Development Effectiveness Activities and Focal Point Development Effectiveness (DE) 2025-2028


In a time when getting more impact with less resources available becomes urgent, development effectiveness is the only way forward. Switzerland has been committed to this Agenda since the process started in 2005. It has acted as co-chair of the Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation (GPEDC) from 2019 to 2022, hosted the 2022 Summit and remains a member of the steering committee. Switzerland will support the Joint Support Team (JST) based at UNDP for preparing and mobilizing countries to participate in the development effectiveness (DE) monitoring to further advance this agenda.

Pays/région Période Budget
Monde entier
01.01.2025 - 31.12.2028
CHF  1’200’000
Contexte In a time where development actors need to achieve more with less in order to create significant progress on the road towards the SDGs the effectiveness of development cooperation becomes even more relevant. Only if the quality of cooperation between countries is significantly enhanced, development cooperation will be able to contribute to address global challenges and public spending for Official Development Assistance (ODA) will remain acceptable for taxpayers in donor countries. To enhance effectiveness, four fundamental principles were defined during a series of international conferences: country ownership, focus on results, inclusive partnerships, transparency and accountability. Switzerland participated in the elaboration of these principles, endorsed the outcomes of the conferences where these issues were discussed and has supported the DE agenda since its inception (Busan 2011). As a consequence, the Swiss Strategy on International Cooperation 2025–2028 complies with the commitments made.
Objectifs Development Effectiveness and Switzerland’s activities in supporting it contribute to an effective implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
Groupes cibles
  • UN DCO, UN CT and RC
  • Swiss Embassies and SCOs In priority partner countries
  • FDFA staff in charge of strategy planning
  • Partner countries, Ministries in charge of Finance, Economy and Planning.
Effets à moyen terme
  1. Generating evidence: The new monitoring. Timely and enhanced evidence on the uptake and use of the effectiveness principles at the country level
  2. Driving informed policy dialogue & action: country dialogues and strategic partnerships. based on evidence.
  3. Fostering political awareness, behaviour change & uptake. Targeted advocacy and outreach.
Résultats

Principaux résultats attendus:  

  • 4th Monitoring Round on DE is completed successfully and evidence for further policy dialogue is generated
  • Development effectiveness agenda is anchored in the outcome document of FfD4 in 2025
  • A high-level meeting on DE is held in 2026
  • Keep DE high on the international agenda as a core issue of development policy.
  • A new work programme from 2027 up to 2030 and beyond is developed


Principaux résultats antérieurs:  

  • 59 countries are participating in the current monitoring round (35 in 2018). 29 countries are priority countries for Swiss Development Cooperation (SDC/SECO).
  • Switzerland co-chaired GPEDC 2019-2022. The Development Effectiveness Summit (High Level Meeting) was held in Geneva in 2022. The Summit, attended by 130 countries, civil society and private sector representatives, allowed Switzerland to showcase its engagement for development effectiveness.
  • The financial support to and direct collaboration with the Joint Support Team at UNDP in New York as well as at OECD in Paris have contributed to the success the co-chairmanship and the Summit 2022
  • In 2022 Sweden took over as co-chair, Switzerland remained as a member of the GPEDC steering committee.
  • Results from the GPEDC monitoring directly inform the indicators on SDG targets: 5.c, 17.15 and 17.16 


Direction/office fédéral responsable DDC
Crédit Coopération au développement
Partenaire de projet Partenaire contractuel
Organisme des Nations Unies (ONU)
  • Programme des Nations Unies pour le développement

Partenaire de mise en œuvre
UNDP
Consultant Shareweb

Coordination avec d'autres projets et acteurs DCF
OECD Resultsgroup
Other GPIs like Effective Institution Platform, Joint programming, INCAF
EU-DEVCO
Other Development Partners – multilateral Banks
Regional Organizations
In SDC: Focal points Governance, FCHR, Gender, Agenda 2030, HLPF, DAC
Budget Phase en cours Budget de la Suisse CHF    1’200’000 Budget suisse déjà attribué CHF    0 Budget y compris partenaires de projet CHF    6’560’000 Projet total depuis la première phase Budget de la Suisse CHF   4’467’952 Budget y compris partenaires de projet CHF   6’456’036
Phases du projet

Phase 6 01.01.2025 - 31.12.2028   (Active)

Phase 5 01.11.2017 - 31.12.2024   (Phase en cours) Phase 4 01.01.2014 - 31.12.2019   (Active)