Tackling rural poverty, together

Cornerstones for Effective Agriculture and Rural Development Programmes under a Programme-based Approach

These cornerstones are meant to offer a practical tool to facilitate the transition process from ‘donor project aid’ to harmonised and government-led development approaches following the OECD-DAC guidelines for aid effectiveness.

The cornerstones were derived from practical experiences in the preparation and implementation of programme-based approaches (PBAs) and are based on empirical evidence as well.

Since PBAs are long-term approaches the traditional project cycle is here no longer valid, therefore – rather than sequencing these ‘cornerstones’ — , the document refers to:

1. the content definition process, and
2. the operational processes of a PBA including
   • ownership, harmonisation, alignment and
   • monitoring, mutual accountability, and public financial management.

Experiences and results from the Platform's in-country facilitation service in Nicaragua — detailing the baseline situation in Nicaragua with respect to ownership, harmonisation and alignment and summarising the major results of and the main lessons learned during the Platform's facilitation services in Nicaragua

Experiences and results from the Platform's in-country facilitation service in Cambodia — detailing the baseline situation in Cambodia from a 'PBA point of view' with major strengths and main challenges and summarising the main outcomes and accomplishments of the Platform's work in Cambodia