Measuring the Impact of Democracy Aid

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Roundtable

Ort/Datum
Brussels, 26.11.2013

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ENoP - European Network of Political Foundations & German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE)


European Development Days 2013 

The eighth edition of the European Development Days (EDD) took place in Brussels, Belgium on 26 and 27 November 2013. Over the years, European Development Days has been one of the fastest-growing international forums and has become a landmark event in the development calendar. This year, the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) together with ENoP, the European Network of Political Foundations, presented the roundtable "Measuring the Impact of Democracy Aid".

After years of steady gains, foreign aid has hit a wall. According to OECD data, net official development assistance from 23 donors totalled USD 133.5 billion in 2011, a fall of 2.7 % in real terms from 2010. Global aid is even expected to stagnate in the coming years.

In this context, the challenge to ‘do more with less’ brings questions concerning impact and relevance to the forefront. This applies to democracy support even more than to development assistance, as the results are difficult to capture quantitatively as well as qualitatively. In addition, the number of actors and the diversity of target groups have grown over the years.

Democracy aid captures a varying field, ranging from good governance, civil society support and assistance, to electoral management cycles and assistance to political actors. In combination with the variety of organisations active in the field, aspects of complementarity in programming, but also common standards of impact evaluation, call for enhanced attention.

Panel:

  • Annie Chikwanha, Senior Researcher, South African Institute of International Affairs – SAIIA
  • Martin Dahinden, Director General, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation
  • Eduardo González, Governance Advisor, Development Cooperation Directorate, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
  • José Jaime Macuane, Senior Lecturer, University Eduardo Mondlane
  • Wolfgang Maier, Deputy Head, European and International Cooperation, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung
  • Jean-Louis Ville, Head of Unit for Governance, Democracy, Gender and Human Rights, Directorate-General for Development and Cooperation – EuropeAid, European Commission
  • Aiichiro Yamamoto, Principal Representative for the European Union, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)


Moderator: Jörg Faust, Head of Department “Governance, Statehood, Security”, German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE)


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Datum
26.11.2013

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