Wilton Park, with the support of ECDPM and the UK’s Department for International Development, organised a residential conference from 21-24 January on European Development Policy: Aid Effectiveness and Key Priorities. The conference brought together key stakeholders for a strategic and off-the-record dialogue on the effectiveness and coherence of European development policy (EC and Member States’) within the global agenda. Participants and speakers from the EU, Southern partners and non-state actors, together with academics, considered their individual and collective responsibilities in improving cooperation and achieving objectives within the changing context of European development.
In providing a forum to augment current thinking and consider best practice, the conference aimed to help prepare for the review of the Paris commitments in Accra in November 2008. It also aimed to promote common understanding of and greater agreement to the objectives and added value of Europe’s development policies. Questions discussed include:
- How can European development policy best help eradicate poverty?
- What policy changes are needed to achieve good outcomes at the 2008 review of the Paris Declaration at Accra and greater progress on the Millennium Development Goals?
- How can EU development policy be made more coherent and effective in practice?
- What are the respective roles of donor and recipient governments, NGO’s and the European Commission?
The conference’s key presentations are available on this page.
The report can be downloaded here: .pdf
More information the conference can be found here (Wilton Park website).
Ghana News Online reports about the conference, which was attended by Mr Kwadwo Baah-Wiredu, Ghana’s Minister of Finance and Economic Planning.
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