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The Global Partnership Monitoring Framework. General Issues. www.effectivecooperation.org. Baselines and targets?. For those indicators where data exists from the Paris Declaration monitoring, baselines can be set using 2010 data .
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The Global Partnership Monitoring Framework General Issues www.effectivecooperation.org
Baselines and targets? • For those indicators where data exists from the Paris Declaration monitoring, baselines can be set using 2010 data. • For target setting, same rational as with Paris indicators (measure relative progress, “halve the gap” etc.) • Targets set for 2015. • For new indicators with no previous data, this first round of monitoring will provide baselines or pilot the methodology. • The reference year for data will depend on data availability and may differ across countries/indicators.
What transactions should and should not be recorded in reporting? • For the purpose of monitoring the Busan Partnership agreement at the international level, development co-operation funding primarily refers to Official Development Assistance (ODA). This includes all transactions undertaken: i) with the promotion of economic development and welfare as the main objective; and ii) at concessional financial terms (if a loan, having a grant element of at least 25%). • In addition, developing countries interested in monitoring the effectiveness of a broader range of development co-operation funds (e.g. non-concessional lending) are encouraged to do so, provided that the following criteria are met: official source (bilateral or multilateral); and promotion of economic development and welfare as the main objective.
How to include non-concessional development funding and still keep comparability with previous years? • Since the monitoring framework includes indicators that some countries have been monitoring already through the Paris Declaration monitoring surveys, it will be important to maintain comparability with previous years to enable analysis of progress. • The country spread sheet used for reporting country level data will include a separate rows to distinguish between concessional and non-concessional development co-operation funding. This will ensure comparability of data to previous years and will also enable some analysis on possible differences between cooperation financed by Official Development Assistance and by non-concessional development funding.
Should I report on funds disbursed during a calendar year or a fiscal year? • The reporting year of reference is the latest fiscal year of the developing country for which there is information available. This also means that all data from providers of development co-operation is expected to be provided according to the developing country’s fiscal year. • In developing countries where the fiscal year differs from the calendar year, and where monitoring data is easily available through existing systems, governments may wish to complement fiscal year data with calendar year data. While this would remain optional, it would contribute to facilitate aggregation and comparability of data.
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Indicator 2:Enabling Environment for Civil Society (1) • What will it achieve? • Enable CSOs to exercise their role as independent development actors • Maximise the contribution of CSOs to development • How is it measured? • Selected components of the Enabling Environment Index(focus on the legal and governanceaspects) • What is the target? • Continued progress over time
Indicator 2:Enabling Environment for Civil Society (2) • Definition: a set of conditions that impact on the capacity of citizens (whetherindividually or in an organisedfashion) to participate and engage in the civil society arena in a sustained and voluntarymanner • Lookingat: • Legal and regulatoryframeworks • Otherpolitical and societalconditions having a bearing on civil society activities • 4 dimensions: • Socio-economic environment (education, communications, equity, gender equality) • Socio-cultural environment (participation trends, tolerance, trust, solidarity) • Governance Environment (civil society infrastructure, state effectiveness, policy dialogue, corruption, political rights and freedoms, associational and organisational rights) • Legal environment (rule of law, personal rights, NGO/CSO law, media freedoms)
Indicator 2:Enabling Environment for Civil Society (3) • This indicator draws on the work of CIVICUS and consultations within the CSO Platform for Development Effectiveness • Indicator developed under the auspices of CIVICUS, the World Alliance for Citizen Participation • Promoting the index as a regular source of reliable, international and comparative quantiativeinformation • Drawingon existing sources and partneringwithacademia • Methodology tested and preliminary index launched in April • Review of methodology and refinement of the index ongoing with finalisation planned in July • Next steps: • Countries interested to have country-level dialogue on the enabling environment index can engage with their national CSO platform
Indicator 3:Private Sector Engagement (1) • What will it achieve? • Promote better participation of private sector in the design and implementation of development policies and strategies and dialogue on reforms impacting the enabling environment for private sector development and investment • Maximise the contribution of private sector to development • How is it measured? A composite index looking at: • Existence of an institutionalised mechanism or formalised structures to support the dialogue • Representativeness of private sector actors engaged in the dialogue • Some basic indications on the outcome of the dialogues (e.g. number of reform proposals and reforms enacted) • What is the target? • Continued progress over time
