AFD at the centre of reflection on aid effectiveness
Aid effectiveness has become a core issue for the donor community. This notably led to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs, 2001), the Monterrey Conference on Financing for Development (2002) and the Paris Declaration (2005). AFD meets these issues via the implementation of the French Action Plan for the Paris Declaration. It has set up projects bringing together its entire network abroad for the implementation of this Action Plan. >> Find out more about the implementation of the Paris Declaration and our actions in favour of effectiveness
Aid effectiveness and UE
The European Union has collectively pledged to improve the effectiveness of aid to South countries. A high-level Forum will be held in Accra in September 2008 under the French Presidency to evaluate progress on this topic since the adoption of the Paris Declaration in 2005 and the European Consensus on Development.
A significant step was reached in May 2007 with the adoption of the EU Code of Conduct on Complementarity and the Division of Labour in Development Policy. It provides for coordinated donor actions in the field based on their comparative advantages. Donor actions must become complementary, a principle which may lead to funds being delegated to other donors.
AFD is actively working for the agenda for greater effectiveness and quality in European aid. >> More about Aid effectiveness and EU
Doha Review Conference
The Declaration of Paris makes reference to the Conference of Monterrey. This last one, dedicated in the “financing for development” was held in Mexico in 2002 under the aegis of the United Nations. It aimed to come up with ways to maximize resources mobilized to achieve the MDGs in developing countries. The Doha Conference to review the Monterrey Consensus will take place while France holds the Presidency of the European Union at the end of a year which has seen a full agenda for international development (Accra, New York, Doha)
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High-level meeting on achieving the MDGs
On 25 September 2008 the Secretary-General of the United Nations and the President of the General Assembly convened a high-level meeting on achieving the Millennium Development Goals at the United Nations Headquarters. The aim was to renew commitments to achieving the MDGs by 2015 and implement concrete plans and practical steps for action.
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From the MDGs to the Accra Forum, towards greater international aid effectiveness
Following the 1990s, which were marked by a considerable drop in ODA, the international community renewed its commitment to development during a series of international conferences. In 2000 191 States gathered for the Millennium Summit organized by the United Nations in New York for a major common project: to reject the inevitability of poverty. They pledged to meet eight development goals by 2015. >> Find out more
Accra High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness
Ministers of developing and donor countries responsible for promoting development and Heads of multilateral and bilateral development institutions endorsed the statement in Accra, Ghana, on 4 September 2008 to accelerate and deepen implementation of the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness (2 March 2005).>> Find out more >> Accra Agenda for Action website
The Paris Declaration
The Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness is an international agreement adopted by donors and ODA recipients in March 2005. Its main aim is to reform aid delivery and management methods in order to increase its effectiveness. >> Read more
Adapting French aid to the challenges of a changing world
In an uncertain economic context and given the scale of the challenges, fresh impetus needs to be given to international cooperation, in terms of objectives, coordination and innovative approaches to resources and instruments. The purpose of this brochure is to shed light on these issues by indicating the approach that will be taken by French development cooperation with regard to aid effectiveness.
2015 targets: Eight Times Yes!
The “Millennium Declaration” adopted by the UN General Assembly on 8 September 2000 sets eight goals to end poverty and its consequences by 2015. The “Eight Times Yes” campaign makes a mid-term review on progress achieved and efforts still to be made.
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Publications
All the publications on Aid effectiveness
Useful Links
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Direction de la coopération pour le développement (DCD-CAD)
SourceBook 3rd Edition
Ministère des Affaires Etrangères
Minefi
Practitioners’ Network for European Development Cooperation
Train4Dev network
L'AFD et l'Europe
Ideas 4 development
Dictionnaire du développement
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