Rome - First High Level Forum February 2002

The Emergence of Harmonisation

The First High Level Forum (Rome, 2002) marked the first occasion at which the principles for aid effectiveness were outlined in a concrete declaration. The Rome Declaration listed the following priority actions:

• That development assistance be delivered based on the priorities and timing of the countries receiving it
• That donor efforts concentrate on delegating co-operation and increasing the flexibility of staff on country programmes and projects
• That good practice be encouraged and monitored, backed by analytic work to help strengthen the leadership that recipient countries can take in determining their development path

Read the full Rome Declaration on Harmonisation