an Eldis Resource
Analysing and addressing governance in sector operations
Authors:
N. Boesen; European Centre for Development Policy Management
Publisher:
EuropeAid Co-operation Office, 2008
Ensuring sustainable results with sector aid and sector programmes can be a challenge as a result of governance constraints within the sector. The importance of addressing governance weaknesses at sector level is increasingly recognized as a precondition for attaining results and achieving sustainable development. This document offers guidance to EC sector specilialists on how to analyse and address overnance in sector operations in a more systemic and comprehensive way, without being a compulsory blueprint.
This document's aims:
- to strengthen understanding of governance issues at sector level
- to increase the capacity of E.C staff at head quarters and in delegations to analyze and address governance in E.C support to various sectors
It is divided into four chapters which provide:
- a broad definition of governance and overall EC policy on governance
- the essence of the EC’s experience in dealing with governance at sector level and the various reasons for strengthening efforts
- a focus on an overall approach in addressing sector governance
- a methodology that can guide the process of analyzing governance at sector level and suggests a set of practical steps to carry out such analysis.
