Busan High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness: Proceedings Busan High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness: Proceedings 29 November–1 December 2011 FOREWORD - 3 Foreword The Fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness (HLF-4) which took place in Busan, Korea, from 29 November to 1 December 2011 was the culmination of a process initiated with the High Level Forum in Paris in 2005 (with a prelude in Rome in 2003) and followed by the Accra Forum in 2008. But the HLF-4 is also a milestone for a new era in international development co-operation as expressed in the forum declaration, The Busan Partnership for Effective Development Co-operation. This document is a compilation of the main documents from the HLF-4, put together in one single book to facilitate an easy access and complemented with some ad-hoc articles to provide different perspectives on what the Busan Forum was and how it was prepared. The first part includes documentation strictly related to the forum itself. It begins with the final version of the Busan Partnership for Effective Development Co-operation, followed by a selection of speeches from some of the personalities who intervened at the opening and closing ceremonies and ending with the summaries of the different session held during these three days: Thematic sessions, plenary sessions and all the available summaries of official side events. The second part includes some background on how Busan was prepared. It consists of selected articles on the lessons learned from the forum‟s preparation process from different perspectives. It also included summaries of the main evidence presented in Busan (the 2011 Paris Declaration Survey, the Paris Declaration Evaluation and the Fragile States Survey). This second part concludes with an article describing the work of the Working Party on Aid Effectiveness, the body who drove the international aid effectiveness process, and a selection of its main products. BUSAN FOURTH HIGH LEVEL FORUM ON AID EFFECTIVENESS: PROCEEDINGS TABLE OF CONTENTS - 5 Table of contents Foreword ................................................................................................................................ 3 Introduction: The Busan Global Partnership: A new milestone for effective development co-operation ........................................................................................................................... 9 PART ONE: THE EVENT ................................................................................................ 13 Forum Papers ............................................................................................................. 15 Busan Partnership For Effective Development Co operation .............................................. 17 Busan Building Block on Results and Accountability: Concept note .................................... 29 Busan Building Block on Pushing the Boundaries on Transparency for Better Predictability, Engagement and Accountability: Concept note ........................................... 31 Busan Building Block on Managing Diversity and Reducing Fragmentation: Concept note 35 Busan Building Block on South-South and Triangular Co-Operation: Unlocking the potential of horizontal partnerships: Concept note ............................................................ 37 Busan Building Block on a New Deal for Engagement in Fragile States: Concept note ....... 39 Busan Building Block on Climate Change Finance and Development Effectiveness: Concept note ........................................................................................................................ 41 Busan Building Block on Effective Institutions and Policies: Concept note ......................... 43 Busan Building Block on Public-Private Co-operation for Development: Concept note ..... 45 Speeches from the Opening and Closing Ceremonies .................................................. 49 H.E. Mr. Lee Myung-Bak, President of the Republic of Korea ............................................. 51 Angel Gurría, OECD Secretary-General ................................................................................ 55 Ban Ki-Moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations ...................................................... 57 H.E Paul Kagame, President of the Republic of Rwanda ...................................................... 61 Queen Rania Al Abdullah ..................................................................................................... 65 Hillary Rodham Clinton, United States Secretary of State ................................................... 69 Antonio Tujan Jr, Chair of the Better Aid Co-ordinating Group ........................................... 75 Emele Duituturaga, Co-Chair, Open Forum for CSO Development Effectiveness ............... 77 Summaries of all Sessions ........................................................................................... 79 HLF4 Opening Plenary: Progress since Paris ........................................................................ 83 Thematic Session on Ownership and Accountability ........................................................... 87 Thematic Session on Country Systems................................................................................. 89 Thematic Session on Managing Fragmentation ................................................................... 93 Thematic Session on Aid Predictability and Transparency .................................................. 97 BUSAN FOURTH HIGH LEVEL FORUM ON AID EFFECTIVENESS: PROCEEDINGS 6 - TABLE OF CONTENTS Thematic Session on Results .............................................................................................. 101 Thematic Session on Capacity Development ..................................................................... 105 Thematic Session on Rights-Based Approaches to Development ..................................... 107 Thematic Session on Conflict and Fragility ........................................................................ 109 Thematic Session on South-South and Triangular Co-operation ....................................... 113 Thematic Session on Public-Private Co-operation for Broad-based, Inclusive, and Sustainable Growth ............................................................................................................ 115 Special Session on Gender Equality ................................................................................... 119 Building Block on Managing Diversity and Reducing Fragmentation ................................ 121 Building Block on Transparency ......................................................................................... 125 Building Block on South-South and Triangular Co-Operation ............................................ 129 Building Block on Conflict and Fragility .............................................................................. 133 Building Block on Climate Finance ..................................................................................... 137 Building Block on Effective Institutions .............................................................................. 143 Building Block On Public-Private Co-operation for Broad-based, Inclusive, and Sustainable Growth ............................................................................................................ 147 HLF4 Final Plenary: A new consensus on aid and development ........................................ 149 Summaries of the Side Events ................................................................................... 153 Setting Examples for Accountability .................................................................................. 155 A New Strategic Direction to Strengthen Public Financial Management and Procurement for Better Public Services and Results ................................................................................ 157 Comment rendre l’allocation et les conditionnalités de l’aide cohérentes avec les principes d’alignement et d’appropriation ? /How to Make Aid Allocation and Conditionalities Consistent with the Alignment and Ownership Principles? .................... 159 Facing Risks to Get Results - Managing Risks Jointly for Better Development Results ..... 163 Special High-Level Event of the DCF Advisory Group on Rethinking Development: Towards a new sustainable development architecture ..................................................... 167 Piloting Innovative Approaches for Development Results: Results-based approaches in action .................................................................................................................................. 169 CSO Development Effectiveness and an Enabling Environment: Multi stakeholder approaches to post-Busan initiatives ................................................................................. 171 Statistics for Transparency, Accountability and Results .................................................... 173 Partnerships for Inclusive Business .................................................................................... 175 South‐South Co-operation and Triangular Co operation: A vehicle for enhanced knowledge sharing/creation .............................................................................................. 177 Innovative Ways of Leveraging Private Finance for Development .................................... 179 Domestic Resource Mobilisation, Taxation and Development: Implications for the aid effectiveness agenda organised by