The special incentive arrangement for sustainable development and good governance is based on the integral concept of sustainable development, as recognised by international conventions and instruments such as the 1986 United Nations (UN) Declaration on the Right to Development, the 1992 Rio Declaration on Environment and Development, the 1998 International Labour Organisation (ILO) Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work, the 2000 UN Millennium Declaration, and the 2002 Johannesburg Declaration on Sustainable Development.

The special incentive arrangement for sustainable development and good governance is based on the integral concept of sustainable development, as recognised by international conventions and instruments such as the 1986 UN Declaration on the Right to Development, the 1992 Rio Declaration on Environment and Development, the 1998 ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work, the 2000 UN Millennium Declaration, and the 2002 Johannesburg Declaration on Sustainable Development.

The special incentive arrangement for sustainable development and good governance is based on an integral concept of sustainable development as recognized by international conventions and instruments such as the UN Declaration on the Right to Development of 1986, the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development of 1992, the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work of 1998, the UN Millennium Declaration of 2000 and the Johannesburg Declaration on Sustainable Development of 2002.

There seems to be an emerging consensus among Member States: (1) regarding the definition of International Public Goods (IPG) and the relevance of the selected six priority IPGs for enhanced action: trade, knowledge, peace and security, financial stability, global commons and eradication of communicable diseases; (2) concerning readiness to examine the Action Plan with a view to establishing an EU common platform for the provision and financing of IPGs, and (3) on the principle that IPGs should only be financed from existing ODA if their provision is linked to the Millennium Development Goals, the three pillars of sustainable developmen ...[+++]t and other agreed development objectives.

- The EU Water Initiative and ACP-EU Water Facility (funded under the European Development Fund (EDF) with € 500 million) are major contributions towards the achievement of the MDG and WSSD targets for water and sanitation, within the context of an integrated approach to water resources management at the basin level.

Furthermore, the above-mentioned survey shows that a de facto development policy consensus is emerging within the Union; centred around the MDG/PRSP process, sector-wide approaches and multi-annual programming leading to the identification of focal sectors for each donor. Thus, there is fertile ground for building a closer policy community on development matters.