📋 Tender Overview
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.
Country/region Period Budget
Global
01.01.2025 - 31.12.2026
CHF 200’000
The project in brief
Background 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.
Objectives Development Effectiveness and Switzerland’s activities in supporting it contribute to an effective implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
Target groups
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.
Medium-term outcomes
Generating evidence: The new monitoring. Timely and enhanced evidence on the uptake and use of the effectiveness principles at the country level
Driving informed policy dialogue & action: country dialogues and strategic partnerships. based on evidence.
Fostering political awareness, behaviour change & uptake. Targeted advocacy and outreach.
Results Expected results:
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
Results from previous phases:
59 countries are participating in the current monitoring round (3
