Implementing the Paris Declaration and Accra Agenda for Action in Asia and the Pacific

Implementing the Paris Declaration
and Accra Agenda for Action
in Asia and the Pacific
Launch of the Capacity Development for
Development Effectiveness Facility
Manila, 12–13 March 2009

For further information on the Capacity Development for Development
Effectiveness (CDDE) Facility, please visit www.AidEffectiveness.org/CDDE
or contact the CDDE Secretariat at cdde@undp.org
For further information on the CDDE partners, please visit their websites:
www.adb.org
www.mofa.go.jp
www.oecd.org/dac
www.undp.org
www.worldbank.org

Implementing the Paris Declaration
and Accra Agenda for Action
Launch of the Capacity Development for
Development Effectiveness Facility
Manila, 12–13 March 2009
The Capacity Development for Development Effectiveness (CDDE) Facility has been made
possible with the support of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the Government of Japan,
the Development Assistance Committee of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and
Development (OECD DAC), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and the World Bank.

Contents
1 Executive Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
2 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3 Member Feedback: Defining the Demand . . . . . . . . . . 6
4 CDDE Service Lines: Supporting innovation and capacity
development on the road to development effectiveness . . . . 9
4.1 Service Line 1: Peer-to-Peer – Strengthening collaboration in the region . . . . . . 9
4.2 Service Line 2: Knowledge Management and Helpdesk – Connecting people to knowledge . 13
4.3 Service Line 3: Capacity Development – Assessing needs and strategies to meet them . 14
5 The Community of Practice (CoP) and CDDE Facility . . . . . 17
5.1 CoP Membership and Responsibilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
5.2 CDDE Secretariat Membership and Responsibilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
5.3 CDDE Steering Committee Membership and Responsibilities . . . . . . . . . . 18
5.4 CDDE 2009 Work Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Annex 1. Sharing Expertise: Country best practices . . . . . . 21
Annex 2. Evaluation of CDDE Launch: Feedback from members . . 24
Annex 3. Agenda for CDDE Launch . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Annex 4. List of Participants: CDDE Launch . . . . . . . . . . 31

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The Launch of the Capacity Development for
Development Effectiveness (CDDE) Facility
sought to strengthen national capacities for
implementing the Paris Declaration (PD) and
Accra Agenda for Action (AAA) by:
facilitating two days of • peer-exchange and
learning amongst policy makers and practitioners
from government, legislature, civil society and
donors across Asia and the Pacific;
• finalizing and launching the CDDE Facility to
support innovation and provide long-term
capacity development support for country level
implementation of the PD and AAA up to 2011.
To achieve these objectives, the Launch brought
together 92 policy makers and practitioners
from across 11 countries in the Asia-Pacific
region – Bangladesh, Cambodia, Indonesia,
Kiribati, Lao PDR, Nepal, Philippines, Papua New
Guinea, Sri Lanka, Timor-Leste, and Viet Nam. A
first for the region, the delegations included a full
cross-section of stakeholders – parliamentarians,
senior government officials from central and line
ministries, civil society and donor representatives.
As a demand-driven Facility, the Launch provided
members of the Asia-Pacific Aid Effectiveness
Community of Practice (AE CoP) the opportunity
to guide the CDDE’s objectives to 2011, shape its
governance structure, and jointly formulate a work
programme for the coming year.
The Launch provided partner countries the
first opportunity to articulate their demand for
sustained capacity development in the context of
the CDDE and its proposed service lines. Members
highlighted the need to reinforce country level
systems and processes, including public financial
management, monitoring and evaluation. They
flagged a lack of national strategic development
plans and insufficient technical and functional
capacities at the sectoral and local levels in
particular. CoP members called for deepened
peer-peer and south-south networks to facilitate
the sharing of knowledge and expertise to, in the
words of one practitioner, link islands of practice
and expertise and help replicate models of success.
Finally, members voiced their desire for a stronger
Asia-Pacific voice in the global aid architecture,
underlining the need to forge new partnerships
between local practitioners and global initiatives.
Speaking to this demand, members were made
aware of the range of interconnected services the
CDDE was proposing to offer, and were asked to
provide their inputs into how those services could
best be articulated over the coming year in order
to meet partner country needs.
Service Line 1:
Peer-to-Peer seeks to strengthen collaboration in
the region and capitalize on the benefits that come
from peers sharing knowledge and experiences
by providing the forum and the tools necessary
for that peer exchange to take place. The CDDE
proposed to do this by (i) facilitating sub-regional
and thematic peer exchange and collaboration,
(ii) improving access to evidence and analysis on
implementation of aid policy in the region, and (iii)
providing an annual forum for the AE CoP to share
experiences, codify lessons, develop guidance and
set the priorities for the following year’s CDDE work
programme.
In facilitating peer exchange and collaboration,
members recommended the CDDE focus on those
initiatives that address common challenges among
countries at the policy and implementation level,
those that focus on ownership, demand, and
partnerships, and those that provide tools to
identify relevant capacity gaps and appropriate
responses. Additional challenges highlighted by
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members include weak political leadership, lack
of donor harmonization, and lack of capacity to
engage in monitoring and evaluation.
Members proposed the following initiatives for
inclusion in the 2009 CDDE work programme: (i)
Aid Information Management System Initiative; (ii)
Joint Initiative on Mutual Accountability; (iii) Asia-
Pacific Voice Initiative: Influencing & contributing to
the OECD DAC Working Party on Aid Effectiveness;
(iv) Initiative on CSOs Network in Asia-Pacific; and
(v) Parliaments and Aid Effectiveness Initiative.
Service Line 2:
Knowledge Management and Helpdesk aimed to
connect members to the expert knowledge they
need to implement their aid effectiveness initiatives.
The CDDE proposed to do this by providing: (i) an
eLibrary of cutting edge aid effectiveness tools and
resources, including an updated calendar of events,
and a roster of experts; and (ii) a rapid response
Helpdesk for ad hoc queries from members looking
to quickly access analysis and expertise.
On the eLibrary, members highlighted the
need to provide clear cross-linkages to related
ongoing initiatives, to clarify members’ roles in
maintaining country pages, to include a wide
range of stakeholders in its target audience, and
to provide access to experts from within the region,
specifically those with practical expertise. On the
Helpdesk, members recommended Guidance
Notes be prepared on the following topics: (i) Aid
Information Management Systems; (ii) Sectoral/
Technical Working Groups; (iii) Communicating with
Politicians & Parliamentarians on Aid Effectiveness;
and (iv) Monitoring and Evaluation of Development
Effectiveness.
Service Line 3:
Capacity Development Services aims to help
members assess country capacity needs and develop
the strategies to meet them. The CDDE proposed to
do this by providing: (i) access to capacity assessment
tools and good practices; and (ii) support for capacity
development responses through peer collaboration.
Capacity challenges highlighted by members
include recognising the institutional and political
dimensions that may hamper results even where
individual capacities are strong, prioritizing and
sequencing capacity development responses,
balancing ambition and focus, increasing the
flexibility of government systems to implement
capacity development strategies, and a multi-stakeholder
approach to building capacities.
Additional challenges raised included addressing
the local and sectoral as well as the national,
ensuring that the process of assessing capacities
and developing resources is jointly owned and led
from within the country/agency, and the need
to make guidance on capacity assessments and
responses more practical.
CoP members were asked to better define the
specific roles and responsibilities of CoP
members, the CDDE Secretariat, the CDDE
Steering Committee and its membership.
Significant changes were made to reflect member
views, substantially increasing partner country
membership of the Steering Committee. An
Interim Steering Committee was established, and
was immediately tasked with putting in place a
full Steering Committee by the end of April, with
increased representation from the Pacific, from
legislature and increased gender balance. Members
recognised that ultimately the success of the CDDE
and its contribution to a strong AE CoP would hinge
on their own personal engagement in making peer-to-
peer collaboration a reality.
The peer-to-peer initiatives, practical guidance
notes, and other suggestions put forward by CoP
members during the two days were consolidated
in a draft CDDE Work Plan, which was presented
to members for comment. Members welcomed the
draft as a good summary of member proposals and
it was agreed that the Work Plan would be placed
online at www.AidEffectiveness.org/CDDE by 3
April and reviewed and endorsed by the Steering
Committee on 29 April. The event closed with a
Work Plan in place and clear next steps agreed,
paving the way for the CDDE Facility to rapidly
begin to deliver practical services that support
members in their work promoting development
effectiveness at country level.
Feedback from the members on the Launch
was very positive, ranking the overall quality of
the event 3.4 out of a possible 4.0. In sharing how
they planned on using what they learned from
the Launch, representatives from across the four
stakeholder groups noted: “The first thing is to
distribute the knowledge to other CSOs when I
return”, “The countries of this workshop will help
me to formulate the idea and concept on how to
develop capacity for development effectiveness”,
“I’ve learned a lot of things from these two days’
activities”, “I’ll disseminate the information to
members and networks at the national and
parliament levels”, and “Sharing information should
be done at least once a year.”
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“It was useful to have this broad discus-sion
and share challenges among a
large group of countries. The challenge
remains to develop concrete results.”
On the structure of the Launch itself, members
noted: “Time management was excellent”,
“Interactivity of sessions was incredibly effective
and useful”, and “Partner country participation
was well facilitated.” Suggestions for the next AE
CoP meeting include: “More time for small group
discussion” and a request for “interaction with
participants from other regions also.”
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2. INTRODUCTION
Mr Helder Da Costa, Aid Effectiveness and
National Priorities Secretariat, Ministry of
Finance, Timor-Leste
The Launch of the Capacity Development for
Development Effectiveness (CDDE) Facility sought
to strengthen national capacities for implementing
the Paris Declaration (PD) and Accra Agenda for
Action (AAA) by:
facilitating two days of peer-exchange and learning
amongst policy makers and practitioners from
across Asia and the Pacific; and by
finalizing and launching the CDDE Facility, to
support innovation and provide long-term capacity
development support.
To achieve these objectives, the Launch brought
together 92 policy makers and practitioners from
across 11 countries in the Asia-Pacific region –
Bangladesh, Cambodia, Indonesia, Kiribati, Lao
PDR, Nepal, Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Sri
Lanka, Timor-Leste, and Viet Nam. A first for the
region, the delegations included a full cross-section
of stakeholders – parliamentarians,
senior government officials from central and line
ministries, civil society and donor representatives.
The Launch followed hot on the heels of the
four sub-regional Asia-Pacific consultations for
the Third High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness
(HLF-3) held in 2008, which saw delegations from
38 countries come together in an unprecedented
forum to exchange views on aid effectiveness in
the region and influence the outcomes of HLF-3.
From these consultations, and from the HLF-3 itself,
came a resounding demand from partner countries
for continued peer-to-peer exchange in the region,
and for sustained support of national efforts to
implement the PD and AAA. Having highlighted
their particular capacity gaps, countries expressed
demand for innovative methods to fill those gaps,
with a particular focus on learning from peers.
