The Global Partnership Monitoring Framework Alain Akpadji Aid Effectivness Specialiste, UNDP Regional Center for Africa- Ethiopia
Main Objective: Supporting Principles Shared principles: 1. Ownership of development priorities by developing countries. 2. Focus on results. 3. Inclusive development partnerships. 4. Transparency and accountability to each other.
Why a global monitoring framework? SUPPORT ACCOUNTABILITY SERVE AS A REFERENCE POINT FOR COUNTRY LEVEL FRAMEWORKS STIMULATE BROAD-BASED DIALOGUE AND LEARNING What are partner countries saying?
Guiding principles and Approaches Focus on behaviour change that matters for development Priorities of developing countries Country leadership - data collection grounded in existing national processes focusing on national framework Voluntary participation in monitoring efforts - other ways of showcasing achievements Excel sheet no country chapter but country contextualized report is encouraged Continuous support through operational guidance, a Help Desk and Country Focal Points; regional exchange
What are Monitored? NEW INDICATORS field testing + good collaborative processes Gender Private Sector CSO environment Transparency Results Existing INDICATORS - strong country demand and good track record Mutual Accountability Predictability Aid on budget Use of PFM/procurement systems Aid untying
Themes 10 Global indicators Country level data Indicators collection 1 Development co-operation is focused on results that meet developing countries priorities 2 Civil society operates within an environment which maximises its engagement in and contribution to development Extent of use of country results frameworks by co-operation providers (specific criteria to be finalised). Enabling environment Index 3 Engagement and contribution of the private sector to Measure to be identified development 4 Transparency: information on development co-operation Measure of state of implementation of the common standard by is publicly available co-operation providers 5 Development co-operation is more predictable a) annual: proportion of aid disbursed within the fiscal year within which it was scheduled by co-operation providers b) medium-term: proportion of aid covered by indicative forward spending plans provided at the country level 6 Aid is on budgets which are subject to parliamentary scrutiny 7 Mutual accountability among development cooperation actors is strengthened through inclusive reviews % of aid scheduled for disbursement that is recorded in the annual budgets approved by the legislatures of developing countries % of countries that undertake inclusive mutual assessments of progress in implementing agreed commitments 8 Gender equality and women s empowerment % of countries with systems that track and make public allocations for gender equality and women s empowerment 9 Effective institutions: developing countries systems are strengthened and used a) Quality of developing country PFM systems b) Use of country PFM and procurement systems 10 Aid is untied % of aid that is fully untied
Country level process National focal points (Government) play a key role in Ensuring that country stakeholders are fully informed about Busan global monitoring efforts and facilitating their contribution to the process; Overseeing the collection of data on Busan global indicators either through existing mechanisms and tools or ad hoc processes; Organising multi-stakeholder dialogue in support of data consolidation and validation and ensuring the overall quality of data; and Filling in the country spread sheet and submitting data to the UNDP/OECD joint support team.
Indicators requiring country level information Indicator 1 Use of country results frameworks G 5a Annual predictability Government data Provider data P 5b Medium-term predictability G 6 Aid on budget G P 7 Mutual accountability G 9b Use of PFM and procurement systems P
Timeline part I June 2013 Workshop and support to country-level data gathering and validation National co-ordinators attend workshop, find out more about the indicators and exchange experiences and discuss concerns with the support team and other national co-ordinators. Final Monitoring Guidance and country spread sheet are finalized and circulated to the national coordinators in participating countries and other stakeholders. On-going support to national co-ordinators for data gathering, validation and submission. July-October 2013 Deadline: 31 October Data collection and validation The national co-ordinators facilitate country level data collection in collaboration with development partners, including convening consultations and dialogue for data validation. Consequently, country co-ordinators submit completed country spread sheet based on data available at the country level by 13 September. Information on indicators drawing on global processes are made available to the support team.
August- October 2013 Timeline part II Data processing and review Consolidation and aggregation of country-level data. Desk reviews and data consolidation for indicators drawing on global-level data sources (to the extent possible, data will be shared as available and relevant). Full country data tables are sent by UNDP-OECD to national co-ordinators for final review in consultation with relevant stakeholders. In the case of any errors in the data, the national co-ordinators notify the joint UNDP-OECD team. Providers of co-operation will also receive for information their full set of data pertaining to each country in which they have reported data to the government. November- December 2013 (Exact timeline TBC) Report production Data is analysed by the support team and is used as a basis for the progress report to inform political dialogue at the first Ministerial Meeting of the Global Partnership. Exact timeline for publication and dissemination of findings to be confirmed
Progress to date Co-Chairs inviting countries to join Monitoring workshop - June Final Guidance Note issued -July Explains objectives, process and methodology Focuses on country level evidence gathering Over 50 countries expressed interest; 24 from Africa How non participating countries will show progress at Ministerial Meeting?
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