Annex A. Progress since the 2015 DAC peer review recommendations
Recommendations 2015 | Progress |
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Now that the foundations are in place for making its policies more coherent, Belgium should develop a plan of action on a few policy issues of strategic priority which it can influence and be pragmatic in how it uses institutional mechanisms. | Recommendation not implemented |
Recommendations 2015 | Progress |
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To demonstrate how its development co-operation addresses the needs of poor people, as intended by its policy commitments, Belgium should develop practical guidance and promote monitoring and evaluation of poverty impacts. | Partially implemented |
Belgium should match its commitment to mainstreaming gender equality and women’s empowerment with the leadership, capacity and tools needed to make this happen in practice. | Implemented |
Recommendations 2015 | Progress |
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To meet its international commitments, Belgium should reverse the decline of its ODA and start planning for increasing it in order to deliver on its commitment to 0.7%. | Partially implemented |
Belgium should ensure that its strategy and the criteria it uses for applying the budgetary cuts between 2017 and 2019 will enable it to deliver on its geographical and sectoral commitments. It should communicate actively with key partners about its strategy. | Implemented |
Belgium should set deadlines for achieving its targets for increasing its total ODA to LDCs through the different channels of its aid programme. | Recommendation not implemented |
Belgium should further strengthen the development impact of BIO’s investments and should ensure that its other official instruments for leveraging private investments for developing countries also contribute to sustainable development. | Partially implemented |
Recommendations 2015 | Progress |
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Building on recent reforms, Belgium should ensure that its business models for development co-operation are capable of adapting and responding to the evolving priorities and needs of developing countries, especially LDCs and countries in fragile situations, and the changing global environment. | Partially implemented |
Belgium should ensure that its approaches to managing and delivering development co-operation match the human resources available across the development co-operation system so that the right staff and capacities are deployed to the right places. | Partially implemented |
Recommendations 2015 | Progress |
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Belgium should speed up programming processes and increase flexibility to use and adjust aid instruments to the context. | Implemented |
A clear policy should guide partnerships with civil society organisations. | Partially implemented |
To support a more effective response in fragile situations, Belgium should define a context-specific whole-of-government position with clear roles and responsibilities for who will do what. | Partially implemented |
Recommendations 2015 | Progress |
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Belgium should ensure that its new system for managing for development results is capable of drawing together reporting by implementing partners so that it can assess performance, be accountable for development outcomes while also being useful for decision making. | Partially implemented |
The Office of the Special Evaluator and DGD should have an effective mechanism for ensuring that there is appropriate follow-up and implementation of evaluation findings and recommendations. | Implemented |
DGD should transform its existing approach to managing information into an effective knowledge sharing system which learns from results and evidence for forward-looking planning. | Partially implemented |
Recommendations 2015 | Progress |
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Belgium should review its strategy for engaging with NGOs in humanitarian assistance, to ensure that it is getting the most value out of these partnerships. As part of this, Belgium is encouraged to finalise guidance for NGOs seeking to access project funding. | Implemented |
Belgium should clarify how it is going to add value to its significant investments in pooled funding mechanisms – perhaps by involving itself more in the governance arrangements of these funds, either directly or by working through other donors. | Implemented |
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