Global Partnership for Effective Development Co-operation

What Global Partnership for Effective Development Co-operation does

The Global Partnership for Effective Development Co-operation (GPEDC) is a multi-stakeholder partnership established in 2012 following the Busan Partnership Forum, headquartered in New York and staffed by an OECD-UNDP Joint Support Team. It operates as a convening and accountability mechanism endorsed by 161 countries and 56 international organizations, providing a shared platform for governments, civil society, private sector, and multilateral institutions to advance development effectiveness. Its core product is the periodic Monitoring Exercise, an internationally comparable survey of development cooperation practices that serves as the official data source for UN SDG indicators 5.c, 17.15, and 17.16. Adjacent products include the Global Dashboard, the Knowledge Hub, and the Kampala Principles Toolkit for effective private-sector engagement.

GPEDC's strategic mandate was refreshed via the 2030 Pact, launched at the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4) in Seville in July 2025, where it was explicitly recognized in the inter-governmentally negotiated Compromiso de Sevilla outcome document. Leadership is exercised through a 26-member multi-stakeholder Steering Committee chaired jointly by representatives of provider and recipient constituencies, and it convenes the Busan Global Partnership Forum to renew and adapt its mandate. The organization is funded entirely through voluntary contributions from member governments and multilateral partners; it does not generate commercial revenue.

GPEDC is not a commercial enterprise, and its competitive position derives from its UN-endorsed mandate, structural embedding in OECD and UNDP, and the breadth of its multi-stakeholder membership rather than technology or product differentiation. Its core technology footprint is a public-facing Global Dashboard and Knowledge Hub, with no proprietary AI or software infrastructure disclosed. The primary asset is institutional legitimacy and longitudinal data from four monitoring rounds (2014, 2016, 2018, 2023-2026).

Name

Global Partnership for Effective Development Co-operation

Legal name

Global Partnership for Effective Development Co-operation

Website

https://effectivecooperation.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Global Partnership for Effective Development Co-operation (GPEDC) is a multi-stakeholder partnership of 161 countries and 56 organizations, hosted by OECD-UNDP, that monitors development effectiveness and reports on SDG 5.c, 17.15, and 17.16.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

International Development Cooperation

NAICS

International Affairs (928120), International Affairs (92812), National Security and International Affairs (928), Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services (541)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600), International Affairs (9721), Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Country Development Assistance Programs (Bilateral ODA) (BPADABAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

United Nations System & Specialized Agencies (BPADAAAA), Development Cooperation & Foreign Aid Administration (BPAIAIAG), Technical Committees, Working Groups & Expert Panels (BPADANAB)

Keywords

• Development cooperation
• Development effectiveness monitoring
• Multi-stakeholder partnerships
• SDG accountability
• Aid effectiveness

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Grants and contributions from member governments and organizations: The Global Partnership is funded through voluntary contributions and grants from its member governments, bilateral and multilateral organizations, and development partners. The OECD-UNDP Joint Support Team provides administrative and programmatic support, implying pooled funding arrangements from OECD and UNDP member states.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels11 records

Core offering

The Global Partnership for Effective Development Co-operation operates a periodic partner country-led Monitoring Exercise and publishes Country Results Briefs and Data Sets to track adherence to four effectiveness principles (Country Ownership, Focus on Results, Inclusive Partnerships, Transparency and Mutual Accountability). It maintains an interactive Global Dashboard and Knowledge Hub, runs the 2030 Pact for Effective Development Co-operation follow-up framework, and provides the Kampala Principles Toolkit for private sector engagement. Its products and services are made available free of charge to governments, development partners, civil society, the private sector, and other stakeholders across 100+ countries.

Product overview

The Global Partnership for Effective Development Co-operation operates as a multi-stakeholder coordination platform rather than a product company. Its core offerings include the Monitoring Exercise (a partner country-led accountability mechanism), the Global Dashboard (interactive data visualization platform), the 2030 Pact for Effective Development Co-operation (FfD4 initiative), the Kampala Principles Toolkit (private sector engagement guidance), and the Knowledge Hub (resource repository). Country-level products include Results Briefs and Data Sets. These offerings function as an integrated ecosystem supporting development effectiveness monitoring and policy dialogue across 100+ countries.

