OECD Development Co-operation Peer Reviews: Iceland 2023
The OECD’s Development Assistance Committee (DAC) conducts peer reviews of individual
members once every five to six years. Reviews seek to improve the quality and effectiveness
of members’ development co-operation, highlighting good practices and recommending
improvements. Iceland adopts a partner-led, poverty-focused and long-term approach
with its three partner countries and relies on multilateral partners to complement
its bilateral portfolio. Iceland successfully advances gender equality and new framework
agreements with civil society have strengthened partnerships. This peer review provides
a set of recommendations for Iceland to remain focused in its 2024-28 development
co-operation policy and forthcoming environment and climate strategy, build on recent
official development assistance (ODA) volume increases to develop a concrete roadmap
towards 0.7% GNI as ODA, and adopt a strategic workforce plan to address human resource
constraints. It recommends that GRÓ training programmes prioritise strengthening partner
institutions’ capacity and that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs works to ensure additionality
and sustainability when engaging with the private sector.
Available from June 05, 2023Also available in: French
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