PROGRAMME. from aid effectiveness to development effectiveness TUNIS, 4-5 NOVEMBER 2010 AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK GROUP

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1 PROGRAMME from aid effectiveness to development effectiveness TUNIS, 4-5 NOVEMBER 2010 AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK GROUP

2 PROGRAMME Realising Africa s Own Vision for Development

3 from aid effectiveness to development effectiveness Towards an African agenda on development cooperation effectiveness In November 2011, the fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness (HLF-4) will assemble in Busan, Korea to decide the principles and commitments that will govern development assistance in coming years. HLF-4 will bring together donors, developing countries, international organisations and a broad cross-section of civil society. It will review the achievements of the 2005 Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness, and perhaps launch a successor agreement. What positions will Africa take into that discussion? How well has the Paris Declaration served Africa s needs? What new issues would African stakeholders like to see on the agenda? The Second Regional Meeting on Aid Effectiveness, South-South Cooperation and Capacity Development, to be held in Tunis on 4-5 November 2010, will help set the agenda for this dialogue. Organised by the NEPAD Planning and Coordinating Agency and the African Development Bank, it will involve around 160 participants drawn from African governments, parliaments, private sector and civil society. The meeting s subtitle, From Aid Effectiveness to Development Effectiveness, reflects the changing nature of the international debate leading up to HLF-4. The Paris Declaration focused mainly on the mechanics of aid delivery, seeking to eliminate bottlenecks to more effective assistance. While this was undoubtedly an important agenda and one for which many challenges remain it arguably narrowed the policy debate to the administration of aid, at the expense of broader development issues. Ultimately, the effectiveness of aid is only one component in the broader question of how partner countries can be enabled to achieve their development potential. The Second Regional Meeting is an opportunity to explore the parameters of a broader development policy agenda. AN AFRICAN CONSULTATIVE EVENT THE SECOND REGIONAL MEETING IS DESIGNED TO BE CONSULTATIVE. The organisers would like the two-day meeting to be a lively and interesting event that solicits the latest thinking from around the continent. A number of sessions adopt a Davos-style format in which panellists and speakers can engage with each other and with participants in a less formal setting. The meeting will be professionally facilitated by Amadou Mahtar Ba, Chief Executive Officer of the Africa Media Initiative.

4 SIX ROUNDTABLES will give participants the opportunity to engage in depth on a range of important themes. The roundtables will be chaired by senior African leaders and will draw on expert panels of ministers and practitioners. Each roundtable probes a different development effectiveness theme. On Day 1, the first three roundtables address familiar questions of aid effectiveness: 1. Ownership, Sustainability and Accountability for Results 2. South-South Cooperation as a Mechanism for Development Effectiveness 3. Developing Capacity by Using and Strengthening Country Systems On Day 2, the second three roundtables explore the links between aid effectiveness and broader development effectiveness topics: 4. Regional Dimensions of Development Effectiveness 5. Funding Development Sustainably: Growing Out of Aid 6. The Changing Landscape of Development Cooperation: Africa and the BRICs These themes emerged from the discussion at the first Africa Regional Meeting, and were refined in consultations between the African Union, NEPAD, the African Development Bank and a broad range of stakeholders. Each roundtable will report back to the Plenary Meeting on the issues and priorities raised and any emerging points of consensus to take forward to the next stage of the debate. SIX ISSUES PAPERS have been prepared on each of the six roundtable topics. 1 The papers outline the main issues and points of debate associated with each topic, and reflect on how each topic might fit within an African development effectiveness agenda. Written in a light and accessible style with a minimum of technical language, the papers offer no conclusions they simply give participants a launching pad for reflection. The papers conclude by suggesting issues for debate. The organisers invite participants to read the papers before the roundtables and to begin to turn the issues over in their minds. It would be helpful for participants to arrive at the meeting with preliminary thoughts on the questions for debate. Participants will also be encouraged to share bottlenecks they have encountered, their opinion of the challenges ahead, and themes and messages for Busan. OUTCOMES OF THE REGIONAL MEETING The meeting will be an important milestone towards shaping an African-led agenda for development cooperation effectiveness that strengthens Africa s collective voice at HLF-4. On the second day of the meeting, participants will debate ways of forwarding this agenda in the regional and international arena, including through an African Platform on Development Effectiveness (APDev). 2 The proceedings of the regional meeting will be captured in an Outcome Summary that will be published soon after the event and disseminated broadly. 1 These papers are available on the meeting s website: 2 APDev seeks to promote Africa s contribution to a new global development cooperation architecture within a paradigm of equality, accountability and mutual respect. APDev s core objectives are to increase evidencebased knowledge and promote mutual learning about aid effectiveness, South-South cooperation, and capacity development, with a view to influencing policy and increasing implementation capacity in Africa. Dr Ibrahim Mayaki of NEPAD will present APDev s purpose and scope in more detail during the Plenary Meeting on November 5. 2