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Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Kampala Principles: Principles on Effective Private Sector Engagement in Development Co-operation
• 2030 Pact for Effective Development Co-operation

Products and services

• Monitoring Exercise
• Global Dashboard

Quantifiable outcome

• 44 countries completed data collection in the 2023-2026 monitoring round, with 25 translating results into concrete commitments through multi-stakeholder action dialogues
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers17 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

25 partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Democratic Republic of CongocoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 July 2025Lead implementing country for the 2030 Pact for Effective Development Co-operation (Seville Platform for Action Initiative of FfD4). The DRC, led by H.E. Mr. Guylain Nyembo Mbwizya, also serves as a Co-Chair of the Global Partnership and hosted a high-level political action dialogue in March 2026 endorsing collective commitments.
• GambiacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 July 2025Lead implementing country for the 2030 Pact for Effective Development Co-operation. The Gambia held a multi-stakeholder action dialogue on 26 February 2026, led by the Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs, resulting in a formal outcome document.
• GhanacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 July 2025Lead implementing country for the 2030 Pact for Effective Development Co-operation. Ghana participates in the monitoring exercise and contributes to collective accountability mechanisms.
• NigeriacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 July 2025Lead implementing country for the 2030 Pact for Effective Development Co-operation. Nigeria held a multi-stakeholder action dialogue in Abuja on 29 August 2025, led by the Federal Ministry of Budget and Economic Planning, producing an outcome document.
• Republic of KoreacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 July 2025Lead implementing country for the 2030 Pact and host of the 2025 Busan Global Partnership Forum (September-October 2025) and 30th Steering Committee Meeting. Republic of Korea is represented on the GPEDC Co-Chair team through its development cooperation agency.
• Sierra LeonecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 July 2025Lead implementing country for the 2030 Pact for Effective Development Co-operation. Sierra Leone conducted a technical dialogue (25 June 2025) and high-level action dialogue (17 July 2025) through its Ministry of Planning and Economic Development.
• SwedencoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 July 2025Lead implementing country/entity for the 2030 Pact. Sweden is represented by Ms. Annika Otterstedt (Assistant Director General, Sida) as one of four GPEDC Co-Chairs. Sweden actively shapes the private sector engagement agenda and development effectiveness discourse.
• CSO Partnership for Development Effectiveness (CPDE)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 July 2025Lead implementing entity for the 2030 Pact. CPDE is the open platform that unites CSOs from around the world on effectiveness issues. It is represented on the GPEDC Steering Committee and Co-Chair team (through Ms. Nurgul Dzhanaeva and Mr. Luca De Fraia as Acting Non-Executive Co-Chairs).
• OECD-UNDP Joint Support TeamcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2012The OECD-UNDP Joint Support Team provides administrative and programmatic support to the Global Partnership's Co-Chairs and Steering Committee. It serves as the secretariat function, facilitating coordination across all stakeholder groups, managing the monitoring exercise, and supporting the production of knowledge products, reports, and events. Contributing partners include bilateral development agencies from multiple countries.
• 161 Endorsing CountriescoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2011161 countries endorsed the four principles for effective development co-operation in 2011 via the Busan Partnership Outcome Document, establishing the Global Partnership. These countries are the primary stakeholder group and lead the monitoring exercise.
• 56 Endorsing OrganizationscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 201156 organizations endorsed the four principles for effective development co-operation in 2011 alongside 161 countries, forming the Global Partnership. These include bilateral agencies, multilateral banks, civil society networks, and private sector entities committed to development effectiveness.
• OECD Development Assistance Committee (OECD DAC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOECD DAC provides the Joint Support Team co-secretariat function alongside UNDP. It co-publishes monitoring reports and maintains the monitoring database. The GPEDC monitoring exercise aligns with OECD's development effectiveness standards and DAC statistical frameworks.
• United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUNDP co-provides the Joint Support Team secretariat function alongside OECD. It co-publishes the 2018 Progress Report and supports country-level monitoring implementation. UNDP's country offices assist partner countries with data collection and action dialogue facilitation.
• African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRepresented on the GPEDC Steering Committee by CEO Ms. Nardos Bekele-Thomas. AUDA-NEPAD is a key pan-African development coordination body that contributes to development effectiveness discourse and participates in the monitoring exercise.
• Arab Coordination GroupcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRepresented on the GPEDC Steering Committee by Mr. Azzeddine Bouchelaghem (Head of the Arab Coordination Group Secretariat, Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development). Endorsing entity of the 2030 Pact.
• UN Global Compact NetworkcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRepresented on the GPEDC Steering Committee by Mr. Antonio Hautle (Executive Director, UN Global Compact Network Switzerland & Liechtenstein). UN Global Compact is the world's largest corporate sustainability initiative and contributes private sector perspectives to the effectiveness agenda.
• Inter-American Development Bank Group (IADB)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRepresented on the GPEDC Steering Committee by Mr. Matias Bendersky (Manager, Office of Outreach and Partnerships). IADB contributes multilateral development bank perspectives on effectiveness and participates in monitoring exercises in Latin America and the Caribbean.
• WINGS (Worldwide Initiators for Non-Governmental Standards)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRepresented on the GPEDC Steering Committee by Mr. Benjamin Bellegy (Executive Director). WINGS is the global network of philanthropy support organizations, bringing philanthropic perspectives to development effectiveness. WINGS is also an endorsing entity of the 2030 Pact.
• International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRepresented on the GPEDC Steering Committee by Mr. Diego López González (Co-ordinator Development Policy). ITUC brings trade union perspectives on labour, workers' rights, and social justice to the development effectiveness agenda.
• Global Organization of Parliamentarians against Corruption (GOPAC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRepresented on the GPEDC Steering Committee by Mr. Ali Bin Fetais Al-Marri (Chair). GOPAC brings parliamentary perspectives on transparency, accountability, and anti-corruption to the effectiveness framework.
• United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRepresented on the GPEDC Steering Committee by Mr. Berry Vrbanovic (Mayor of Kitchener and Treasurer of UCLG). UCLG brings local and regional government perspectives, supporting the 'whole-of-society' approach to development effectiveness.
• United Nations Development Coordination Office (UN DCO)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRepresented on the GPEDC Steering Committee by Mr. Oscar Fernandez-Taranco (Assistant Secretary-General for Development Coordination). UN DCO connects the GPEDC monitoring agenda to the broader UN development system coordination framework.
• Business Leaders CaucuscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerA senior-level advisory group composed of high-calibre business leaders from multinational companies, large domestic firms, and MSMEs from all regions. The Caucus provided strategic advice and policy guidance on how the development co-operation community can more effectively work with the private sector to realize successful SDG partnerships, directly informing the Kampala Principles.
• Kampala Principles Partner OrganizationscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Kampala Principles on Effective Private Sector Engagement were developed through extensive multi-stakeholder consultations supported by country case studies in Bangladesh, Egypt, El Salvador, and Uganda. These principles are now a cornerstone of the Global Partnership's private sector engagement work and are endorsed by multiple countries and organizations.
• Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe 2030 Pact for Effective Development Co-operation was launched as a Seville Platform for Action Initiative at FfD4 in Seville, Spain (June-July 2025). Development effectiveness and the four core principles were explicitly recognized in the final FfD4 outcome document (Compromiso de Sevilla), establishing the GPEDC's role in financing for development follow-up.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Open Government Partnership (OGP): OGP is a multi-stakeholder initiative bringing together governments and civil society to promote transparency, accountability, and citizen participation. It shares GPEDC's emphasis on multi-stakeholder convening, transparency principles, and country-led reform — a closely comparable accountability platform operating in adjacent governance space.
• OECD Development Assistance Committee (OECD DAC): OECD DAC is the primary intergovernmental forum for bilateral donors providing development co-operation; it co-provides the GPEDC Joint Support Team and aligns its statistical frameworks with GPEDC monitoring. It is the closest operational peer given shared mandate on development effectiveness measurement and donor coordination.
• International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI): IATI is a multi-stakeholder initiative that standardizes and publishes aid spending data to improve transparency in development financing. Like GPEDC, it focuses on transparency and accountability in development co-operation, with overlapping stakeholder groups (donors, partner countries, civil society) — a direct peer in the aid transparency ecosystem.

