Ottawa, 1st & 2nd February 2008 In The Rideau Room, At The Sheraton Hotel

the Halifax Initiative prior to the International Forum on Aid Effectiveness brought together a number of civic actors from both the South and the North to deliberate on these issues. 

By Charles Mutasa 

3 - 6 February 2008,   Chateau Cartier, Ottawa, Canada

The Advisory Group on Civil society and Aid effectiveness (AG) is coordinating a dialogue among civil society, donors, and developing country governments in the lead-up to the September 2008 High Level Forum (HLF), which will review the implementation of the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness.

South-South and Triangular Cooperation and Aid Effectiveness
By Charles Mutasa

With over 140 participants representing governments, multilateral organizations, aid agencies, civil society, private sector and academia, a two-day High-Level Symposium entitled “Trends in development cooperation: South-South and Triangular Cooperation and Aid Effectiveness” took place in Cairo, Egypt from the 19 January to the 20 January 2008.

By  Charles Mutasa

1.0. Introduction

Aid has a critical role to play in the attainment of the Millennium Development Goals in many developing countries, especially when it is deployed effectively in an accountable manner as part of a wider development strategy; it makes a lasting difference in helping people to lift themselves out of poverty. Of key importance to aid delivery and management has been the issues of accountability and policy dialogue.

Nancy Dubosse, Ph.D.
Programme Director, Research and Policy Analysis

As the issue of aid effectiveness takes centre stage in the context of the looming deadline of the Millennium Development Goals, a spotlight shines on the International Monetary Fund (IMF) lending practices to low-income countries; particularly those in Africa. 

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Brussels, October 2007

WE, the members of Northern and International Civil Society Organizations (CSOs), having met in Brussels on October 15 and 16, 2007 for the Northern Regional Workshop on Aid Effectiveness (AE),

WELCOME the intention of the Paris Declaration (PD) signatories to improve technical and management dimensions of AE. Recognizing the limitations of this agenda, civil society will build on our own dialogue and processes to broaden and deepen the process so that it reflects both development and aid effectiveness.

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CIVIL SOCIETY COMMUNIQUE FROM THE INTER REGIONAL DIALOGUE ON PARIS DECLARATION
ON AID EFFECTIVENESS 

WE, the members of the Civil Society Organisations (CSO) of Southern and East Africa gathered at Pamodzi Hotel in Lusaka, Zambia on the 16th and 17th of October 2007 during the Inter Regional Dialogue on Aid Effectiveness Workshop;

RECOMMEND that with respect to the principles of the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness:

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CHALLENGES OF THE CURRENT AID ARCHITECTURE: ADDRESSING THE DEVELOPMENT NEEDS OF AFRICA
By Vitalice Meja, AFRODAD

African countries like many other developing countries need external resources primarily to supplement their meagre domestic resources from their economies. The assistance countries receive redress the financial gap that arises from their development needs and act as catalyst and play a complimentary role in the implementation of the national development programs as well as stretegies