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ENGAGING NON-STATE ACTORS IN NEW AID MODALITIES

Structured dialogue

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EuropeAidCONTENT

1. Why a new reference document on NSAs and NAMs?

1. What are findings and what guidance does it provide?

1. How to take this process further?

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EuropeAid1. WHY THIS DOCUMENT ABOUT NSAs and NAMs?

The answer consists of four parts:

A. The evolving agenda of participatory developmentB. The efforts to make aid more effective through new aid

modalitiesC. The stronger emphasis on knowledge about state-society

relations and politics in development. D. Bringing various groups of EC practitioners together

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ParticipatorydevelopmentParticipatorydevelopment

Development assistance includes

support to and through NSAs

Development assistance includes

support to and through NSAs

Development is a multi-actor

participatory process

Development is a multi-actor

participatory process

Development is a multi-stakeholder process where the central state is one of

the actors

Development is a multi-stakeholder process where the central state is one of

the actors

NSAs are not only implementing

agencies but also promoters of

democracy, justice and human rights

NSAs are not only implementing

agencies but also promoters of

democracy, justice and human rights

EC/EU is committed to strengthening NSAs to

fully participate in political, economic and

social dialogue processes

EC/EU is committed to strengthening NSAs to

fully participate in political, economic and

social dialogue processes

Civil Society is recognised in all its

diversity

Civil Society is recognised in all its

diversity

A. Participatory developmentand Non-State Actors

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B. More effective aid and New Aid Modalities

• EC and other donors look for ways to make their aid more effective

• These efforts include among other things ways to:o Align behind country policies (if these reduce poverty)o Align behind country systems (if there are serious efforts

to make these systems work for the poor)o Reduce the burden on partners (through harmonisation)o And move from government ownership to country

ownership, o And from mutual to domestic accountability

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• What are these new aid modalities o Budget supporto And the so-called sector wide approaches – or the EC’s

Sector Policy Support Programmes – aren’t either

• What is new about these modalities? o It’s not just about the moneyo Nor about one input, instrument or toolo It’s about and aid package, o An aid package that applies the principles to make

aid more effective

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budget support as an “aid package” includes:

Budget support

SPSP

Alignment with partner country policies

Harmonisation among donors

Capacity development inputs

Policy dialogue

Results orientation

Alignment with partner country

systems

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C. Importance of state-society relations, and politics

• Growing realisation that politics can help explain where aid has been effective and where not• It matters to know:

o If and how state-society bargaining takes placeo Whether, how and around which interests citizens

organise collectively o How elites come to political settlements, for example

over taxes, but also over the distribution of resources such as aid

o Whether poverty reduction strategies and sector policies have sufficient backing within government, or within groups in society,

o Etc..• This knowledge is very country or context specific

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EuropeAidThis Reference Document connects these three processes or agendas:

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EuropeAidD. It also connects three groups of EC

practitioners

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EuropeAidThe reference document takes stock of the following experiences and processes:

• In-house consultation on NSAs and NAMs• Stock-taking of experiences in EC Delegations and

development of country cases• Ongoing EC consultations on budget support (Green Paper

process) • EC redesign of budget support guidelines • NSA related work in the Structured Dialogue, evaluations,

studies and audits• Ongoing work on improving the context analysis as part of

the re-design of the Project and Programme Cycle Management• Ongoing work of applying the Governance Analysis

Framework in sector operations often involving macro economists and sector specialists• NSA related initiatives related to Domestic Accountability

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2. SO HOW TO TAKE THESE AGENDAS FURTHER?

Four types of guidance

From this work emerges one core message and three types of guidance:

• One core message: pay more attention to relations

between state and non-state actors, and balance the support accordingly

• Four fundamentals and operational principles

• Step by step operational guidance

• Smart guidance to take the ambitious agendas further

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Ensure the independence of NSAs:

A meaningful contribution of NSAs is only possible if they can act as actors in their own right.

