Foreign Economic Relations Department Ministry of Planning and Finance Government of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar

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1 EFFECTIVE DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION IN MYANMAR Foreign Economic Relations Department Ministry of Planning and Finance Government of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar

2 Key Messages International assistance plays a vital role in supporting Myanmar s historic transformation / how international assistance, aid is being used and what results are being achieved is important. Making aid transparency helps to ensure aid goes where it is most needed. Aid transparency isn't just about numbers. Results matter too.

3 Improving alignment of development cooperation with Myanmar s national priorities Developed a Framework for Social and Economic Reform (FESR) to guide our reform efforts Created 17 Sector Working Groups to build shared trust and enhance co-ordination Formed regular Government-Development Partners meetings to provide high-level thinking on aid effectiveness issues Conducted three annual Myanmar Development Cooperation Forum (MDCF) and Mid-Term Reviews (MTR) All Ministries developed the Ministry-wide and sector-wide plans

4 A new era in development cooperation for Myanmar 1st Myanmar Development Cooperation Forum nd Myanmar Development Cooperation Forum rd Myanmar Development Cooperation Forum 2015

5 Prioritizing mutual accountability with regular monitoring of mutual progress against time bound targets The 2014 Nay Pyi Taw Accord Action Plan The Nay Pyi Taw Accord for Effective Development Cooperation

6 Enhancing coordination at Ministry and sectoral levels Health & Water Supply Transport Employment Opportunities Education Cultural Conservation Agriculture & Rural Development Statistical Quality Development Environmental Conservation Tourism Trade Gender Equality & Women s Empowerment Electric Power Communications & Information Technology Media Public Administration Reform Public Financial Management Social Protection & Disaster Risk Reduction

7 Improved enabling environment for civil society Successfully drafted a new Associations Law CSO, INGO and Private Sector became part of development cooperation discussions Lifted restrictions on censorship

8 Building shared understanding by ensuring access to key aid effectiveness documents in Myanmar language 2005 Paris Declaration & 2008 Accra Agenda for Action 2011 Busan Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation 2014 Mexico Communique

9 Increased engagement and contribution from the private sector Private sector representatives are invited to participate in all Sector Working Groups UMFCCI now actively promoting the role of business

10 Built the Mohinga Aid Information Management System (AIMS) Developed a home-grown aid information management system (AIMS) called Mohinga Ability to input aid data directly from the IATI Registry Launched to the public in February 2015 Data quality improving on a weekly basis Almost 1,500 aid activities listed

11 Enhanced parliamentary scrutiny of aid Annual reports including grant and loan aid provided to Myanmar s parliament Over 30 major loan projects approved by Parliament since 2011 Parliament now has access to the Mohinga AIMS, providing close-toreal-time data on aid flows

12 Strengthened quality, transparency and openness of country systems Actively seeking membership of the OGP Admitted as an EITI Candidate Country Became member of the IATI Begun a comprehensive process to modernization Public Finance Management systems

13 CHALLENGES 1. DATA COLLECTION 1. -DATA Limited COLLECTION reporting of disbursement data by development partners - General Limited reporting lack of awareness disbursement data of what by development INGOs, NGOs partnersand CSOs are doing - Ministries General lack of not awareness fully aware of what of INGOs, the NGOs activities and CSOs being are doing conducted - Limited activity location and Technical Assistance data reported to AIMS - Ministries not fully aware of the activities being conducted - Limited activity location and Technical Assistance data reported to AIMS 2. MONITORING & EVALUATION - Limited M&E capacity to independently assess effectiveness of aid 2. MONITORING & EVALUATION projects at Line Ministry level - Limited knowledge of aid activities at the sub-national level by State/Region governments - Limited M&E capacity to independently assess effectiveness of aid projects at Line Ministry level - Limited knowledge of aid activities at the sub-national level by State/Region governments 3. AID TO SENSITIVE AREAS AREAS - Limited knowledge of aid of to conflict aid to affected conflict regions affected and humanitarian regions and assistance humanitarian poses assistance poses difficulties difficulties

14 CHALLENGES (CONTINUED) 4. FORWARD LOOKING PLANNING - Long term National Comprehensive Development Plan still under development makes long term planning and aid alignment difficult for development partners 5. CSO CHALLENGES - Limited knowledge on aid effectiveness principles amongst CSOs poses challenges to CSO engagement - Local CSOs note that they feel sidelined compared to large INGOs, having to compete with more established INGOs for limited resources 6. IMPLEMENTATION CONSTRAINTS - Administrative and procedural issues along with a lack of clarity on some issues holds up the effective provision of assistance

15 Key Messages of Current Myanmar Government has the plan to develop the Economic Policy Starting to implement SDGs, it is important integration of SDG into Myanmar National Development Plan To prioritize the goal/ indicators relevant to Myanmar with different stakeholders Launched ZHC,Action Plan SDG Adaptation Workshop in Nay Pyi Taw,Myanmar delegation attended Regional UNDP SDG Meeting in Indonesia, in May Myanmar has already LDC graduation process with Myanmar Development Plan, Delegation MTR on IPOA in Turkey

16 Special Request Request to all UN Agencies and Development Partners to cooperate Myanmar in the implementation process of LDC graduation, SDGs and to develop the Economic Policy

17 Thank You For Your Attention Moh Moh Naing(Ms.) Deputy Director UN/IO Cooperation Division Foreign Economic Relations Department, Ministry of Planning and Finance The Government of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar Phone; ,Fax; E mail; unsectionferd2014@gmail.com