This report was prepared under the overall strategic guidance of Suzanne Steensen, Head of the MOPAN Secretariat. The study was conducted under the supervision of Patrick Saez, Senior Policy Advisor and Head of Unit for Insights and authored by Laura Castillo Gutiérrez, Junior Policy Analyst, who led the data collection and analysis. The survey of multilateral organisations was designed and implemented by Corentin Beudaert-Ugolin. The collection and review of publicly available information, as well as a first analysis of the survey results, was conducted by Marcus Cox and Joshua Taylor from Aghulas Applied Knowledge.
We extend our sincere thanks to the members of the MOPAN Advisory Group for Reform Insights.
In the group, Norway and the United Kingdom championed the work on behalf of MOPAN members and were represented by Bjørg Skotnes, Policy Director, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norway and Omar Bargawi, Deputy Director and Head of the Development Policy & Partnerships Department, UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, supported by Roishe Milne, Multilateral Effectiveness Policy Adviser, Sophie Newman, Development Strategy Adviser, and Sophie Siriwardena, Multilateral Effectiveness Policy Officer.
Acting in their personal capacity, Andrea Cook, Executive Director, UNSDG System-Wide Evaluation Office, supported by Tom Barton, Evaluation Officer and Richard Bellin, Chair of the Audit Operations Committee, UN Board of Auditors, supported by Laurent Lemercier, Deputy Director, also participated in the group.
We gratefully acknowledge the valuable contributions of John Hendra, Marcus Cox and Patrick Tiefenbacher, who, as independent experts, provided external peer review for this brief in addition to participating in the advisory group.
Finally, MOPAN is grateful to all Steering Committee representatives and member countries for their financial contributions, which made this brief possible.