Indicator 3: Private Sector Engagement (2) • This indicator draws on the work of World Bank Institute on public-private dialogue (collaborative initiative between World Bank, IFC, DFID and OECD) • 12 good practice principlestranslatinginto the Public-Private Dialogue Evaluation Wheel to measureprocesseffectiveness • A basis for a betterunderstanding of the nature, structure and sustainability of collaborative processesbetween public and privatesectoractors • Country-level dialogue on capacitydevelopmentneeds and advisory services • Further mobilisation of the privatesectorwithin the Global Partnership • Next steps: • Interest to participate in final consultations on the indicator construction and piloting? • Indicator piloted through desk reviews and targeted interviews (July-August) • Consultation on findings and validation of methodology, including close consultation with the Public-Private Co-operation Building Block and other relevant forums (September,TBC)
Indicator 4: Transparency (1) • What will it achieve? • Accelerate and deepen efforts to implement the common, open standard on transparency • Improve the availability and public accessibility of information on development co-operation • Provide the basis for enhanced accountability • How is it measured? By assessing the: • Timeliness (freshness of information, frequency of updates) • Level of detail (data fields of the common standard) • Forward looking nature (what kind of information, how many years ahead) • Comprehensiveness of resource information • What is the target? • To fully implement the standard by 2015
Indicator 4: Transparency (2) • Indicatordeveloped in close consultation with the ad hoc group on the common standard, the IATI secretariat and the OECD • Buildslargely on the two main systems of the common standard, the IATI reporting standard and OECD/DAC reporting (CRS and FSS)
Indicator 4: Transparency (3) • Issues to befinalised: • Agreement on technicalcoverage of flows, inclusion/coverage of actors • Agreement on final data sources and process to gather information and construct indicator values • Agreement on the target – each provider has their own schedule • Next steps • Joint team to finalise the indicator, including discussions with the newly established IATI secretariat, and broader consultations with relevant stakeholders including through the ad hoc group • Feedback: What are the transparency issues that matter at country level beyond the common, open standard? What’s the narrative beyond number crunching?
Indicator 10: Aid is Untied • What will it achieve? • Greateralignment and better value for money • What is the measure? • Percentage of ODA governmentsectorthatisfullyuntied • What is the data source? • Annual reporting by DAC donors to the OECD/DAC • What is the target? • Continued progress over time • Feedback? • Country perspectives on how to bridge the gap global reporting and plans and reality at country level?
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Indicator 1:Use of Country Results Frameworks (1) • What will it achieve? • Strengthen country results frameworks, and their associated M&E systems • Use of countries’ own indicators, national statistics and systems to monitor progress • Strengthen ownership and accountability • What is the measure? • The percentage of providers of development co-operation using country results frameworks • What is the target? • All providers use country results frameworks by 2015
Indicator 1:Use of Country Results Frameworks (2) Definition: • A country’s approach to results and its associated monitoring and evaluation systems focusing on performance and achievement of development results • It includes agreed objectives and output/outcome indicators with baselines and targets to measure progress towards objectives, as stated in national development strategies, sector plans and other frameworks (e.g. budget support performance matrices). • Country results frameworks should have been developed through participatory processes, involving inclusive dialogue Doesthisdefinition capture whatconstitutes a country resultsframework in variouscontexts and approaches? How coulditbestrengthened?
Indicator 1:Use of Country Results Frameworks (3) Possible dimensions to be assessed – using scenarios for each dimension (high, medium and low scale): • Use of the objectives and targets from the National Development Strategy as a reference (e.g. looking at provider’s CAS and agreements) • Use of the country’s M&E systems (incl. statistics) (e.g. looking at provider’s reporting processes) • Alignment of actual programme delivery from design to reporting (e.g. looking at provider’s use of PBAs) • Do these dimensions capture the key elements of using country resultsframeworks? • What are the other aspects thatshouldbeconsidered: e.g. quality of country resultsframeworks; joint efforts to strengthen national developmentstrategies and associatedresultsframeworks; dialogue aroundthese issues, etc. • Is the direction of the proposedapproachappropriate? Could a more simple approach (e.g. focus on one dimension) besufficient to generate dialogue? • Whatis the desirable balance between intentions (1, 2) and practice (3) ?Wouldfocus on PBAssufficient to measure ACTUAL use of agreedresultsframeworks?
