Recent Progress of Platform Activities
In Nicaragua, our national facilitator Araceli Jimenez and our international facilitator Richard Anson, together with the donor group of the productive sector, have facilitated the transition process of the national  PRORURAL programme to the authorities of the new government. The new officials are committed to continue the agenda towards improved ownership, harmonisation and alignment. A new focus is put on the decentralisation process of PRORURAL.
Selected Documents on Harmonisation & Alignment in the Rural Sector of Nicaragua
Some of the documents listed below are in Spanish only.
 Nicaragua Harmonisation & Alignment Progress Report Oct. - Dec. 2007
Nicaragua Informe de Avance Oct. - Dec. 2007 (spanish)
This report presents the progress made in the promotion of Ownership, Harmonisation and Alignment in the Rural Productive Sector in Nicaragua between October and December 2007. The major event of this period was the fifth common mission of all stakeholders. The findings and resulting next steps are presented in this Progress Report.
The priorities of attention for the planning for 2008 are dedicated to address the emergency situation provoked by two climatic events (Hurricane Felix and intense rainfall and floods), which destroyed a good part of the productive base of the country during October 2007.
GDPRD Working Paper: Assessment Study on Harmonisation & Alignment in Rural Development in four pilot countries, 2005
Our members selected the countries of Nicaragua, Burkina Faso, Tanzania and Cambodia to assess current achievements, opportunities and constraints to H&A in rural development, and to identify possible approaches and actions for us to increase overall aid effectiveness in the rural sector in these countries as well as on a global scale. The studies are working papers for us and do not pretend to reflect the opinions of all stakeholders involved in rural development in the respective countries.
Workshop Summary: "Working together for achieving improved Ownership, Alignment & Harmonisation in Productive Rural Development" (Managua, June 05)
The objective of the workshop carried out June 8, 2005 was to prepare in a participatory manner a comprehensive and prioritised action plan for operationalising improved Ownership, Harmonisation & Alignment in the productive rural development sector of Nicaragua. A second objective of the workshop was to discuss the issues and options for improving the institutional coordination arrangements and mechanisms in the productive rural development sector.
Plan de acción del proceso de apropiación, alineamiento y armonización de la cooperación en el Desarrollo Rural Productivo (DRP) de la submesa de DRP (Julio 2005 - Diciembre 2007)
Propuesta de mecanismos de coordinación de la cooperación en el sector Desarrollo Rural Productivo en Nicaragua (2005)
Coordinación, alineación y armonización de la cooperación en el sector productivo, Un estudio de caso, MAGFOR, Sep 2004
Este estudio tiene como objetivo explorar las alternativas viables para la armonización, alineación y coordinación de la cooperación ya que actualmente, el sector rural se caracteriza por una cooperación desarticulada tanto en la gestión de los fondos como en la ejecución de los diversos programas y proyectos. El MAGFOR está planteando de un Plan Multianual del gasto Público para el sector Rural Productivo (PRORURAL) como alternativa viable para el eficiente uso de los recursos de la cooperación externa.
Website of the Rural Development Programme PRORURAL by MAGFOR (in Spanish)
El objetivo general del programa es el fomento de actividades competitivas de producción, distribución y consumo de bienes y servicios agroproductivos en los territorios rurales del país manteniendo y expandiendo sosteniblemente su participación en los mercados nacionales e internacionales, permitiendo la acumulación en los agronegocios de las familias rurales, reduciendo su vulnerabilidad a factores externos y realizándose bajo un marco institucional nacional y local que facilita su consolidación y expansión.
Selected Documents on Harmonisation & Alignment in Nicaragua in general
Speech of President Enrique Bolaños, II Donor Forum on Harmonisation and Alignment, Paris 2005 (in Spanish)
Agradezco al Gobierno de Francia y a los organizadores de este II Foro de Alto Nivel sobre Armonización y Alineamiento de la Cooperación, por brindarme la oportunidad de compartir con ustedes la visión y experiencias de Nicaragua en la promoción de una cooperación más eficaz para combatir la pobreza.
OECD-DAC Survey on Progress in Harmonisation and Alignment, 2005
Based on the indicators framework developed by the DAC Task Team on Harmonisation and Alignment, a OECD-DAC Survey on Progress in Harmonisation & Alignment has been carried out in 14 partner countries.
The findings of the survey were used to report progress to the Second High-Level Forum on Harmonisation & Alignment of Aid Effectiveness (early 2005). Chapter 10 of the survey presents the findings for Nicaragua.
Nicaragua Fact-sheet on Country-Level Harmonisation, 2005
The CITT (Country Implementation Tracking Tool) is an up-dated catalog of detailed information on country-level harmonization initiatives and activities, prepared by aidharmonization.org. For Burkina Faso a brief overview of donor coordination and harmonisation activities is followed by details on government-donor activities around agreed focus areas/components of the country harmonization program.
Agenda of Actions for the Coordination, Harmonisation & Alignment processes of International Cooperation in Nicaragua (May 2004 - March 2005)
The Task Team on Harmonisation and Alignment of the OECD-DAC decided on launching the “Joint Country Learning Assessment” (JCLA) initiative. Upon request by the Government of Nicaragua, DAC decided to choose Nicaragua as a pilot country for implementing this initiative. JCLA´s objective in Nicaragua is to know and assess the processes used by the Nicaraguan Government and the donor and lending community while working together for harmonising and coordinating the cooperation at country level. |
