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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• OECD
• OECD,

Titel

OECD Development Co-operation Peer Reviews

Ort / Verlag

Paris : OECD Publishing,

Erscheinungsjahr

2021

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Intro -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations and acronyms -- Executive summary -- The DAC's recommendations to Germany -- Findings from the 2021 Development Co-operation Peer Review of Germany (Infographic) -- The DAC's main findings and recommendations -- Sustainability drives Germany's approach to development co-operation -- Germany believes that fair and sustainable globalisation delivered through a rules-based multilateral order is critical for peace, freedom and security in the world -- German development co-operation draws on a broad range of instruments and involves a diverse group of partners -- Germany can build on its achievements -- Systematic analysis of potential incoherence with sustainable development objectives would help Germany to address spillover effects of domestic policies on developing countries -- Building on strong public support, BMZ could extend its existing cross-ministerial efforts to develop a vision for more effective German development co-operation -- Investing at all levels in gender equality and focusing on leaving no one behind would enhance German development co-operation -- Embedding a culture of results and investing more in strategic evaluations would enable Germany to continuously improve its development co-operation -- Current efforts on complementarity would benefit from better delineation of short-term and long-term engagement in crises -- While locally employed staff are highly valued by Germany and its partners and report high job satisfaction, the system would benefit from their greater involvement -- Germany needs to address challenges -- Increasing delegation of authority to embassies and country offices and publishing country strategies remain challenging for Germany, but would demonstrate that it responds to partners' needs -- Secretariat's report -- Secretariat's report.
• 1 Germany's global efforts for sustainable development -- Efforts to support global sustainable development -- Germany is well-positioned to influence global sustainable development -- Germany is driving implementation of sustainable development and climate action -- Greater ambition and more effective architecture would improve sustainability -- Germany strives for fair and sustainable globalisation -- Promoting global public goods and addressing global challenges -- Policy coherence for sustainable development -- Institutional mechanisms for addressing incoherent policies could be more effective -- Progress is being made in some shared policy areas that impact sustainable development -- More could be done to address spillover effects on developing countries -- Global awareness -- German citizens have positive views about development co-operation -- Awareness and development education could focus more on changing behaviour -- References -- Notes -- 2 Germany's policy vision and framework -- Framework -- Germany's development co-operation is centred on the 2030 Agenda and the Paris Agreement -- The BMZ 2030 reform strategy provides a long-term focus on global public goods and German expertise, allowing for new political initiatives that are consistent with the 2030 Agenda -- Principles and guidance -- Guidance on cross-cutting issues is made available, but Germany should assess the impact of programmes on the wide range of quality criteria -- Germany should continue to invest at all levels in gender equality and poverty reduction and inequality -- Basis for decision making -- Germany presents a clear rationale for how to engage at different levels -- German development co-operation is provided by a diverse group of autonomous partners and members of civil society -- Multilateral co-operation -- References -- Notes.
• 3 Germany's financing for development -- Overall ODA volume -- Germany has provided over USD 20 billion in ODA annually since 2016 and reached 0.73% ODA-to-GNI target in 2020 -- While Germany has increased ODA investment in least developed countries, these still fall short of international commitments and there is a risk contributions may decrease -- Germany's financial and technical co-operation adapts to partner country contexts -- Bilateral ODA allocations -- Bilateral ODA more than doubled in volume since 2010, with the largest increases to the Middle East and the African continent -- Germany's share of aid spent in partner countries is increasing, as is support for policy reforms and budget support -- Germany could strengthen the focus on gender equality across its programming, building on good work on environment and climate change mitigation and adaptation -- Multilateral ODA allocations -- Germany is a strong multilateralist and very significant multilateral donor and partner -- Germany is broadening its multilateral support to new players and has increased its core contributions to UN funds and programmes -- Financing for sustainable development -- Germany has many financial sector instruments at its disposal, and could leverage these more -- Germany has the architecture and instruments to further support domestic resource mobilisation -- More detailed reporting by KfW DEG is welcome, but further transparency is desirable -- References -- Notes -- 4 Germany's structure and systems -- Authority, mandate and co-ordination -- A dedicated ministry for development co-operation focuses attention on sustainability, migration and development co-operation in the German political agenda -- Germany faces ongoing challenges in ensuring a whole-of-government approach.
• BMZ has a leadership and oversight role for the four official German implementing organisations -- Germany has stepped up co-ordination on development issues at several levels -- Systems -- Germany is working towards reducing bureaucracy -- Germany balances the need for compliance in its system with broadening its risk management efforts to make a stronger contribution to improving the operating environment in partner countries -- Germany's leadership is committed to supporting innovation and digitalisation across its development co-operation -- Capabilities throughout the system -- Germany has a broad range of highly skilled staff to manage and deliver its development co-operation -- Considering greater delegation of authority to the field and re-thinking the division of labour could facilitate more effective steering of the German portfolio in partner countries -- Increasing budgets, topics and responsibilities have taken a toll on BMZ staff -- National staff in German development co-operation ensure a sound understanding of the local contexts and constant dialogue with different development stakeholders -- References -- Notes -- 5 Germany's delivery modalities and partnerships -- Effective partnerships -- Germany could make better use of its diverse development co-operation partners -- Germany could step up its funding to CSOs, including to local CSOs in partner countries, and reduce bureaucratic hurdles -- Through a diverse set of mechanisms and instruments, Germany facilitates private sector engagement in partner countries -- As a strong supporter of multilateralism and EU joint programming and a key partner in triangular co-operation, Germany opts for joint approaches where possible -- Germany has increased its transparency and accountability -- Country-level engagement.
• Rethinking the form and content of its country strategies would enable Germany to move towards a coherent, German approach and increase transparency and accountability -- A strong supporter of development effectiveness, Germany could facilitate greater partner ownership -- Germany's predictability and forward planning are strong -- Germany has a broad range of instruments at its disposal to respond flexibly to partner countries' demands, with the COVID-19 response a good example to build on -- Germany links the disbursement of ODA funds to the reform priorities of its six Africa reform partners -- References -- Notes -- 6 Germany's results, evaluation and learning -- Management for development results -- Germany contributes to the 2030 Agenda and aligns with partner countries' priorities -- Results management is being extended from projects to portfolios -- Further work is required to improve results-based management and embed a results culture within German development co-operation -- Evaluation system -- Germany's evaluation capability is strong and respected -- The evaluation function is independent, but management responses to evaluations often lack specificity -- Evaluation capacity is being strengthened in partner countries -- Institutional learning -- Networks exist for knowledge sharing and learning in sectoral and thematic areas -- Knowledge management is challenging in the complex German system -- References -- Notes -- 7 Germany's fragility, crises and humanitarian assistance -- 7.A Crises and fragility -- Strategic framework -- Germany is an active and efficient broker for global peace efforts -- Germany has aligned its strategic framework to its vision for peace -- Germany's ODA is not primarily mobilised towards fragile contexts -- Germany is engaged in many fragile contexts beyond just its nexus and peace partners.
• Effective programme design and instruments.
• This peer review shows that Germany invests in fair and sustainable globalisation and a rules-based multilateral order. It provided 0.73% of its national income as official development assistance in 2020. The country is adjusting its engagement with Africa and reforming the way it delivers development co-operation.
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