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Democratic Republic of Congo
Capacity Development from Ground Zero
CD from Ground Zero
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DRC is one of the extreme cases
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Decentralization challenge
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Huge, poorly connected territory
Collapse of state institutions—tenuous hold from center
Resource curse—poverty amidst mineral wealth (GDP
per capita -$300)
from 11 to 26 provinces
disconnect on transfer of resources from center to
provinces
Stronger leadership and clearer priorities at
provincial level than at center
Growing consensus on priorities
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Focus on six cross-cutting capacities:
Public finance management
 Budget management
 Procurement
 Modernization of state institutions
 Decentralization
 Anti-corruption
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The tricky part: A multi-donor CD project
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$50 million from WB and AfDB and re-focusing
$350 million UNDP portfolio
Political will/
engaged society
CD = Skills + Will
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Skills, technical assistance, resources
New comittments in the AAA
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More attention to “demand-side” institutions—civil
society, parliaments, local research institutions,
media and private sector
Focus on country systems and statistical capacities
(numerical targets for PBAs and CSs)
More south-south approaches, working through
local institutions
Country (or joint) management of TA
Mutual peer review and accountability approaches
A new way of doing business
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Work at the local level first: demand is strong
Focus on the engagement process and building
coalitions—rather than supply-driven training—to
ensure alignment with country-driven priorities
Work with existing assets
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Local institutions and capacities (churches, local civil
society organizations)
Refit existing donor portfolios
Use networking, South-South exchanges (GDLN)
and links to Diaspora
Leadership development at local and central levels
Next steps
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Participatory governance diagnostics
Carried out in three pilot provinces
 Aimed at engaging local communities on an
agreed set of priorities (service delivery and
management of public resources)
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CD assessment and mapping
What are the existing assets?
 Focus on “the how?” and sustainability, drawing
on new tools—South-South, twinning, GDLN
and social networking tools
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