A Caribbean Perspective on Aid Effectiveness

A Caribbean Perspective

on

Aid Effectiveness

A Caribbean Perspectiveon Aid Effectiveness

• Caribbean Community (CARICOM) consists of 15 Member States:

Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Montserrat, St. Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago

• The CARICOM Secretariat (CCS) is the principal administrative organ with several responsibilities to assist CARICOM achieve its Objectives.


• One of the functions of the CCS is to: Coordinate the activities of donor agencies,

international, regional and national institutions for the achievement of the objectives of the Community.

• Specifically on Aid Effectiveness, Member States (MS) have mandated the CCS to serve as their representative on the Working Party for Aid Effectiveness.


Among the objectives of the Community are:Improved standards of living and work;Accelerated, coordinated and sustained economic development and convergence;Expansion of trade and economic relations with third States;Enhanced functional cooperation including: (i) More efficient operation of common services and activities for the benefit of its peoples; (ii) Accelerated promotion of greater understanding among its peoples and the advancement of their social, cultural and technological development.


• Consequently, the CCS initiates and facilitates activities at a regional level ensuring that the contribution of MS is incorporated in the eventual regional decision or action;

• In this process, the CCS recognises and respects the sovereignty of MS;

• A significant amount of Aid is negotiated for regional policies.


• As such, the Aid Effectiveness Agenda is very relevant to the CCS and MS.

• CARICOM subscribes to The Partnership Commitments on: Ownership: coordination of aid with donors

and encouraging the participation of civil society and the private sector;


• CARICOM subscribes to The Partnership Commitments on:

Developing reliable country systems which can transparently provide assurance that aid will be used for agreed purposes as well as the development of transparent performance assessment frameworks;

Harmonisation of Donors’ actions and building of more effective and inclusive partnerships with all development actors;


• CARICOM subscribes to The Partnership Commitments on:

Intensifying the focus on managing for results;

The accountability of both Donors and Partners for the achievement of development results; and

Implementation of mutual Donor/Partners assessments of progress.


Current CARICOM status:• In fulfilling the MS’ mandate to represent them at

WPEFF, the CCS intends to organise a regional meeting to which all MS will be invited to develop a regional framework for action, based on these principles.

• The CCS will also seek to catalyse the development of individual national frameworks.

• The CCS will assist MS to leverage support from WPEPP, TT-SSC and other agencies to develop and implement individual MS frameworks.


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A Caribbean Perspective on Aid Effectiveness