g7+ Fragility Assessments in Practice

Bangkok, 15 June 2015 Helder da Costa, PhD

General Secretary g7+ Secretariat

Introduction to g7+

The New Deal for Engagement in Fragile States

Main Messages on Fragility Assessments in g7+ countries – Stages of Fragility toward Resilience

How it relates to Post 2015 Development Agenda?

How useful have Fragility Assessments been ?

Timor-Leste’s example

Outline

“G7” and “g7+”

g7+ Members

Chair Secretariat

What is g7+

• A voluntary association providing a platform for the countries in conflict or

post-conflict to:

Share lessons on peace-building and state-building

Advocates for contextually tailored development cooperation policies

founded on the peacebuilding and statebuilding goals

Promote cooperation among the member states (F2F)

• Currently 20 members.

• It was initiated by DRC and France as Co-chairs (Kinshasa Statement in 2008)

leading to 4th HLF on Aid Effetiveness in Accra (refer to Timeline/next slide)

• Home to 1.5 billion people, many of Fragile states will not achieve the MDGs by 2015.

g7+ the only organized group of FCAS (fragile and conflict affected states)

We can’t achieve MDGs unless we have peace and resilience

• About 70% of fragile states have been in conflict since 1980

• 50% of ODA is spent in fragile and conflict-affected contexts

• Transitioning out of fragility is a long process and requires country leadership and ownership

• Many of us are reach in Natural resources.

What brought us together ?

The Harsh realities of development in fragile & post

conflict societies be heard

NO ONE BE LEFT BEHIND!!!!

The g7+ was formalized at the first Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) International Dialogue on Peacebuilding and Statebuilding (IDPS), held in Dili, Timor-Leste in April 2010.[7]A closed-door meeting convened for representatives of fragile and conflict-affected countries produced the g7+ Statement and formally established the group.[8][9] The broader International Dialogue meeting produced the Dili Declaration recognizing the group and adopting a number of its recommendations.[10]

2010

Endorsed by more than 40 countries

and organizations calling the develo

pment actors to FOCUS on the PSGs,

using a coordinated approach, and t

o build mutual TRUST through new

ways of working together.

• FCAS have been subject to assessments by multilateral organisations/indeoendent thinktanks.

• g7+ believes that assessments should be country-owned and led to improve political buy-in into strategic planning.

• The New Deal launched in Busan in 2011 served as a catalyst for countries to choose their pathway towards resilience

• Fragility Assessments (developed by the g7+ in 2012), is a diagnostic tool called Fragility Spectrum : a matrix of 5PSGs against five stages of Resilience)

• FA has been conducted in 6 countries as a step forward

• International Partners must use country-owned and country led assessments to tailor their intervention.

Main Messages

Concept of Fragility & Resilience by g7+

A state of fragility can be understood as a period of time during nationhood when

sustainable socio-economic development requires greater emphasis on

complementary peacebuilding and statebuilding activities such as building inclusive

political settlements, security, justice, jobs, good management of resources, and

accountable and fair service delivery.

(g7+ Ministerial Meeting in Juba, October 2011)

Resilience refers to the ability of social institutions to absorb and adapt to the internal and external shocks and setbacks they are likely to face. Fragility thus implies that the consolidation of nationhood, and the safety, security and well being of the citizens are at risk of a relapse into crisis or violent conflict. This risk is gradually reduced.

• Sierra Leone • DRC • Liberia • South Sudan • Timor-Leste • Comoros

Coming up… Afghanistan Timor-Leste

Fragility Assessments conducted in:

Where are we now, compared to the past?

What are the challenges that require our attention?

What needs to be done to improve?

Where are we in the fragility stages, and how do we define our fragile state status?

In the future, how will we know if we’ve made progress?

