The Effectiveness Agenda

The Effectiveness Agenda AusAID’s emerging response

Policy Context • International agenda – MDGs (8); Paris Declaration – Social accountability agenda – Policy coherence

• PM’s pledge to double aid by 2010 • White Paper • Regional context • AusAID 2010 ¾A strong emphasis on Performance

White Paper on Australian Aid

•Accelerating Economic Growth •Fostering Functioning States •Investing in People •Promoting Regional Stability & Cooperation

AusAID’s response: New Policies

•Upgrade country strategies •Align programs with partner systems •Strengthen link between performance and allocations •Strengthen evaluation

AusAID response: New Systems

• Performance

Assessment Framework

• Annual Review of Development Effectiveness • Annual strategy reviews at program level (APPUs) • New Quality Reporting System at activity level • Backwards and forward linkages and management reporting

AusAID response: New People

Senior performance advisers from World Bank and DFID •

• New Performance and Quality Network across country offices • New Sector advisers in country offices • Increased internal contestability through thematic groups

Conclusion

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New drive on effectiveness agenda

• Want our aid to be all that it can be • Good initial results - New systems getting traction - Creating space for discussion of effectiveness - Identifying weaknesses (and strengths)