Like minds, diverse strengths: Networking together
The Platform’s contribution towards integrating the different approaches being used in ARD in 2010 is the reason for the title of this report. It outlines how, through its activities in 2010, the Platform helped different actors to interact and move towards a more coordinated approach to influencing agendas and tackling rural poverty.
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A quick glance at the Platform’s work in 2010 shows a network that is more focused than ever on helping Platform members to align their aims, share their knowledge, work together efficiently and achieve common goals.
This annual report is an overview of what Platform members accomplished by working together to advance common objectives in 2010. It also spotlights individual members’ ARD priorities and perspectives. The report is structured in two sections:
- ‘Like Minds’ highlights key knowledge sharing and joint advocacy activities and achievements gained by members working in collaboration through the Platform
- ‘Diverse Strengths’ showcases individual Platform members’ activities and achievements in ARD, as well as their views on the value of networking through the Platform Reflecting the theme of ‘Networking Together’, the outcomes of Platform-facilitated collaboration are explained throughout both sections of the report.
The Platform has continued to develop its reputation as a medium through which donors can move towards more coherent international cooperation. The Platform has strengthened existing partnerships and competencies, and created new ones, all the while honing its capacity to respond effectively to important processes and emerging issues. It has facilitated knowledge sharing and joint advocacy in support of donor harmonisation and alignment, thereby achieving tangible progress towards the implementation of the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness and the Accra Agenda for Action.
Publication date: May 2011
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