Transcript Division of Labour in International Development Cooperation The Status Quo Informal Policy Workshop on “Delivering Aid Effectiveness: Improving Division of Labour” Andreas König, GTZ Paris, 8 December 2008 06.11.2015 Seite.

Division of Labour
in International Development
Cooperation
The Status Quo
Informal Policy Workshop
on
“Delivering Aid Effectiveness: Improving Division of Labour”
Andreas König, GTZ
Paris, 8 December 2008
06.11.2015
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Content
1. The DoL Concept
2. Division of Labour: an integral part of the PD
3. WP-EFF Task Team Complementarity/Division of
Labour
4. EU Initiatives for better division of labor/
complementarity
5. Progress so far – next steps
6. Challenges in DoL/Complementarity
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The DoL-Concept: A Reminder
Division of Labour and Complementarity are crucial for
enhancing aid effectiveness:
 More effective use of resources through reduced
fragmentation of donor inputs;
 Making use of comparative advantages of donors;
 Less overlaps and less transaction costs at the partner
side for donor co-ordination, consultation & aid
bureaucracy;
 Scaling up of aid, contributions of all development actors/
non-DAC-donors should also be consciously managed
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The DoL Process
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2. DoL/Complementarity: an integral part of the PD/AAA
…in the PD
 „Excessive fragmentation of aid at global, country or
sector level impairs aid effectiveness. A pragmatic
approach to the division of labour and burden sharing
increases complementarity and can reduce transaction
costs.“
Partner countries commit
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„to provide clear views on donors` comparative
advantage and on how to achieve donor
complementarity at country and sector level.“
Donors commit
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„to make full use of their respective comparative
advantage at sector or country level by delegating,
where appropriate, authority to lead donors for the
execution of programmes, activitities and tasks.“
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…in the AAA
 Donors will respect developing countries’ priorities,
ensuring that new arrangements on the division of
labour will not result in individual developing countries
receiving less aid.
 complete good practice principles on country-led
division of labour
 start dialogue on international division of labour across
countries and address the issue of countries that receive
insufficient aid
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3. WP-EFF Task Team
Complementarity/Division of Labour
 Draft Good Practice Principles
 Round Table Accra: Harmonization: rationalizing aid
delivery, complementarity, division of labour:
 The Roundtable addressed two topics: ,
(i) in-country division of labour, focussing on the
bottlenecks to successful division of labour and
ways to overcome them; and
(ii) cross-cutting issues like human rights, gender
equality and environmental sustainability and
their promotion through harmonized approaches.
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Accra HLF: Roundtable Results DoL:
 DoL practices to be systematically reviewed
 International good practice principles were
seen as a useful instrument
 A methodology to measure progress and
outcomes to be developed
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4. EU Initiatives for better division of labour/
complementarity
 Code of Conduct on EU division of labour (2007)
11 guiding principles in 3 closely interrelated dimensions:
 Dimension 1: Division of Labor in partner countries
(Guiding Principles 1 to 6)
 Dimension 2: Cross-country division of labor
(Guiding principles 7 und 8)
 Dimension 3: Sectoral Profiling/ Division of Labor
(Guiding principle 9)
 Goal
 Higher development effectiveness of EU-ODA via increased
effectiveness and efficiency of aid and a reduction of
transaction costs.
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Fast Track Initiative on DoL and Complimentarity:
Main objectives of FTIDoL: better development results through more effective aid
Targeted results:
 Commitment by Governments and donors in partner countries to DoL process.
 Enhanced capacity of partner countries to lead for results oriented aid
management, including DoL process.
 Enhanced capacity of donor offices to implement DoL.
 Planning and organisation of DoL process started and/or progress achieved in
partner countries.
 Creation of opportunities for streamlining donor presence.
 Identification of possibilities for co-financing identified at the country level.
 Identification of challenges to implementation of DoL at country level and
communication to capitals.
 Better communication and understanding of DoL processes between HQ and
field.
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5. Progress so far – next steps
(I) DAC Task Team Complementarity/Division of
Labour
1. Finalization of Good Practice Principle on in-country
Division of Labor (GPP)
2. Monitoring: - Qualitative assessment of progress on incountry DoL
- Development of a methodology for measuring quantitative
progress on in-country DoL
- Analysis of the status quo and relevant issues around
cross-country DoL/Compl.
3. Organise outreach and establish an electronic
communication and information platform allowing for
South-South information sharing and dialogue on DoL
4. Dialogue on cross-country DoL/Complementarity
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(II) At EU level, contributing to the Post-Accra
Process
 Facilitation of Fast Track Initiative DoL
 Monitoring of DoL in Fast Track Countries (in
coordination with WP-EFF-Task Team DoL)
 Increased utilisation of Delegated Cooperation
 Promotion of the EU Toolkit on DoL
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6. Challenges in DoL/Complementarity
(i) Assuring partner country ownership
(ii) Encouraging DoL based on strong country strategies
which allocate donor roles based on their comparative
advantages to achieve results
(iii) Balancing the goals of reducing donor fragmentation
and maintaining a sufficient diversity in terms of
approaches and instruments;
(iv) the need to further associate all development actors and
global programmes with in-country DoL processes
(v) Assuring the consideration of cross-cutting issues
(vi) Defining a common understanding on cross-country
DoL
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THANK YOU
FOR YOUR ATTENTION
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