The Paris Declaration and Donor Coordination

The implementation of the Paris Declaration and its implications for donor activity and coordination are of great relevance to DCED members. This page will be used to provide links to a selection of the many documents being produced on these issues.

For more information on how members are aligning with the Paris Declaration at the country level, click here.

Monitoring and Assessment

• Monitoring the Paris Declaration (OECD DAC website) - see in particular the Compendium of Donor Reports on Disseminating the Paris Declaration, OECD DAC report, February 2007
• Donor Harmonization Action Plans & Programmes (Aid Harmonization website)
• Assessment Study on Harmonisation and Alignment in Rural Development; Global Donor Platform for Rural Development, 2005
• Aid Effectiveness in Africa: A Synthesis, AFRODAD, 2007

Current Thinking

• Organizational Challenges for an Effective Aid Architecture - Traditional Deficits, the Paris Agenda and Beyond, Faust and Messner, DIE, 2007
• Nicaragua: a rude awakening for the Paris Declaration, FRIDE, 2007
• Supporting the Country-Based Development Model: The Role of IDA, 2007
• Negotiating Aid: How Recipient Governments Can Expand Their Policy Space, Global Economic Governance Programme, 2007 
• The EU Code of Conduct for a better division of labour in the development policy – is it a real milestone? September 2007

Events and Workshops

• OECD DAC Bulletin on the Third High Level Forum on Aid Effectivenes, Accra, September 2008
• Workshop on the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness: Implications and Implementation, Bamako, 2006
• Workshop on Making Aid More Effective - Implementing the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness: Progress, Challenges and Opportunities, Entebbe, 2005

Useful Resources

• Directory of Development Organisations  
• Accessible information on Development Activities (AiDA)
• Nordic Plus Practical Guide to Joint Financing Arrangements (2007 version)