“As a newcomer to the aid effectiveness
agenda, my country’s delegation is here
to learn about what facilities the CDDE
can offer and how we can learn from
other countries’ experiences.”
The CDDE Facility is
a response to this
country level demand.
For the Facility to meet
the needs of members
of the Asia-Pacific
Aid Effectiveness
Community of Practice
(AE CoP), strong and
diverse country level
involvement was
recognised as being
essential from the
start, with a joined up
and coherent approach
from donors. The Asian
Development Bank (ADB), the Government of
Japan, the Development Assistance Committee of
the Organization for Economic Cooperation and
Development (OECD DAC), the United Nations
Development Programme (UNDP), and the World
Bank thus pooled their expertise and financing
in order to finance the first activity of the CDDE
Facility – the Community of Practice meeting and
CDDE Launch held on 12-13 March in Manila.
The Launch witnessed not only a rich exchange
across countries of practical lessons learned, but
also provided the opportunity for comprehensive
feedback from members of the CoP on exactly
what services they are seeking from the CDDE
and how they should be delivered. Members from
government, CSOs, legislature and the donor
community proposed peer-to-peer initiatives
that the Facility may fund, voted on which
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practical guidance notes were their highest
priority, and stated what they wanted from the
AidEffectiveness.org web portal. By the end of the
two days, members had developed a draft Work
Plan for the CDDE Facility, agreed on next steps
for implementation, and identified an Interim
Steering Committee to guide the Facility’s work.
This report provides information on the CDDE
Facility and the Launch. More importantly, it
presents the feedback given by members during
the Launch, the initiatives prioritised by members,
and the next steps that members agreed on with
the aim of ensuring that the CDDE Facility will
live up to its mission to provide innovative and
sustained capacity development support for
country level implementation of the PD and AAA
in the lead up to High Level Forum-4.
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3. MEMBER FEEDBACK:
DEFINING THE DEMAND
Mr Chou Heng, Council for the Development
of Cambodia, Cambodia
The CDDE Facility is the result of a demand-driven
process. The demand for sustained capacity
development support to help countries ensure
aid contributes to their development effectiveness
emerged steadily throughout 2008. Still, this
Launch provided the first opportunity for policy
makers and practitioners from across the Asia-
Pacific region to articulate that demand in the
particular context of the CDDE Facility and its
proposed service lines.
At the country level, members acknowledged that a
lack of capacity was one of the key challenges they
faced in meeting their aid effectiveness targets.
Specific capacity challenges that were identified
include the following:
• The need to reinforce country level systems
and processes. Members identified numerous
challenges related to national systems and
processes, including weak and insufficiently
used national systems of procurement,
public financial management, monitoring and
evaluation, audit, and environmental impact
assessment. Members flagged a lack of national
strategic development plans and insufficient
technical and functional capacities at sectoral
and local levels in particular. Beyond the
technical, the importance of stronger political
commitment and leadership was emphasized
as critical. Donors were sometimes too ready to
lead the preparation of capacity development
strategies, while countries themselves also
needed to be more pro-active in analysing
their capacity needs and setting out their
own strategies with which donors should
align. Several members noted that resource
constraints and vulnerability to external forces,
such as the current global financial crisis, risked
compromising development progress recently
achieved.
“Coordinated efforts and a national
strategy should be the starting point
for long-term capacity development.”
• Stronger peer-peer
and south-south
networks. Members
stated an overwhelming
preference for high
quality peer-to-peer
exchanges and
networks as a means
of learning. Despite
different enabling
environments,
members fel t
they could adapt
lessons and best
practices to their
own contexts. There
was consensus on the importance of not
only sharing information, but turning that
information into real knowledge that could
help members in a practical way with their
day-to-day jobs. Specifically, members sought
a vibrant CoP that would facilitate collaboration
and problem solving across countries, across
stakeholder groups and between regions. As
Chris MacCormac, Deputy Director General of
the Asian Development Bank’s Strategy and
Policy Department put it, there is a need to
“link islands of practice and expertise, and help
replicate models of success.”
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Mr Fakavae Taomia, Regional Programme
Manager, Foundation of the Peoples of the
South Pacific International
Ms Misaki Watanabe, Aid Effectiveness
Division, OECD DAC
“The CDDE should facilitate learning by
sharing of experiences from the region-al
to the national level and through
constructive engagement with civil
society networks.”
A stronger Asia-Pacific
voice sought in global
aid architecture.
Members identified
the need to strengthen
the voice of the Asia-
Pacific region in shaping
global aid effectiveness
architecture and policies.
New partnerships
between policy makers
and practitioners from
the region, and global
initiatives needed to be
forged, priorities at the
global level needed to
take more account of those at the country and
sub-regional level, and global processes needed
to be more inclusive of not only countries in the
region, but also of the different stakeholders within
those countries in order to achieve better results
at the ground level. CSOs, in particular, noted that
while they had made significant progress in the
run up to and at HLF-3, and were better placed to
contribute and be listened to, they sought support
in enhancing their own capacities to promote
development effectiveness.
“OECD DAC’s participation in this work-shop
is important for learning, and also
for ensuring that the Working Party
on Aid Effectiveness understands and
responds to the needs of the region.”
Given these capacity chal-lenges
and the increasing
strain placed on national
capacities by the global eco-nomic
crisis, several members
suggested that the Launch
of the CDDE Facility could not
have come at a better time.
Members expressed their
hope that the Facility would
provide practical support to
countries as they sought to
maximise the development
impact of aid received, and
that it would help identify
and nurture partnerships not
only across countries and stakeholders but also with
other initiatives at the international level.
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Mr Jun Imanishi, Principal Deputy Director,
Aid Policy Planning Division, International
Cooperation Bureau, Ministry of Foreign
Affairs, Japan
Lava Deo Awasthi, Joint Secretary,
Ministry of Education & Sports.
“The time for action has come…By
sharing innovative practices, I hope
countries can learn from each other
and define their own way forward.”
The three key results which the
CDDE Facility seeks to support
from 2009-2011 reflect the
three priority demands set out
by members. These are:
Key Result 1.
Asia-Pacific signatories will
achieve the Paris Declaration
targets by 2010 and the AAA
actions by the time of the
HLF-4 in 2011.
Key Result 2.
Asia-Pacific countries establish
south-south networks that
deliver real improvements in national capacities
for development effectiveness.
Key Result 3
Asia-Pacific countries contribute to the
strengthening of global aid architecture and
policy.
Members acknowledged that the success of the
CDDE Facility in contributing to these key results
would depend not only on the Secretariat and
Steering Committee, but primarily on the active
engagement of members of the CoP themselves.
“We are committed to the spirit of this
Community of Practice and the goals
we have set for ourselves.”
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4. CDDE SERVICE LINES:
SUPPORTING INNOVATION AND
CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT ON
THE ROAD TO DEVELOPMENT
Mr Rajat Nag, Managing Director General,
Asian Development Bank
The draft CDDE Programme Document set out three
service lines designed to support innovation and
provide long-term capacity development support
for country level implementation of the PD and
AAA. At the CDDE Launch CoP members from the
11 countries reviewed and critiqued the three
service lines and developed a draft Work Plan
covering each one:
Service Line 1.
Peer-to-Peer – Strengthening collaboration
in the region
Service Line 2.
Knowledge Management and Helpdesk –
Connecting people to knowledge
Service Line 3.
Capacity Development – Assessing needs and
strategies to meet them
These interconnected service lines are the means
through which the CDDE Facility will support
policy makers and practitioners in the region in
achieving the PD and AAA targets, establishing
south-south networks that bolster national
capacities, and contributing to global aid policy
and its architecture.
The three service lines will evolve in response
to the changing needs of members. However,
the CDDE Launch provided the first opportunity
for members from across the region to provide
systematic feedback on the objectives of these
service lines, their formulation and how they could
best be delivered to meet partner country needs.
“The usefulness and success of the CDDE
Facility will depend on its members…
The members’ active involvement in
and contribution to the Facility should
not only lead to their
benefiting from the
service lines but also
be key to delivering
the service lines.”
4.1. SERVICE LINE 1:
PEER-TO-PEER – STRENGTHENING
COLLABORATION IN THE REGION
In 2008, partner countries and development
partners from across the region came together
to establish, for the first time, the Asia-Pacific Aid
Effectiveness Community of Practice (AE-CoP).
Peers met to prepare for the 2008 OECD DAC
Aid Effectiveness Survey and in sub-regional
consultations ahead of the Accra High Level Forum.
Building on the 2006 Asian Regional Forum on
Aid Effectiveness, the HLF consultations included
CSO representatives and began the process of
enlarging the CoP to include all four stakeholder
groups highlighted in Accra: partner government
central policy and line ministries, CSOs, legislature
and donors.
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This service line aims to foster and deepen
that collaboration by providing for these
stakeholders to meet regularly in person or
virtually, as a full CoP or in smaller groups
tackling specific challenges.
“The progress on implementation of
the Paris Declaration
revealed that country
ownership, demand and
partnerships were key
ingredients for success
and sustainability. This
spirit was behind the
CDDE Launch.”
Service Line 1 includes three
components:
Ms Dasa Silovic, Senior Aid Coordination
Adviser, Bureau of Development Policy,
UNDP
4.11. Facilitating sub-regional
and thematic peer exchange
and collaboration.
This responds to a demand that emerged from the
HLF-3 consultations, where members highlighted
the value in countries having opportunities to share
similar experiences or challenges in implementing
aid policy and to work together to develop common
policy positions for global processes.
On day one of the CDDE Launch, members worked
in pairs and at their tables to discuss challenges
they faced at country level in using aid effectively,
and developed ideas for peer-to-peer initiatives
that would bring together small groups to collabo-rate
on a response. Each table posted these ideas
for initiatives on the wall, where they were clustered,
and all members could begin to see which initia-tive
they might wish to join. On day two, members
stepped up to “champion” five initiatives, taking the
microphone at “Speakers’ corner” and providing
more detail on their proposals. Those interested
in finding out more joined at lunch where each
initiative had its dedicated lunch table. These initia-tives,
proposed for support under Service Line 1 for
2009, are summarised below (includes additional
details provided by members in the week following
the workshop).
Members called for
peer-to-peer initiatives
to focus on:
common challenges at the policy and
implementation level:
Many faced similar challenges, and CDDE could
help members link-up and draw on existing
expertise from other countries.
country ownership, demand and
partnerships:
Countries must be the drivers of all CDDE
initiatives. Flexibility is essential to respond
quickly to demand and develop relevant tools
fast. Partnerships are central and may be
between countries or institutions, sub-regional,
regional, triangular or global.
tools for identifying capacity gaps
and developing a national or sectoral
capacity development strategy:
These were two challenges identified by most
countries. CDDE could develop a methodology
and the tools for analyzing gaps and support
countries in developing capacity development
responses, including by facilitating sharing of
concrete country experiences.
