About the Donor Coordination Forum (DCF)
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In an effort to ensure better oversight of donor activities and to further reinforce the governments’ ownership over its own development, the BiH Ministry of Finance and Treasury (MOFT) and UNRC/UNDP have agreed to transfer all DCF Secretariat responsibilities to the Sector for Coordination of International Economic Aid (SCIA). As of January 2009, with continued support from UNRC/UNDP, the SCIA will organise the Forum’s quarterly meetings, carry out the Donor Mapping Exercise and provide technical support to the Forum’s members. Through these functions, the BiH MoFT will be able to systematise information on official development assistance (ODA) flows to BiH and in using this information for resource planning and programming. (Click here for the official announcements in BiH languages and English.)
The DCF was established in December 2005 by 17 of the major donor agencies in BiH. It was intended to serve as a semi-formal platform for information exchange among these organizations, meeting on a quarterly basis. Since its founding, however, the scope of the Forum has expanded and several discussions have focused on how the coordination of donor activities can be further improved.
Meetings of the DCF are often complemented by expert presentations from the government and international organizations active in the country. Therefore, the DCF provides an opportunity for coordination among donor agencies, which is based on sharing knowledge, experiences and best practices.
The Forum - which now has 20 members - meets quarterly, with the chair rotating among the membership. Agenda setting for each meeting is done by the Secretariat in consultation with the incoming chair.
Since its foundation, the Secretariat of the DCF was collectively hosted by UNDP and the UN Resident Coordinator’s (UNRC) Office, but in January 2009, the BiH Ministry of Finance and Treasury/Sector for Coordination of International Economic Aid has assumed responsibility for this function. This transfer of responsibilties was initiated in order to ensure better oversight of donor acitvities and to further reinforce the government's ownership over its own development.
The DCF donor agencies’ work to improve coordination is in line with commitments made when signing the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness.
