Whither EC Aid?

• Commission: The Donor Atlas, including mapping of the aid at country level should be extended to all signatories of the Paris Declaration by 2008
• In the first quarter of 2008, a second Survey on monitoring the Paris Declaration will be launched

• Start Slovenian EU Presidency
• Wilton Park Conference (21-24 January)

• A Canadian National Consultation on CSOs and Aid Effectiveness (17-18 Jan)
• 10th AU Summit, Addis Ababa (25 Jan-2 Feb)
• NAO/RAO meeting will discuss aid effectiveness

• “Challenges of the EU-27″ conference organised by the Slovenian Presidency (18 February)
• Aid Effectiveness discussion in DEVE on the follow up or the Paris Declaration (26 February)

• Advisory Group International Forum on Civil Society and Aid Effectiveness, Guatineau, Québec, Canada (3-6 Feb)

• First joint EU Member States-EC annual European Development Report
• First draft of the Accra Action Agenda (March to May)
• EURODAD – GMF roundtable on aid effectiveness, Brussels (18th March)

• Plenary Meeting of Working Party on Aid Effectivenes (2-3 April)

Regional Preparatory Events leading up to HLF in Accra: Organised by Regional Development Banks, UNDP and other interested partners (.pdf)

• Workshops or series of smaller consultations
• Comments on 1st elements of Accra Action Agenda
• Identify key messages and actions for Accra

This is taking place:

• For Pacific Island countries, Fiji (4-7 April)
• For Southeast Asian countries, Bankok (21-22 April)
• For African countries, Kigali (28-30 April)

• GAERC with development focus
• Second OECD Global Forum on Development Plenary Meeting (20 May)
• DAC High Level Meeting (21 May)

• Workshops or series of smaller consultations
• Comments on 1st elements of Accra Action Agenda
• Identify key messages and actions for Accra

This is taking place:

• For South Asian counries, Bankok (5-6 May)
• For Central and West Asian countries, Bankok (8-9 May)
• For Central and Latin American countries, Washington (19-23 May)
• Middle East countries, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (24-25 June)

• 15th ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly

• New Accra Action Agenda (AAA) to be circulated to members of the Working Party on aid effectiveness (25 June)
• 2008 survey of monitoring the Paris Declaration (end of June)
• Preparatory meeting for Development Cooperation Forum, Rome (12-13 Julne)
• Deadline for CSOs to apply for accreditation to attend the HLF 2-4 Sept (15 June)
• 2008 Development Cooperation Forum, New York (30 June-1 July)

Regional Preparatory Events leading up to HLF in Accra: Organised by Regional Development Banks, UNDP and other interested partners (.pdf)

• Workshops or series of smaller consultations
• Comments on 1st elements of Accra Action Agenda
• Identify key messages and actions for Accra

This is taking place:

• For Latin America and Caribbean countries, Colombia (5-6 June)
• Development Cooperation forum, New York (30 June -1 July)

• Start French Presidency

• 11th AU Summit
• Working Party on aid effectiveness CSO consultation, Paris (8 July)
• G8 Summit, Japan (7-9 July)
• Working Party on aid effectiveness, OECD discussion of new AAA (9-11 July)
• Final draft of AAA circulated (15 July)

• Final final draft of AAA to be sent to participants
• CSOs are planning a special forum in Accra, ahead of the High-Level Forum, Accra (31 Aug-1 Sept) (.pdf)

• Third High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness, Accra, Ghana (2-4 Sept)
• Final draft of the Accra Action Agenda

• 2nd Financing for Development Conference, to review the implementation of the Monterrey Consensus, Doha, (29 Nov-3 Dec)

• International Conference on Financing for Development to review the implementation of the Monterrey Consensus