HOW DO HUMAN RIGHTS CHANGE AN NGO’S DRIVING FORCE

1. HOW DO HUMAN RIGHTS CHANGE AN NGO’S DRIVING FORCE Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs Maxwell School of Citizenship Syracuse – 3rd March 2010 Ricardo Gomez-Agnoli Plan International

2. HOW DO HUMAN RIGHTS CHANGE AN NGO’S DRIVING FORCE - NGO’s DRIVING FORCES - NGO’s traditional driving forces Impact on people’s lives Effects of poverty on people Empowerment –project driven- Sustainability Coverage – scaling up - NGO’s RBA driving forces Impact on people’s rights Causes of poverty -structural causes- Citizenship –rights driven- Democracyall the people, all the time Rule of law all the rights Exercise of Rights

3. HOW DO HUMAN RIGHTS CHANGE AN NGO’S DRIVING FORCE - THE CHALLENGE: RIGHTS OR NEEDS - • A historical bottleneck: Good laws not applied, no participative public policies along with reduced budgets • Strengthen rule of law via: Good governance, citizenship, democratic processes and systems - RightsProactiveConflictive . Rights ……………………………… Universal Personal … Laws …………………………………… Consensus Partisan …. Policies ………………………………… Agreed Imposed ….. Budgets ………………………..……… Participative Unilateral …… Services ……………………………… Monitoring RBA* Audits ……. Exercise of Rights.......................... All the rights to all Inequitable - Necessities Two traditional models of Human Development: + Participation - Sustainable Transitory * Rights Based Monitoring and Evaluation to strengthen the Exercise of Rights

4. HOW DO HUMAN RIGHTS CHANGE AN NGO’S DRIVING FORCE - THE HUMAN RIGHTS TEMPLE - COLLECTIVE ACTION PARTICIPAR D E M O C R A C Y GOVERNMENT CITIZEN EXERCISE OF RIGHTS FORCE POWER P E O P L E P A R T I C I P A T I O N

5. HOW DO HUMAN RIGHTS CHANGE AN NGO’S DRIVING FORCE - POWER ANALYSIS - GUATEMALA - D E M O C R A C Y D E M O C R A C Y H U M A N R I G H T S GOVERNMENT PRIVATE SECTOR CITIZENS NGO SECTOR Service P Service P NGO’s - NATIONAL Castillo C Protestant NGO’s Committee of. Religious NGO B M Gates Mercy Corps PLAN W Vision Evangelical - INTERNAT. SECULAR RELIGIOUS

6. HOW DO HUMAN RIGHTS CHANGE AN NGO’S DRIVING FORCE - POWER ANALYSIS - VISION - H U M A N R I G H T S D E M O C R A C Y D E M O C R A C Y GOVERNMENT CITIZENS PRIVATE SECTOR NGO’s UN

7. HOW DO HUMAN RIGHTS CHANGE AN NGO’S DRIVING FORCE - NGO HR STRUCTURE FOLLOWS RBA STRATEGY - International Country CMT CD CO Local Government PUM - TM Community Family Facilitador Children

8. HOW DO HUMAN RIGHTS CHANGE AN NGO’S DRIVING FORCE - THE HUMAN RIGHTS TEMPLE - COLLECTIVE ACTION PARTICIPAR D E M O C R A C Y GOVERNMENT CITIZEN EXERCISE OF RIGHTS FORCE POWER P E O P L E P A R T I C I P A T I O N

9. HOW DO HUMAN RIGHTS CHANGE AN NGO’S DRIVING FORCE - Consequences for NGO Strategy - Government (state institutions) has primary responsibility NGO alignment (Paris Declaration Aid Effectiveness) and join forces NGOs move away from service / product delivery – support state delivery of social services NGOs’ primary responsibility is to support strengthening citizens Support citizens and social movements to know, claim and exercise their rights NGOs’ need to apply RBA internally and its workforce needs to model RBA –from employees to citizens-