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Guidelines for effective delivery of aid for education

Memorandum of understanding: co-ordination and harmonisation of GRZ/donor practices for aid effectiveness in Zambia

Agreement between the Zambian Government and donors on how to coordinate aid for eductaion

Authors: ; Zambian Government
Publisher: Department for International Development, UK, 2004

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This document is a Memorandum of Understanding between the Republic of Zambia (GRZ) and Zambia’s Development Partners. With a macro level focus, the Harmonisation In Practice Initiative (HIP) aims at getting development partners and the Ministry of Finance and National Planning in Zambia to agree on actions, practices and targets for harmonisation around processes such as the Poverty Reduction Programme and the Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) process.It was drawn up as a follow up to the resolutions of -the Monterrey Consensus (2002), the Rome Declaration on Harmonisation (2003), and the Strategic Partnership with Africa (SPA).

This MoU sets out the different financing modalities, the conditionalities and review processes between the Ministry and development partners. In Annex One, the composition and Terms of Reference of key consultative groups are laid out.

The MoU highlights the principles, processes and procedures which aim to enhance aid effectiveness through Aid Harmonisation and Co-ordination:

  • The principles refer to ideals promoting, through the leadership of the Government of the Republic of Zambia (GRZ), the strengthening of government decision-making. To this end, the alignment of donors' development efforts to national policies and implementation procedures is cardinal
  • The processes refer to initial and intermediate stages of developing national strategies and policies such as reforms, reviews and capacity building processes, which constitute the framework within which aid co-ordination and harmonisation can take place
  • The procedures spell out how to implement the various processes resulting in national policies. At the core of these activities lies the Zambia Aid Policy currently being developed, and efforts aimed at donor/donor harmonisation.

A matrix of the above is provided as well as a section on the implementation and review arrangements.