Partnership Agreement for CAADP implementation support - June 2013 version

The purpose of this framework agreement is to create and formalize a common understanding of the relationships and tools needed to successfully implement CAADP and lay the foundation for cooperation among CAADP stakeholders for the next decade (2013 – 2023).

The partnership agreement is intended to:

• Clarify joint goals, objectives and targets of the partnership (and not of its particular participating constituencies;
• Clarify who are parties (partners) to this partnership according to specific goals;
• Define roles and responsibilities of the partners to the agreements;
• Define the modalities that will be used to support and facilitate the implementation of the joint actions of this partnership;
• Define a common agenda and the expected outcomes of the partnership including accountability schemes.

This document explores and recommends practical mechanisms and systems to coordinate, streamline, strengthen and align CAADP implementation support provided by development partners (African organizations, donors, public and private commercial and not for profit organizations, development agencies and global centers of excellence). It also sets out the parameters and commitments of a CAADP multistakeholder Partnership, operating at the continental, regional and country level.