Indicator 1:Use of Country Results Frameworks (4) • Next steps: • On the basis of feedback, definitions and criteria to be refined by the joint support team, including broader consultation (e.g. building block on results and accountability) • More targeted inclusive consultation in a selected number of countries interested to pilot the indicator: • Relevance: Assess if the approach is fit for the purpose? Is the proposed measure relevant for the country’s situation • Feasibility and data sources: Can the information needed for the assessment be easily obtained? • Role of joint support team?
Indicator 7:Inclusive Mutual Accountability Frameworks (1) • What will it achieve? • Stronger and more inclusive accountability mechanisms at country level; • Participation of all stakeholders in mutual assessment of progress. • How is it measured? • The percentage of developing countries which undertake inclusive mutual assessments of progress. • What is the target? • All countries have inclusive mutual assessment reviews in place
Indicator 7:Inclusive Mutual Accountability Frameworks (2) Progress assessed through four questions: • Qg6. Is there an aid or partnership policy or strategy in place defining a country’s development co-operation priorities? • Qg7. Are there specific country-level targets for effective development co-operation for both the developing country government and providers of development co-operation? • Qg8. Has an assessment towards these targets been undertaken jointly by the developing country government and providers at senior level in the past two years? • Qg9. Have non-executive stakeholders (e.g. CSOs, Parliaments, private sector) and local government been actively involved in such reviews? • Qg10. Have comprehensive results of such exercises been made public in a timely manner? A country is considered to have a mutual assessment ofprogress in place when the response to at least four questionsare “Yes”.
Indicator 7:Inclusive Mutual Accountability Frameworks (3) • The questions on mutual assessment of progress draw on mutual accountability work by the UN DESA for the UN Development Co-operation Forum • This is a modified version of the previous indicator 12 of the Paris Declaration and builds on lessons learned • UN DESA willco-ordinate a more in-depthsurvey on mutualaccountability in the fourth quarter of 2013 in preparation for the 2014 DCF. • Note: in 2010, 38% of countries had conducted a mutual assessment review (criteria slightly different, 2011 PD survey) • Feedback on lessons learned and experience managing various complementary initiatives on mutual accountability in the past? Suggestions to build a more streamlinedapproach?
Indicator 8:Gender equality and women’s empowerment(1) • What will it achieve? • Accelerate and deepen efforts to collect, disseminate and harmonise data disaggregated by sex • Make full use of these data to inform policy decisions and guide investments • Public expenditures are targeted appropriately to benefit both women and men • What is the measure? • The percentage of countries which have systems to track and make public allocations for gender and women’s empowerment • What is the target? • All developing countries have systems in place by 2015
Indicator 8:Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment (2) Progress assessed through four questions: • Is there an official government statement on a system for tracking allocations for gender equality and women’s empowerment? • Are allocations for gender equality and women’s empowerment systematically tracked? • Is there leadership and oversight of the tracking system by the central government unit in charge of public expenditures? • Is gender equality focussed budget information publically available (e.g. through Parliamentary oversight and civil society scrutiny, publications, websites or other means)? • A country is considered to have a system in place to track and make public allocations for gender equality and women’s empowerment when the response to TWO questions is “Yes” (Note: “Yes” to final question required)
Indicator 8:Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment (3) • The indicator on gender equality and women’s empowerment draw on UN Women’s work • Indicator developed under the auspices of the UN Women • Methodology tested in March-April 2013 in 15 countries • Indicator rolled out in 20 countries in 2013 and 65 UN-Women programme countries by 2017 (integrated in annual corporate reporting process) Bolivia, Cameroon, Ecuador, Egypt, Ethiopia, Haiti, Honduras, India, Jordan, Kyrgyzstan, Morocco, Mozambique, Nepal, Nicaragua, Palestinian Authority, Peru, Rwanda, Senegal, Ukraine, Tanzania • Next steps: • Any interest? More countries invited to use the methodology (optional) and submit data to the UNDP-OECD joint support team • Data analysed in collaboration with UN Women