Aid Management Systems and South-
South Cooperation:
Many flagged that Aid Information Management
Systems could support better development
effectiveness, but that results sometimes
disappointed. CDDE could help distil lessons and
support countries tap knowledge from within
the region.
CSOs and CDDE:
CDDE could facilitate constructive engagement
with civil society networks including sharing of
CSO experience in implementing PD and AAA.
political leadership and CDDE:
Must not forget the importance of politics
and leadership in determining aid’s impact
on development effectiveness. CDDE should
support country stakeholders in their dialogue
with political leadership, including perhaps
through a toolkit.
using national systems:
CDDE should promote a greater willingness
among donors to use countries systems and
more harmonized procedures.
CDDE and monitoring and evaluation:
Members requested that CDDE help in bolstering
capacity at sectoral and sub-national levels on
M&E, and promote better access to good models
and practices.
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Aid Information Management
Initiative.
Timor-Leste asked if peers in the CoP would be
willing to share their knowledge and experience
in selecting and implementing an Aid Information
Management System (AIMS). Cambodia, Viet Nam
and Sri Lanka offered to contribute their expertise.
The CDDE Secretariat will help in preparing a
discussion paper on lessons and AIMS options
for online discussion. The World Bank office in
Timor-Leste agreed to facilitate a video conference
discussion among the countries. The proposed
team leaders of this initiative were Helder Da Costa
(Timor-Leste) and Homa Fotouhi (Timor-Leste).
Joint Mutual Accountability
Initiative.
This initiative aims to follow up on the mutual
accountability initiative, jointly undertaken by
Cambodia, Lao PDR, and Viet Nam in 2008. The
initiative will distil examples of implementing
mutual accountability mechanisms, such as
defining joint monitoring indicators and effective
mechanisms for monitoring them. This initiative
may have components on online discussion as
well as face-to-face meetings, potentially in Luang
Prabang in July 2009. It was proposed to invite CSO
representatives and other observers as well. Hope
was expressed that all three members of the 2008
initiative (Cambodia, Lao and Viet Nam) would wish
to continue their collaboration and jointly lead the
initiative.
Asia-Pacific Voice Initiative:
Influencing & Contributing to the
OECD DAC Working Party on Aid
Effectiveness (WP-EFF).
Sri Lanka, with Nepal’s support, proposed to fur-ther
strengthen Asia-Pacific partner country voices
in international aid policy and aid architecture. It
builds on the collaboration that began in 2008
with the Asia-Pacific Partner Country Contact
Group which helped ensure Asia-Pacific perspec-tives
were taken into account in the preparations
of the HLF-3 and the AAA. The new initiative
seeks to ensure a diversity of views on experi-ence
in implementing aid policy at country level
in Asia-Pacific reaches international policy making
processes (such as OECD DAC) and reflects voices
from a range of stakeholders and countries. It will
invite members of the Asia-Pacific AE CoP to join
an online discussion – for example on the topic
“The Accra Agenda for Action – a year on, what
progress has been made in designing and imple-menting
country-based action plans?” It will invite
those individuals from Asia-Pacific who participate
in the WP-EFF meeting in November 2009 to a
face-to-face preparatory meeting.1 This will result
in a consolidated contribution from Asia-Pacific
to the WP-EFF. The proposed team leader for this
initiative is Velayuthan Sivagnanasothy (Sri Lanka),
and all countries and CoP members are invited to
participate in the online discussions and contrib-ute
to the consolidated input to the WP-EFF.
Initiative on CSOs Network in the
Asia-Pacific Region.
This proposed initiative supports the constructive
engagement of the CDDE Facility with CSO
networks in the Asia-Pacific region. It will focus on
linking to and adding value to existing initiatives, in
particular the Asia-Pacific CSO network developed
by the Reality of Aid. Proposed activities may
include supporting CSOs in a review of their role
in implementing the PD & AAA, and in so doing
enhance the capacity of CSOs to better understand,
implement and monitor the progress of the PD
and AAA at the community, national and regional
levels. The proposed team leaders of this initiative
were Fakavae Taomia (Pacific CSO), Donatus Marut
(Indonesia) and Rosalinda Tablang (Philippines).
Parliaments and Aid Effectiveness
Initiative.
Drawing a distinction between individual
parliamentarians and the institution of parliament,
Alessandro Motter (IPU) expressed the view
that an initiative should address issues at the
institutional level as that would pay a higher
dividend. This initiative proposes to conduct
a survey of parliamentary capacities for aid
effectiveness. It would be submitted to parliaments
(key committees and support offices) to develop a
picture of the specific capacity development needs
in the region. It could include precise questions
based on a menu of tools, processes and assets
that a parliament should ideally be endowed with
to play its role in maximizing the development
benefits from aid, and it could be based on a simple
2-3 page questionnaire, the results of which could
1 As at 26 March 2009, the WP-EFF has invited participants from
the following countries in Asia-Pacific: Bangladesh, Cambodia,
Indonesia, Republic of Korea, Papua New Guinea, Philippines,
Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Viet Nam,
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be pasted on www.AidEffectiveness.org along
with a guidance note (see Service Line 2). Both
the survey and guidance note could draw on
information and insights from recent IPU and other
case studies of parliaments. A second element
in the initiative could be for the CDDE Facility
to support the convening of a regional meeting
of parliamentarians most directly involved in aid
and development effectiveness. This would be in
the peer-to-peer mode of the CDDE, would follow-up
on the survey, and would enable MPs to compare
notes on capacities of their respective parliaments
and exchange experience on how those capacities
were built or could be further developed. Focused
on practical and technical questions, the meeting
could help identify those country situations
requiring more attention in future plans for
parliamentary capacity development. It would be
essential to link this initiative to existing ongoing
initiatives addressing parliamentary capacities
and to ensure synergies and avoid duplication.
The proposed team leaders of this initiative were
Alessandro Motter (IPU) in partnership with UNDP
and those countries and parliamentarians who
wish to join.
4.12. Support peer-to-peer initiatives
through iAid tools.
In order to help facilitate this collaboration,
members agreed on the value of web-based
communications, such as through the online Aid
Effectiveness Portal, where iAid tools would allow
members to search for other AE CoP members
based on interests and experience, discuss issues
and challenges with each other, find out about
upcoming events, collaborate on initiatives, and
put a question forward to the community.
Members discussed the proposed online tools and
their value in facilitating effective collaboration
and made the following recommendations:
Clarify Membership.
It will be important for the CDDE Facility to
clarify its terms of online membership in order to
establish a close-knit community. The Facility could
also engage in a pro-active membership drive by
making use of individual stakeholders’ networks,
and to reach out to other countries in the region
that were not in Manila.
Perform Quality Assurance.
The CDDE Secretariat should moderate the website,
as well as inactive and active member accounts, in
the interests of quality assurance.
Provide Instructions.
The CDDE Facility should make available clear
instructions for all members on how to use the
online tools.
4.13. Improving access to evidence and
analysis on implementation of aid
policy in the Asia-Pacific region.
The CDDE Facility would provide in-country
stakeholders and others globally and regionally
with up-to-date access to evidence and analysis
on implementation of aid policy in the region
through:
AE-COP Newsletter: The CDDE Facility would
continue the newsletter that was established by the
AE-CoP in 2008, aimed at bridging the knowledge
gap between countries in the region and between
the region and the international community. An
example of a recent Asia-Pacific AE-COP Newsletter
can be found at www.AidEffectiveness.org/
newsletter.
Two Flagship Development Effectiveness
Reports:
To ensure that the robust evidence from the Asia-
Pacific region is taken into account in international
policy debates and give appropriate visibility to
innovations in policy and practice from the region,
it was proposed that the CDDE Facility would
produce two reports; one in 2009-10 and a more
detailed one ahead of HLF-4 in 2011. This depends
on whether the current funding shortfall in the
CDDE Budget of approximately $150,000 for 2009
is met.
4.14. Providing an annual forum for aid
effectiveness policy makers and
practitioners.
The CDDE Facility will organize an annual AE-CoP
meeting, similar to that just held in Manila, which
will bring together champions of aid effectiveness
from countries across the region to share
experiences, codify lessons, develop guidance,
and set the priorities for the CDDE. Good practices
underline that in order for a CoP to be vibrant
and remain in touch with the day to day practical
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needs of its membership, online interactions,
videoconferences and the smaller peer-to-peer
initiatives need to be complemented by occasional
face-to-face meetings. The annual CoP event will
provide for facilitated face-to-face meetings for (i)
partner countries to share experiences and develop
peer-to-peer and south-south initiatives, and (ii)
partner countries and development partners to
discuss practical responses to the challenges in
implementing the PD and AAA, and to develop
the next year’s CDDE Work Plan. The CDDE Launch
served the purpose of an annual meeting in which
partner countries and development partners were
able to share best practices and concerns about
this year’s theme, the implementation of PD and
AAA, and put in place a country-driven and multi-stakeholder
draft Work Plan for 2009.
4.2. SERVICE LINE 2: KNOWLEDGE
MANAGEMENT AND HELPDESK
– CONNECTING PEOPLE AND
KNOWLEDGE
As part of the preparations for HLF-3 in 2008,
partner countries were provided with Helpdesk
support in implementing at country level the
2008 OECD DAC Survey on Implementation of the
Paris Declaration. The Helpdesk, staffed jointly
by the OECD DAC Secretariat, UNDP and the
World Bank, provided access to (i) a web-based
repository of tools and guidance for implementing
the survey, (ii) on-demand expert email responses
to specific queries from the country level, and (iii)
information to help countries access technical
resources and expertise in conducting the survey.
An eLibrary (at www.AidEffectiveness.org) was also
established to improve partner country access to
key resources on each of the nine Round Tables
topics to be discussed at HLF-3, as well as other
aid effectiveness policy documents, country level
resources, and links to other sources of expert
knowledge.
The Helpdesk concept, led by the OECD DAC and
supported by UNDP and the World Bank, will
serve to provide guidance and support not only
on the 2010 OECD DAC Survey but on a wide
range of issues relating to aid and development
effectiveness. It will seek to provide on-demand
support, responding in real-time to specific country
needs and interests. The eLibrary function will be
updated, expanded and made more interactive,
allowing country stakeholders to maintain
ownership over their own country pages.
There are two main components of Service Line 2:
4.21. eLibrary, Events and ‘Find an
Expert’ service.
The eLibrary will provide an online repository of
cutting edge and innovative tools and resources on
a wide range of aid effectiveness topics. It will help
members access relevant material by providing
simple topic guides on a carefully selected set
of practically useful materials. It will also provide
country pages, under the full ownership of country
stakeholders, in order for them to showcase their
national initiatives.
