Datum: woensdag 13 juli 2011, 14:00 - 16:30

Plaats: Residence Palace - Wetstraat 155, 1040 Brussel

Organisatie: ODI en Oxfam International

This ODI and Oxfam International event will see presentations by the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) and the World Bank on their latest research and evidence on budget support, followed by a high-level debate, chaired by Simon Maxwell, ODI Senior Research Associate

Sprekers

• Andris Piebalgs - European Commissioner for Development
• Dr Samura Kamara - Minister of Finance, Sierra Leone
• Serge Tomasi - Director of Global Economy and Development Strategies, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, France
• Dr Friedrich Kitschelt - Head of Directorate-General Africa; Global and Sectoral Affairs, Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development, Germany
• Helen Magombo - Policy Advisor on Aid Effectiveness, Oxfam

Chair: Simon Maxwell - Senior Research Associate, ODI

The European Union (EU) is one of the largest providers of budget support aid to developing countries. However today, EU budget support stands at a crossroads, despite being described by the European consensus on development as the ‘preferred aid modality'. While some EU Member States remain strong supporters of budget support, a growing number have started to question the instrument and its effectiveness.

In December 2010, the European Commission launched a debate on "the future of EU budget support." Proposals from the Commission on the future of EU budget support are expected in October 2011 and Member States are expected to adopt conclusions on the issue by the end of the year. This process will decide what EU budget support will look like in the next 5 years.

Presentations by the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) and the World Bank on their latest research and evidence on budget support will be followed by a high-level debate, chaired by Simon Maxwell, ODI Senior Research Associate.

Panellists will be asked to answer the debate questions and to comment on:

1.Does budget support deliver development results? What kind of

results?

2. What are the benefits of budget support in fostering domestic accountability and how can they be strengthened?

3. What are the right criteria for allocating budget support (notably in

fragile states)?

4.Political dialogue. How to react to human rights breaches?

5. Should the political dialogue apply to just budget support or to all aid instruments?

Meer info & inschrijven

http://www.odi.org.uk/events/details.asp?id=2716&title=budget-support-good-bad-development#details