to recent data and timely advocacy action Inclusion of policy directions to supplement funding data & put into context Improved and extended relations with government officials Increased Transparency Better Policies Increased funding and prevention of cuts Countdown 2015 Europe IPPF EN

22 4. Conclusion C2015E Tracking Challenges Remain Improved advocacy through trust relations vs. open communication towards broader public Increase transparency in tracking bilateral funding Continue improving existing data collection systems (e.g. OECD/DAC) Need for disaggregated data Need for timely access to data Countdown 2015 Europe IPPF EN

23 Thank You! For more information visit: Trends Analyses European donor support for RH/FP online in December 2014!