2021 Milestones

MOPAN’s unique vantage point on the multilateral system

Enhancing visibility and influence

Multilateral organisations value MOPAN’s evidence-based approach. This approach, together with the opportunity to become Institutional Leads and engage with organisations at the highest level, allows members to demonstrate their commitment to multilateral organisations and to gain visibility and influence in shaping an organisation’s strategic direction.

Setting performance standards across the multilateral system

MOPAN sets the bar for organisational performance in the multilateral system. Its performance information and analytical work provide members with the chance to engage with leading experts on crucial issues affecting the multilateral system. MOPAN members implement policy commitments on aid and effectiveness to reduce the burden and duplication for individual organisations and members alike. Members influence how the system functions by defining organisational performance benefits. This, in turn, strengthens their relationships with multilateral organisations.

Providing privileged access

Alongside institutional assessments, members have exclusive access to the assessments’ preliminary findings, a database of organisation-specific performance data, and analytical products. Institutional Leads in particular also have more contact and greater visibility with multilateral organisations and benefit from greater insights into their operations.

Setting the strategic direction

MOPAN members steer MOPAN’s strategic direction by determining which salient challenges in the multilateral system should become the focus of work. They determine which organisations will be assessed and by what measures, and define the issues to be addressed by MOPAN’s learning studies series Lessons in Multilateral Effectiveness. In doing so, members dictate how MOPAN will use its collective voice to focus on the most salient challenges affecting the multilateral system.

Creating a community of practice

MOPAN is a community of equals. It is an interactive network that is a forum for exchange and peer-learning, allowing members to benefit from discussions on best practices in the areas of accountability, reform and engagement with the multilateral system. MOPAN’s consensus-based structure also ensures that each member has an equal voice and an equal say in MOPAN’s work. This structure creates an atmosphere for honest, constructive exchange.

Offering value for money

MOPAN is a small but essential complement to MOPAN members’ USD 65 billion investment into the multilateral system (Development Co-operation Profiles (OECD), 2019). The collectivisation of efforts provides MOPAN members with information to help ensure that multilateral funding is going to effective and efficient organisations, an immense value for a relatively modest contribution.