Alliance2015 Expert Meeting on General Budget Support

Brussels, 05/03/07: On Wednesday 28 February, Alliance2015 organised an expert meeting on the contribution of general budget support (GBS) to social sectors. The meeting, which was facilitated by EEPA, brought together a wide range of representatives, including the European Commission, EU Member States, the OECD/DAC Secretariat and various NGOs.

The meeting examined both the role of GBS as an aid modality and the complexity of measuring its actual contribution to development goals. Despite the broad spectrum of views surrounding this subject, the meeting highlighted  a widespread agreement that GBS is becoming an increasingly important means of delivering European development assistance and that it is, therefore, necessary to ensure that it fully contributes to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

A full report of the Alliance2015 Expert Meeting will be published soon.

Click here to read EEPA's background note to the meeting

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