Ensure the independence of NSAs:

A meaningful contribution of NSAs is only possible if they can act as actors in their own right.

Assess and analyze NSA interests, values, histories, incentives, roles, functions,

governance structures:

Often a more fine-grained analysis is required of the diverse roles and structures of NSAs, the capacity for collective action, the incentives that drive them, their values and organic growth.

Assess and analyze NSA interests, values, histories, incentives, roles, functions,

governance structures:

Often a more fine-grained analysis is required of the diverse roles and structures of NSAs, the capacity for collective action, the incentives that drive them, their values and organic growth.

Recognize the diversity of NSAs:

Move beyond the usual civil society ‘suspects’

Recognize the diversity of NSAs:

Move beyond the usual civil society ‘suspects’

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Fundamental 1:

treat non-state actors as actors

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Incentivize continued learning:

Favour incremental change rather than modular, overambitious leapfrogs to grand scale reforms

Incentivize continued learning:

Favour incremental change rather than modular, overambitious leapfrogs to grand scale reforms

Introduce systematically political economy and governance analysis:

Move away from a perspective of “what should be done”, to what “could be done”.

Introduce systematically political economy and governance analysis:

Move away from a perspective of “what should be done”, to what “could be done”.

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Fundamental 2:

analyse state-society relations systematically

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Balance support for state and non-state actors in a purposeful way:

The EC shares the responsibility with other donors over the longer-term impact on state-society relations beyond project and programme cycles.

Balance support for state and non-state actors in a purposeful way:

The EC shares the responsibility with other donors over the longer-term impact on state-society relations beyond project and programme cycles.

Combine the full range of modalities and instruments in a strategic way:

The EC has a responsibility for the combined impact of all its development efforts.

Combine the full range of modalities and instruments in a strategic way:

The EC has a responsibility for the combined impact of all its development efforts.

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Fundamental 3

the full potential of NSAs

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Prepare for playing new roles:

NAMs touch on the nature of the state and its relations with society and NSAs.Inevitably, this touches also on domestic power relations and politics. So the EC must prepare to be an informed political player.

Prepare for playing new roles:

NAMs touch on the nature of the state and its relations with society and NSAs.Inevitably, this touches also on domestic power relations and politics. So the EC must prepare to be an informed political player.

Avoid a technocratic approach to aid effectiveness and the role of NSAs:

Accept the need for a political approach

Avoid a technocratic approach to aid effectiveness and the role of NSAs:

Accept the need for a political approach

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Fundamtental 4

Do no harm-play new roles

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EuropeAidOperational guidance

Multiple questions remain about how to strategically engage with NSAs. Questions about:

• The key features of the new aid modalities and the potential roles that NSAs can play • How to identify opportunities for strategic engagement with NSAs

in a particular context• The entry points in the Cycle of Operations for engaging

strategically with NSAs• And how to combine EC tools, instruments and approaches

Further step by step guidance deals with these operational matters.

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EuropeAidSmart guidance

This is a tall agenda. One that takes time, and one that will be demanding to implement.

Therefore, further guidance is about developing smart partnerships to tackle these interlinking agendas:

• Joint analysis and knowledge development with other donors• Smart funding arrangements to underpin a strategic

approach• Ensure cooperation and linkages between non-state actors

and other domestic accountability actors• Smart partnerships with local governments

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EuropeAid3. HOW TO TAKE THIS PROCESS FURTHER? A “living document”

• This Reference Document is not a final product• The guidance it contains will be shared through the

Consultative Dialogue Process• Other ongoing processes to tap into are the EC efforts to

improve the coordination and pertinence of budget support, as well as the ongoing work on mutual and domestic accountability • Through the Capacity4Dev Platform, it will promote

further discussion, dialogue and blogging on experiences from the field• This may contribute to improving the strategic and

operational guidance on how to improve the EC’s engagement with state and society for development.

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EuropeAidThank you for the attentionIn case of questions, shoot… so to speak

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