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“Internationalisation of national civil society policies” Donor Group on civil society and aid effectiveness Presentation 26 February 2010, Brussels. Background. The road from Paris to Accra: Advisory Group on Civil Society and Aid Effectiveness
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“Internationalisation of national civil society policies” Donor Group on civil society and aid effectiveness Presentation 26 February 2010, Brussels
Background • The road from Paris to Accra: Advisory Group on Civil Society and Aid Effectiveness • Recommendations: launch multi-stakeholder process • Valuable to have donor group to learn and undertake common action (harmonisation)
Who? • Linked to Work Stream of WP-EFF (DAC) • Austria • Belgium • Canada • Denmark • European Commission • Finland • Ireland • Netherlands • Norway • Sweden • Switzerland • UK • USA • …(not exclusive)
Objectives • Promote learning • Undertake collaborative action • Support and feed into the multi-stakeholder process • Monitor progress on the two CSO proposals (Better Aid Platform and Open Forum)
Key Common Themes for Learning and Action • How best to fund CSOs • Roles of CSOs • Supporting and measuring more strategic CSO programming • Enabling environment
Principles • Collaborate with other donor initiatives (Nordic+, EC quadrilogue…) • Use and build on recommendations of the AG-CS • Work both formally and informally • Work cost-effectivelly
Concrete proposals • Donor survey • Joint evaluation • Harmonisation of donor requirements • Enabling environment
Thank you!Questions? Katrien.degrauwe@diplobel.fed.be DGDC - Directorate General Development Cooperation