4-8th July 2011: EC seminar on "Strengthening Governance in Partner Countries - with a focus on the African continent" (facilitated by ECDPM)
AGENDA
DAY 1: LAUNCH OF THE SEMINAR
Shared experiences of EU Governance support in partner countries with a focus on the African continent
14.00-14.30 Introduction
14.30-15.30 State of play on Governance (PPT)
A "helicopter” perspective on where governance stands now, both in policy discourse and practice
Outcomes of the brief Survey on Governance Support
15.30 –15.45 Break
15.45-16.30 Defining key challenges in delivering effective governance support (based on different perspectives)
16.30-17.30 The importance of Governance support: insights from the MEDA experiences (past and present)
Assessment of the MDBS Underlying principles in Ghana: achievements and challenges
DAY 2: CORRUPTION AND RESPONSE STRATEGIES
09.00–09.45 Introduction to the DEVCO anti-corruption concept paper
09.45–10.30 What is corruption? (PPT)
The meaning of "corruption", its determinants and an overview of its most current forms and types of definition
10.30–10.45 Coffee break
10.45-12.00 Putting corruption in the context: a socio-anthropological perspective (PPT)
12.00–13.00 Corruption in practice: experience in dealing with corruption cases and preventing corruption.
13.00-14.00 Lunch
14.00–15.45 International drivers of (anti-) corruption at country level
International Conventions Combating Corruption
Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative
15.45–16.00 Coffee break
16.00–17.45 Assessing corruption and monitoring anti-corruption reform
Key basics and global tools and national and sector level analysis
Mapping of Assessment Tools at Country Level (GATEway project)
DAY 3: POLITICAL ECONOMY ANALYSIS AND GOVERNANCE IN OPERATIONS
09.00–10.45 Political economy: an introduction (PPT)
Presentation of EC reference document ‘Analysing and addressing governance in sector operations’
Relevant documents:
EC reference document ‘Analysing and addressing governance in sector operations’
DFID "How to" Note on Political Economy Analysis
- Annex 1: A guide on PEA tools
- Annex 2: Applications of PEA by DFID country offices
10.45-11.00 Coffee break
11.00–13.00 Political economy at work Part 1: Country Level Analysis
A framework for Country Political Economy Assessment with an application to Zambia
Application by the Zambian EU Delegation
13.00-14.00 Lunch
14.00–15.30 Political economy at work Part 2: Sectoral Analysis
15.30-15.45 Coffee break
15.45-16.45 Other cases of PE applied to governance: education and elections
16.45-17.30 Challenges and next steps
DAY 4: PROMOTING DOMESTIC ACCOUNTABILITY: ENGAGING WITH PARLIAMENTS AND NSA
09.00-09.30 The growing focus on “domestic accountability” in governance and development cooperation processes (PPT)
9.30-11.00 Parliaments as key domestic accountability actors
How to provide effective parliamentary support? Context, fundamentals, and experience
Contextualisation of EU parliamentary support
Presentation on the EC reference document ‘Engaging and Supporting Parliaments Worldwide’
The European Parliament's Office for Promotion of Parliamentary Democracy
Relevant documents:
EC reference document ‘Engaging and Supporting Parliaments Worldwide’
11.00-11.15 Coffee break
11.15-13.00 Support to parliaments in practice: Entry points and assessment tools
Entry points and models for parliamentary development
Pre-Assessment and Assessment methodologies
13.00-14.00 Lunch
14.00-15.15 Budget support and domestic accountability
EC reference document ‘Non State Actors in New Aid Modalities’
Upcoming communication on Budget Support
15.15-16.00 Engaging with local governments to promote domestic accountability in decentralised contexts
Case study: ACORDS programme in Madagascar
16.00-16.15 Coffee break
16.15-17.30 Engaging with non-state actors and local authorities strategically
Structured dialogue : conclusions and implications for EU Delegations
DAY 5: AFRICAN GOVERNANCE AGENDA AND PROCESSES
What does it mean for EU support Strategies?
9.00-11.00 African Agendas and processes on governance
The Governance Agenda is moving from within Africa at different level (continental, regional, national, local) so what are the implications for EU support strategies?
Introduction to the Support study on the EU Governance Initiative
Preliminary findings of the Support study
‘African Governance Architecture’ and ‘African Governance Platform’
African Peer Review Mechanism ‘second generation’
11.00-11.15 Coffee break
11.15-12.00 EU Response Strategies at continental level
Towards an improved political dialogue on governance and more effective support strategies? Implications for EU Delegations working on governance at national level
The Africa-EU Democratic Governance and Human Rights Partnership
12.00-13.00 Conclusions and feedback
What have we learned and what is the way forward?
This seminar has been organised by DEVCO/E4 and facilitated by the European Center for Development Policy Management
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