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Effective Alliances between CSOs, Policy Makers & Pvt Sector

Effective Alliances between CSOs, Policy Makers & Pvt Sector. Dr. Abid Qaiyum Suleri Sustainable Development Policy Institute, Pakistan. AFT Discussion. Priority areas for AFT Demand driven or imposed with conditionality Size of AFT Scope of AFT Mechanism Who Decides How? Role of CSOs?.

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Effective Alliances between CSOs, Policy Makers & Pvt Sector

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  1. Effective Alliances between CSOs, Policy Makers & Pvt Sector Dr. Abid Qaiyum Suleri Sustainable Development Policy Institute, Pakistan

  2. AFT Discussion • Priority areas for AFT • Demand driven or imposed with conditionality • Size of AFT • Scope of AFT • Mechanism Who Decides How? Role of CSOs?

  3. What Political Obstacles do CSO face in engaging in trade policy/AFT discussion? Defining Civil Society Organizations

  4. Role of government (Direction Vs Facilitation) CSOs : Pick and Choose policy of government (Official delegation to ministerial conference) Perceiving state and government as inseparable entity (Anti govt = Anti state) Dilemma of well resourced INGOS (MOU with host Govt)

  5. Functional Vs Institutional Democracy (steering committees, tech committees?) Mal-governance (lack of transparency, responsiveness, participation, responsibility and accountability) Financial obstacles (Matching priorities) (Budgetary allocations to Govt)

  6. War on terrorism INGOs labeled as agents of US NGOs under scrutiny---Jihadi outfits CS Groups-----crying in the wilderness

  7. State-Centered War on terrorism Focus of Analysis HUMAN INSECURITY Society-Centered Have & not have Violent Conflict Social Disruption Political obstacles Citizen or Subjects

  8. Strategies to build effective alliance with policy-makers

  9. Love-Hate relationship CSOs PM

  10. WB US$ 17.27 bn since 1950 ADB US$ 15.39 bn since 1966 Loans, Grants and TAs for Pakistan ECCA Euro 400 mn since 1976 UNDP UNEP FAO UNIDO GF IFC DFID CIDASDCJICA RNE USAID 0.7% health 2% education 31% defence 30% debt servicing

  11. Change Management One size cant fit all. One strategy can’t work for every CSO

  12. Alliance Objectives • To make AFT country driven & country owned • To ensure AFT activities respond to ground realities • To make aid providers and aid spenders accountable & answerable to general masses • To think beyond PRSPs, and quantitative targets

  13. Strategies to build effective alliance with policy-makers • Enhance your nuisance value & Get heard (Media) • Understand PMs point of view • Start with least controversial point • Discover sympathetic spora among PMs • Balance criticism with constructive suggestions • Give credit where it is due? • Present well informed and well researched alternative positions, highlighting their value addition • AWARENESS RAISINGaround alternative position. • Offer joint review/research • Create pressure on donors on behalf of PMs

  14. Strategies to build effective alliance with private sector Civil society-civil society alliance • Facilitation of Pvt sector to formulate their own agenda (awareness raising, mutual capacity building) • Joint research to explore policies that work for poverty reduction and development through Pvt Sector involvement • Evidence based policy formulation and implementation • Amplify the voices of Pvt sector to get them heard in national and plurilateral policy making arenas.

  15. Is this alliance possible? Yes, it is… But it ain’t goin’ to be easy!

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