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1. Background to CSO Development Effectiveness

1. Background to CSO Development Effectiveness. 2. What is the Open Forum process. 3. International Framework for CSO Development Effectiveness. 4. Busan Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation. 5 . GLOBAL TO REGIONAL TO NATIONAL – YOUR TIME TO ACT!. 1. Background.

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1. Background to CSO Development Effectiveness

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  1. 1. Background to CSO Development Effectiveness 2. What is the Open Forum process 3. International Framework for CSO Development Effectiveness 4. Busan Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation 5. GLOBAL TO REGIONAL TO NATIONAL – YOUR TIME TO ACT!

  2. 1. Background A multitude of challenges for civil society Need to ensure impact for the benefit of the marginalized Need to advocate for recognition of CSOs’ roles and voices CSOs struggle for funding CSO Development Effectiveness Need for learning opportunities CSOs in North and South need to adapt to changing aid architecture Need to raise awareness on effectiveness Broadening aid effectiveness debate: human rights, sustainable development, gender equality CSOs need to demonstrate their impact in order to secure public support Need to strengthen and clarify accountability Need to define what an enabling environment for CSOs looks like

  3. High Level Forums on Aid Effectiveness (OECD) HLF-4 HLF-3 Busan Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation 2011 HLF-2 HLF-1 Paragraph 20: - CSOs as development actors in their own right Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness ACCRA AGENDA FOR ACTION Rome Declaration on Harmonisation Monterrey Consensus 2002 2003 2005 2008 2011

  4. Why did CSOs take on the challenge? - CSOs have acknowledged that the changing aid architecture provides challenges to their own effectiveness (accountability, transparency, impact, enabling environment etc.) - CSO have started many initiatives to define and promote their effectiveness, but had not yet defined their effectiveness collectively as a global stakeholder group - In undertaking the Open Forum process, CSOs are emphasizing that we are key actors and partners in development - The Open Forum process also serves as a tool to refocus the discussion from aid management issues to the actual goals of development and the impact achieved through our work Open Forum set out to answer: • What values guide our work as civil society • What it means to live up to those values • How to cultivate a favorable political context in which to do our work • How we can improve our impact

  5. 2. What is the Open Forum process? • A unique space for CSOs worldwide • to engage in a global and fully participatory process • towards defining, introducing and implementing a framework of mutually shared development effectiveness principles and practices

  6. 2009 Start of consultations Including regional preparatory workshops to initiate and trigger process National and regional consultations Global thematic consultations Political dialogue and outreach at all levels 2010 First Global Assembly To build consensus on the CSO development effectiveness principles Continuing consultations to react to proposed CSO development effectiveness principles and framework, and to discuss national level implementation Political dialogue and outreach at all levels 2011 Second Global Assembly Finalise International Framework; CSOs mobilise for the 4th High-Level Forum 4th High-Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness…. and beyond!

  7. 70 NATIONAL CONSULTATIONS

  8. 6 GLOBAL THEMATIC PROCESSES 11 REGIONAL WORKSHOPS • Phase I: Summer 2010 • Preliminary consolidation in preparation for the first Global Assembly in Istanbul • Phase II: Spring 2011 • Final consolidation for the final International Framework drafting • Phase III: Autumn 2011 • Busan mobilization and preparation • Trade Unions • CSOs working with Marginalized groups • CSOs in situations of conflict • International CSO Outreach • CSOs and Gender • CSOs and the environment 2 GLOBAL ASSEMBLIES • 2010 in Istanbul, Turkey • 2011 in Siem Reap, Cambodia

  9. MULTI-STAKEHOLDER DIALOGUE • Virtually all national consultations included an opportunity for donors and government officials to discuss CSO accountability and enabling environment issues with civil society in their country and national context • Multi-stakeholder Task Team on CSO Development Effectiveness and Enabling Environment • Civil Society (represented by Open Forum) was actively involved as one of the co-chairs in this group of governments, donors and CSOs • Multi-stakeholder messages on Enabling Environment incorporated into the International Framework

