Beyond Paris
2005 is a significant year in the international efforts to achieve the MDGs. Following the Millennium Summit, the international community planned to reconvene in 2005 to look at progress toward the Millennium Development Goals. Participants at Monterrey (2002) agreed to review the consensus in 2005. The Rome High-Level Forum on Harmonization (2003) agreed to have a follow-up stocktaking meeting in 2005. At the Marrakech Roundtable on Managing for Results (2004), participants were encouraged to seek their agencies' and governments' support for the action plan in 2005. In London, England, on January 13-14, 2005, the Department for International Development, the European Commission, OECD-DAC, UNDP, and the World Bank cosponsored a Senior-Level Forum on Development Effectiveness in Fragile States. Also, the Civil Society Organization (CSO) Forum on Aid Effectiveness and Harmonisation was hosted by the French Haut Conseil de la Coopération internationale (HCCI), February 3, 2005, in Paris. Both of these meetings yielded findings and messages that informed the deliberations in Paris.
Thus the year 2005 has been planned to focus international high-level attention on these issues in an interconnected way-what progress is being made on meeting explicit targets for MDGs; how much more aid is needed; how it should be delivered; and how it can be managed for better development results. Nobody could have predicted that the Paris Forum discussions would take place against the backdrop of a tsunami and the global effort to deal with its aftermath. But the unprecedented scale of global humanitarian assistance being provided in the wake of the disaster has served to underline the critical importance of effective delivery and management of aid even under crisis conditions. The uniqueness of 2005 therefore makes it a time for action.
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Documents and Presentations - Paris High-Level Forum
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Regional Workshops:
- Asia - Bangkok, Thailand (19-20 October, 2004)
- Latin America - Tegucigalpa, Honduras (8-10 November, 2004)
- Central Asia - Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic (11-12 November, 2004)
- Africa - Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania (9-11 November, 2004)
- Middle East - Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (8-9 February, 2005)
Press Releases and Newsletters - Paris High-Level Forum
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