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Implementing the Istanbul Principles in Europe Policy Forum on Development May 2012

Implementing the Istanbul Principles in Europe Policy Forum on Development May 2012. CSO Effectiveness Globally.

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Implementing the Istanbul Principles in Europe Policy Forum on Development May 2012

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  1. Implementing the Istanbul Principles in Europe Policy Forum on Development May 2012

  2. CSO Effectiveness Globally CSOs worldwide engaging in a global and fully participatory process towards defining and introducing a framework of mutually shared development effectiveness principles and practices Process undertaken from 2009 to 2011 70+ countries, 6 thematics, thousands of CSOs consulted and engaged

  3. International Framework • Global statement by CSOs on our commitment to strengthen our effectiveness as development actors • 3 Pillars: • Istanbul Principles • CSO Accountability • Enabling environment

  4. Two functions… • A political statement to other development actors on our own effectiveness (acknowledged at HLF4) • A long-term reference for the civil society sector to guide our collective efforts to improve our work

  5. But…. What did we do with the rest of the inputs, best-case examples and contributions from CSOs?

  6. Toolkits

  7. In Europe • 18 National Consultations Funded by OF: Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Macedonia, Russia Funded by partners: Austria, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Ukraine, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland • Consolidated messages from European CSOs also available in the Regional Report!

  8. Europe meetings Ireland Consultation report FYR Macedonia National Consultation

  9. Europe! Europe Regional Consultation 2011 Spanish national consultation

  10. European CSOs and the Principles Some numbers from CONCORDs recent online survey: • 56% of respondents already have a specific strategy to work with the IP • 40% of respondents are already working with the toolkits • Focus of work includes: 80% working on transparency(5); 67% on equitable partnerships(6); and 68% on mutual learning (7) • 79% of respondents have already seen some impact and results from the effectiveness work they have been doing with the Istanbul principles

  11. Some national examples… • Dóchas (Ireland): • Istanbul Principles endorsed by network. • Results Framework focusing on impact and quality, strengthening capacity of sector. • Introduced two Codes of Conduct, and a number of voluntary Guidelines. In 2012, are developing Guidelines for NGO Partnerships and on NGO Financial Reporting, as a direct Irish contribution to Istanbul Principles 5 & 6.

  12. Examples cont… • ACODEV (Belgium) • implementation at the Belgian level of the EFQM quality reference system (since 2011) • In-house workshops on CSO DE topics (ie: transparency, peer reviews, etc…) and trainings on CSO DE (eg. on impact-orientated monitoring and evaluation, ngo work in fragile states, etc.) • awareness raising events on aspects of IP (eg. how to implement gender in CSO-work)

  13. A final one… • Civic Development and Partnership Foundation (Armenia): • Joint State-CSO Legal Working Group was formed to review current legislation and draft concept of CSO development in Armenia. • Concept include points on financial sustainability, transparency, as well as state and CSO accountability

  14. For more info on CSO Effectiveness! www.cso-effectiveness.org • Blog and newsletter • Facebook • Twitter (@CSOpenForum, #tags) • Youtube Channel info@cso-effectiveness.org

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