The Compact committed signatories to making concrete the 2005 Paris Declaration of Aid Effectiveness in the field of health: to improve aid coordination; increase the predictability of donor aid flows; work towards strengthened country health systems; and renew commitment to mutual accountability and transparency.
Among the main points are: A social compact: countries committed to set up social protection systems, with national spending targets for essential services like health and education.
Already, 7,100 cities from 119 countries have committed to the associated Compact of Mayors for Climate and Energy, pledging to support meeting national targets.
-- Efforts to expand the global compact involving corporations committed to observing human rights, environmental, and labor standards.
A political uncertainty factor appears in France, which may well elect a Socialist president committed to renegotiating the fiscal compact to make it more growth-friendly.
First, that no one gets left behind: governments committed to a "global social compact" that promises universal access to social protection, a crucial way of unlocking the sustainable development goal of ending extreme poverty by 2030.
Merkel herself made clear that, while there was scope to discuss tactics, the overall strategy EU leaders committed to by agreeing a compact on fiscal consolidation was "not negotiable".
The idea is to create a compact among states genuinely committed to popular rule.
Those who are somewhat more committed may swap incandescent bulbs for compact fluorescents, rely on cloth shopping bags and turn to mass transit.
Under the compact the government is committed to giving three months' notice of funding decisions and 12 weeks consultation, better feedback and statements on how proposed legislation will impact on the voluntary sector.
