Preface
Foreword
Acknowledgements
Readerβs guide
The 2018 Global Partnership Monitoring Round: The methodology
How to read this report
Abbreviations and acronyms
Executive summary
References
1 Overview of the 2018 Global Partnership Monitoring Round
Effective partnerships are a cornerstone of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
The Global Partnership spurs action for more effective partnerships in order to achieve long-lasting development results
The 2018 Global Partnership Monitoring Round: Key facts
Progress in leading and supporting development efforts
Reinforcing a whole-of-society approach to development
Transparency and mutual accountability in an evolving development landscape
Looking forward: Initial reflections of Global Partnership stakeholders
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Notes
Part I. How partner countries are promoting effective partnerships
Part I. How partner countries are promoting effective partnerships
2 Partner country government leadership has advanced national development aspirations
Partner country governments are broadly integrating the SDGs into their national development strategies
Partner countries are strengthening the quality, results orientation and national ownership of development strategies
More partner country governments need to link development planning to resources and strengthen capacity to monitor implementation
Partner countries are making steady progress in strengthening public financial management systems
Partner countries are making progress in budget planning, but challenges remain in budget execution and reporting
Partner countries are undertaking gender-responsive budgeting, but gaps remain in translating their commitment to gender equality into adequate resources and monitoring systems
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3 Partner country governments can enable more meaningful engagement to maximise a whole-of-society approach
Section 3.1. How effectively do partner country governments engage national stakeholders in development planning and mutual accountability activities?
To strengthen country ownership, governments must do more to ensure meaningful and inclusive participation in planning and tracking of development efforts
Section 3.2. How are partner country governments faring in creating an enabling environment for civil society?
Constraints on civil society have increased, negatively affecting its ability to participate in and contribute to national development processes
Governments often consult civil society organisations, but these consultations could be more effective, inclusive and transparent
Legal and regulatory frameworks provide limited protection for civil society organisations in practice
CSOs recognise the need for better CSO co-ordination, but also call for more equitable partnerships
Section 3.3. How effective are partner country governments in strengthening public-private dialogue?
Meaningful public-private dialogue, results-oriented and based on mutual trust, has the potential to accelerate achievement of development goals
Public and private actors are willing to participate in dialogue, but have limited capacity to engage effectively
Partner country governments can improve public-private dialogue by engaging the full range of private sector actors, including in setting the agenda for dialogue
When the foundations for high-quality public-private dialogue are in place, dialogue is geared towards results and leads to joint action
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4 Mutual accountability mechanisms are adapting to an evolving development landscape
Partner countries are rethinking how to best ensure mutual accountability amid shifts in the development co-operation landscape
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Part II How development partners are promoting effective, country-led partnerships
Part II How development partners are promoting effective, country-led partnerships
5 Walking the talk: Development partners are not fully facilitating country leadership over development efforts
Where development partners are aligned at the level of country strategy, they also tend to be aligned at project level
Alignment to partner country objectives, results indicators, statistics and monitoring systems is declining
Annual predictability has improved slightly, but aggregates hide important variations
Forward visibility of development co-operation is decreasing, hindering parliamentary oversight in partner countries as well as national government ability to plan and budget for development efforts
Increased use of procurement systems is largely driving the marginal progress made by development partners in using country public financial management systems
A development partnerβs relationship with a partner country is a stronger determinant of its use of country PFM systems than the partner countryβs characteristics
Further action is needed to go beyond formally untying ODA to better untie in practice
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6 Development partners are taking steps to reinforce a whole-of-society approach to development
Development partners are not yet fully leveraging the contributions of diverse stakeholders in a systematic way that reflects a whole-of-society approach
Development partners have an important role in supporting the enabling environment in which civil society organisations operate
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7 Development partners are strengthening transparency of development co-operation information as an important step to enhance accountability
More development partners are making information on development co-operation publicly available
Information on development co-operation is more comprehensive, but development partners struggle to provide timely reporting and forward-looking information
Progress in strengthening the transparency of development co-operation is inconsistent
The majority of development partners consider country-level mutual accountability assessments to be effective
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Part III Reflections of Global Partnership stakeholders
Part III Reflections of Global Partnership stakeholders
8 Looking forward: Initial reflections of Global Partnership stakeholders
Strengthened ownership and alignment are needed to accelerate development progress
Facilitating the active engagement of the full range of stakeholders requires concerted effort
There is a need to move from evidence to action, using monitoring results to further SDG progress
Global Partnership monitoring must continue to adapt to the challenges of the 2030 Agenda
Annex A. Indicatorsβ coverage
Annex B. 2018 Monitoring Round