UN calls for trust in donor dealings

Trust is needed between foreign donor agencies and the Government to fulfil its medium-term development plans and global goals, United Nations resident coordinator Gianlucca Rampolla says
“Only a true and genuine partnership built on trust and mutual accountability, fully respectful of national ownership and leadership that we can achieve the objectives set in the medium-term development plan 3 and ultimately the sustainable development goals by 2030,” he said.
Rampolla was speaking on Thursday during the launch of the PNG Development Cooperation Policy 2018-2022 in Port Moresby.
“Coordinated action and complementary roles are required amongst partners, bilateral and multilateral, public and private, traditional and non-traditional in line with international standards on aid effectiveness,” he said.
“The DCP requires us partners to use country-led results frameworks to plan and design new development co-operation programmes and projects, use the country’s monitoring and evaluation systems to track progress and achievement of results, minimise the use of other frameworks and, to work within a structured approach to evolving technical assistance.
“We are also all expected to move from ‘best practice’ to ‘best fit’ approaches to improve public financial management and systems and find ways to build political commitment to support long-term institutional changes and reforms.
“Better monitoring is one of the key actions required to influence change in development cooperation practices which would lead to better development outcomes.”