“The Portal should accommodate people
having no expertise but who want to
learn and have areas of interest.”
Member from Indonesia
Within the eLibrary, members will be able to
access an Events page, which will feature a
regularly updated calendar of events related to aid
effectiveness and its global, regional or national
processes that may be of interest.
Members will also be able to use an online ‘Find
an Expert’ service. The CDDE Facility will maintain
a database of aid effectiveness experts, which
will allow members to locate experts based on
the country and areas of expertise they require.
The eight broad areas of expertise identified
include Aid Management and Coordination, Aid
Delivery and Using Government Systems, Building
Mutual Accountability, Capacity Development, Civil
Society and Aid Effectiveness, Cross-cutting Issues,
Managing for Results, and National Plans and
Budgets. Members could also sign up to become
an expert themselves or recommend others. The
CDDE would assist in the matching of expertise
with member requirements.
Members highlighted the usefulness and
convenience of these tools, and made the following
recommendations:
Ensure Cross-Linkages.
It will be important to ensure cross-linkages
between the Aid Effectiveness Portal and other
websites, including those of training institutions
and development partners. The eLibrary should also
help members access the second component of this
service line – finding relevant Guidance Notes.
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Clarify Ownership.
In order for the CDDE and, more specifically, the
online country pages to be owned by partner
countries, there needs to be further clarification
on what role members will have in maintaining
the site. This will then need to be balanced with
issues of quality assurance and the need to ensure
country pages reflect perspectives of a cross-section
of government, parliamentary, CSO and
donor stakeholders. Careful selection of content
and a system of user comments were mentioned
in this context.
Define the Audience.
The online Portal should aim to reach out to a
wide range of stakeholders, including government
officials, parliamentarians, CSOs and practitioners
alike.
“I expect to exchange the information
and materials discussed during the
workshop through the Aid Effective-ness
Portal.”
Expand the Areas of Expertise.
Members suggested additional criteria that
could be applied to select experts for inclusion
in the database: (i) have hands-on experience, (ii)
have local knowledge and be sensitive to local
conditions, (iii) have experience in project and
programme management, (iv) have knowledge
of aid effectiveness in fragile states, and (v) have
experience in moderating and facilitating. There
was a clear preference for experts from within the
region and those with practical experience.
4.22. Rapid Response Helpdesk.
The CDDE Facility will maintain a rapid response Helpdesk
for ad hoc queries from partner countries seeking
access to analysis, expertise, policy process, and event
information as they relate to aid effectiveness. The
Helpdesk, based within the CDDE Secretariat, would
draw from expertise available regionally or elsewhere
and provide tailored responses. It may also include direct
mission support. Where issues concern several partner
countries or practitioners, the Helpdesk would prepare
practical Guidance Notes.
Members recommended that lessons and
experiences from the following areas be codified
and compiled into easy to use Guidance Notes.
Members worked in pairs and at their tables to
propose topics for which they felt there was a
priority need for guidance in their countries. These
proposals were displayed on the wall with the four
topics receiving the largest number of votes listed
below:
• Aid Information Management Systems;
• Practical guidance for sectoral/technical
working groups on aid effectiveness, such as
inclusiveness in the development effectiveness
process, and managing multi-stakeholder
dialogue;
• Communicating with and increasing awareness
of politicians/parliamentarians on aid
effectiveness;
• Monitoring and evaluation of development
effectiveness, with an emphasis on outcomes
rather than outputs.
It was proposed that the first three topics be
included in the 2009 CDDE Work Plan, and the
CDDE Secretariat will contact members and ask
for volunteers to join the reference group which
quality controls each Guidance Note.
Additional areas where members felt Guidance
Notes could be useful include: funding mechanisms
and modalities, managing basket funds and
coordination of aid assistance, localization of
implementation of PD and AAA, and systematically
assessing capacity development needs for aid
effectiveness and development effectiveness.
4.3. SERVICE LINE 3:
CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT
– ASSESSING NEEDS AND
STRATEGIES TO MEET THEM
At the Accra HLF-3, partner countries and
development agencies alike recognized the
importance of multi-stakeholder capacity
development if each was to be able to play their
role in promoting the effective use of aid for
development effectiveness. In response, the CDDE
Facility proposed a service line to support members
in assessing their capacity needs and developing
appropriate capacity development responses and
strategies to meet them. The proposed service
line was welcomed by CoP members and two key
areas were identified in which the CDDE Facility
Member from a Central Ministry
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could support partner countries in their capacity
development measures:
4.31. Access to capacity assessment
tools and good practices.
The CDDE Facility will ensure access for country
stakeholders throughout the region to capacity
assessment methodologies and tools that
countries can use to assess systematically
capacities at the level of the enabling environment,
the organisation and the individual with respect
to aid effectiveness. The service line will support
the codification of good practices in using these
tools and methodologies, taking into account the
changing needs and differing levels of experience
in across country contexts.
“Without addressing the highly techni-cal
capacity issues, we cannot follow
the spirit of the
Paris Declaration
and Accra Agenda
for Action.”
4.32. Support for capacity development
responses through peer
collaboration.
In addition to improving partner country access to
methodologies and tools to assess their capacity
gaps, the CDDE Facility will also support countries
in their development of strategies to address those
gaps.
Members highlighted the value of CDDE support
in mapping and codifying member/country
experiences of capacity assessments and responses.
They highlighted the existence of capacity gaps in
not only central policy ministries but also in line
ministries, at sub-national level and among other
country stakeholders, including within donors
agencies. Specific capacity challenges identified
included:
Recognise the institutional • and political
dimensions. Members voiced a demand that
capacity development tools recognise the
importance of addressing institutional and
political dimensions that may hamper achieving
results, even where individual capacities are
seemingly strong;
• Prioritizing capacity development responses.
Once a capacity assessment is complete,
members asked how they would go about
developing a capacity assessment response, and
prioritizing and sequencing those responses
when there are many;
• Balancing ambition and focus. Having
acknowledged the demand for national and
sectoral capacity development strategies,
members were concerned with how to keep
the strategy focused and practical, rather than
trying to accomplish too much too fast;
• Increasing flexibility. Members identified the
inflexibility of government systems as a major
obstacle in being able to implement effective
capacity development responses;
• Multi-stakeholder approach. Members
highlighted the need to place a strong emphasis
on building capacities at the sectoral level and
also on building the capacities and effectiveness
of CSOs.
“The question of capacity is not only
with regards to the central ministries.”
• Addressing the local
as well as national.
Members identified a
challenge in conducting
capacity assessments
and developing and
implementing responses
at the local level.
• Ownership. Members
expressed concern that
too often the process of
assessing capacities and
developing responses
is imposed from the
Mr Toru Arai, Senior Aid Coordination
Advisor, JICA Viet Nam
Mr Coa Manh Cuong, Deputy Director
General, Department of International
Cooperation, Ministry of Planning and
Investment, Viet Nam
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outside instead of being a jointly owned and
conducted process led from within the country
or ministry/agency itself.
• Being practical. Members underscored that
it was essential to make guidance on capacity
assessments and responses more practical and
less theoretical, so that countries can easily
adapt it to their context and use it.
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5. THE COMMUNITY OF
PRACTICE AND THE CDDE
FACILITY
The CDDE Facility exists to serve the members
of the Asia-Pacific Aid Effectiveness Community
of Practice (AE CoP) - the policy makers and
practitioners that are working on the ground to
localize and implement the PD and AAA throughout
the region.
CoP Members have the opportunity to contribute
and benefit in three ways:
Collaborate with other 1. members, use the
Members’ Directory, or access CDDE services
such as the online Aid Effectiveness Portal, Find
an Expert database, and the Helpdesk.
2. Take part or lead specific multi-stakeholder
country initiatives or cross-country peer-to-peer
initiatives that the CDDE Facility supports
technically and/or financially.
3. Support the effective operation of the CDDE
Facility by standing for membership of the CDDE
Steering Committee or Co-Chair.
During the CDDE Launch, members had the
opportunity to better define the specific roles
and responsibilities of CoP members, the CDDE
Secretariat, the CDDE Steering Committee and
its membership. Significant adjustments were
made to the draft terms of reference for the
CoP and CDDE Facility to reflect member views,
including substantially increasing partner country
membership of the CDDE Steering Committee and
reducing donor membership. Immediately following
the closing of the CDDE Launch, the Interim CDDE
Steering Committee met and agreed on actions to
respond to the views expressed by CoP members.
Below is a summary of suggestions made by CoP
members and actions agreed at the Launch or
immediately afterwards at the Interim Steering
Committee meeting. The CoP and CDDE Steering
Committee Terms of Reference and the Minutes of
the Interim Steering Committee Meeting can be
found online at www.AidEffectiveness.org/CDDE.
5.1 AE CoP Membership and
Responsibilities
Membership of the AE CoP would be limited to (i)
Individuals with a demonstrated commitment and
interest in taking forward the aid effectiveness
agenda; (ii) representatives of governments,
legislature, civil society organizations, donors and
other country-level policy makers and practitioners;
(iii) representatives of donor agencies funding the
CDDE; and (iv) members of international bodies
and networks such as the OECD DAC.
It was agreed that members of the AE CoP,
accepted a responsibility to (i) share information
on their initiatives to strengthen the effectiveness
of aid for development; (ii) directly or indirectly
support, upon demand, fellow members from
other countries in the region; (iii) identify and
promote linkages between the Asia-Pacific CoP and
other country, regional and global networks and
initiatives; and (iv) identify and implement practical
initiatives as part of the annual CDDE Work Plan.
All participants at the CDDE Launch would become
AE CoP members, who would, along with the CDDE
Secretariat make efforts to reach out to committed
individuals from countries that were not present in
Manila. Individuals can join the Asia-Pacific AE CoP
by visiting www.AidEffectiveness.org/CDDE.
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5.2 CDDE Secretariat Membership
and Responsibilities
The UNDP Regional Centre in Bangkok and ADB
will provide the Secretariat support to the CoP and
take responsibility for the implementation of the
Facility, under the guidance of the CDDE Steering
Committee and reporting to the Co-chairs. The
Secretariat’s tasks include: (i) monitor demand
and initiatives put forward by CoP members; (ii)
support members in developing their initiatives
and compile the annual work plans based on the
proposals put forward by members of the CoP;
(iii) post draft annual work plans on the CDDE
website for comment by CoP members and secure
Steering Committee approval for the work plans;
(iv) provide expert, technical and other support
to the implementation of the members’ initiatives
contained in the work plan and develop relevant
resources upon demand by the CoP; and (v)
monitor implementation and, twice a year, prepare
and publish on the website progress reports on the
implementation of the work plan.
The Secretariat will prepare the first draft of the
CDDE work plan by 3 April and distribute it for
member comment.
