A high level Ethiopian delegation was recently in Busan, Korea to review progress made on committments to the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness. The 4th High Level Forum (HLF), 29th November-1 December 2011,attracted around  2000 delegates comprising ministers, parliamentarians, private sector, civil society and development partners from around the world to discuss progress, and share experience on best practices, in meeting agreed upon committments in aid effectivness.

Participants agreed on a Busan Outcome Document that highlighted committments to further enhance global and national efforts to make aid more effectiveness in order to reach development goals, particularly the MDGs.

Busan Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation

Busan HLF4 Programme

African Consensus Position on Development Effectiveness

UN Development Group Call to Action_Aid Effectiveness_Busan

Other related aid effectivness documents from DAG members

Development Aid and Access to Water_AfDB Working Paper Series

The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has published the results of the 2011 Survey on monitoring the 2005 Paris Declaration principles and targets on aid effectiveness. Ethiopia was among the 78 countries that participated in the 2011 survey, and the country also participated in the 2006 and 2008 surveys.

Download: The 2011 report " Aid Effectiveness 2005-2010: Progress in Implementing the Paris Declaration"  executive summary, full report,country data, donor data, full survey dataset, questionnaires, guidelines and other survey materials.

Background: The Paris Declaration and Accra Agenda for Action

As part of the preparations for the report, in 2010 Ethiopia took part in the regional workshops in Tunisia organised by the United Nations Development Programme and OECD for national co-ordinators involved in the 2011 Survey on Monitoring the Paris Declaration.

The 2011 African MDG Report under the theme “Assessing Progress in Africa toward the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)” was launched on 6th October 2011. The report was co-written by UNDP, The African Development Bank, The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa and the African Union Commission.

Launching the report in New York, United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Ms. Asha-Rose Migiro said, “our challenge is to translate this knowledge into policies that make a difference in people’s lives.” While UNDP's Associate Administrator Ms. Rebeca Grynspan, said “meaningful and transformative steps are needed to accelerate progress toward the MDGs in Africa.” (Download the full report)

With the launch of the Aid Management Platform(AMP), Ethiopia and its Development Partners have taken a step in meeting the principles enshrined in the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness and the Accra Agenda for Action.

The AMP, officially launched by the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development (MoFED) was developed by the Development Gateway (DG) in partnership with OECD, UNDP, WB, and Government of Ethiopia, with initial funding from the Development Assistance Group (DAG).

The AMP is a web-based tool that greatly enhances transparency of aid through making available timely, accurate and relevant information for both the government and Development Partners (DPs). It helps to make aid more predictable for the government as it facilitates DPs to provide timely disbursement data as well as requiring DPs to provide multi year planned disbursement information. On the part of the government, AMP requires providing information on actual utilization of resources and delivery of results and it has in built Monitoring and Evaluation tools. AMP also enables donors to easily identify areas for enhanced coordination. (read more)