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Experiences and Prospects of International Development AgenciesNew Zealand Agency for International Development
NZAID
July 2006
About NZAID
New Zealand’s Aid and Development Agency
Aid volume – approx. $US0m annually
Central focus on poverty elimination
Core focus on the Pacific
Agency Role
Established in 2002 (semi-autonomous agency within Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade)
Contestability of advice – direct reporting to Ministers
policy coherence with national interest objectives
Focus on policy and strategy
Professional understanding on development issues
Aid Effectiveness - impact
Whole of government approaches – aid, trade, debt, immigration
Where do we work
18 core partners – Pacific and South-East Asia
10 multilateral partners
The big six – Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Fiji, Indonesia, Vietnam
11 countries in the Pacific
Support regional objectives in the Pacific
Principles of good aid delivery
Ownership and led by partner
Focus on good governance
Transparency and accountability – on partner budget or through budget processes
Support stable policy making/settings for pro-poor growth
Environmental sustainability – natural resources
Harmonisation and alignment
Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness
OECD DAC donors – signed in 2004. Key principles:
Strengthen partner countries development planning capability
Align support with partners systems and procedures
Enhanced accountability of citizens and parliaments
Eliminate duplication of efforts
Reform and simplify donors policies and procedures
The Importance of the Millennium Development Goals
MDG’s Provide basis for measuring impact
Pacific second only after sub-Saharan Africa as less likely to achieve the MDG’s by 2015
Implications for NZAID
Changing our business model
“Fewer, bigger, deeper” activities
Stronger focus on policy dialogue
5 year strategies; high level consultations, rolling three year programmes
The Pacific Islands Region
Small, vulnerable island economies
Development performance mixed – slow growth
Fragile states
Donor behaviour can have a major influence (positive or negative) on governance
Major donors are AusAID, NZAID, EU, Japan, France, China, Taiwan, WB, ADB
Pacific workshop on Aid Effectiveness
Working in Fragile States
Take context as a starting point
Establish state building as a central objective
Align with local policy and systems
Recognise the political-security-development linkages
Promote coherence between donors
Delivering Aid
Major change in way we are delivering support
Les s project-based approaches
Focus on sector-wide approaches
Sector programmes
Budget support, Trust Funds, multi-donor projects
Examples of NZAID Engagement
Solomon Islands Education – Sector Wide Approach; Budget Support - $7m p .a.
Papua New Guinea – Health Sector Improvement Programme
Pacific Plan – regional approaches
The Challenge of Visibility
good aid builds the best relationships
Donors can still have visibility within sector or multi-donor approaches
partner ownership
letting go – reducing branding
Working with other donors
Non-DAC Donors
NZAID committed to working with other donors
Sharing collective experiences
Progress harmonisation
Focus on development and stability in the Pacific