While we are curr­ent­ly see­ing a dis­rup­ti­on and defun­ding of inter­na­tio­nal coope­ra­ti­on, or “aid” to use the clas­sic word, it is important to remem­ber that the deve­lo­p­ment coope­ra­ti­on and rele­vant poli­ci­es have evol­ved in a glo­bal­ly coor­di­na­ted way sin­ce 1960 when the DAC as estab­lished at OECD’s head­quar­ters in Paris. The DAC has play­ed an important role in estab­li­shing sta­tis­tics on aid, poli­cy stan­dards and a shared space for lear­ning and asses­sing the inter­na­tio­nal coope­ra­ti­on system of fel­low DAC mem­ber sta­tes through “peer reviews”. For exam­p­le, during my time as a dele­ga­te for Switz­er­land to the DAC, our coun­try was – with the Net­her­lands – revie­w­ing the Czech Repu­blic. Peer reviews are very useful in asses­sing a sec­to­ral poli­cy of a coun­try, and they pro­vi­de recom­men­da­ti­ons on how to impro­ve or adjust poli­ci­es and insti­tu­tio­nal set-ups. It then depends on the govern­ment and agen­ci­es con­cer­ned to work on the recom­men­da­ti­ons, and show achie­ve­ments when the next review comes up.