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SETTING STANDARDS FOR THE AID
INDUSTRY
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June 2013 - “Over the last 20 years, the humanitarian sector has grown into a
multi-billion dollar enterprise. While the early 1990s saw an absence of
standards, the current situation may pose the opposite problem, with over a
hundred standards initiatives now in existence in the humanitarian sector.
Field workers and others have experienced a challenge in combining and
implementing the number of standards in an efficient, complementary and
effective way,” he said. The JSI - Joint Standards Initiative - has set out to
harmonize the standards of its three member organizations. Carter says that
between now and next July they are planning to develop a new core humanitarian
standard, with clear benchmarks and indicators, as well as guidance on how the
tools can be applied and on dissemination and training. The core standard is
currently under discussion in Geneva.....
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UNDERSTANDING THE AID EFFECTIVENESS
AGENDA - PRIMERS - WOMEN - AWID
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This aid effectiveness agenda, the result of the signature and implementation of the Paris Declaration process currently determines how and to whom aid is being delivered as well as how donor and aid-recipient countries are relating to one another. We hope the information, analysis and proposals included in these primers will encourage women's rights advocates and other actors to understand the relevance of this process and to engage in it to support the call for a more comprehensive, balanced, and inclusive approach to reforming aid so that it reaches the people who need it most, including women!
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1: An Overview of the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness and the new Aid Modalities In 2005 civil
society organizations bore witness to the signing of the Paris Declaration
on Aid Effectiveness (PD)—history’s most recent agreement by donor and
recipient countries to reform the delivery and management of aid monies in
order to strengthen its impact and effectiveness. Download PDF |
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2: Key Official Bodies Related to the Implementation of the The OECD has put in
place a number of official mechanisms to track the implementation of the
Paris Declaration. This 2nd primer in the series Understanding the Aid
Effectiveness Agenda is devoted to outlining and clarifying the roles of
these groups in the lead up to the High Level Forum (HLF3) taking place in Download PDF |
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Primer 3: Civil Society’s Engagement in the Aid Effectiveness Agenda: The Parallel Process, Key Concerns and Recommendations Download
PDF This third primer in the series focuses on describing how the parallel tracking process is being undertaken independently by CSOs and, most recently, CSOs of all shapes and sizes have been calling for reforms to the tracking, delivering, and management of aid for quite some time and have become much more vocal about some of the CS concerns since the signing of the Paris Declaration in 2005. |
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4: Monitoring and Evaluation of the This Primer
presents a general overview of this process, the key results of the first
official round of monitoring, and the main concerns and recommendations put
forward by CSOs participating in the parallel process towards the HLF3 Download PDF |
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5: Making Women’s Rights and Gender Equality a Priority in the Aid
Effectiveness Agenda This primer
presents highlights from a research piece recently developed by AWID and WIDE
called Implementing the Paris Declaration: Implications for the Promotion of
Women’s Rights and Gender Equality; and the main recommendations from the
International Consultation of Women’s Organizations and Networks and Aid
Effectiveness organized by AWID, WIDE and UNIFEM in Ottawa (January-February
2008). Download PDF |
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6: Women’s organizations proposals to influence the 3rd High Level Forum
debates in This Primer
explains the advocacy efforts of women’s organizations and CSOs in the lead
up to the HLF-3. Download PDF |
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7: Gender equality and Aid Effectiveness: regional perspectives in the
preparation process towards This Primer
provides an overview of both the official OECD regional meetings and the
women’s consultations, with specific focus on the key regional messages that emerged
on aid effectiveness, the principles of the Paris Declaration and the Accra
Agenda for Action (AAA). The composition of the meetings and the extent to
which gender equality and women’s empowerment were taken into account is
highlighted, as well. Download PDF |