Outcome of Mutual Accountability & Aid Transparency Survey: Bangladesh

1. Outcome of Mutual Accountability & Aid Transparency Survey: Bangladesh Monowar Ahmed Joint Secretary Aid Effectiveness Unit, ERD

2. OUTCOMES • Moderate progress in establishing Mutual Accountability ________________________________________________________ • Effective Local Consultative Group (LCG) mechanism Government -led Bangladesh Development Forum (BDF) • Consultation in Feb 2010 – as part of regular annual event • Stock taking in November 2010 • Bangladesh Joint Cooperation Strategy (JCS) & JCS Agreed Action Plan in place, 2010 • Annual review jointly conducted by GoB & DPs, 2011 • Establishment of Aid Effectiveness Working Group (AE WG), Co-Chaired by GoB and DP _______________________________________________________ • Absence of a comprehensive National Aid Policy

3. Key Areas of Improvements • Enhanced commitment for joint and regular review to track progress in keeping donor strategy aligned with national priorities • More frequent discussion between Government and Donors within the framework of LCG on the basis of global survey like DAC survey, PD Evaluation, etc. 3. JCS provided platform for high level dialogue in continuity Key factors for Behavioural Change • Formulation and signing of JCS • Enhanced commitment for meeting aid effectiveness targets

4. Behavioural change by Government (i) Working together to closely monitor the progress of BDF agreed action points (ii) Developing Development Results Framework with DPs (i) Enhanced awareness of PD and AAA, (ii) Speed up implementation (iii) High level political commitment & leadership Aid Effectiveness Targets

5. GoB contribution to better development results of the country

6. Behavioural change by DPs (i) Co-chairing with GoB in LCG Plenary and LCG Working Groups (ii) Aligning its policies & procedures more with the national strategy • PD and AAA commitment, • Enhanced delegation of in-country authority • and • Reduced conditionality Aid Effectiveness Targets

7. DPs contribution to better development results of the country

8. Improved aid effectiveness at sector level • Use of sector wide programmes in Education and Health • Significant progress made in terms of - developing common implementation arrangements - aligning with sector priorities within national dev. strategy - using budget support through national budgetary process - using national treasury for disbursement - using country financial management system - using national accounting and reporting system - using SAI for annual and special audit - using joint monitoring and evaluation through joint mission _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

9. Aid effectiveness at sector level: Impact& Challenges • Decrease in the proportion of aid disbursements through common approaches from 50% in 2008 to 29% in 2010, due to reduction in budget support • Increase in accountability of the Government and DPs for results through LCG WG at the sector level • Tracking of progress in the government, not DPs • More LCG/BDF focus on sectoral/thematic issues • More programme-based approaches in sectors on secondary education, water and sanitation (Watsan), land utilization, ICT • Challenges: a) different policy approaches and priorities of different donors; b) public financial management concerns prevent direct budget support.

10. Some of the milestones in 2010-11 are: • Donor mapping is established and updated on a regular basis • Aid tracking system established • Concept note of division of labour formulated • New PBAs in Health and Education established • High level discussions on new partnership arrangements held (e.g. in Watsan, secondary education, land utilization, ICT)

11. Formulation of Development Results Framework : • Currently no common development results framework with specific, measurable indicators, used by GoB and DPs. • Data collection effort • Aid information Management System • A national development results framework is being drafted under GoB-DP partnership

12. Bangladesh Development Results Framework: • Bangladesh is the first country in South Asia to complete this process, in line with the Principles of the Paris Declaration • DRF reflects the main priorities of the GoB’s Sixth Five Year Plan, and contains measurable, realistic and meaningful indicators. • LCG Working Group members from Government and DPs were directly involved. The process has engaged donors and parts of government, promoting a culture of results measurement and results based management. • GoB and DPs agreed to use the DRF as the basis for discussions in the next BDF

13. Bangladesh Development Results Framework: • The DRF has nine priority areas, aligned with the National 6th Five Year Plan: • Income and poverty • Human resource Development • Water and Sanitation • Energy Infrustructure • Gender Enequality • Environment sustainability • ICT • Urban • Governance • The DRF has 11 outcomes and 35 indicators, set targets for 2011 and 2015, baseline 2010 for most of the indicators, where there was no base line for 2010 the most recent data has been used.

14. Bangladesh Development Results Framework: • Results frameworks will be agreed for each sector, and be monitored by line ministries with LCG working groups. • The overarching Development Results Framework will be monitored at least annually to assess collective progress towards achieving the 6th Five Year Plan. • The process has engaged donors and parts of government, promoting a culture of results measurement and results based management.  • Challenges: - not full understanding or buy in yet from all line ministries, given speed of process - indicators are not all easy to measure annually - trade offs between frequency of measurement and measuring the right issues.

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