5 KEY SPEAKERS AND PANELLISTS DR DONALD KABERUKA President, African Development Bank Group Dr Kaberuka has been President of the African Development Bank Group since He was previously Minister of Finance of Rwanda. DR IBRAHIM ASSANE MAYAKI Chief Executive Officer, NEPAD Planning and Coordinating Agency Dr Mayaki has been CEO of the NEPAD Planning and Coordinating Agency since January He has occupied several ministerial positions in Niger, including that of prime minister from 1997 to H.E. DALMAS ANYANGO OTIENO Minister of State for Public Service, Republic of Kenya H.E. Dalmas Anyango Otieno is Minister of State for Public Service of Kenya. He has been a member of Kenya s National Assembly since DR TALAAT ABDEL-MALEK Co-Chair of the OECD-DAC Working Party on Aid Effectiveness, Republic of Egypt Dr. Abdel-Malek is Senior Economic Advisor to the Minister of International Cooperation of Egypt. He has co-chaired the OECD-DAC Working Party on Aid Effectiveness since DR EMMANUEL O. AKWETEY Executive Director, Institute for Democratic Governance (IDEG) Dr Akwetey is the Executive Director of IDEG in Ghana. Since 1999, Dr Akwetey has worked primarily on the interface between the state and NGOs and civil society. H.E. SOUMANA SACKO Former Prime Minister, Republic of Mali H.E. Soumana Sacko has held several ministerial positions in Mali, including those of prime minister and minister of finance. He was recently Executive Secretary of the African Capacity Building Foundation. H.E. CRISTINA DUARTE Minister of Finance and Public Administration, Republic of Cape Verde H.E. Cristina Duarte has been Minister of Finance and Public Administration of Cape Verde since February

6 FROM AID EFFECTIVENESS TO DEVELOPMENT EFFECTIVENESS Tunis, 4-5 november 2010 H.E. OLIVIER KAMITATU ETSU Minister of Planning, Democratic Republic of Congo H.E. Olivier Kamitatu Etsu has been Minister of Planning of the Democratic Republic of Congo since February He previously held the position of Speaker of the Assembly. H.E. ERASTUS J.O. MWENCHA Deputy Chairperson, African Union Commission H.E. Mwencha is the former Secretary General of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA). He was elected Deputy Chairperson of the African Union Commission in February MR. NEIL COLE Chief Director, National Treasury, Republic of South Africa Mr. Cole has held several senior positions in the National Treasury of South Africa. He is presently the Executive Secretary of the Collaborative Africa Budget Reform Initiative (CABRI). MR. ALOYSIUS ORDU Vice-President, African Development Bank Mr. Ordu joined the African Development Bank in 2007 from the World Bank. He has been Vice-President of Country and Regional Programs and Policy since MR. JON LØMOY Director, OECD Development Cooperation Directorate Mr. Lømoy has been Director of the OECD-DCD since April He has held senior positions at the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation and was Ambassador of Norway to Zambia and Tanzania. DR OH-SEOK HYUN President, Korea Development Institute Dr Hyun is President of the Korea Development Institute, a leading think tank in Korea. He formerly served as Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Finance and Economy, and Special Advisor to the Deputy Prime Minister and the Minister of Finance and Economy. DR NKOSANA MOYO Vice-President and COO, African Development Bank Dr Moyo has been Vice-President and Chief Operating Officer of the African Development Bank since He previously held senior positions in the public and private sector, including a ministerial position in Zimbabwe. MR. AMADOU MAHTAR BA Chief Executive Officer, African Media Initiative (AMI) Mr. Ba is a professional communicator and facilitator. He was a member of the 2009 World Economic Forum s Global Agenda Council for the Future of Journalism. 4

7 ROUNDTABLE DEBATES: ISSUES FOR DISCUSSION roundtable NO. 1: Ownership, sustainability and Accountability for Results n Does mutual accountability between developing country governments and donors support or work against national accountability mechanisms? How can the two complement each other? n What forms of capacity-building support would increase parliaments involvement in the development process? n How can we deepen parliaments and civil societies engagement in setting development priorities and reviewing progress? roundtable NO. 2: South-South Cooperation as a Mechanism for Development Effectiveness n What measures should be taken to facilitate and scale up South-South cooperation? n Is there a need for a standing international facility or clearing house to match the supply of South-South cooperation projects with demand? n Can lessons from South-South cooperation help to shape the aid effectiveness agenda at HLF-4? roundtable NO. 3: Developing Capacity by Using and Strengthening Country Systems n What benefits could African countries gain from the greater use of country systems? What would a recipient s perspective on this agenda look like? n Are donors setting the bar too high on the use of country systems? n What has been Africa s experience with integrating aid into national budgets? Do the benefits outweigh the risks? roundtable NO. 4: regional dimensions of aid effectiveness n What, if anything, can the aid effectiveness agenda offer regional integration? Should Africa go into HLF-4 with an agenda for more effective support for regional integration? n How should regional commitments be reflected in national development strategies? How can donors align at both the national and the regional level? n What is the most effective way of managing regional projects with multiple stakeholders? Should REC member states harmonise their systems and procedures for public investment management? roundtable NO. 5: Funding Development Sustainably: GROWING OUT OF Aid n Should aid be designed to do itself out of a job by fostering alternative sources of development finance? n What would be priority investments for reducing aid dependence? What are the implications for the design of assistance programmes? n What should African countries and donors be doing to strengthen domestic revenue collection? What can be done to improve the legitimacy of tax systems and citizens willingness to pay tax? roundtable NO. 6: The Changing Landscape of Development Cooperation: Africa and the BRICs n Are there trade-offs to accepting high levels of assistance from the BRICs? Might it discourage traditional donors? n Should the BRICs be encouraged to become part of the existing consensus on aid effectiveness, or should the African Union and the BRICs have a separate understanding? n Is there a need for common rules of engagement for the BRICs in Africa, covering both ODA and other forms of development finance? What format should those rules take? FOR A DISCUSSION OF EACH ROUNDTABLE THEME, PLEASE REFER TO THE ISSUES PAPERS. 5

