Project profile — Support to the Global Partnership for Effective Development Co-operation

• Oceania, regional (20.00%)
• Europe, regional (20.00%)
• Africa, regional (20.00%)
• America, regional (20.00%)
• Asia, regional (20.00%)

• Government And Civil Society, General: Justice, law and order policy, planning and administration (15131) (100.00%)

• Gender equality (significant objective)
• Environmental sustainability (cross-cutting) (not targeted)
• Participatory development and good governance (principal objective)
• Trade development (significant objective)
• Biodiversity (not targeted)
• Climate change mitigation (not targeted)
• Climate Change Adaptation (not targeted)
• Urban issues (significant objective)
• Desertification (not targeted)
• Children's issues (significant objective)
• Youth Issues (significant objective)
• Indigenous Issues (significant objective)
• Disability (significant objective)
• ICT as a tool for development (significant objective)

This grant represents Canada’s support to the Global Partnership for Effective Development Co-operation (GPEDC)’s Joint Support Team. The GPEDC is an innovative and inclusive global platform established in 2012 to promote the quality and effectiveness of development co-operation. The mandate of the GPEDC is to contribute to the achievement of sustainable development by promoting effective development cooperation geared towards ending all forms of poverty, reducing inequality and ensuring that no one is left behind. The GPEDC is governed by a Steering Committee with representatives from a wide range of stakeholders. Canada joined the Steering Committee in January 2017 and represents a constituency that includes Australia, New Zealand and the United States. The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) provide secretariat support to the GPEDC, through a Joint Support Team which helps implement the GPEDC’s Programme of Work.

The expected outcomes for this project include: (1) enhanced support for development effectiveness at the country level; (2) updated monitoring for the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development; (3) sharing knowledge and lessons to promote accountability, learning and innovations; (4) scaling up private sector engagement leveraged through development co-operation; and (5) strengthened high-level political engagement, advocacy and strategic public communication.

Results achieved under the GPEDC’s 2017-2018 extended Programme of Work include: (1) establishment of a knowledge-sharing web platform that provides a space for evidence-based solutions, peer learning and networking to help advance the effectiveness of development efforts, for the achievement of national priorities and Sustainable Development Goals; (2) improvements to the GPEDC’s biennial monitoring exercise to streamline the data collection process; (3) greater private sector buy-in and inclusion through the establishment of a Business Leaders Caucus and the development of a set of Principles on Effective Private Sector Engagement in Development Cooperation; (4) strengthened political engagement, including by hosting a Senior Level Meeting on the margins of the United Nation’s 2019 High Level Political Forum; and (5) improved GPEDC governance through the appointment of a 4th Non-Executive Co-Chair.

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