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with the overall purpose of se� ng new scenarios where founda� ons and
chari� es can be able to perform be� er. The ini� a� ve although neither
principally focused on aid eff ec� veness nor on accountability is important
because it lays the ground for innova� ons in charity sector, se� ng priority
areas of interven� ons and aid governance and aid delivery will defi nitely
play an important role in defi ning the most promising ideas.
This kind of soul-searching can posi� vely infl uence the current debate on
aid system restructuring as founda� ons are already signifi cant players that
compliment the offi cial ODA assistance.
While there is strong evidence that new thinking focused on new
approaches and triggered by innova� on will cons� tute a truly “li� ” towards
prosperity for millions of people at the bo� om of the society, the tradi� onal
ways of aid delivery is s� ll a reality. We need to make the best out of the
exis� ng framework and advocate in such a way that smarter ways of helping
others might become, in future, the only acceptable modality.
On this line, a recent report from Ac� onAid, Real Aid, ending aid
dependency off ers a fresh look at the quality of tradi� onal aid that
posi� vely can count also on good prac� ces and modali� es, defi ned in the
report as key elements that make the “real aid” eff ec� ve. The fi ndings are
encouraging enough to depict a scenario where an increasing number of
recipients’ countries have raised their level of ownership on the way aid is
managed at country level. The report therefore off ers some ra� onale for
proving the posi� ve impact that the aid can have if implemented in the
“right way”.
For this reason, the relevance of Busan Mee� ng that will try to build
more consensus for walking the talk in the commitments taken in Accra.
Innova� ons for be� er results in the tradi� onal aid system
Indeed, within the aid sector, there are several a� empts of moving
forward the agenda of the “real aid” with several ini� a� ves to reform the
way aid is managed and delivered.
While the nature and scope of these a� empts diff er from each other,
varying from ensuring eff ec� ve outcomes to increasing the level of
accessibility to public informa� on, they are all striving to reform the way aid
is delivered through stronger focus on outcomes and transparency.
The Cash on Delivery model, a new approach based on awarding
successful outcomes of development ac� ons. It has been conceptualized
by the Centre for Global Development, off ering a response to the cri� cs of
tradi� onal aid system. This approach tries to link the sa� sfactory delivery
of services not only with the implementa� on of the planned ac� vi� es but
also with sa� sfactory u� liza� on of the grants. The idea is simple: donors will
pay the grantees once the job is done that means the outcomes have been
reached. A formal contract will be signed between the donors and recipient
that will set out the working modality of the agreement. The focus is no more
on inputs but rather on outcomes and the payments will be done based on
the actual performance. Interes� ngly, several feasibility study have been
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Changing paradigms of aid eff ec� veness in Nepal