Accra, Ghana
2-4 September 2008 News & Updates: ACCRA AGENDA FOR ACTION HLF 3 Newsletters: Accra, Ghana, 4 September 2008 – Developed and developing countries agreed to take bold steps to reform the way aid is given and spent. After three days of intense negotiations, they endorsed the Accra Agenda for Action. Developing countries are committing to take control of their own futures, donors to co-ordinating better amongst themselves, and both parties to the Agenda are pledging to account to each other and their citizens. The Accra Agenda for Action is the product of an unprecedented alliance of development partners – developing and donor countries, emerging economies, UN and multilateral institutions, global funds and civil society organisations. They all participated in the discussions leading up to the Third High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness, hosted by the Government of Ghana and organised by OECD and the World Bank, in Accra. Key points agreed in the Accra Agenda for Action include: - Predictability – donors will provide 3-5 year forward information on their planned aid to partner countries.
- Country systems – partner country systems will be used to deliver aid as the first option, rather than donor systems.
- Conditionality – donors will switch from reliance on prescriptive conditions about how and when aid money is spent to conditions based on the developing country’s own development objectives.
- Untying – donors will relax restrictions that prevent developing countries from buying the goods and services they need from whomever and wherever they can get the best quality at the lowest price.
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| | - Reports from the 9 Roundtables to the Ministerial Session are available on each Roundtable page
- Introduction to the Roundtables
   - Evaluation of the Paris Declaration - Full Report
- Evaluation of the implementation of the Paris Declaration - Executive Summary
 - Evaluation of the implementation of the Paris Declaration - Synthesis Report
- Progress Report on Implementing the Paris Declaration
- Executive Summary of the Progress Report
- 2008 Survey on Monitoring the Paris Declaration
- Executive Summary of the Survey
- Marketplace of Ideas
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The High Level Forum Secretariat joins the government and people of Ghana in honoring the memory of Minister Hon. Kwadwo Baah-Wiredu, who provided the leadership to make the HLF a success. His passing is a loss to the entire development community. |
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