Training for Development train 4 dev Supporting Sector

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Training for Development train 4 dev Supporting Sector Programmes Senior Level Session Friday, 9

Training for Development train 4 dev Supporting Sector Programmes Senior Level Session Friday, 9 th of June 2006 Kigali, Rwanda April-June 2006 SWAP Joint Learning Event 1

Training for Development train 4 dev Purpose 1. Identify major issues and challenges for

Training for Development train 4 dev Purpose 1. Identify major issues and challenges for harmonisation and alignment at sector level 2. Develop common understanding of the Sector Wide Approach, and the components of a Sector Programme 3. Discuss possible next steps to move the process forward April-June 2006 SWAP Joint Learning Event 2

Training for Development train 4 dev The Aid Agenda & key SWAp concepts Sector

Training for Development train 4 dev The Aid Agenda & key SWAp concepts Sector Approach Sector Programme Support to Sector Programmes April-June 2006 SWAP Joint Learning Event 3

Training for Development The lessons leading to the aid agenda train 4 dev •

Training for Development The lessons leading to the aid agenda train 4 dev • Failure to improve the lives of the poorest • Low aid effectiveness due to: v. Weak states v. Fragmentation v. Multiple approaches - transaction costs v. Skewed accountability April-June 2006 SWAP Joint Learning Event 4

Training for Development train 4 dev The agenda: poverty reduction Strengthen local ownership over

Training for Development train 4 dev The agenda: poverty reduction Strengthen local ownership over decision-making on policy, strategy and spending Increase coherence between policy, spending and actual results Use/support/strengthen partners’ systems, harmonise donor systems April-June 2006 SWAP Joint Learning Event 5

Training for Development train 4 dev Harmonisation & Alignment April-June 2006 SWAP Joint Learning

Training for Development train 4 dev Harmonisation & Alignment April-June 2006 SWAP Joint Learning Event 6

Training for Development train 4 dev The result: Programme Based Approaches “PBA is a

Training for Development train 4 dev The result: Programme Based Approaches “PBA is a way of engaging in development cooperation based on the principle of coordinated support for a locally owned programme of development such as a national poverty reduction strategy, a sector programme, a thematic programme or a programme of a specific organisation” April-June 2006 SWAP Joint Learning Event 7

Training for Development train 4 dev Core principles …participatory, involving parliament & civil society

Training for Development train 4 dev Core principles …participatory, involving parliament & civil society …resultsoriented …country driven, not donor driven The process is… …comprehensive – reflecting multi-dimensions of poverty …prioritised: implementation feasible April-June 2006 …partnership based SWAP Joint Learning Event 8

Training for Development train 4 dev What is a ‘Sector’? • Defined by the

Training for Development train 4 dev What is a ‘Sector’? • Defined by the government • Wide to ensure coherence, narrow to limit complexity • Fairly coherent & consistent policy • Institutional framework • Budget framework • Links to macro framework April-June 2006 SWAP Joint Learning Event 9

Training for Development train 4 dev What is the Sector Approach? A way of

Training for Development train 4 dev What is the Sector Approach? A way of working of government and partners with three distinct objectives: Ensure local ownership over decision-making on policy, strategy and spending. Increase coherence between policy, spending and actual results Use/support/strengthen partners’ systems, harmonise donor systems April-June 2006 SWAP Joint Learning Event 10

Training for Development train 4 dev What is a Sector Programme? A Sector Programme

Training for Development train 4 dev What is a Sector Programme? A Sector Programme is a product of the Sector Approach. It is a government (not donor) programme Usually includes • an approved sectoral policy document • a sectoral medium term expenditure framework (MTEF) • a government-led donor coordination process April-June 2006 SWAP Joint Learning Event 11

Training for Development train 4 dev Sector programmes: 5 typical elements Sector MTEF and

Training for Development train 4 dev Sector programmes: 5 typical elements Sector MTEF and PFM systems Institutions and capacities Sector policy in macro-framework Services and enabling environment Accountability & Performance monitoring Aid alignment and harmonisation April-June 2006 SWAP Joint Learning Event 12

Training for Development Five means of donor support to emerging or existing SPs train

Training for Development Five means of donor support to emerging or existing SPs train 4 dev Pursue the sector approach Joint policy dialogue Financial support Sector programme Facilitation, catalyzing, networking April-June 2006 Foster knowledge acquisition SWAP Joint Learning Event 13

Training for Development train 4 dev Three financing modalities for support to a SP

Training for Development train 4 dev Three financing modalities for support to a SP Budget support Pooled funding Donor procedures April-June 2006 SWAP Joint Learning Event . . . or a combination of these 14

Training for Development train 4 dev Financing modalities Donor X Donor Y Donor Z

Training for Development train 4 dev Financing modalities Donor X Donor Y Donor Z Sector budget support Donor X Other national revenues ‘Pool Fund’ Through Treasury Co-financed activities Projects Sector Programme April-June 2006 SWAP Joint Learning Event 15

Training for Development train 4 dev What a SWAp is not… • A financing

Training for Development train 4 dev What a SWAp is not… • A financing modality (basket fund, budget support)… • Government decides, donors accepts… • Donors gang up to twist arm on government… • An easy way to easy money April-June 2006 SWAP Joint Learning Event 16

Training for Development train 4 dev What a SWAp can be. . • Focusing

Training for Development train 4 dev What a SWAp can be. . • Focusing on strengthening the nation/sector involving all stakeholders • Building trust throgh mutual transparency and patient, respectful dialogue • Dealing with the real, and often thorny issues and trade-offs in sectors • Strengthening domestic ownership and accountability April-June 2006 SWAP Joint Learning Event 17

Training for Development train 4 dev Typical challenges in SWAp • For donors: vback

Training for Development train 4 dev Typical challenges in SWAp • For donors: vback off, take the back seat vrecognise own limited capacity to understand deal with complexity vaccept that ownership is more important than perfection vcurb disbursement and visibility pressure vpatience and humility April-June 2006 SWAP Joint Learning Event 18

Training for Development train 4 dev Typical challenges in SWAp • For governments: vopen

Training for Development train 4 dev Typical challenges in SWAp • For governments: vopen books and embrace dialogue – also on sensitive issues vbuild some order in own house vget results on the agenda, curbing patronclient relations vpatience and humility April-June 2006 SWAP Joint Learning Event 19

Training for Development train 4 dev Joint challenges • Initially higher transaction costs •

Training for Development train 4 dev Joint challenges • Initially higher transaction costs • Balance quest for quick results with long term capacity development • Get a critical mass of development partners and national sectors aboard • Take decentralisation into account April-June 2006 SWAP Joint Learning Event 20