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

 List of suggested readings

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.

Case of Zambia

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

PPCM guidance

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

Mapping instrument

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