Informal Experts Meeting on Managing for and
Communicating about Results
19-20 May 2008 – GTZ House Berlin – Hosted by BMZ
Preliminary Agenda
Day one: Monday 19 May 2008
8:30 – 9:00
Registration and coffee
9:00 – 9:30
Welcome
Welcome and introductory presentation by BMZ and the OECD Development Centre
Session I
9:30 – 10:30
What do we mean by development results and what information do we need?
This opening session seeks to provide insight into the practical definition of results from
different perspectives, with the aim to create common understanding of what results need to
be communicated. It focuses on the related question what information is required, and from
whom to communicate these results. Three speakers will discuss these questions from the
perspective of the public (a member of parliament), a high-level policy maker (Joint Venture
delegate from a ministry or agency) and a development communicator.
10:30 – 11:00 The presentations will be followed by a facilitated discussion of the different perspectives.
11:00 – 11:30 Coffee Break
Session II
What does the Joint Venture on Managing for Development Results (MfDR) do, and how is
it relevant for DevCom members?
11:30 – 12:30 This session will provide insight into the work process in the Joint Venture on MfDR (part of
the OECD DAC) through presentations by managers from its different work streams.
 Overview of the Joint Venture
 Conceptual and Technical Guidance
 Country Capacity Assessment Tool
 Agency Effectiveness & Procedures and Incentives in Donor Agencies
12:30 – 13:00 Questions and answers regarding the work of the Joint Venture. First thoughts on links
between communication and results based management.
13:00 – 14:00 Light lunch at the GTZ House
Session III
Breakout groups: in what ways does results based management interlink with
communication?
14:00 – 16:00 In this session, there will be three breakout groups. Each group will discuss the same topic: in
what way does results based management interlink with communication? Participants will
take a closer look at what information is needed, and from whom, and what kind of
information can be delivered by results based management. Participants will also consider
whether the way results were achieved should also be explained, with budget support as a
case in point.
Group A
Group B
Group C
Each breakout session will start with a short presentation by a DevCom Member on how they
gather information about results for communication, and which challenges they meet. The
presentations will be followed by some first thoughts from the MfDR delegates on how results
based management interlinks with these challenges. The groups will then brainstorm about
steps forward to overcome these challenges.
16:00 – 16:30 Coffee Break
Conclusion
Entry points identified for communication
16:30 – 17:30 Summary of key elements of each MfDR tool and possible entry points identified during the
breakout sessions.
19:30
Conference Dinner in the Potsdamer Platz area
Day two: Tuesday 20 May 2008
8:30 – 9:00
Coffee
Session IV
Summary of day one followed by breakout sessions: Moving forward to concrete action
points
The session will start with a short summary of the previous day: What were the main
conclusions, and how could these be taken forward in concrete action points?
9:00 – 9.15
9:15 – 11.00
Group A
Group B
Group C
In three breakout groups, the entry points that were identified during day one will be used to
identify ways forward in three specific domains: The Round Table on MfDR in Accra and
Beyond, Individual Agencies, and The DevCom Network Work Programme 2009-2010.
Participants will be stimulated to list concrete and realistic action points and take ownership
of them.
11:00 – 11:30 Coffee
Final Session Reporting back from the breakout sessions and summary of commitments to move forward
11.30 – 12.15 Reporting back from the breakout sessions. Each of the groups will present the action points it
has formulated in the breakout sessions.
12:15 – 12:45 Concluding presentations:
 By a Joint Venture member on how to implement the action points
 By a DevCom member on how this can be moved forward in the DevCom work
programme
 By a DevCom member on what they will do when they go home
12.45-13.00
Closing remarks