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OECD Development Co-operation Peer Reviews: Greece 2019

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The OECD's Development Assistance Committee (DAC) conducts periodic reviews of the individual development co-operation efforts of DAC members. The policies and programmes of each DAC member are critically examined approximately once every five years. DAC peer reviews assess the performance of a given member, not just that of its development co-operation agency, and examine both policy and implementation. They take an integrated, system-wide perspective on the development co-operation and humanitarian assistance activities of the member under review.



Since its last peer review, a severe economic recession brought about significant cuts to Greece’s national budget – including official development assistance. However, Greece has maintained its commitment to development co-operation. In response to the refugee and migration crisis Greece mobilised resources and its population to provide significant support to asylum seekers and refugees, and adapted its domestic policies to create conditions for peaceful co-existence between refugees, asylum seekers and the Greek population. As the economy recovers and Greece considers stepping up its development co-operation, this review recommends a number of steps that the government might take including building a new vision for development co-operation and putting in place the structures and systems to achieve it.

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Progress with implementing the 2011 DAC peer review recommendations

Greece has not implemented the 2011 DAC peer review recommendations. It postponed refining and approving draft legislation, and subsequently introducing a five-year programme, to allow for completing an audit of previous projects funded by DG Hellenic Aid. Greece has experienced two crises: a severe economic crisis, which produced significant cuts in the national budget (including official development assistance [ODA]), from which the country is slowly recovering; and a refugee and migrant crisis, whose impact is ongoing.

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