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The International TOSSD Task Force is an inclusive group of experts from provider countries, recipient countries and multilateral organisations that has been collectively developing TOSSD since 2017. The International TOSSD Task Force makes all documents publicly available, fully respecting the recommendation of the Addis Ababa Action Agenda that, in July 2015, called for “open, inclusive and transparent discussions” on TOSSD. This page provides details of the International TOSSD Task Force members, the meetings held, the documents discussed and the decisions taken.

 

Highlights from the 20th Task Force meeting

Dakar Perspectives on TOSSD (available in English and French)

The International TOSSD Task Force met in Dakar, Senegal in March 2023. The Task Force agreed on an updated version of the TOSSD Reporting Instructions. It further paved the way for the possible more formalised governance arrangement of TOSSD in 2024. The Task Force also looked into the possibility of using artificial intelligence to enhance TOSSD data quality. The Task Force discussed methods to track support for Research and Development, biodiversity, gender equality and refugees. Moreover, it explored the scope for collecting data from sovereign wealth funds.
 
The Task Force will also assess the possibility of constituting an African TOSSD Group to further anchor TOSSD in the continent. The Task Force invited African countries and organisations to use TOSSD data, join the Task Force and, as reporters, and submit data for the SDG indicator 17.3.1. to measure development support. 

What does the International TOSSD Task Force do?

The International TOSSD Task Force was created in July 2017. The participants are statistical and development policy experts from provider countries, recipient countries and multilateral organisations. The International TOSSD Task Force launched the first version of the TOSSD methodology in 2019, named “TOSSD Reporting Instructions”, and continues to work on its further development.

The International TOSSD Task Force consults experts on specific issues for example on peace & security and communicable diseases. Civil Society also participates in the Task Force as an observer.


representatives

Task Force members

Co-chairs

  • European Union
    • Mr Laurent Sarazin
  • South Africa
    • Mr Risenga Maluleke

Countries

  • Bangladesh
    • Dr Md. Rezaul Bashar Siddique
  • Brazil
    • Mr Marcio L. Correa (ABC)
    • Ms Denise Kronemberger (IBGE)
  • Burkina Faso
    • Mr Windbenedo Jean Marie Kebre
    • Mr Baga Moustapha
  • Chile
    • Mr Enrique O’Farrill-Julien
    • Mr Marco Ibarra
    • Mr Marco Fernandez
  • Colombia
    • Mr Edgar Andrés Rodríguez Duran
  • Costa Rica
    • Ms Saskia Rodriguez
  • Canada
    • Mr Maher Mamhikoff
  • Denmark
    • Ms Betina Vorsøe Andersen
    • Ms Anne Marie Tyndeskov Voetmann
  • Egypt
    • Mrs Reem Mohamed El Sebaie
    • Mrs Nada Tawfik
  • European Union
    • Mr Jérôme Le Roy
    • Ms Maria Vianna Santos
  • France
    • Mr Duncan Toulon
  • Gabon
    • Mr Jean Nestor Nguema Mebane
  • Ghana
    • Ms Marian Kpakpah
  • Indonesia
    • Ms Ibu Vivi Yulaswati
    • Ms Ibu Rd Siliwanti
  • Japan
    • Mr Takero Mori
  • Nigeria
    • Dr Pius O. Osunyikanmi
    • Mr Mohammed Shehu
    • Ms Rahila Ayuba
  • Philippines
    • Mr Claire Dennis S. Mapa
    • Ms Rosalinda Bautista
    • Ms Wilma A. Guillen
  • Senegal
    • Mr Aboubakar Sédikh-Beye
    • Mr Insa Sadio
  • South Africa
    • Mr Ashwell Jenneker
  • Sweden
    • Ms Agnes Rova
    • Mr Marcus Qvarnström
  • Timor Leste
    • Ms Felicia Carvalho
  • Tunisia
    • Mr Mohamed Frigui
  • United Kingdom
    • Ms Natasha Stotesbury
    • Ms Victoria Hernon
  • United States
    • Ms Joan Atherton
    • Mr Nathan Anderson

International organisations

  • IADB
    • Mr Francisco Castro-y-Ortiz
    • Ms Amy Lewis
  • IsDB
    • Mr Areef Suleman
  • SESRIC
    • H.E. Mr Nebil Dabur
    • Mr Atilla Karaman

Observers to the Task Force

  • Austria
    • Austrian Development Agency - Ms Sigrid Breddy
    • Foreign Ministry of Austria - Mr Michael Milosits
  • CAITEC – People's Republic of China
    • Ms Mao Xiaojing
  • CSO representatives
    • Mr Luca De Fraia
    • Mr Brian Tomlinson
    • Ms Jennifer del Rosario-Malonzo
  • Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development – Germany
    • Mr Michael Kathmann
  • Ministry of Foreign Affairs – Romania
    • Mr Valentin-Nicolae Florea
  • NORAD – Norway
    • Ms Katrine Heggedal
  • Foreign Affairs Secretariat (SRE) – Mexico 
    • Mr Gerardo Bracho Carpizo
    • Ms Fabiola Soto Narváez
  • Ministry of Economic Development – Russian Federation (suspended)

Latest video

Mr. Jean Nestor Nguema Mebane - Gabon perspective on TOSSD

Mr. Jean Nestor Nguema Mebane - Chief Statistician in the Ministry of Economics and Finance of Gabon- shares his country perspective on TOSSD at the Task Force meeting in Pretoria, February 2020.


Meeting documents

2022

December 7, 8 and 12

19th meeting of the TOSSD Task Force, virtual meeting

October 20, 25 and 27

18th meeting of the TOSSD Task Force, virtual meeting

 

July 11 to 13

17th meeting of the TOSSD Task Force - Paris, France

April 5 to 7

16th meeting of the TOSSD Task Force, virtual meeting

February 14 and 17

15th meeting of the TOSSD Task Force, virtual meeting

          

 

 

2019

Oct. 2-3

9th meeting of the TOSSD Task Force, Washington, D.C., USA 

Oct. 01

TOSSD Task Force / CSO meeting

Informal Briefing on TOSSD for IDB Executive Directors

June 6

Consultation on TOSSD with Latin American and Caribbean countries and organisations - Ottawa, Canada

June 4-5

8th meeting of the TOSSD Task Force - Ottawa, Canada

Apr. 17

Consultation with CSOs in the margins of the FfD Forum 

Feb. 05

Expert meeting on “Tracking support to SDGs – the case of peace and security” – Paris, France

Feb. 01

Emerging TOSSD Reporting Instructions, validated by the Task Force

Jan. 30 - Feb. 1

7th meeting of the TOSSD Task Force - Paris, France

2018

Dec. 20

Emerging TOSSD Reporting Instructions, to be validated by the Task Force

Nov. 19

Emerging TOSSD Reporting Instructions, as validated by the Task Force at its meeting on 5-8 November 2018

Nov. 5-8

6th meeting of the TOSSD Task Force - Stockholm, Sweden

Sept. 25-26

5th meeting of the TOSSD Task Force - Accra, Ghana

Jul. 12

Emerging TOSSD Reporting Instructions, to be validated by the Task Force (as of 12 July 2018 - version used for the Costa Rica Pilot)

May 31

Consultation on TOSSD with the Civil Society Organisations

May 29-30

4th meeting of the TOSSD Task Force - Brussels, Belgium

Mar. 15

Consultation on TOSSD with the Export Credit Group 

Jan. 24-25

3rd meeting of the TOSSD Task Force - Ottawa, Canada