A/HRC/8/9 page 5 representatives of the institutional members of the task force, and representatives of the organizations involved in the above-mentioned partnerships. Member States participated as observers in the rich and fruitful discussions at the session. 10. The task force concluded its assessment of three of the four partnerships which had been assessed at its third session and undertook a preliminary review of the Cotonou Partnership Agreement between European Union (EU) and African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries. The task force also initiated a preliminary discussion of phase II of the work plan regarding additional partnerships in the context of Goal 8. 11. Building upon the experience gained through pilot applications of the criteria to the selected global partnerships, the task force reviewed and refined the criteria to be applied during phase II (2008) as an intermediary step towards a more significant refinement in phase III (2009). 12. In its report (A/HRC/8/WG.2/TF.2), the task force recommends a continued dialogue and follow-up activities with the institutional partners mentioned above, such as the provision of input to the second report of the ECA/OECD-DAC Mutual Review of Development Effectiveness, a second round of technical missions for the Cotonou Partnership Agreement and the APRM, as well as participation, subject to an invitation, at the third High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness to be held in Accra in September 2008. The task force also recommended, in the context of additional partnerships for assessment, that priority be given to the region of Latin America and the Caribbean in terms of geographical expansion and to the issues of access to affordable essential drugs, debt relief, and trading and financial systems in terms of thematic expansion. 13. The report of the task force, including its conclusions and recommendations, will be submitted to the ninth session of the Working Group on the Right to Development. C. Legal framework for implementing the right to development 14. OHCHR participated in an expert meeting organized by the Friedrich-Ebert Foundation to discuss legal perspectives involved in implementing the right to development, which was held in Bossey, Switzerland, from 4 to 6 January 2008. The meeting was attended by a number of international experts, including some members of the task force and the Chairperson of the Working Group on the Right to Development who participated in their personal capacities. Discussions during the meeting focused on the right to development as a legal norm and the experience with existing standards relating to the right to development at the global and regional levels. The expert meeting also covered practical issues regarding a legal framework for implementing the right to development and its impact at the international and national levels. D. Aid effectiveness and the right to development 15. Aid effectiveness, with its emphasis on ownership, harmonization, alignment, managing for results and mutual accountability, aims to increase the impact of aid in reducing poverty and inequality and accelerating the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals. OHCHR has followed closely various initiatives undertaken in preparation for the next High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness, which will take stock of and review progress in implementing the Paris