Effective Institutions Building Block Meeting
The meeting of the post-Busan Building Block on Effective Institutions (BB on EI) took place on 26th June 2012 in Paris under the coordination of the BB leading group (Ghana, WB, USA, Korea, OECD). This event was a follow up to the Building Block presentation in the Busan HLF to which the European Commission gave formal support.
The objectives of the meeting were to:
- Review feedback from consultations in meeting the commitments agreed under the Busan Global Partnership Agreement and New Consensus on Effective Institutions;
- Based on an initial mapping, discuss findings and emerging substantive priorities;
- Discuss continuing challenges and potential future opportunities in reaching commitments relating to making reform and capacity development happen; partner led assessments of country institutions; partner led evidence gathering; and systematic regional and global knowledge sharing; and
- Consider links with other fora working on this agenda, such as the Governance Network and discuss potential messages to the Working Party on Aid Effectiveness meeting (28-29 June).
The Effective Institutions theme touches upon relevant DEVCO work streams such as Capacity Development, Use of Country Systems, PFM, Governance and Democracy.
DEVCO B1 participated in the event with a twofold mission:
- as European Commission, to ensure presence and support, to have an overview of the state of play and future actions and to provide an input on how the commitments taken in Busan have been implemented within our procedures.
- as a member of the steering committee of LenCD, DEVCO B1 represented the position of the platform on the meeting objectives. It is also expected that the EC contributions to the future work of the BB will mainly be channeled through LenCD.
We would like to share with you the summary and relevant documents presented during the meeting. The OECD invited participants to provide some input to complete the draft mapping which was prepared and discussed during the event. DEVCO B1 contributed with a draft document introducing some of the most recent European Commission advancements regarding development policy and effective institutions.
Further exchanges will be followed in the coming months.
Documents attached:
- New Consensus on Effective Institutions
- Agenda and List of Participants
- Effective institutions Mapping zero draft
- Mission report from DEVCO B1 on Effective Institutions Building Block Meeting
- Draft contribution from DEVCO B1 to EI Mapping