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Asia Pacific Consultation on Building Regional Evidence for the First High Level Meeting of the Global Partnership for Effective Development
CooperationSeoul, 10-11 March 2014
South-South Cooperation in the PacificPacific Islands helping each other through
peer reviews
• Forum Compact and Pacific Peer Review Mechanism • Experience so far & Next Steps – attachments
• Effectiveness & Lessons Learned from Peer Reviews• South-south cooperation & post 2015 development
agenda
Outline
• 2009 Pacific Leaders Commitment - Forum Compact. Seek Pacific solutions to help improve the use of BOTH domestic and aid resources to accelerate achievement of the MDGs
• Peer Reviews focus on strengthening country systems, institutions and policies for national planning, budgeting, public financial and aid management primarily through peer to peer learning and knowledge sharing
Forum Compact on Strengthening Development Coordination: Political commitment & mandate to improving development cooperation in the Pacific
• Government systems & processes of national planning, budgeting, public financial management systems ;and Aid management systems and processes
• Development partners systems and processes of engaging with governments implementing their commitments to Paris and Pacific Principles of Aid Effectiveness
Focus of Peer Reviews: on What and with Who
• Executive of Government – Prime Ministers/Presidents, Ministers of Finance, Planning and Foreign Affairs
• Legislature - Speakers of Parliament, Public Accounts Committees
• Senior Government Officials• Development partners,• NGOs and private sector
representatives
What peer reviews focus on WHO are consulted
Country volunteers to undertake a peer review
Country chooses a team of up to 5 peer reviewers (3 partner country reps and 2 reps from development partners).
Country agrees on TOR with their Peer Review Team& Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat
Country approves final Peer Review Report
Country implements recommendations with support of development partners & monitors annually with PIFS
How Peer Reviews Work
Purpose is to be “helpful” – to hold a conversation as equals, as Pacific neighbours and not an “interrogation” or finding faults.
Find out what works well and what does not and promote this for regional learning
Offer helpful advise/possible solutions based on other country experiences in the Pacific but tailored to country realities
Country Led and Driven Peer Review Team works in partnership with host country
40 peer reviewers (Cook Islands, FSM, Nauru, Niue, PNG, RMI, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Vanuatu, Australia, New Zealand, UN, UNDP, UNESCAP, World Bank)
Consulted with over 4,000 Pacific stakeholders 168 recommendations across 12 countries 80%
focus on strengthening planning & aid management
Experience So Far -
2010Nauru, Kiribati
2011VanuatuTuvaluNiue
2012RMITongaPNGFSM
2013PalauSolomon Islands Cook IslandsSamoa
WHY? • Ongoing capacity constraints across the Pacific especially in
most SIS and others.• Overwhelming demand from Pacific countries for practical
learning through attachments & mentoring to support implementation of peer review recommendations
• Significant good practices and technical capacity in some Pacific countries that can be shared and put to good use for the benefit of the rest of the FICs and region
Pacific-Pacific Attachments - Twinning
• Countries are using peer review recommendations to:– Reaffirm, support and drive already planned and needed country
reforms to strengthen planning, budgeting, PFM and aid management – Drive needed changes in development partner behaviour regarding aid
fragmentation, budget support, aid predictability and use of country systems
– Mobilize development partner support for strengthening systems of planning, budgeting, PFM, aid management
• Development partners using peer review recommendations to – Guide their engagement in strengthening country systems– Lobby with other development partners for more coherent support to
Pacific countries
Effectiveness of Peer Reviews - Addressing Country Challenges
• Respect for country sovereignty, ownership • Non intrusive, non confronting approach.
– Country to Country partnerships– Balanced approach to promoting good practice
• Focus on “actions-solutions” rather on the challenges• Solidarity
– Collective voice on advocating good practice and behaviour change
• Credibility of the Process – Interest and access to political leadership– High level technical expertise– Inclusive ownership and engagement
Key features of Peer Reviews: Lessons Learned and Impact
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