OECD Journal on Development: Development Co-operation report 2007

Posted on February 21, 2008 by ecdpm

OECD recently published their annual report on development cooperation. The report includes a “report-cart” on aid efforts, lessons learnt from peer reviews on aid effectiveness and the worlds most comprehensive statistics on development co-operation. It also treats the context in which OECD DAC’s development work is being done and gives an introduction of the different [...]

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Conference on the Challenges of the EU-27 Development Policy

Posted on February 20, 2008 by ecdpm

The Slovenian State Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Andrej Šter, on 19 February hosted the Conference on the Challenges of EU-27 Development Policy, which was attended by development ministers from EU Member States and the European Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid, Louis Michel. Among other issues, the participants discussed the efficiency of [...]

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EC: presentation on CSO and Aid Effectiveness

Posted on February 19, 2008 by ecdpm

From 28-31 January EuropeAid (AIDCO), the European Commission’s aid implementation agency, organised a seminar on thematic instruments and programmes. One of the sessions included a dialogue with Commission Delegations and civil society organisations’ (CSO) representatives. A PowerPoint presentation on CSO and Aid Effectiveness given during the session is available here: .ppt.

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Afghanistan: report “Gaps in Aid Accountability”

Posted on February 19, 2008 by ecdpm

More than 70 percent of public expenditure in Afghanistan comes from donors and most is spent without government oversight, according to a report that calls for more accountability (Yahoo News article). The Economic Literacy and Budget Accountability Group (ELBAG), an Afghan national platform of civil society, parliamentarians, media and officials, with support from ActionAid Afghanistan [...]

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Roundtable the Hague: report and video statements

Posted on February 18, 2008 by ecdpm

The final report of the WECA roundtable organised at the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs on 30 January is now available. Moreover, three short video statements from roundtable participants can be viewed. The report and the videos can be found here.

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