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More effective donor cooperation to fight
rural poverty and hunger
Canadian International Development Agency, Ottawa
February 3-6, 2008
The Global Donor Platform on
Rural Development (GDPRD)
Is a strategic alliance
Includes like-minded donors, development
agencies and international finance institutions, all
of which agreed to establish the Platform to
increase aid effectiveness (AE) in agriculture and
rural development (ARD) efforts.
Acts as a mechanism for greater development
assistance impact through its three main pillars:
Advocacy and outreach
Knowledge and innovation
Aid effectiveness
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Organization and Governance
29 members at present
(bi- and multilateral)
ADA
WBG
Norad
GTZ
OECD
Board/Steering Committee
is the decision-making
body (6 members)
The Platform Secretariat
is hosted by the German
Ministry of Economic
Cooperation and
Development (BMZ)
CIDA
IADB
DFID
IFAD
FAO
FAO
Danida
AFD
BMZ
EC
CIDA
MAE
DGDC
DFID
ADB
WB
MFE
IA
UNODC
MFA
KfW
MAE Lu
USAID
MFAF
SDC
Sida
NMFA
MFAN
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Civil Society and Aid Effectiveness in
Agriculture and Rural Development
A summary of country consultations
Mushtaq Ahmed
Background
Consultations from Nov 2007 – Jan 2008
13 countries, 600 participants
250 CSOs
50 government ministries
30 donor organizations
Three outcomes
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Findings
Outcome 1: Recognition and voice
Need for greater recognition and voice for
CSOs in ARD – special challenges of the sector
Outcome 2: Applying and enriching the AE
agenda
Low awareness among CSOs about PD, AE
CSOs acknowledge need to strengthen AE
Limited capacity and challenges to overcome in
the rural setting
Consultations did raise awareness
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Findings
Outcome 3: Improved understanding of
good practice
Collaboration with community is strong but
needs more inclusive consultation processes
Collaboration with other CSOs at times
hindered by competition, poor leadership
Collaboration with governments requires
clarification of roles and openness to dialogue
collaborate
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Findings (cont’d)
Outcome 3 (cont’d)
North-South CSO collaboration needs more
consultation and mutual appreciation of
respective roles between partners
Relations with donors are mainly
donor/recipient or CSOs are seen as
implementing agencies; CSOs often more
accountable to donors than to community; not
enough engagement with smaller ARD CSOs
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A focus on good practice
Policy dialogue: legal protection for Andean
producers
Influence of national policies: free trade and food
security in Peru
Exploiting market failures – Mozambique
Strategic network building – fish sanctuaries in
Bangladesh
Innovative approaches – Egypt canal project
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Recommendations: some
highlights
Southern CSOs – should be consulted,
strengthen networks and promote AE
Northern CSOs – should strengthen attitude
of mutual respect, ensure full participation of
community
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Recommendations: some
highlights (cont’d)
Governments – should provide enabling
environment
Donors – should involve CSOs in
project/policy design, monitoring; support
adequate voice for CSOs; provide flexible
funding; promote participatory processes;
support work of smaller local CSOs
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Conclusions
CSOs play major role in AE in ARD:
Development agents/implementing agencies
Promoting member participation
Empowering specific social groups
Defining the rights of citizens
Monitoring the use of public resources
The nature of ARD in itself exacerbates the
challenges faced by CSOs
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