5.3 CDE Steering Committee
Membership and
Responsibilities
A Steering Committee will be established and will
meet twice a year in order to agree on the CDDE
work plans and review the progress of the CDDE.
Its tasks include to: (i) provide strategic direction
to the CDDE; (ii) ensure the accountability and
transparency of the CDDE to the CoP membership
and to funding partners; (iii) review and endorse
CDDE business processes including work planning,
criteria for the appraisal of member initiatives,
and reporting procedures; (iv) support the
development, review and endorsement of the
CDDE annual work plans and monitoring reports
through six-monthly virtual Steering Committee
meetings; (v) participate in activities supported
by the CDDE when this will add value for partner
countries; (vi) actively publicise the CDDE at key
meetings at global, regional and country level; (vii)
promote country, regional and global partnerships
to support the achievement of CDDE results; (viii)
mobilise financial and technical support to the
CDDE; and (ix) organise the Annual CoP meeting.
After much member feedback, the following
principles of Steering Committee membership
were established:
• As far as possible all sub-regions will be
represented on the Steering Committee;
• A gender balance will be proactively pursued
and preference given to female members where
equally qualified;
“The Steering Committee should be slim,
but also representative.”
• All stakeholder
groups within the
CoP will be repre-sented
– partner
government (central
policy and line min-istries),
legislature,
CSO and donors
(multi-lateral, region-al
and bilateral);
• Organisations will
be invited to take
observer status
where synergies in
programming are
identified;
Mr Tubagus Achmad Choesni, Director for
Procurement Planning for State Budgeting,
LKPP:
• Steering Committee members will be active
members and champions of the CoP.
Community of Practice members were invited to
put themselves forward to become members of
the CDDE Steering Committee. Their commitment
and readiness to support the success of the CoP
and the CDDE Facility were welcomed. However,
concern was expressed that there was insufficient
sub-regional and gender balance. It was agreed that
the Steering Committee would thus be established
on an interim basis, and its first task would be to
address the members’ concerns.
The diagram below illustrates how the CDDE Facility,
including its Steering Committee, its Secretariat
and the country/regional/global initiatives it
sponsors will support the Asia-Pacific Community
of Practice on Aid Effectiveness.
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Asia-Pacic Aid Effectiveness Community of Practice
Steering Committee Co-Chairs CDDE Secretariat
By the end of the Launch, the following members of
the Interim Steering Committee were in place:
Lava Deo Awasthi, Joint Secretary, Ministry
of Education and Sports, Government of
Nepal (Co-Chair)
Indu Bhushan, Director, Strategy Policy
Department, ADB (Co-Chair)
Velayuthan Sivagnanasothy, Director
General, Department of Foreign Aid and
Budget Monitoring, Ministry of Plan
Implementation, Government of Sri Lanka
Mosharraf Bhuiyan, Additional Secretary,
Economic Relations Department, Ministry
of Finance, Government of Bangladesh
Suranjan Kodithuwakku, Green Movement
of Sri Lanka and Reality of Aid Asia
Donatus Marut, INFID Indonesia and Reality
of Aid Asia
Jun Imanishi, Principal Deputy Director,
Aid Policy Planning Division, International
Cooperation Bureau, Ministry of Foreign
Affairs, Japan
Mark Nelson, Capacity Development Unit,
World Bank Institute
The Interim Steering Committee (ISC) met
immediately after the closing of the CDDE Launch.
ISC members agreed to address members’ concerns
by taking the following actions:
• Invite a member of the legislature to participate
in the Steering Committee (SC), with attention
to the candidate’s ability to fulfil the SC
responsibilities listed in the Terms of Reference,
their ability to fulfil the role of a CoP member,
and particularly seeking qualified women
candidates. The Inter-Parliamentary Union will
be asked to provide three recommendations.
• Invite a member of a Pacific government to
participate in the SC, with reference to their
SC and CoP responsibilities, and particularly
Country
Initiatives
Regional
Global
Initiatives
Partner government, Multilateral donor (Asia-Pacic)
Two aid effectiveness advisers (UNDP RCB)
Aid effectiveness adviser (ADB)
CDDE knowledge management specialist
CDDE administrative assistant
CSO
Asia-Pacic
(rotating)
CSO
Asia-Pacic
(rotating)
Bilateral
Donor
Multilateral
Donor
(global)
Member of
Legislature
Asia-Pacic
(rotating)
Partner
Government
Asia-Pacic
(rotating)
Partner
Government
Asia-Pacic
(rotating)
Partner
Government
Asia-Pacic
(rotating)
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seeking qualified women candidates. The Pacific
Forum Island Secretariat will be asked to provide
three recommendations.
Mr Mosharraf Bhuiyan • of the Ministry of
Finance of Bangladesh agreed to stand down
as a member of the SC if a South-East Asian
member came forward to take his place. An
invitation to South-East Asian government
members to put themselves forward for the
SC was issued on 20 March, with a deadline for
nomination of 27 March.
• It was agreed that the full CDDE Steering
Committee, which adequately addressed
members’ demands for balanced representation,
would be in place by the end of April 2009.
5.4 CDE 2009 Work Plan
The peer-to-peer initiatives, proposed practical
guidance notes, and other suggestions put
forward by CoP members during the two days were
consolidated in a draft CDDE Work Plan, which was
presented to members for comment during the
Work Planning and Next Steps session. Members
welcomed the draft work plan as a good overall
summary of member proposals, but noted that
they needed time to review the draft carefully, add
additional country names to initiatives where they
were missing, and remove countries where they
were incorrectly included.
Two concrete next steps were agreed:
• The CDDE Secretariat will work with those
members who proposed peer-to-peer initiatives
and support them in further developing their
proposed initiatives, so that they can be
circulated to all members for comment.
• The CDDE Secretariat, on behalf of the
Co-Chairs, will send out the draft Work Plan
to all CoP members for comment on 3 April.
A revised Work Plan will be prepared taking
account of CoP feedback received by 17 April,
and submitted to the CDDE Steering Committee
for review and endorsement at the SC meeting
tentatively scheduled for 29 April.
The event closed, warmly welcoming the rich
exchange of experience and the successful
development of a clear Work Plan based on
member feedback. This paves the way for the CDDE
Facility to rapidly begin delivering practical services
that support members in their work to promote
development effectiveness at country level.
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ANEX 1. SHARING EXPERIENCES:
COUNTRY BEST PRACTICES
Name Of Initiative
Countries Involved
Overview
Joint Initiative on Mutual
Accountability
• Cambodia
• Lao PDR
• Viet Nam
On 6 July 2008, delegates from Cambodia, Lao PDR, and Viet Nam established the
South-East Asia Joint Initiative on Mutual Accountability. Focusing on the question
of “What is Mutual Accountability,” the three countries shared and reviewed
experiences, and helped each other identify next steps and make recommendations
which were presented at the Accra High Level Forum. A summary report and video
were produced following the event.
This initiative is considered highly successful because of its mutual learning nature
and the spirit of cooperative exchange that is the hallmark of the south-south
approach.
During the CDDE Launch, it was recommended that these three countries reconvene
and discuss implementation of recommendations, as well as look at how this model
can be replicated and expanded throughout the region.
Capacity Development
Training Pilot
• Indonesia
• Lao PDR
• Nepal
In October 2008, UNDP Regional Centre Bangkok facilitated a pilot Regional Executive
Peer Exchange Programme in partnership with Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy.
This brought together 8 senior level officials from Indonesia, Lao PDR and Nepal
and combined elements of peer exchange and training. The programme looked
at the key actors, forces, principles, and aid modalities that influenced national
development and aid management. A series of modules were developed, and made
available online for others to see, which helped participants identify and analyze
the challenges they faced in building their capacity for aid management.
During the CDDE Launch, the training pilot was deemed useful in developing
a better understanding of aid effectiveness issues and functional skills, and
also offered an excellent opportunity for peer-peer exchange. Because
the programme did not last long, however issues of sustainability were
also raised. Members requested that modules from the Regional Executive
Peer Exchange and the subsequent Indonesia-specific training programme
(conducted in November 2008) be made available at www.AidEffectiveness.
org as a global public good. This will be implemented by end April/early
May 2009.
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Name Of Initiative
Countries Involved
Overview
The Jakarta Commitments
• Indonesia
On January 12, 2009, 22 donor countries and multilateral agencies and the
Government of Indonesia signed the Jakarta Commitments, an agreement that
signified the forging of a new relationship between the Government and its donors,
moving from an aid model to a development partnership.
The Commitments are intended to strengthen country ownership over development,
build more effective and inclusive partnerships for development, and focus on
delivering and accounting for development results.
The Commitments hold donors accountable for better alignment with national
programmes and priorities, increased use of the country’s public financial
management systems, and a reduction in parallel monitoring activities. The
Commitments pledge that the Government will in turn establish a regular dialogue
mechanism with its development partners in order to continue an open discussion
on the development agenda, and implement a strong framework for measuring and
monitoring results within its new Medium-term Development Plan.
At the CDDE Launch, Indonesia recognised the importance of dissemination
on lessons learned from the development and implementation of the Jakarta
Commitments, and offered to report back on this at the next AE CoP meeting.
Increasing CSO
Engagement
• Philippines
CSOs in the Philippines have been working to promote greater inclusiveness of CSOs
and find their place in the country’s aid architecture. In the lead up to HLF-3, they
started holding civil society seminars and consultations at both the national and sub-national
levels, soliciting the responses of CSOs throughout the country to the AAA
which were consolidated in a national statement on PD and AAA implementation
on behalf of CSOs in the Philippines.
Particularly innovative was the success of Philippines NGOs to achieve greater
inclusiveness and meaningful participation in the aid effectiveness and development
process. All consultations were carried out in a bottom-up approach, which began
at the grassroots level, working up to island-wide consultations. The process was
multi-stakeholder, in that CSOs also met with national government agencies to
debate their concerns relating to aid effectiveness. Following HLF-3, CSOs in the
Philippines have also held briefings with parliamentarians, and continued to monitor
the effectiveness of ODA projects.
During the CDDE Launch, three key achievements of this initiative were highlighted:
(i) better understanding among CSOs of their role in the aid system; (ii) the
acknowledgement that national and regional (sub-national) CSOs need to work
together to insert themselves and participate in the overall development process
and overcome the traditional lack of mechanisms and processes to include them;
and (iii) new avenues for collaboration have opened up with the Congressional
Oversight Committee on Official Development Assistance, parliamentarians, and
the National Economic and Development Authority.
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Name Of Initiative
Countries Involved
Overview
Advancing Aid Effectiveness
in Timor-Leste
• Timor-Leste
Despite being a post-conflict country, Timor-Leste has made significant strides in
advancing its aid effectiveness agenda. With the support of UNDP Regional Centre
Bangkok, it established a National Directorate of Aid Effectiveness. Following HLF-3,
it became one of the founding members of the “Group of Six” (G6) of states in
fragile development situations.