  10. 70+ NATIONAL CONSULTATIONS 6 THEMATIC PROCESSES Including multi-stakeholder dialogue 11 REGIONAL WORKSHOPS 2 GLOBAL ASSEMBLIES The outcome of which is the consolidated statement called: THE INTERNATIONAL FRAMEWORK FOR CSO DEVELOPMENT EFFECTIVENESS

  11. 3. International Framework for CSO Development Effectiveness • First ever global statement from civil society on the effectiveness of our work in development • A long-term reference for the civil society sector to guide our collective efforts to improve our work • 3 Pillars: • Principles for CSO Development Effectiveness • Statement on CSO Accountability • Minimum Standards for an Enabling Environment

  12. 4. Busan Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation High Level Forums (OECD) HLF- 4 Busan Nov 29-Dec 1, 2011 HLF-3 HLF-2 HLF-1 GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP FOR EFFECTIVE DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION Accra Action Agenda Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness Rome Declaration on Harmonisation Monterrey Consensus 2011 2008 2002 2005 2003

  13. Busan Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation: A multi-stakeholder, multi-lateral and international agreement which states: Paragraph 22: …we will: • Implement fully our respective commitments to enable CSOs to exercise their roles as independent development actors, with a particular focus on an Enabling Environment, consistent with agreed international rights, that maximises the contributions of CSOs to development. b) Encourage CSOs to implement practices that strengthen their accountability and their contribution to development effectiveness, guided by the Istanbul Principlesand theInternational Framework for CSO Development Effectiveness. Officially recognizes the statement and efforts that civil society have made to improve their own effectiveness as independent development actors However… Enabling Environment is still a concern as the space for civil society continues to shrink across the globe

  14. What is next: Global Level A NEW GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP FOR CIVIL SOCIETY • Purpose: respond to the post Busan development paradigm • Merging Open Forum and BetterAid • Cebu Consensus: February 2012 • Worldwide consultations: June – July 2012 • Sub-regional consultations: ongoing • Final meeting in Nairobi, Kenya: Dec 2012 • New Global CSO Partnership launch

  15. 5. MOVING IT FROM GLOBAL TO REGIONAL TO NATIONAL… YOUR TIME TO ACT! • Putting the Principles for CSO Development Effectiveness into practice in your organization! • Advocating for a more enabling environment for civil society around the world!

  16. Toolkits for CSO Development Effectiveness Consolidated guidance accompanying the International Framework to support context-specific implementation and advocacy by CSOs worldwide Implementation Toolkit: Planning process for applying the Principles for CSO Development Effectiveness in any context,withexamples from CSOs across the globe Advocacy Toolkit: Tips and advice from fellow CSOs on advocating for a more enabling environment from governments and donors

  17. 6. What is coming up TWO NEW IMPLEMENTATION TOOLS! CSO Wiki: Interactive platform and one-stop resource center for civil society practitioners who want to work on improving the impact and quality of their development work Practitioners Activity Guide: Collection of group activities to facilitate strategic planning for country level implementation of the Principles for CSO Development Effectiveness

  18. Focusing today on: Practitioners Activity Guide Developed to further support country level implementation and strategic planning around the Principles for CSO Development Effectiveness • The aim of this new resource is to: • Train CSO practitioners to transmit the concepts and collective experience behind the International Framework and the accompanying Toolkits • Help CSOs take those first conceptual and planning steps on the path to improving their effectiveness with the Principles for CSO Development Effectiveness.

  19. 8 Principles for CSO Development Effectiveness

  20. CSO Development Effectiveness Principles: some guidance for application • For each principle, engage in a process that takes all principles into account • Always consider internal and external issues • Push yourself to consider root causes • Base strategies on thorough analysis • Acknowledge existing achievements and progress, but also seek further improvement • Submit your thinking, decision-making and planning processes to scrutiny by internal and external stakeholders • Integrate a process of monitoring and learning • Be strategic • Be reasonable

  21. Questions? Comments? THANK YOU AND GOOD LUCK WITH THE WORKSHOP!

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