Emerging players

• Publish What You Pay (PWYP): PWYP is a global civil society coalition promoting transparency in extractive industries and natural resource governance. It shares GPEDC's transparency and accountability principles but operates in a specific thematic area — an emerging/niche player with overlapping accountability philosophy.

Others

• Overseas Development Institute (ODI): ODI is a leading global think tank on international development and humanitarian issues. It produces research and policy advice on development effectiveness — adjacent to GPEDC's evidence and policy work, but operating as an independent research organization rather than a multi-stakeholder platform.
• UN Global Compact: UN Global Compact is the world's largest corporate sustainability initiative and is represented on the GPEDC Steering Committee. It is an adjacent, enabling peer that connects private sector engagement with development goals — directly informing the Kampala Principles work stream.

Regional players

• African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD): AUDA-NEPAD coordinates African Union development priorities and represents the AU on the GPEDC Steering Committee. It is a regional peer that complements GPEDC's global effectiveness agenda with continental development planning and coordination, but its scope is limited to AU member states.

Broad incumbents

• UN Sustainable Development Group (UNSDG): UNSDG coordinates the UN system's development activities across 130+ countries to deliver on the 2030 Agenda. It overlaps with GPEDC on SDG monitoring and UN country-level coordination, and is connected via the UN DCO Steering Committee seat — a broader UN incumbent operating in development coordination.
• United Nations Development Programme (UNDP): UNDP is the UN's global development network and co-provider of GPEDC's Joint Support Team alongside OECD. As a broad incumbent, UNDP operates across poverty reduction, governance, and crisis response, with development effectiveness monitoring being one of many mandates — making it a partner-overlap rather than direct competitor.
• World Bank Group: The World Bank is the largest multilateral source of development financing with deep country engagement and policy advisory functions. It overlaps with GPEDC on development effectiveness principles and country systems strengthening but operates a much broader financing-and-policy mandate.

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Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

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