Realising Effective Development Cooperation (EDC) commitments are essential to ensure that all forms of development cooperation: (1) fulfil the principle of leaving no one behind, (2) apply human rights-based approaches to development, and (3) address long-standing issues of poverty, marginalisation, and inequality, including gender inequality. In this regard, the effectiveness agenda, starting with the principles of democratic ownership, is a requisite to meet the 2030 Agenda, specifically SDG 17 (on Means of Implementation), and the Addis Ababa Action Agenda.