Using indicators of policy effort to assess

Policy Coherence for Development

Sixth Meeting of National Focal Points for PCD13 June 2013, OECD, Paris

Carina Lindberg & Dorothee GeorgOECD-PCD Unit

Outline

• What have we done so far?Global food security, illicit financial flows, and green growth

• What could a PCD monitoring matrix look like?An interactive website/database

• What is the purpose of a PCD monitoring matrix?To inform policy making

• How do we move forward? Online dialogue planned for September 2013

Three priority areas

• Global food security• Illicit financial flows• Green growth

What is the PCD challenge?What can we measure?Possible next steps.

PCD Monitoring Matrix: IntroductionGlobal Food Security Illicit Financial Flows Green Growth

PCD Monitoring Matrix: “Country Page”Country X, Year Y

Key issue Issue category Indicator

Food security Agriculture Producer Support Estimate

Illicit financial flows Stolen asset recovery Assets frozen and returned

Green growth Innovation Patent applications for environmentally friendly technologies

PCD Monitoring Matrix: “Key Issue Page”

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% Support based on commodity output Payments based on input use Other payments

OECD composition of Producer Support Estimate, 1986-2011Percentage share of gross farm receipts

Using the monitoring matrix

• Support dialogue in capitals

• Raise public awareness

• Identify policy weaknesses and strengths

Design better policies for development

30 September – 04 Octoberon the PCD Platform

Objectives of the Dialogue – the ‘how’

• Week from 30 September – 04 October• Monday-Friday• Held on the International PCD Platform• Open access – no registration required!

• 3 topics covered: –Green Growth, Food Security, Illicit Financial

Flows

Purpose:

–Discuss and receive comments on measurement matrix–Have an evidence-based dialogue on

the three task team topics–Exchange views with experts

Who should participate?PCD Community of Practice

• PCD community• Experts from your ministries• Stakeholders• CSOs• Researchers

Outcomes and next Steps – the ‘what’

1. Provide you with a platform to share your experiences and interact

2. Gives us the opportunity to learn about your ideas on the matrix draft

3. Exchange views and expectations for the next steps forward and the PCD areas involved

Next steps

• Continue exchange views and ideas with stakeholders and experts

• Integrate your comments into the PCD measurement matrix

• Keep the flagships topics alive• Feed comments and views into the 2014

Flagship

• Possible for you and the line ministries to participate in online dialogue in October?

• In which of the three priority areas would you like to be actively involved (to discuss, for example, what other indicators to include in these areas)?

• What are your expectations?

• What other policy areas would you like to see added to the monitoring framework as a next step?

• Would this kind of proposed monitoring framework and indicators be useful to inform the debate in your capitals?

• Anything we can help you with?