MidTerm Review MTR of the Strategy Papers

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Mid-Term Review (MTR) of the Strategy Papers

• Operational strategies to support to civil
  society participation
• Dominique Dellicour
• Quality of Operations
• AIDCO.E4
• 13 February 2009

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Our Mandate

• March 2005 creation of Directorate E to promote
  improved quality of EC cooperation programmes
  through
• operational guidance and practical tools
  (including training)
• Quality assurance upstream, d (geographic/thematic
  ) and downstream during implementation
• Monitoring of impact and interface with other
  DGs and donors.
• E4 s mandate governance ,security , HR ,
  gender.
• Within governance capacity building of NSAs

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Civil society as a strategic actor

• Participatory development has to be
  institutionalised across countries, sectors of
  intervention and instruments.
• Supporting NSAs ensures greater impact and
  sustainability in all relevant sectors and levels
  of intervention, especially with the most
  vulnerable populations.
• In operational terms two main areas of work
• Better understanding of civil society dynamics
• Enhancing its participation in development
  strategies

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1. An important starting point a good and sound
knowledge of civil society (1)

• Mapping as a crucial tool to define an
  appropriate strategy for engaging with civil
  society
• A mapping is not an inventory
• A mapping is a dynamic instrument which allows
  to map key actors in context. It
• Provides an analysis differentiated by actors and
  by level
• Puts the analysis in context
• Identifies key dynamic actors
• Analyses the capacity needs at different levels
• Serves as a basis to dialogue
• Constitutes an important tool for the
  identification of
• a consistent strategy towards civil society
  support

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SC typology 4 levels
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1. A thematic concept note on mappings in Latin
America is being developed (2)

• Main objectives
• Document through a concrete case study the
  usefulness of the mapping tool for engagement
  with NSAs.
• Propose a methodology tailored to the
  specificities of EC policy towards Latin American
  countries.
• Main steps
• Mapping exercise in Guatemala (ensuring
  participatory approach)
• Capitalisation of several mappings undertaken by
  the EC in the region (Ecuador, Venezuela,
  Honduras, Panama, etc.)
• Production of a methodological note.

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2. Enhance the participation of civil society in
the dialogue, implementation and monitoring of
development strategies (1)

• In order to achieve this goal, the following
  strategic approach of engagement with civil
  society is proposed
• Ensure coherence between the different
  cooperation approaches and instruments
• Promote much stronger complementarity between
  geographic and thematic instruments
• Combine them according to contexts, types of
  actors
• Reconcile NSAs participation with the Paris
  agenda and ensure in particular their
  participation in programmes implemented through
  budget support

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2. Enhance the participation of civil society in
the dialogue, implementation and monitoring of
development strategies (2)

• On-going study on participation of civil society
  in the new aid modalities
• Purpose of the study
• ?methodology of participation of civil society in
  macroeconomic and sector programmes supported by
  the EC, including through budgetary aid
• ?how to use the EC instruments for providing
  capacity to civil society towards this purpose ?

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2. Enhance the participation of civil society in
the dialogue, implementation and monitoring of
development strategies (3)

• Methodology of participation of civil society in
  EC sector programmes (SPSP)
• definition of important entry points for civil
  society participation in policy dialogue and the
  budgetary frame (MTEF) complementary role of CS
  to governements in implementation watchdog role
  for monitoring and assessment of impact
• Assessment of needs in capacity building need
  for more sector specific skills budget literacy
  (budget analysis, advocacy for public
  accountability, networking with legislature,
  audit institutions and media, etc.).

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2. Enhance the participation of civil society in
the dialogue, implementation and monitoring of
development strategies (4)

• Use of the EC instruments for CS capacity
  building in new aid modalities. Three types of
  approaches can be mobilised according to the
  context civil society operates in
• Sector programmes themselves capacity building
  component of sector programme could include
  capacity building to CS
• Specific programmes funded by the geographic
  instruments search for more alignment with
  national reform policies supported by the EC
• Thematic programmes (notably NSALA and EIDHR)
  in particular useful for advocacy and monitoring
  roles.