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The Third high level Forum on Aid Effectiveness in Ghana will be held from 2 to 4 september1 and the follow-up international conference on Financing for Development to Review the implementation of the Monterrey consensus is scheduled to take place from 29 November to 2 December in Doha.2 in addi- tion, preparations for the paris Declaration review meeting in Ghana have given rise to the Accra Agen. [...] The oEcD defines policy coherence as the 'systematic promotion of mutually reinforcing policy actions across government departments and agencies creating synergies towards achiev- ing the agreed objectives'.4 As the provision of and need for development assistance increase, international institutions have become more aware of the relationship between the limited size of their budgets and the need. [...] This implies that the aid agenda is collaboratively developed by the donor and recipient countries, but owned by the recipi- ent because the latter has identified the areas requiring aid, the modalities of aid disbursement, and has been an equal partner in the aid relationship. [...] independently, csos around the world held workshops to discuss how best to improve the paris Declaration and closely critiqued two drafts of the AAA during the past year and will present their findings and recommendations to the Accra meeting. [...] The cso international steering Group, established in preparation for the Ghana high level Forum, has critiqued the AAA on the basis that the final draft does not offer enough 'concrete and time-bound commitments' that would lead up to 2010.15 They call for the following areas to be strengthened: democratic ownership of programmes and policies; transpar- ency and accountability of both donor and re.