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Indicator 5:More Predictable Development Co-operation (1) What will it achieve? Increased ownership over development policies and reforms • More accurate recording of development co-operation funding in national systems • Better planning and allocation of resources within and across sectors • Better implementation of national development strategies over the medium term • Greater transparency and accountability
Indicator 5a:Annual Predictability (2) Annualpredictability • Indicatorsimilar to previous PD indicator 7 • No longer depends on the recording of disbursements in governmentaccounts • Numerator and denominatorbothsourced by self reporting by providers
Indicator 5a:Annual Predictability (3) • How is it measured? • What is the target?- Halve the gap between 2010 and 2015 (estimated baseline: 75%)
Indicator 5b:More Predictable Development Co-operation (4) • How isitmeasured? • For providers in country x: predictabilityatyear t = average (t+1, t+2, t+3) • For countries: • details of aggregation to befinalised (note: need to review formula in guidance) • One option: weightedaverage for eachindividualyear t+1, t+2, t+3 • Whatis the target? Halve the gap between by 2015 (baseline: 2011)
Indicator 5b:Multi-year Predictability (5) • Progress assessed as follows: • A forwardspending plan meets ALL THREE criteria if: • Made available in written or electronicform • Indicative information on future spending and/or implementationactivities (committed/programmedresources and resourcesthat have yet to beallocated • Presentation by year, using the country’s fiscal year • For eachyear of the nextthreeyears (Qg2, Qg3, Qg4) , information providedneeds to meet BOTH the additionaltwocriteria: • Comprehensive (sectors and modalities) • Amounts and currencyclearlystated -> Feedback? Is information available to assess each provider for year t+1, T+2 and t+3?
Indicator 6:Aid on Budget (1) What will it achieve? • Better ownership, alignment and accountability • Better knowledge of aid flows • Better alignment with priorities as outlined in the budget • More accurate and comprehensive budget reports • Greater transparency in reporting by providers • Parliaments have occasions to examine the aid modalities, activities and achievements
Indicator 6:Aid on Budget (2) • How is it measured? • What is the target? • Halve the gap between 2010 and 2015 (with min. 85% reported on budget) • Baseline to becalculated on the basis of PD 2011 survey(data onlyavailable for calendaryear)
Indicator 6:Aid on Budget (3) Aid on budget: • Indicatorissimilar to previous PD indicator 3 • Reflecting the extent to whichgovernment budgets reflect ex-ante aidestimates • Denominatorisnow the amount of developmentco-operationfundingscheduled for disbursementat the outset (ratherthanex post disbursements)
Indicator 9:Country Systems (1) What will it achieve? • Strengthen developing country’s systems • Using a developing country’s own institutions and systems will strengthen these institutions andsystems themselves • Reduce transaction costs • Countries can be more accountable for use of development co-operation funding to theircitizens and parliament
Indicator 9:Country Systems (2) Quality of PFM systems (Indicator 9a) – measured by World Bank’s Country Policy and Institutional Assessment (CPIA) • A comprehensive and credible budget, linked to policy priorities • Effective financial management systems to ensure that the budget is implemented as intended in a controlled and predictable way • Timely and accurate accounting and fiscal reporting => Used to determine the target for indicator 9b Use of country PFM and procurement systems (Indicator 9b) • Qp6. National budget execution procedures • Qp7. National financial reporting procedures • Qp8. National auditing procedures • Qp9. National procurement procedures
Indicator 9a:Reliable PFM Systems (3) • Plans for developing a new indicator to: • Measure the strength of PFM systemsand replace the CPIA • Facilitate country-level dialogue • Provide a country specific focus and createincentives for reforms • Possible approach: • Generalisedprocessindicators (PEFA, OBI) • Country levelmethodology – menu of options focusing on process or outcome (usingexisting sources + additional country specificmeasures) • Interested countries and organisations (CABRI, IBP, PEFA, OECD) to look at pros and cons of differentapproaches and makerecommendations to the PFM Task Force meeting (Fall 2013 TBC) • For more information: www.effective-institutions.org
Indicator 9b:Use of Country Systems (4) How is it measured? What is the target? • For 9a equal or above 5: gap reduced by 2/3 • For 9a between 3.5 and 4.5: gap reduced by 1/3 • Note baseline 2010 (78 countries): 49%