Critical article on the Paris Declaration

In a recent article featured in the Pambazuka News,  Yash Tandon analyses the Paris Declaration in relation to aid effectiveness. He and reaches the conclusion that “under the pretext of making aid more effective, the aid effectiveness project is a form of collective colonialism by Northern donors of those Southern countries that, through weakness, vulnerability [...]

Reports from the roundtables in Kigali, Rwanda, 4 March

Two roundtables were held in Kigali, Rwanda on the 4th of March. The first one consisted of employees from the Rwandan Government and the Donor community and the second of representatives from the local Civil Society. During both roundtables there were interesting and insightful discussions about the relationships around European Aid in Rwanda. Special attention [...]

Report from the roundtable in Banjul, Gambia, 28-29 April

This two-day workshop was co-organized by ActionAid The Gambia (AATG), ECDPM and the ActionAid EU Office. The agenda of the first day intended to raise sensitization of national civil society organizations (CSOs) on the Paris Declaration, the EU position on aid effectiveness, and the Accra process. AATG provided feedbacks on the Southern CSOs’ views on [...]

Video statements

  Maarten Brouwer, Effectiveness & Quality Director of the Directorate General for International Cooperation at the MFA of the Netherlands emphasises ownership Marchel Gerrmann, coordinator of ODA, Financial and Economic Affairs Unit at the MFA of the Netherlands comments on the Code of Conduct Bram van Ojik, Director of the Evaluation Department of the MFA [...]