Along with Afghanistan, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo,
Haiti, and Sierra Leone, the G6 is working on publishing a report in June 2009
on Monitoring Implementation of Principles for Good International Engagement
in Fragile States. Timor-Leste was the first country to hold its national consultative
meeting in March, where representatives of the 3Ds (Diplomacy, Defense, and
Development) gathered with CSOs to discuss key priorities and action areas. A key
result was the systematic inclusion for the first time in the country’s history of ODA
from development partners in the 2009 national Combined Sources Budget.
During the CDDE Launch, Timor-Leste identified challenges that remain, including
coordination of its 46 different donors and the lack of a national strategic
development plan. Still, the country has utilized peer-peer and south-south
networks to not only develop its own capacities but also strengthen its voice in
the international aid arena.
Joint Study of Effective
Technical Cooperation for
Capacity Development
• Japan
In collaboration with other donors, Japan has actively supported capacity
development in developing countries. In its Joint Study of Effective Technical
Cooperation (TC) for Capacity Development (CD), which involved 11 countries and
7 donors, it sought to provide evidence on how to make TC more effective as part
of the overall drive towards country-led CD.
Based on its 11 country reports, the study set out five key findings: (i) ownership is
a key ingredient for CD; (ii) CD strategies should be multi-factor and multi-level; (iii)
political leadership is crucial; (iv) TC can help strengthen CD; (v) enabling conditions
for effective TC include:
• Adequate planning, management and monitoring and evaluation under the
leadership of countries
• Flexible and responsive design of TC
• Long-term commitment
• Embedding TC in organizational change and learning
• Complementarity with other modalities such as south-south and Triangular
Cooperation
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ANEX 2. EVALUATION OF
THE CDDE LAUNCH:
FEEDBACK FROM MEMBERS
52 participants provided fedback on the CDDE
Launch, rating the overall event quality at 3.4 out
of a possible 4.0. Representatives from across the
four stakeholder groups fedback in the evaluation
forms what they had learned from the event, their
plans for turning their knowledge into action, and
suggestions on what could be improved for the
next annual AE CoP Meeting.
Participants emphasized the practical nature and
implications of the CDDE and the Launch event:
“The information on Aid Information Management
Systems and development effectiveness will be the
points of discussion on a day-to-day basis,” “Group
discussions that included all stakeholders widened
the perspectives and promoted inclusiveness
towards better partnerships,” and the Launch
had begun the process of “improving the way of
working and the coordination between Government
ministries and the donor community.”
It was felt that “these new areas will no doubt be
brought to management for further deliberation.”
Specifically, the event’s strong emphasis on
peer exchange was found to be valuable, with
participants saying: “The countries at this workshop
will help us formulate the ideas and concepts
on how to develop capacity for development
effectiveness,” and “the sharing of experiences
was the best part.”
Across the stakeholder groups, participants were
eager to return home and start turning all the
words they had heard over the two days into action
within their respective networks.
CSO representatives said, “The first thing is to
distribute the knowledge to other CSOs”, “I’ll
write about this in our newsletter and newspaper,
and share the process and result of this meeting
to other CSOs in my country,” and “I’ve learned
a lot of things from these two days’ activities.”
Parliamentarians suggested they “will liaise
with the responsible personnel to promote
parliamentarian’s awareness of the CDDE and CoP,”
and will “disseminate the information to members
and networks at the national and parliament levels.”
Donors noted that there was a “good link with
countries’ activities,” and the issue of building local
capacities for aid effectiveness “will be discussed
among our colleagues.” At the Government level,
participants said they will “share with our ministry
for information dissemination on the subject” and
“apply some of the experience/knowledge shared
with colleagues in my country.”
On the format of the Launch, participants welcomed
“the interactive styles of exchanging ideas and
experiences and the open forum discussion” and
the “very flexible structure,” suggesting that “it
was good to see the organizers encourage partner
countries to say/suggest/recommend what should
be done.”
Recommendations for the next AE CoP meeting
included: “more time for small group discussion”
instead of “too much plenary,” that there be
a “recap of group discussions at plenary,” that
discussions be “arranged on a geographical basis”,
and that “more time be allowed for concrete best
practices from countries.”
Overall, participants “appreciated the efforts to
organize this useful meeting,” and recommended
that this kind of “sharing of information should be
done at least once a year.”
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4
3
2
1
0
CDDE Launch Member Feedback (1=low; 4=high)
Sessions on
Service Line 1:
Peer to Peer
Sessions on
Service Line 2:
Knowledge
Management
Helpdesk
Sessions on
Service Line 3:
Capacity
Development
Festival of
Experience
Overall
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Thursday 12 March
08.30-09.00 Late Registration if Security Registration missed on Wednesday (Reception Desk at ADB)
Welcome Coffee Tea (ADB, Auditorium B, First Floor)
Session 1: Welcome and Members Introductions
09.00-10.00 Opening and
welcome
Chair: Mr. K. Sakai, Director General, SPD, ADB
1. Welcome: Mr R. Nag, Managing Director General, ADB
2. Members’ introductions: Chair invites 4 CDDE members to
speak on what they hope to contribute and what they are seeking
from their membership of the CDDE Facility.
• Sri Lanka: Mr V. Sivagnanasothy, Director General, Department
of Foreign Aid Budget Monitoring, Ministry of Plan
Implementation
• IBON International: Ms. Maita Gomez, Policy Officer (tbc)
• Bangladesh: Professor Ali Ashraf, Bangladesh Parliament
(tbc)
• OECD DAC: Ms Misaki Watanabe, Aid Effectiveness Division
3. Agenda and Objectives (Aidan Cox Tom Beloe)
4. Members’ discussion at tables:
• Members discuss in pairs their aid effectiveness experiences and
challenges they face and expertise they seek
• At the table, members try to match challenges faced with
experience expertise of others at the table.
• Brief reporting back from tables at random
5. Wrap up by Chair
Rapporteur: Manoranjan Senapaty
1. Welcome (10 mins)
2. Each member gives 2 minute
introduction (10 minutes)
3. Agenda Objectives (10 mins)
4. Members’ discussion (25 mins)
5. Wrap up (2 mins)
ANEX 3. AGENDA
FOR CDDE LAUNCH
Implementing the Paris Declaration Accra Agenda for Action
Launch of the Capacity Development Facility
for Development Effectiveness
11-13 March 2009, Manila, Philippines
Purpose
To strengthen national capacities for implementing the PD and AAA by:
• Facilitating two days of peer-exchange and learning amongst governments,
organizations and concerned individuals from across the Asia-Pacific; and
• Finalising and launching the Capacity Development Facility for Development
Effectiveness (CDDE), supporting innovation and providing long-term capacity
development support for country level implementation of the PD and AAA up to
2011.
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Session 2: Sharing innovation from the Implementation of Aid Policy at Country Level
10.00-10.50 Innovations in aid
effectiveness–
making a
difference in 2008
Moving forward
with lesson
learning
Chair: Mr Jun Imanishi, Principal Deputy Director, Aid Policy
Planning Division, International Cooperation Bureau, Ministry of
Foreign Affairs
1. Introduction by chair
2. Innovations at country level: three members present
on innovations from their country that have strengthened
implementation of aid policy:
• Indonesia: Jakarta Commitments, Mr Tubagus Choesni, Director
for Procurement Planning for State Budgeting
• Philippines: Rosalinda Tablang, Aid Watch
• Timor-Leste: Dr Helder Da Costa, Aid Effectiveness National
Priorities Secretariat, Ministry of Finance
3. Plenary discussion: clarifications; ideas for lesson-learning
• How can we work as members of the Asia-Pacific Aid
Effectiveness Community of Practice and use the CDDE to
improve lesson learning across (and within) countries?
4. Closing by chair
Rapporteur: Stefanie Carmichael
1. Introduction by chair (5 mins)
Introduction on role of the community of
practice in lesson learning
2. Members present innovations (20 mins)
3. Plenary discussion on objectives and
ideas for lesson learning (25 mins)
4. Closing (2 mins)
10.50-11.20 Coffee Tea (ADB, Auditorium B, First Floor)
Session 3: What is Capacity Development for Development Effectiveness (CDDE)?
11.20-12.45 Festival of
experience:
Support for
implementing
aid policy in the
region
What is the CDDE
Facility?
Chair: Mr Mark Nelson, World Bank Institute
1. Introduction to the session, Chair
2. ‘Festival of experience’: interactive sessions on the three
service lines. Three areas to visit – including presentation, video,
and hands on computer sessions – and chance to ask questions:
(i) Peer-peer: South-East Asia Mutual Accountability Initiative of
Cambodia, Lao and Viet Nam [Annex 1]
(ii) Knowledge Management Help Desk Services: Accessing
a gateway to expertise through www.AidEffectiveness.org.
Country-pages – show case country innovations and resources
[Auditorium B]
(iii) Capacity development services: Training pilot and other CD
initiatives, eg LenCD [Annex 2]
• First round of entertainment (visit one of the 3 sessions)
• Second round of entertainment (visit a different session)
3. Presentation of CDDE Facility: results and service lines. Aidan
Cox, Regional Adviser on Aid Effectiveness, UNDP Regional Centre
in Bangkok
4. Plenary discussion: Are the objectives and service lines of the
CDDE broadly right?
5. Closing: Chair
1. Introduction (5 mins)
2. Festival of experience (2x20 minutes)
i) Facilitator: UNDP (Thomas Beloe)
Guest speakers (rotate): Viet Nam (tbc),
Cambodia (tbc), Lao (tbc)
Rapporteur: Bob Bernardo
ii) Facilitator: UNDP (Stefanie Carmichael)
Guest speaker: Agulhas (Marcus Cox)
iii) Facilitator: UNDP (Aidan Cox)
Guest speakers (rotate): Nepal (tbc),
Laos (tbc), Indonesia (tbc). World Bank
(Mark Nelson)
Rapporteur: Dipa Bagai
3. Presentation of the Facility (10 mins)
4. Plenary discussion (25 mins)
5. Closing (2 mins)
12.45-14.00 Lunch (ADB’s Executive Dining Room, Coffee Lounge, 2nd floor)
Tables divided by stakeholder group: (a) Parliaments; (b) CSOs; (c) line ministries; (d) central ministries; (e) donors
Session 4: The Community of Practice and the CDDE Facility
14.00-14.20 The Community of
Practice and the
CDDE Facility
Chair: Mr Chris MacCormac, Deputy Director General, SPD, ADB
1. Overview of the CDDE, Mr Chris MacCormac, ADB
Its relationship to the Community of Practice, including ideas on
roles of CoP members in the governance of the CDDE and shaping
the CDDE work plan
2. Plenary Clarifications. Any issues that need discussion during
remainder of the two days?
