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What drives rural development? What are the principles or values that are, or should be, guiding donors and partners in rural development? What are the current approaches that are, or should be, undertaken by donors and partners in the delivery of rural development, particularly in the context of harmonisation and alignment?
These are some of the questions that our members and associate members have discussed and debated during 2005 through 2006, in order to identify areas of consensus in rural development.
The outcomes of these discussions are included in the document “On Common Ground: A Joint Donor Concept on Rural Development”:
On Common Ground: A Joint Donor Concept on Rural Development
It focuses on the processes related to the delivery of agricultural and rural development aid, and synthesises the donor consensus on key drivers and principles of — and approaches to – rural development delivery.
Drivers of Rural Development
Platform members agree that there are certain drivers that hold up, or move, rural development processes. These drivers include:
people-centred development; local governance; economic drivers; natural resources; rural infrastructure; rural service systems; and economic
governance from global to local levels.
Guiding Principles for Delivery
Platform members suggest that there are key principles or values that should underscore rural development assistance delivery. These
include the following: people-centred and pro-poor change; good governance, institutional aspects and financial management; demand-driven planning and implementation; partnership; equity and equal opportunity; and the sustainable use of natural resources.
Approaches to Delivery
Approaches to delivery are the “tangible” or “practical” commitments that donors make in terms of delivering development. Platform members agree that approaches should recognise and build on current efforts to harmonise and align development assistance. They suggest that approaches to rural development delivery should be multi-sectoral, participatory, committed to the long term, and results-oriented.
This joint concept is a concrete example of donor harmonisation, one of the things the Platform stands for. Here is a shared vision of what must be done, agreement on policy to inform our action. We have found common ground.
While the Joint Donor Concept on Rural Development is focusing on the processes of agricultural and rural development delivery, another Platform document is elaborating on the content of agricultural and rural development delivery:
 Hot topics: Platform consensus on rural development issues of global significance in 2006.
For more information on the process of donor knowledge-sharing and the formulation of Joint Policy Briefs on these Hot Topics, please refer to our Hot Topics page. |
