OECD Development Co-Operation Peer Reviews.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, author, issuing body.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International cooperation.

Economic assistance, Czech.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (56 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

OECD Development Co-operation Peer Reviews

Place of Publication:

Paris : Organization for Economic Cooperation & Development, 2023.

Summary:

The report highlights efforts to engage with the European Union and its members, and identifies opportunities for building institutional learning processes.

Contents:

Foreword

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations and acronyms

Annual average exchange rate: 1 USD = CZK; 1 USD = EUR

Executive summary

The DAC’s peer review recommendations to the Czech Republic

Highlights from the 2023 Development Co-operation Peer Review of the CzechRepublic

The Czech Republic’s development co-operation at a glance

Findings and recommendations

Context

The political and economic context presents both risks and opportunities for Czech development co-operation

Czech development co-operation is set up around the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and a whole-of-government strategy

Fit for purpose: A long-term strategy facing resource challenges

The long-term strategy for development co-operation seeks to align with the 2030 Agenda

Czech bilateral co-operation adopts a whole-of-government approach but could better align allocations to its strategic focus

The fiscal and political situation presents a challenging context for securing an increased ODA budget

There are opportunities to create a compelling values-based narrative to build public support

Fit for purpose: An institutional set-up hampered by rigidities and capacity constraints

Institutional and methodological reforms have focused agency work on implementation and increased country perspectives in decision making

Empowered country presence could improve efficiency and effectiveness

Long administrative procedures, tight capacities and a focus on Czech partners have consequences on efficiency, partnerships and development impact

The advantages of the institutional set-up are not fully leveraged

There is potential to mobilise more learning from EU delegated co-operation to reinforce the system

Improving bilateral programming for development effectiveness

Effective co-ordination with other development co-operation providers, especially with the European Union, helps bring programmes to scale

Building on successful efforts to reduce fragmentation and create synergies would further increase impact and sustainability

A clearer focus on poverty, systematic mainstreaming of cross-cutting issues and increased learning from results would increase effectiveness

Enabling private sector engagement

Czechia has developed a pragmatic approach to test and improve instruments to engage the private sector but with mixed results and no dedicated strategy to structure the efforts

Engagement with the private sector is too focused on Czech companies Generated by AI.

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ISBN:

92-64-92266-0

OCLC:

1382694655