Ownership of development goals andpriorities by local stakeholders is widely viewed as acritical factor impacting development effectiveness andachievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The2008 Accra Agenda for Action identifies the concept as oneof inclusive ownership, involving parliaments, localauthorities and civil society organizations (CSOs), as wellas governments. The importance and challenges of buildingsuch broad-based ownership across society were a keydiscussion topic at the Fourth High Level Forum on AidEffectiveness in November 2011 at Busan. This study aims togenerate deeper operational knowledge on what can be done tofoster inclusive ownership; its initial findings werepresented at Busan. This study involves a retrospectivereview of a small sample of cases. From these cases it ispossible to demonstrate that inclusive ownership, whenconsidered in terms of the operational dimensions examinedin the study, can improve as a result of strategic capacitydevelopment efforts. It also shows how using an analyticlens such as the CDRF, in particular for the assessment ofintermediate results of capacity development, helps todeconstruct the change process in a given case and suggestsome operational lessons. Further learning is warranted onhow inclusive ownership can be fostered through the designand delivery of capacity development initiatives.Collaboration among and across global communities concernedwith ownership and capacity development would enable thiswork to draw on wider development experiences and generatedeeper knowledge on how capacity development can supporttransformative change.
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