3. Closing by chair
1. Overview (10 mins)
2. Plenary clarifications (10 mins)
3. Closing (2 mins)
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Service Lines –
putting Capacity Development for Development Effectiveness into practice
Session 5: Service Line 1: Peer to Peer – strengthening collaboration in the region
• Facilitating sub-regional thematic peer exchange with technical and small grant assistance, web-based communications and interactive
iAid support;
• Improving access to evidence analysis from the implementation of aid policy in Asia-Pacific, including 2 flagship reports and quarterly
newsletter;
• Annual forum for aid effectiveness policy makers practitioners to exchange experience and strategise across countries
14.20-15.30
What is this
service line?
What happened in
2008?
Developing ideas
for initiatives in
2009
Chair: Mrs Dasa Silovic, Senior Aid Coordination Adviser, Capacity
Development Group, Bureau of Development Policy, UNDP
1. Presentation of Peer to Peer Service line: how will it support
stronger collaboration in the region? Tom Beloe, Aid Effectiveness
Specialist, UNDP Regional Centre
2. Introduction to work planing for Peer to Peer, Tom Beloe
3. Brainstorming in pairs: (i) capacity challenges; (ii) ideas for
initiatives to address them
4. Discuss at table which initiatives to support solutions are
strongest or can be combined. Tables take the best ideas to the
“community board” and look around at others’ ideas.
5. Wrap-up by chair
1. Peer to Peer presentation (10 mins)
2. Work planning (5 mins)
3. Brainstorming in pairs (10 mins)
4. Table discussions and walk around(45
mins)
5. Wrap-up (2 mins)
15.30-16.00 Coffee and Tea (ADB, Auditorium B, First Floor)
Facilitators look at the wall and try and identify where champions might be brought together to develop joint initiatives.
Members aware of global processes that see strong linkages with proposed peer-peer initiatives should work to establish these links
Session 6: Putting Peer-to-Peer in Place: helping members to collaborate
16.00-17.00 What facilities do
members need
to help them
collaborate on
peer-to-peer
initiatives?
Have we got them
right?
Chair: Mr Ikufumi Tomimoto, Chief Representative of JICA France
Office
1. Brief Introduction by Chair
2. Helping Members to Collaborate: what do we need, and
what facilities can iAid offer to help? Stefanie Carmichael, Aid
Effectiveness Knowledge Management, UNDP
• iAid Profile Pages and Who’s Who
• Discussion Forums
• Initiatives
3. Brainstorming at tables: Members’ feedback
• Part I: what tools do I need to collaborate? Are these the right
ones?
• Part II: Who can help me? Who can I help? i-aid profiles
4. Plenary discussion: Feedback from tables at random
5. Wrap-up by chair
Overall Rapporteur: Manoranjan Senapaty
1. Introduction (3 mins)
2. Presentation (10 mins)
3. Brainstorming at tables (25 mins)
One facilitator rapporteur per table
4. Plenary (15 mins)
5. Wrap-up (2 mins)
16.50-17.00 Wrap up Facilitator
18.30-20.30 Dinner Reception (Emerald A B, 4th floor, Crowne Plaza Hotel)
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Friday 13 March
08.30-08.40 Introduction to day Facilitators
Session 7: Service Line 2: Knowledge Management Helpdesk Services – connecting people to knowledge
• Provide access to a cutting edge knowledge management portal (www.AidEffectiveness.org), including e-library and database of experts
• Provide Helpdesk giving rapid response to ad hoc queries on how to access analysis, expertise, policy process and event information
08.40-10.00 What is this service
line?
Have we got it right?
Developing Guidance
notes
Making use of
expertise
Chair: Mr Mark Nelson, World Bank Institute
1. Presentation of Knowledge Management Helpdesk
Service Line. Aidan Cox, UNDP and Marcus Cox, Agulhas
2. Plenary discussion:
• Is our e-library organised the right way, focusing on the right
aid effectiveness tools, to help us meet our country level
challenges?
3. Do we need practical guidance notes on tools/themes?
• If so, which ones!
• Voting! Prioritising guidance notes by voting and joining
reference groups
4. Find an Expert service: Stefanie Carmichael, UNDP
• How do I do it?
• How can I become one?
• Areas of expertise
• Discuss with neighbour/table:
• Is this the right categorisation of expertise?
• Any other feedback on Find an Expert Service?
• Feedback from tables at random
5. Wrap-up by Chair
1. Presentation of service line feedback
(10 mins)
2. Plenary discussion (15 mins)
3. Voting: discussion at table and voting/
signing up to join a reference group (30
mins)
4. Find an Expert service (20 mins)
5. Wrap-up (2 mins)
Session 8: Service Line 3: Capacity Development Services – assessing needs strategies to meet them
• Access to capacity assessment tools and good practices
• Support for capacity development responses through peer collaboration
10.30-11.45 What is being
offered?
Experience so
far in capacity
assessments?
Experience so far in
capacity responses?
Developing ideas for
implementation in
2009
Chair: Ms Sara Fyson, Policy Adviser, Aid Effectiveness Division,
OECD DAC
1. Presentation of Capacity Development Service Line: Mr
Peter Robertson, Senior Capacity Development Specialist, Public
Management, Governance and Participation Division, RSGP, ADB
2. Capacity Assessments and Responses in practice:
• Cambodia: why, how, who and what were the results. Mr Heng
Chou, Council for the Development of Cambodia
• Nepal: tailoring capacity assessment methodologies for aid
effectiveness in 2009, Mr Bob Bernardo, UNDP
• Joint Study on Effective TC for CD (tbc) : Mr Ikufumi Tomimoto,
Chief Representative of JICA France Office
3. Plenary Discussion
4. Working Groups:
• Can we map member/country experience of capacity
assessments and capacity responses? (eg as part of national
or sector planning processes)
• what kinds of demand do members/countries have for
capacity is there in countries for capacity assessments and CD
responses?
• how can we better codify experiences of using capacity
assessments and develop a better menu of CD responses?
• What expertise do we have and can we recommend
experts?
5. Highlights from the working groups (Mr Peter Robertson
and Ms Dipa Bagai, CD Team Leader, UNDP Regional Centre in
Bangkok)
6. Wrap-up by Chair
1. Presentation of service line (5 mins)
2. Three examples of Capacity
Assessments and CD Responses: 5
minutes each, maximum 4 slides each. (15
mins)
3. Plenary (15 mins)
4. Working Groups (30 mins)
(Each group to select a rapporteur and
facilitator)
5. Highlights (5 mins)
6. Wrap up (2 mins)
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Session 9: Service Line 1 (cont): Peer to Peer – strengthening collaboration in the region
11.45-12.30 Speakers’ corner –
publicising and
joining peer-peer
initiatives
Chair: Mrs Dasa Silovic, Senior Aid Coordination Adviser,
Capacity Development Group, Bureau of Development Policy,
UNDP
1. Members who wish to look for support in developing
peer-peer initiatives provided with an opportunity to publicise
proposals (open microphone)
2. Plenary discussion
3. Wrap-up by chair
1. Members 3 minutes each
2. Plenary. Any members who see linkages
between the proposed peer-to-peer
initiatives and ongoing or upcoming global
processes should highlight these during
plenary discussion.
3. Wrap up. Initiatives will be allocated lunch
tables
12.30-14.15 Lunch (ADB’s Executive Dining Room, Coffee Lounge, 2nd floor)
Tables allotted for peer-peer discussions to further clarify modalities for moving forward as appropriate.
Session 10: Members’ Feedback
14.15-15.00 Members’ feedback
opportunity
Chair: Mr Indu Bhushan, Director, SPPI, ADB
1. Opportunity for members to give overall feedback on:
Member feedback on initiatives further developed over lunch;
CDDE service lines;
Governance arrangements ;
Any other aspects of CDDE Facility
2. Approval of Partner Country Co-chair and CSO member of
CDDE Steering Committee
3. What have we heard? How we will adjust the CDDE Facility
to maximise its benefits to country level partners? (Peter
Robertson and Aidan Cox)
Open microphone for members to provide
feedback on any aspect of the CDDE Facility
15.00-15.30 Coffee and Tea (ADB, Auditorium B, First Floor)
Session 11: CDDE Working Planning and Next Steps
15.30-16.30 Taking forward the
CDDE Community
of Practice ahead of
HLF-4
Chair: Partner country CDDE Steering Committee Co-Chair
Agreeing next steps:
• Draft Work Plan for CDDE. Tom Beloe, UNDP
• Plenary discussion
• Next steps for Community of Practice:
• Partner country Co-chair
• Donor Co-Chair, ADB, Mr. K. SAKAI, Director General,
SPD, ADB
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ANEX 4. LIST OF PARTICIPANTS:
CDDE LAUNCH
Bangladesh
Ali Ashraf
navin401286@yahoo.com
Tel: +88-02-811-2433/9125319
Member of Parliament
Cambodia
Ahmed Swapan
exchange.voice@gmail.com
ahmed.swapan@gmail.com
Tel : +88-02-8158688
Executive Director
Voice
Bijon Baishya
bijon_kumar@hotmail.com
Tel: +88-02-811-2683
Joint Secretary, Economic Relations
Division
Ministry of Finance
Bo Sundstrom
b-sundstrom@dfid.gov.uk
Tel: +88-017-13-499
Head of Corporate Business Aid
Effectiveness
DFID
F.M.M Jalaluddin AI Quaderi
jalal_quaderi@yahoo.com
Joint Secretary
Ministry of Primary and Mass Education
Mosharraf Bhuiyan
mosharraf212@yahoo.com
Tel: +88-02-811-1971
Additional Secretary,
Economic Relations Division
Ministry of Finance
Borithy Lun
borithy.lun@ccc-cambodia.org
Tel: +855-23-214152
Mobile: +855-12-802384
Executive Director
Cooperation Committee for Cambodia
Chou Heng
chou.heng@crdb.gov.kh
Tel: +855-92-660661
Council for the Development of
Cambodia
Dylan Gelard
dylan.gelard@undp.org
Tel: +855-23-216-167 x221
Programme Manager, Aid Coordination
Portfolio Governance Cluster
UNDP Cambodia
Oul Nak
oul.nak@crdb.gov.kh
oulnak@yahoo.com
Council for the Development of
Cambodia
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Chann Thorn
channthorn@yahoo.com
Tel: +855-23-992-357
Council for the Development of Cambodia
Indonesia
Donatus Klaudius Marut
don@infid.org
donmarut@yahoo.com
Tel: +62-8119-6713-27
Executive Director
International NGO Forum on
Indonesian Development
Kiribati
Kennedy Simanjuntak
kennedy@bappenas.go.id
Tel: +62-21-310-1927
Director, Bilateral Foreign Funding
Ministry of National Development
Planning
Kurniawan Ariadi
kariadi@bappenas.go.id
Tel: +62-21-3101927
Mobile: +62-81-61857480
Head of Division Asia Bilateral Funding
Directorate of Bilateral Foreign Funding
Bappenas
Laksono Adhyakso
lukas.adhyakso@undp.org
Tel: +62 21 3141 308 ext 430
Head of Planning, Monitoring and
Evaluation Unit
UNDP Indonesia
Tubagus Achmad Choesni
choesni@lkpp.go.id
choesni@gmail.com
Director for Procurement Planning for
State Budgeting
LKPP (National Public Procurement
Agency)
Widjanarko Soebadhi
widjanarko@dmo.or.id
Tel: +62-21-3064770
Director for Debt Accounting and
Settlement; Director General of Debt
Management
Ministry of Finance
CAMBODIA (continued)
Kurinati Tiroa
kurin_tiroa@yahoo.com
Tel: + 686-21812
Senior Planning Officer, Aid Coordination
Ministry of Finance and Economic
Planning
Roko Timeon
kango@tskl.net.ki
Tel: +686-22820
Executive Director
KANGO
Saitofi Mika
saitofi@gmail.com
Tel: + 686-21812
Economic Planning Officer,Aid
Coordination
Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning
Airata Temeta Naunta
airtemeta@gmail.com
Tel: +686-21880
Parliamentary Officer
House of Parliament
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Kiribati (continued)
Lao PDR
Nepal
Tom Murdoch
tom_murdochjr@yahoo.com
Tel: + 686-21637
Deputy Secretary
Ministry of Internal and Social Affairs
Amphay Ladouangphanh
am_ladouangphanh@yahoo.com
Tel: +856-20-5517943
Director of Division
Department of Economic
National Assembly
Khame Phalakhone
khame@yahoo.com
Tel: +856-21-415363/+856-20-5822880
Deputy Director General
Department of Planning
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
Phanthanousone Khennavong
phanthanousone.khannavong@undp.org
Poverty Reduction Unit
UNDP Lao PDR
Phonedavanh Phinsavanh
phonephinsavanh@yahoo.com
Tel: +856-20-9808849
Deputy Director General of Cabinet
Lao Women Union
Sengsomphone Viravouth
sengsomphone@yahoo.com
Tel: + 865-21- 5520-912
Department of Planning
Ministry of Education
Somchith Inthamith
somchith57@yahoo.com
Tel: +856-21-223759
Director General, Department of International
Cooperation
Ministry of Planning and Investment
Lava Deo Awasthi
lawasthi@hotmail.com
lava.awasthi@gmail.com
Joint Secretary
Ministry of Education Sports.
