OECD DAC Peer Review: Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Assistance of the Republic of Slovenia MEMORANDUM Ljubljana, November 2016 Table of Contents List of abbreviations ................................................................................................................................ iii List of boxes, charts, tables and figures .................................................................................................. v Executive Summary ................................................................................................................................ vi 1. Towards a comprehensive development effort ............................................................................... 1 1.1. Global development issues ...................................................................................................... 1 1.2. Policy Coherence for Development ......................................................................................... 2 1.2.1. Political commitments and statements............................................................................. 2 1.2.2. Mechanism for ensuring policy coherence ...................................................................... 3 1.2.3. Systems for analysis, monitoring and reporting ............................................................... 4 1.2.4. Illustrations of policy coherence in specific areas ............................................................ 4 1.3. Financing for Development ...................................................................................................... 5 2. Policy vision and strategic orientations ........................................................................................... 6 2.1. Policies, strategies and commitments...................................................................................... 6 2.2. Decision-making processes ..................................................................................................... 6 2.3. Policy focus .............................................................................................................................. 8 3. ODA allocations ............................................................................................................................. 13 3.1. Overall ODA volume .............................................................................................................. 13 3.2. Bilateral assistance ................................................................................................................ 15 3.3. Multilateral assistance ............................................................................................................ 18 4. Organisation fit for the purpose ..................................................................................................... 20 4.1. Institutional system ................................................................................................................ 20 4.2. Adaptation to change ............................................................................................................. 22 4.3. Human resources ................................................................................................................... 23 5. Delivery modalities and partnerships for effective assistance ...................................................... 25 5.1. Budgeting and programming processes ................................................................................ 25 5.2. Partnerships ........................................................................................................................... 26 5.2.1. Partner countries ............................................................................................................ 26 5.2.2. Partnerships and stakeholders in Slovenia .................................................................... 27 5.2.3. Partnerships in the donor community ............................................................................ 29 5.3. Fragile states .......................................................................................................................... 29 5.3.1. Partner countries in the Western Balkans: BiH, Kosovo................................................ 30 5.3.2. Afghanistan .................................................................................................................... 30 6. Results management, transparency in accountability ................................................................... 32 6.1. Policies, strategies, plans, monitoring and reporting ............................................................. 32 6.2. Evaluation system .................................................................................................................. 32 6.3. Institutional learning ............................................................................................................... 33 6.4. Communication, accountability and development awareness ............................................... 34 7. Humanitarian assistance ............................................................................................................... 36 7.1. Strategic framework ............................................................................................................... 36 7.2. Effective programme design .................................................................................................. 38 i 7.3. Effective delivery, partnerships and instruments ................................................................... 39 7.4. Organisational structure ......................................................................................................... 40 7.5. Results, learning and accountability ...................................................................................... 41 Annex 1. Organisational structure of MZZ ............................................................................................. 42 ii List of abbreviations 2015 Resolution national resolution on development cooperation for the period until 2015 2030 Resolution future national resolution on development cooperation BiH Bosnia and Herzegovina BSF Bled Strategic Forum CEF Center of Excellence in Finance CEP Centre for European Perspective CMSR Centre for International Cooperation and Development DAC Development Assistance Committee (OECD) EBRD European Bank for Reconstruction and Development ECDPM European Centre for Development Policy Management EC European Commission EDF European Development Fund EU European Union GEF Global Environment Facility GHD Good Humanitarian Donorship GNI gross national income GPEDC Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation HRBA Human Rights-Based Approach IATI International Aid Transparency Initiative IBRD International Bank for Reconstruction and Development IDA International Development Association ICRC International Committee of the Red Cross IDA-MDRI Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative IDB Inter-American Development Bank IFRC International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies KFOR Kosovo Force LDC Least Developed Countries MDGs Millennium Development Goals MDT Interministerial Working Body MSMEs micro, small and medium enterprises MZZ Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia NGO non-governmental organisation ODA official development assistance OECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development PCD Policy Coherence for Development PCSD Policy Coherence for Sustainable Development RS Republic of Slovenia SDGs Sustainable Development Goals SID Bank SID – Slovenska izvozna in razvojna banka, d.d. ( Slovene Export and Development Bank) UN United Nations UNDP United Nations Development Programme UNFPA United Nations Population Fund UNHCR United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees UNHRC United Nations Human Rights Council UNICEF United Nations Children's Fund UNIDO United Nations Industrial Development Organization UNRWA United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East iii URSZR Administration of the Republic of Slovenia for Civil Protection and Disaster Relief USAID US Agency for International Development WBG World Bank Group WFP World Food Programme ZMRS International Development Cooperation Act iv List of boxes, charts, tables and figures BOX 1: NATIONAL VOLUNTARY REVIEW OF THE 2030 AGENDA ...................................................................... 1 BOX 2: SLOVENIA'S MEMBERSHIP OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL .............................................................. 2 BOX 3: PREPARATION OF THE DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY OF SLOVENIA ARISING FROM THE 2030 AGENDA ..... 4 BOX 4: PCD IN LINE MINISTRIES: MINISTRY OF DEFENCE .............................................................................. 5 BOX 5: ADDIS TAX INITIATIVE ...................................................................................................................... 5 BOX 6: DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE IN THE DECLARATION ON FOREIGN POLICY OF THE REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA (2015) .................................................................................. 6 BOX 7: TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF WESTERN BALKANS COUNTRIES ........................ 8 BOX 8: COMPLEMENTARY ACTION IN THE AREA OF HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE AND DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION IN HAITI ....................................................................................................................... 9 BOX