Fragility Assessment Questions:

Transition from Fragility to Resilience

PSG

Phase 1:

Crisis

Phase 2:

Build and

Reform

Phase 3:

Transition

Phase 4:

Transformation

Phase 5:

Resilience

Inclusive

Politics

• South Sudan

• Union of

Comoros

•Sierra

Leone

•Timor-Leste

Security • Sierra Leone

• Timor-Leste

•Timor-Leste

Justice • Sierra Leone

• Timor-Leste

• Union of

Comoros

Economic

Foundation

•Union of

Comoros

• Timor-Leste

• South Sudan

• Sierra

Leone

Revenues and

Services

• South Sudan

• Union of

Comoros

•Sierra

Leone

• Timor-

Leste

Stages of Resilience

Dili Consensus •Set out the priorities of conflict affected and fragile states, including: inclusive economic growth, peace and justice, gender equality, combating climate change and ensuring fair and sustainable returns from our natural resources • ‘Business as usual is not an option’ •Fed into the HLP and broader post 2015 consultations

UN thematic debate

• The thematic debate on ‘Ensuring Stable and Peaceful Societies’ was part of a series of three high-level events convened by the President of the UN General Assembly on the post 2015 agenda, with a focus on:

• Nexus between sustainable development, peace and stability

• Strengthening national institutions towards achieving sustainable development

• Building Global partnership for ensuring stable and peaceful societies

Open working group

•Debate on whether peace/institutions should feature in the new global goals

•The OWG resulted in a finely balanced package of 17 inter-linked and mutually reinforcing goals

A transformative agenda 1. End poverty

2. End hunger

3. Healthcare and well-being

4. Quality education

5. Gender equality

6. Water and sanitation for all

7. Affordable and sustainable energy

8. Decent work for all

9. Infrastructure and technology

10 Reduce inequality

11. Safe cities and settlements

12. Sustainable consumption /production

13. Combat climate change

14. Protect oceans

15. Take care of the planet

16. Peaceful societies and effective institutions

17. Means of implementation

Goal 16: Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels

16.1 significantly reduce all forms of violence and related death rates everywhere

16.2 end abuse, exploitation, trafficking and all forms of violence and torture against children

16.3 promote the rule of law at the national and international levels, and ensure equal access to justice for all

16.4 by 2030 significantly reduce illicit financial and arms flows, strengthen recovery and return of stolen assets, and combat all forms of organized crime

16.5 substantially reduce corruption and bribery in all its forms

16.6 develop effective, accountable and transparent institutions at all levels

16.7 ensure responsive, inclusive, participatory and representative decision-making at all levels

16.8 broaden and strengthen the participation of developing countries in the institutions of global governance

16.9 by 2030 provide legal identity for all including birth registration

16.10 ensure public access to information and protect fundamental freedoms, in accordance with national legislation and international agreements

16.a strengthen relevant national institutions, including through international cooperation, for building capacities at all levels, in particular in developing countries, for preventing violence and combating terrorism and crime

16.b promote and enforce non-discriminatory laws and policies for sustainable development

A TRANSFORMATIONAL GOAL

Concluding the agenda 15-19 June

(New York)

22 June - 31 July (New York)

13-16 July

(Addis Ababa)

25-27 September (New York)

7-8 December (Paris)

• Final drafting session for the outcome document for the International Conference on Financing for Development

• Intergovernmental negotiation on the post 2015 development agenda

• Third International Conference on Financing for Development

• UN Summit to adopt the post-2015 agenda

• Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC

Fragility Assessment for Timor-Leste in 2012

UN Secretary General Speech in Timor-Leste’s Fragility Assessment,

15 August 2012 in Ministry of Finance Timor-Leste

How useful has Fragility Assessment been ?

National and Local Government (Budgets, Policy and Programs)

Fragility Assessment

Results

List of Indicators

g7+ Members

Donors, Development Partners and Civil Society

Fragility Spectrum – Timor-Leste

Second Phase of Fragility Assessment Launched on 6 June 2015

• Includes a review of progress against indicators, qualitative and quantive indicators, meaningful impacts, lessons learned, and recommendations for improvement.

• Utilizes an inclusive, participatory process through engagement in every municipality (13 Municipalities).

• Supports a more robust understanding of Timor-Leste’s drivers of fragility, development and resilience.

• To be led by the Development Partnership Management Unit (DPMU) under the Ministry of Finance, with the support of the g7+ Secretariat. Timor-Leste’s Center of Studies for Peace and Development (CEPAD) will serve as implementing partner.

Thank you

www.g7plus.org