Transcript Ppt-on-MA-Aid-Transparency_IATI

Outcome of Mutual Accountability
& Aid Transparency Survey:
Bangladesh
Monowar Ahmed
Joint Secretary
Aid Effectiveness Unit, ERD
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OUTCOMES
 Moderate progress in establishing Mutual Accountability
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• Effective Local Consultative Group (LCG) mechanism
Government -led Bangladesh Development Forum (BDF)
– Consultation in Feb 2010 – as part of regular annual event
– Stock taking in November 2010
• Bangladesh Joint Cooperation Strategy (JCS) & JCS
Agreed Action Plan in place, 2010
– Annual review jointly conducted by GoB & DPs, 2011
• Establishment of Aid Effectiveness Working Group (AE
WG), Co-Chaired by GoB and DP
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 Absence of a comprehensive National Aid Policy
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Key Areas of Improvements
1. Enhanced commitment for joint and regular review to track
progress in keeping donor strategy aligned with national
priorities
2. More frequent discussion between Government and Donors
within the framework of LCG on the basis of global survey
like DAC survey, PD Evaluation, etc.
3. JCS provided platform for high level dialogue in continuity
Key factors for Behavioural Change
1. Formulation and signing of JCS
2. Enhanced commitment for meeting aid effectiveness
targets
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Behavioural change by Government
(i) Enhanced
awareness of
PD and AAA,
(ii) Speed up
implementation
(iii) High level
political
commitment &
leadership
(i) Working
together to
closely monitor
the progress of
BDF agreed
action points
Aid
Effectiveness
Targets
(ii) Developing
Development
Results
Framework
with DPs
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GoB contribution to better
development results of the country
Govt. expediting policy
reforms and initiatives
in improving
coordination between
Departments and
Ministries
Development
Results
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Behavioural change by DPs
(i) PD and AAA
commitment,
(ii)Enhanced
delegation of
in-country
authority
and
(i) Reduced
conditionality
(i) Co-chairing
with GoB in
LCG Plenary
and LCG
Working Groups
(ii) Aligning its
policies &
procedures more
with the
national strategy
Aid
Effectiveness
Targets
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DPs contribution to better
development results of the country
Concerted effort to align and
harmonize more with National
Strategy & increased awareness
about predictability of aid to
facilitate Government planning
process
Development
Results
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Improved aid effectiveness at sector level
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Use of sector wide programmes in Education and Health
• Significant progress made in terms of
developing common implementation arrangements
aligning with sector priorities within national dev. strategy
using budget support through national budgetary process
using national treasury for disbursement
using country financial management system
using national accounting and reporting system
using SAI for annual and special audit
using joint monitoring and evaluation through joint mission
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Aid effectiveness at sector level:
Impact & Challenges
 Decrease in the proportion of aid disbursements through common
approaches from 50% in 2008 to 29% in 2010, due to reduction in
budget support
 Increase in accountability of the Government and DPs for results
through LCG WG at the sector level
 Tracking of progress in the government, not DPs
 More LCG/BDF focus on sectoral/thematic issues
 More programme-based approaches in sectors on secondary
education, water and sanitation (Watsan), land utilization, ICT
 Challenges: a) different policy approaches and priorities of different
donors; b) public financial management concerns prevent direct
budget support.
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Some of the milestones in 2010-11 are:
• Donor mapping is established and updated on a regular basis
• Aid tracking system established
• Concept note of division of labour formulated
• New PBAs in Health and Education established
• High level discussions on new partnership arrangements held
(e.g. in Watsan, secondary education, land utilization, ICT)
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Formulation of Development Results Framework :
• Currently no common development results framework with
specific, measurable indicators, used by GoB and DPs.
– Data collection effort
– Aid information Management System
• A national development results framework is being drafted under
GoB-DP partnership
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Bangladesh Development Results Framework:
• Bangladesh is the first country in South Asia to complete this process,
in line with the Principles of the Paris Declaration
• DRF reflects the main priorities of the GoB’s Sixth Five Year Plan,
and contains measurable, realistic and meaningful indicators.
• LCG Working Group members from Government and DPs were
directly involved. The process has engaged donors and parts of
government, promoting a culture of results measurement and results
based management.
• GoB and DPs agreed to use the DRF as the basis for discussions in
the next BDF
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Bangladesh Development Results Framework:
• The DRF has nine priority areas, aligned with the National 6th Five Year Plan:
1. Income and poverty
2. Human resource Development
3. Water and Sanitation
4. Energy Infrustructure
5. Gender Enequality
6. Environment sustainability
7. ICT
8. Urban
9. Governance
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The DRF has 11 outcomes and 35 indicators, set targets for 2011 and 2015,
baseline 2010 for most of the indicators, where there was no base line for
2010 the most recent data has been used.
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Bangladesh Development Results Framework:
• Results frameworks will be agreed for each sector, and be monitored
by line ministries with LCG working groups.
• The overarching Development Results Framework will be monitored
at least annually to assess collective progress towards achieving the 6th
Five Year Plan.
• The process has engaged donors and parts of government, promoting
a culture of results measurement and results based management.
• Challenges:
- not full understanding or buy in yet from all line ministries, given
speed of process
- indicators are not all easy to measure annually - trade offs between
frequency of measurement and measuring the right issues.
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Thank you
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