Bhuban Karki
bkarki@mof.gov.np
Tel: +977-1-4211305
Under Secretary
Ministry of Finance
Sharad Neupane
sharad.neupane@undp.org
Tel: +977-1-5523200
Assistant Resident Representative
UNDP Nepal
Arjun Karki
akarki@gmail.com
akarki@rrn.org.np
Tel: +977-1-4004507/4434165
Fax: +977-1-4004508
President of NGO Federation of Nepal
Pacific Region CSO
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Pacific Region CSO
Fakavae Taomia
fakavae.taomia@fspi.org.fj
Tel: +679-331 2250
Regional Programme Manager
Foundation of the Peoples of the South
Pacific International
Philippines
Roderick Planta
rmplanta@neda.gov.ph
Tel : +632-631-3737
Director Project Monitoring Staff
National Economic and Development
Authority
PNG
Sharon Almanza Attaute II
sharonalmanza@gmail.com
Department of Finance
International Finance Group
Rosalinda Tablang
cpdg.org@gmail.com
Tel: + 632-929-8109
Executive Director Philippines
CPDG
Renato Lorenzo
jowielorenzo@yahoo.com
Tel : + 632-929-6227
Department of the Interior and
Local Government
Dennis Joseph Landicho Stella Laureano
sclaurenano@dof.gov.ph
Tel: + 632-529-9920
Director
International Finance Group
Loia Joy Vaira
loia_vaira@planning.gov.pg
Senior Aid Coordinator
Aid Policy Coordination Directorate
Department of National Planning
Monitoring
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Sri Lanka
Timor-Leste
Fredrick Abeyratne
fredrick.abeyratne@undp.org
Tel: +94-11-258-0691
Senior Programme Analyst
UNDP Sri Lanka
Upali Daranagama
upali@energy.gov.lk
Tel: +94-777 718509
Additional Secretary
Planning and Development
Ministry of Power and Energy
Suranjan Kodithuwakku
suranjan@greensl.net
Tel: +94-11-281-7156
Director
Green Movement of Sri Lanka
Velayuthan Sivagnanasothy
sivagnanasothy@hotmail.com
Tel: +94-11-247-7915
Director General, Department of Foreign
Aid and Budget Monitoring
Ministry of Plan Implementation
Aderito Hugo
hugooade@yahoo.com
fe.gaffud@undp.org
Tel: +670-7234222
Secretary
Committee on Economy,
Finance and Anti-Corruption
National Parliament
Cidalia Tilman Alves
aan_alves9@yahoo.com
Tel: + 670-7240172
Policy officer for ASEAN Affairs
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Helder da Costa
helcosta@yahoo.com
NPSecretariat@mof.gov.tl
Tel: +670-331-0128
Mobile: +670-736-4617
Aid Effectiveness and National Priorities
Secretariat
Ministry of Finance
Homa Fotouhi
hfotouhi@worldbank.org
Tel: + 670-332-4649
Mobile: +670-723-1959
Senior Operations Officer
World Bank
Maximus Tahu
maxi@laohamutuk.org
Tel: +670-332-5013
Coordinator
La’o Hamutuk (Timor-Leste Institute for
Development Monitoring and Analysis)
Ramon Oliveros
roliveros@mof.gov.tl
Tel: + 670-731-0589
Ministry of Finance
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Viet Nam
Cao Manh Cuong
cmanhcuong@yahoo.com
Tel: + 84-4-7333000
Fax: + 84-4-7333000
Department of International Cooperation
adb
Doan Phuong Thao
doanphuongthao@gmail.com
Tel: +84-4-6273-2235
Official, International Cooperation
Department
Ministry of Health
Duong Quynh Le
duongquynhle@mof.gov.vn
Tel: + 84-4-2220-2828 ext 3039
Deputy Manager, Multilateral Division
Debt Management and External Finance
Office
Ministry of Finance
Kerry Groves
Kerry.w.groves@dfat.gov.au
Tel: +84-4-3831-7754
Counselor, Australian Embassy in
Viet Nam
Australian Agency for International
Development
Toru Arai
Arai.toru@jica.go.jp
Tel: +84-4-38315005 ext 265
Fax +84-4-38315009
Senior Aid Coordination Advisor
JICA
Nguyen Hai Ninh
Haininh211@yahoo.com
Dang Ngoc Quang
rdsc@netnam.vn
Tel: +84-4-3512-1175
Executive Director
Rural Development Services Centre
Kazu Sakai
ksakai@adb.org
Tel: + 632-632-6550
Director General
Strategy Policy Department
ADB
Indu Bhushan
ibhushan@adb.org
Tel: + 63-2-632-5398
Director, SPPI
ADB
Christopher MacCormac
cwmaccormac@adb.org
Strategy and Policy Development
ADB
Peter Robertson
probertson@adb.org
Tel:+632-632-4642
Senior Capacity Development Ad
viser
Public Management, Governance and
Participation Division, RSGP
ADB
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Japan
Antonio Ressano-Garcia
aressano@adb.org
Tel: +63-2-632-5661
Planning Policy Specialist
ADB
Aileen Aguilar
amaguilar@adb.org
ADB
Shahid Zahid
szahid@adb.org
Tel: +632-632-5961
Lead Professional
(Aid Effectiveness) Private Sector
Department
ADB
Lou de Belen
ldbelen@adb.org
Consultant
ADB
Eden Santiago
esantiago@adb.org
Tel: + 632-634-4434
Associate Capacity Development Analyst
Regional Sustainable Development
Department
ADB
Alely Bernado
aabernardo@adb.org
SARD
ADB
Ikufumi Tomimoto
tomimoto.Ikufumi@jica.go.jp
Tel: +33-1-40200421
Chief Representative
JICA France
Jun Imanishi
jun.imanishi@mofa.go.jp
Principal Deputy Director, Aid Policy
Planning
International Cooperation Bureau
MOFA
Kai Kikuiri
kai.kikuiri@mofa.go.jp
International Cooperation Bureau
MOFA
Morita Takahiro
Morita.Takahiro@jica.go.jp
Tel: + 81-3-5352-5159
Development Division, Operations
Strategy Department
JICA
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OECD DAC
UNDP
Misaki Watanabe
misaki.WATANABE@oecd.org
misaki.watanabe@gmail.com
Tel: + 33-1-45-24-76-26
Aid Effectiveness Division
OECD DAC
Dipa Bagai
dipa.bagai@undp.org
Capacity Development Team Leader
Capacity Development Group
UNDP RCB
Robert Bernardo
robert.g.bernardo@undp.org
Programme Specialist
UNDP RCB
Stefanie Carmichael
stefanie.carmichael@undp.org
Aid Effectiveness Knowledge
Management
Governance Team
UNDP RCB
Suchada Bhukittikul
Suchada.bhukittikul@undp.org
Governance Team
UNDP RCB
Tom Beloe
thomas.beloe@undp.org
Tel: +66-22-882723
Aid Effectiveness Specialist
Governance Team
UNDP RCB
Aidan Cox
aidan.cox@undp.org
Tel: +66-22-882735
Regional Advisor Aid Effectiveness
Governance Team
UNDP RCB
Dasa Silovic
dasa.silovic@undp.org
Senior Policy Advisor
UNDP Bureau for Development Policy
Sara Fyson
Sara.FYSON@oecd.org
Policy Adviser
Aid Effectiveness Division
OECD DAC
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WORLD BANK
CDDE Consultant
Mark Nelson
Mnelson1@worldbank.org
World Bank Institute
Inter-Parliamentary Union
Japan Volunteer Center
Maryse Gautier
mgautier@worldbank.org
Portfolio and Operation Manager
World Bank
Marcus Cox
marcus@agulhas.co.uk
Tel: +44-7970-0077-981
Director
Agulhas Applied Knowledge
Manoranjan Senapaty
m_senapaty@yahoo.co.uk
msenapaty@ipeglobal.com
Economic Adviser and Head (Asia Pacific)
Centre for Urban Regional Excellence
Alessandro Motter
am@mail.ipu.org
Tel: +1-212-557-5880
Fax: +1-212-557-3954
Liaison Officer
IPU Permanent Observer Office to the United Nations
Kiyotaka Takahashi
kiyo@ngo-jvc.net
Tel: + 81-70-5540-6040
Research and Policy Manager
Japan Volunteer Center
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