A/HRC/8/WG.2/TF/2 page 17 C. Progressive development and refinement of the criteria for periodic evaluation of global partnerships for development from the perspective of the right to development 66. The task force has drawn several lessons from applying the right to development criteria to four partnerships through a dialogue with the institutions responsible for them and confirms the conclusion of the Working Group that “the application of the criteria has provided the empirical basis for their progressive development and refinement”.4 The task force has learned from the experience with the technical missions that it is important to find ways and means of enhancing the criteria as a practical tool for evaluating global development partnerships from the perspective of the right to development. 67. The constant concern of the task force for the quality of the criteria has been echoed by its institutional members, Member States, as well as the agencies responsible for the partnerships reviewed so far. The Working Group requested the task force to review the structure of the criteria, their coverage of aspects of international cooperation and the methodology for their application with a view to enhancing their effectiveness as a practical tool for evaluating global partnerships,5 and eventually lead to “the elaboration and implementation of a comprehensive and coherent set of standards”6 and present it with corresponding sub-criteria in phase III of its work (2009). At this stage of its work, the task force is responding to the request by the Working Group that it “progressively develop and further refine the criteria, based on actual practice”.7 68. The task force has therefore drafted the list in annex II as a progressive development of the criteria, which maintains essentially the same content, while reordering, clarifying and developing them based on lessons learned from applying the criteria so far. The list in annex II represents an intermediary stage for use in phase II of its work (2008) and anticipates a more significant refinement in phase III (2009).8 69. In order to achieve the desired level of quality, the task force considers that the criteria must (a) become analytically and methodologically rigorous; (b) provide empirically oriented tools to those involved in implementing development partnerships that can improve the outcomes of their work in light of their respective mandates; (c) integrate analytical work done by expert groups within the World Bank, OECD, UNDP, UNCTAD, UNICEF, UNESCO, the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, OHCHR, and others, as well as academic research centres, and (d) provide guidance so that global partnerships for development 4 A/HRC/4/47, para. 49 and para. 54. 5 Id., para. 51. 6 Id., para. 52. 7 Id., para. 55. 8 Id., para. 54.