The Multilateral Organisations Performance Assessment Network (MOPAN) is a network of like-minded donor countries with a common interest in the monitoring and assessment of the work and performance of multilateral organisations (MOs). The group produces an annual survey looking at multilateral partnership behaviour. The 2007 MOPAN Survey covers three organisations - the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the African Development Bank (AfDB) - and is published today, along with management responses from the agencies concerned.

• The focus of the MOPAN Annual Survey is on MO partnership behaviour towards national stakeholders (governments, NGOs, private sector) in developing countries and towards other international development agencies.
• It is based on the perceptions of MOPAN member embassies and country offices (usually in around eight to ten countries), arising from their day-to-day interactions with MOs. The Survey is not an evaluation and does not cover actual development results on the ground.
• Its purpose is to contribute to (i) better information about and understanding of MOs, their roles and performance, among decision-makers, parliamentarians and the general public in MOPAN member countries; (ii) a more informed dialogue with MOs at both headquarters and country level; (iii) the involvement of MOPAN embassies and country offices in the surveying of multilateral cooperation; and (iv) the improvement of overall MO performance at country level.

Since 2003, MOPAN has carried out five Surveys on selected MOs in countries where MOPAN members are present. So far, the Surveys have included:

• 2003(pilot exercise): the World Bank, WHO and the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
• 2004: UNDP, UN Food and Agriculture Organsation (FAO), and the AfDB in 2004;
• 2005: the World Bank, UN Population Fund (UNFPA) and the UNAIDS Secretariat;
• 2006: UNICEF, International Labour Organisation (ILO) and the Asian Development Bank (AsDB);
• 2007: UNDP, WHO and AfDB.

MOPAN members use the findings of the Surveys for their own accountability on multilateral financing and as input: (a) into their policy towards the MOs concerned; (b) to strengthen their participation in the governance of these MOs; (c) for their joint advocacy work; and (d) to contribute to wider debates on aid effectiveness.

Related Links

• More on DFID's multilateral effectiveness work
• MOPAN Survey 2007(523 kb)
• Key messages: Summary(22 kb)
• WHO response(62 kb)
• AfDB response(27 kb)
• UNDP response (161 kb)