The conference, held at the OECD Headquarters on Monday, brought together global policymakers and development experts to discuss the future of international development cooperation amid growing economic and humanitarian challenges across developing countries.

Delivering a keynote address on behalf of President Mahama, Nana Oye Bampoe Addo outlined the Accra Reset as a sovereign development framework aimed at reshaping global partnerships and strengthening institutional capacity across Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean.

She told participants that global aid flows had significantly declined, noting that Official Development Assistance from Development Assistance Committee member countries fell by 23.1% in real terms in 2025, representing what she described as the steepest annual drop on record. According to her, bilateral aid to sub-Saharan Africa also declined sharply, worsening debt pressures across the continent.

Presenting key pillars of the Accra Reset initiative, she highlighted reforms in healthcare financing, economic transformation and institutional development, including plans to create sovereign industrial platforms, strengthen global health governance and expand employment opportunities through digital skills programmes targeted at young people and women.

Nana Oye Bampoe Addo further urged the OECD to incorporate perspectives from initiatives such as the Accra Reset into its global development frameworks and called for stronger engagement with sovereign-led development models that prioritise mutual accountability and equitable partnerships.

On the sidelines of the conference, she held bilateral talks with OECD Director of Development Co-operation Pilar Garrido alongside Ghana’s Ambassador to France, Mavis Ama Frimpong, to explore areas of collaboration between the OECD and the Accra Reset Secretariat. She also visited the Ghanaian Embassy in Paris, where she briefed staff on the progress of the initiative and assured them that Ghana’s Reset Agenda under President John Dramani Mahama remains firmly on course.