Carsten Staur

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🗓️ TOMORROW: Join @CGDev's upcoming event where @EconMitch will discuss aid funding for refugees in the UK. Ft. @DACchairOECD @icai_uk’s @TBartonUK @PetJanne and @NAOorguk's Oliver Lodge Register here ⬇️ cgdev.org/event/where-ne…

A celebratory day as Estonia joins the OECD DAC as its 32nd member, after a significant period of expansion and investment in its development co-operation activities, programs and system. My comments: bit.ly/estonianaccess…

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Along with @meja_vitalice, I opened the 2023 OECD DAC Civil Society Days this morning. The perspectives of civil society organisations are crucially important to our work. I am pleased that #DAC and #CSOs will be discussing key development issues over the coming days.

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I had the pleasure of visiting Iceland for their Peer Review launch 5 June. The timing was excellent, as Iceland is now preparing a new strategy for its development co-operation 2024-28. I look forward to seeing how they implement the recommendations oe.cd/ISL23

I underlined the huge current financing gap for achieving the SDGs and the Paris Climate Agreement and highlighted the catalytic and transformative role ODA could have in mobilizing other resources. Read more about my thoughts here: bit.ly/EDFIcomments

Last week I attended the @EDFInetwork annual meeting in Copenhagen. More foreign direct and private sector investments in developing countries are key to driving future economic growth, sustainable development, and the green transition - especially in LDCs.

On the second day of MOPAN's 2023 Spring Steering Committee meeting, @DACchairOECD Carsten Staur joined MOPAN's 2023 Chair Laura Aghilarre @cooperazione_it and the Head of Secretariat @SuzSteensen to reflect on: 🔹The context and challenges facing the multilateral system 🔹 The critical role of MOPAN in promoting an effective multilateral system 🔹Future opportunities for MOPAN and potential synergies with the DAC. Thank you for your insights and we look forward to opportunities for future collaboration.

Congratulations, @RTErdogan with your re-election. Belgium and Türkiye are solid partners and we will continue to work closely together - bilaterally and in @NATO - for a stable Europe and a stable world.

May 12: I visited New Zealand to partake in their DAC Peer Review launch. NZ is a highly valued development partner, especially in the Pacific. I strongly encouraged NZ to remain ambitious and consider increasing #ODA budget to meet escalating needs. oe.cd/NZL2

Preliminary 2022 ODA data shows a threefold increase in in-donor refugee costs. Why are some DAC members reporting refugee costs in their own countries as ODA? I address this question in my recent contribution to the OECD Development Matters Blog: oe.cd/500.

"There's a lot of potential in developing a sustainable blue economy. We need to mobilize private capital and private investments, and also use more #ODA" - H.E. Mr. Carsten Staur, Chair of the OECD Development Assistance Committee @OECDdev @OECD @DACchairOECD

This year Slovak Republic celebrates 10 years as a DAC member. In Bratislava this Tuesday, I had meetings with senior officials and members of Parliament to discuss development co-operation – and the need to increase ODA at this critical juncture. See more bit.ly/carstenstaur

Read more about my thoughts on the preliminary 2022 ODA figures here: bit.ly/3KBqaWb

In 2022 in-donor refugee costs increased substantially – a direct consequence of Russia’s aggression in Ukraine. At the same time, assistance to LDC’s, many faced with multiple crisis, decreased. We need to ringfence long-term ODA and meet new demands with additional funding.

Launching 2022 ODA data: Despite growing economic and political pressures, DAC donors increased #ODA to the highest level in forty years, also responding to consequences of Russia’s attack on Ukraine. Signals a strong political commitment to development assistance.

Delighted to Chair my first DAC meeting today alongside DCD Director, Pilar Garrido. Many challenges and opportunities lie ahead.