Activities of Donors involved in Regional Development and Decentralisation

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Activities of Donors involved in Regional
Development and Decentralisation

• Sector Working Group 7 DecentralisationMeeting
  on Regional Development22 September 2008
• Presentation SWG focalpoint -
• Rahel Bösch, Swiss Cooperation Albania

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Overview - Presentation

• 1. Context and Background
• 2. Donors activities
• 3. Preliminary Conclusions
• 4. Potentials for joint efforts and outlook

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Context

• Various activities of donors in the field of
  regional development and decentralisation
• New national crosscutting strategy on regional
  development
• Updated strategy on decentralisation
• Need and opportunity for a) alignment with
  priorities of governmentb) harmonisation amongst
  donors
• Informal working group overview on activities,
  identification of potentials for joint effors and
  contribution to clarification of donors
  expectations on roles and responsibilities in SWG
  inputs to DSDC and DTS

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Context Paris Declaration

• Accra Agenda for Action (HLF September)
• "We are making progress, but not enough"
• Country ownership is key
• Building more inclusive partnerships
• Achieving development results must be at the
  heart
• Overall Commitment to further work towards aid
  effectiveness as agreed in Paris Declaration

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Donor's Activities - Overview
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Donor's Activities ctd.
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Donor's Activities ctd.
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Donor's Activities ctd.
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Preliminary Conclusions Donors

• work with the same governmental counterparts
  (ministries)
• work at local, qark, national level often with
  same qarks!
• focus on capacity building/technical assistance
  in decentralisation of services and local
  governance
• activities are approached under different
  perspectives decentralisation, democratisation
  and regional development
• activities are also part of regional development
  strategic planning (urban, territorial) capacity
  building of qark, incl. trust funds
• tend to increase budget and interest to support
  regional development

- commitment to join efforts, need for donor
harmonisation in close cooperation with
government at all levels - need to coordinate
between the lead ministries
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Potentials for joining efforts

• Potential for synergies with other donors and
  partners mentioned by almost all donors
• Implementation of RDCS provides good opportunity
  links with Decentralisation Reform are
  essential
• Make use of SWG for strategic overall
  coordination
• Create subgroups for harmonisation where
  appropriate

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• Thank you!