Addressing the Effectiveness of Civil Society Organisations as Development Actors

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Addressing the Effectiveness of Civil Society
Organisations as Development Actors
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Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness

• Stems from 2002 Monterrey Declaration on
  Financing for Development
• Was signed in March 2005 by donors and
  governments
• Five principles ownership, alignment,
  harmonisation, management for results, mutual
  accountability
• 3rd High-Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness in
  Accra (Ghana) in September 2008 to review
  implementation

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Advisory Group on Civil Society and Aid
Effectiveness

• Established in January 2007 to bring civil
  society on board of the dialogue on aid
  effectiveness
• Regional consultations (including Brussels
  Northern Regional Workshop on CSO Aid
  Effectiveness organised by CONCORD)
• North/South Civil Society Dialogue in Nairobi
• International Forum on Civil Society and Aid
  Effectiveness in Ottawa (February 2008)
• Round table 6 in Accra HLF Role of Civil Society
  in Advancing Aid Effectiveness

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Ongoing processes on aid/development effectiveness
C S O P R O C E S S
PAR I S DECLARAT I ON
PARALLEL PROCESS PRESSURE ON DONORS TO REOPEN
PARIS DECLARATION
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Addressing the effectiveness of civil society
organisations

• February 2008 Informal meeting in Ottawa
  CONCORD accepts to facilitate launch of a
  CSO-only process
• Obectives principles of development
  effectiveness for CSOs, guidelines and best
  practices by the end of 2010 (in time for the 4th
  HLF)
• Preparatory phase up to December 2008
• Main phase 2009/2010

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Exploratory Meeting on CSO Effectiveness in
Paris, 29/30 June 2008

• Objective 1 review issues and outcomes arising
  from prior discussions on CSO effectiveness
• Objective 2 reach common understanding on
  governance and the mandate of the process,
  including on the Global Facilitation Group
• Objective 3 identify key issues that need to be
  addressed

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Challenges for the process

• Involvement of Southern CSOs
• Involvement of practitioners and managers of CSOs
  (next to policy experts)
• Process at the borderline of the mandates of many
  NGO networks and national platforms
• Manage dialogue with donors and governments by
  keeping process autonomous

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Thank you for your attention.