8 day 1 THURSDAY, 4 november :30-09:00 REGISTRATION TEA & COFFEE Participants are invited to register for the meeting at Le Patio, Sheraton Conference Centre. 09:00-10:15 WELCOME ADDRESS & KEYNOTE STATEMENTS n Donald Kaberuka, President, African Development Bank Group n Ibrahim Mayaki, Chief Executive Officer, NEPAD Planning and Coordinating Agency n Dalmas Otieno, Minister of Public Service, Kenya 10:15-10:45 PANEL DISCUSSION: STRATEGIC CHALLENGES FOR AFRICA The facilitator will moderate a panel discussion on the strategic challenges that confront the African continent as it prepares for the next High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness. 10:45-11:00 COFFEE BREAK 11:00-12:00 PLENARY SESSION 1: OVERVIEW OF PRIORITY ACTIONS FOR HLF-4 n Talaat Abdel-Malek, Co-Chair, OECD-DAC Working Party on Aid Effectiveness n Emmanuel Akwetey, Executive Director, Institute of Democratic Governance (Roundtable 1) n Soumana Sacko, Former Prime Minister of Mali (Roundtable 2) n Dalmas Otieno, Minister of Public Service, Kenya (Roundtable 3) 12:00-14:00 LUNCH BREAK & NETWORKING 14:00-16:30 ROUNDTABLES SESSION 1 Participants will convene in break-out sessions to discuss the following themes in greater depth: ROUNDTABLE 1: Ownership, Sustainability and Accountability for Results 16:30-16:45 COFFEE BREAK ROUNDTABLE 2: South-South Cooperation as a Mechanism for Development Effectiveness ROUNDTABLE 3: Developing Capacity by Using and Strengthening Country Systems 16:45-17:15 PLENARY SESSION 2: REPORT BACK FROM ROUNDTABLES 17:15-18:00 OPEN DISCUSSION 18:00-19:30 COCKTAIL 6

9 day 2 FRIDAY, 5 november :45-09:15 KEYNOTE STATEMENTS n Cristina Duarte, Minister of Finance, Republic of Cape Verde n Olivier Kamitatu Etsu, Minister of Planning, Democratic Republic of Congo 09:15-09:45 Panel discussion: THE CHALLENGES OF EFFECTIVE DEVELOPMENT n Erastus Mwencha, Deputy Chairperson, African Union Commission (Roundtable 4) n Neil Cole, Chief Director, National Treasury, South Africa (Roundtable 5) n Aloysius Ordu, Vice-President, African Development Bank (Roundtable 6) 09:45-10:00 COFFEE BREAK 10:00-12:30 ROUNDTABLES SESSION 2 Participants will convene in break-out sessions to discuss in greater depth the following themes: ROUNDTABLE 4: Regional Dimensions of Aid Effectiveness ROUNDTABLE 5: Funding Development Sustainably: Growing Out of Aid ROUNDTABLE 6: The Changing Landscape of Development Cooperation: Africa and the BRICs 12:30-14:00 LUNCH BREAK & NETWORKING 14:00-14:30 PLENARY SESSION 3: REPORT BACK FROM ROUNDTABLES 14:30-15:15 OPEN DISCUSSION 15:15-15:45 PLENARY SESSION 4: AFRICA S PLATFORM FOR DEVELOPMENT EFFECTIVENESS n Ibrahim Mayaki, Chief Executive Officer, NEPAD Planning and Coordinating Agency 15:45-16:00 COFFEE BREAK 16:00-16:45 PLENARY SESSION 5: THE ROAD FROM ACCRA TO BUSAN n Jon Lømoy, Director, OECD Development Cooperation Directorate n Oh-Seok Hyun, President, Korea Development Institute 16:45-17:00 CLOSING REMARKS n Nkosana Moyo, Vice-President and Chief Operating Officer, AfDB n Ibrahim Mayaki, Chief Executive Officer, NEPAD Planning and Coordinating Agency 7

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12 The Second Regional Meeting on Aid Effectiveness, South-South Cooperation and Capacity Development was organised with the financial support of the Republic of Korea, the United Kingdom, Canada and Finland.