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About HLF-3The international community met in Accra, Ghana, on 2-4 September 2008 for the Third High Level Forum (HLF-3). The Forum was attended by representatives from 130 countries, 40 international and multilateral aid organizations, over 80 civil society organizations, the private sector, private foundations, think tanks and research institutions. There were several outcomes of the HLF-3. First and foremost was the reaffirmation from the entire development community of the efficacy of the Paris Declaration and its principles. While acknowledging the progress made by the development community as demonstrated by the OECD Monitoring Survey and the international evaluation of the Paris Declaration, there was agreement that some weaknesses exist and more effort needs to be made to improve aid effectiveness and achieve the Paris targets by 2010. In addition, the HLF-3 acknowledged and discussed the expanded aid effectiveness agenda through a series of roundtables during the first two days of the event. Other than in-depth discussions of the five pillars of the Paris Declaration, the roundtables covered the role of civil society in aid effectiveness, aid management in fragile and conflict situations and the evolving aid architecture including the role of new and non-traditional donors. Further, the political economy dimensions of the aid effectiveness agenda, namely gender equality, respect for human rights, and environmental sustainability featured prominently in all the discussions. The main outcomes of the Forum are reflected in the Accra Agenda for Action (AAA) [ PDF ] which spells out the measures necessary to further advance the Paris principles and actions required to incorporate changes in the aid architecture into the aid effectiveness agenda. Subregional Consultation Workshops for HLF-3The international community conducted consultation meetings in the lead up to HLF to deepen understanding of aid effectiveness issues, build ownership of the Accra agenda, and develop broad consensus around key issues. These consultations included a broad set of participants: representatives of partner countries, non traditional donors and other providers of development aid, and civil society. The meetings were designed to foster continued learning about aid effectiveness and elicit input into the development of HLF-3. ADB, together with the Government of Japan, the World Bank and UNDP were the lead organizers of the consultation workshops in the Asia and Pacific Region. Asia Region Consultation Workshops
Pacific Consultation
East and Southeast Asia Consultation
South Asia Consultation
Central and West Asia Consultation
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