Country ownership assessment

Why is country ownership an important issue for South Africa to address? ,[object Object],SOURCE: Botswana HIV/AIDS response stakeholder interviews; team analysis ‘ Effective stewardship will help eliminate duplication of efforts and address gaps’ ‘ Effective accountability will keep us focussed on delivering impact and not performing activities’ ‘ All the four dimensions together – political ownership/stewardship, institutional and community ownership, capabilities and accountability ensure a sustainable response’ ‘ A vibrant civil society will play a pivotal role in driving government accountability’ ‘’ Country ownership ensures we have, or are effectively building, the capabilities needed to deliver across the entire response’ ‘ As donors, we want to provide targeted and time-bound support and not run parallel health systems’ ‘ Country ownership is a key element of the Paris Declaration that we signed’ Stated country and donor priority Improves programme efficiency and effectiveness Promotes sovereignty and political accountability Enables sustainability

What do we mean by country ownership? Accountability Political leadership / stewardship Capabilities Institutional ownership “ ” Ability to execute national strategies according to plan, and innovating where necessary

What is country ownership? SOURCE: HIV/ AIDS stakeholder interviews “ ” Leadership across all activities with Government as the first amongst equals “ ” A government driven agenda with multi-stakeholder partners contributing to the process “ ” A vibrant civil society that can mobilise resources, steer activities, contribute to the strategic framework and set governance “ ” A system which ensures empowerment of local structures which have responsibility to deliver results “ ” Necessary capacities with both technical and professional skills to deal with all HIV/AIDS response requirements “ ” Ability to execute national strategies according to plan, and innovating where necessary “ ” A response that is delivering results to which contributing partners are held accountable “ ” A nationally driven strategy that talks to the country’s current needs ,[object Object]

Working definition of country ownership Ownership criteria Description ,[object Object],[object Object],Institutional ownership 2 Capabilities ,[object Object],[object Object],3 Accountability ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],4 Political ownership/ stewardship 1 ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Political ownership/stewardship – what does great look like? Description ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],SOURCE: Draws upon concepts from: “Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness,” 2005; “Accra Agenda for Action”, 2008; “Three Ones Key Principles”, UNAIDS 2003; Yogesh Rajkotia, USAID Rwanda; South Africa HIV/AIDS response stakeholders 1 Government first among equals Clearly articulated government aspiration Government architecture of entire business system Government visibility and oversight into all response activities

Institutional and community ownership – what does great look like? SOURCE: Draws upon concepts from: “Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness,” 2005; “Accra Agenda for Action”, 2008; “Three Ones Key Principles”, UNAIDS 2003; Yogesh Rajkotia, USAID Rwanda; South Africa HIV/AIDS response stakeholders Description ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],2 Local institutions / communities actively participate in all programme stages Local institutions / communities own and direct final decisions at all programme stages

Capabilities – what does great look like? SOURCE: Draws upon concepts from: “Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness,” 2005; “Accra Agenda for Action”, 2008; “Three Ones Key Principles”, UNAIDS 2003; Yogesh Rajkotia, USAID Rwanda; South Africa HIV/AIDS response stakeholders 3 Description ,[object Object],[object Object],Local institutions have the capabilities required to perform activities at all programme stages Local institutions have the ability to modify their approach based on evidence and feedback from all programme stages

Accountability – what does great look like? 4 Mechanisms for input and feedback are effective Description ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],SOURCE: Draws upon concepts from: “Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness,” 2005; “Accra Agenda for Action”, 2008; “Three Ones Key Principles”, UNAIDS 2003; Yogesh Rajkotia, USAID Rwanda; South Africa HIV/AIDS response stakeholders Points of accountability are clearly defined Accountability measures are clearly defined Transparency is present in information and processes

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