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January 2007: The Advisory Group on Civil
Society and Aid Effectiveness is established by
the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and
Development-Development Assistance
Committee (OECD-DAC). CSOs are invited to
contribute to the OECD-led process on aid
effectiveness through a series of regional and
international consultations. The Better Aid
Platform is set up to engage in a meaningful
way with this process
Open Forum on CSO Development
Effectiveness
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February 2008: The final consultation of the
Advisory Group takes place in Gatineau/ Ottawa.
One key outcome of the consultation was CSOs
did not consider the Paris Declaration applicable
to them, but welcomed the intention of its
signatories to improve the technical and
management dimensions of CSO effectiveness.
During informal talks, CSO representatives
resolved to start their own process to establish a
global CSO-suitable effectiveness framework
June 2008: Over 70 CSO representatives
gather in Paris for the Exploratory Meeting on
CSO Effectiveness to discuss how to take
forward the global process on agreeing a CSOsuitable effectiveness framework . They decided
that it should take the shape of an open forum,
accessible to all interested CSOs - the concept
for the Open Forum for CSO Development
Effectiveness is born
September 2008: In the Accra Agenda for
Action, official donors and governments
"welcome CSOs’ proposal to engage with them
in a CSO-led multi-stakeholder process to
promote CSO development effectiveness“. The
Advisory Group on Civil Society and Aid
Effectiveness ceases to exist.
Global Facilitation Group
Consortium
Secretariat hosted by CONCORD
Country consultations and processes
• Framework on CSO practices to
implement Istanbul Principles
March 2010: Launch of the Open Forum
National consultations across the globe
• Minimum standards for Governments
and donors to enable CSOs to
implement the Istanbul Principles
September 2010: First Open Forum
Global Assembly in Istanbul and
endorsement of the Istanbul Principles
for CSO Development Effectiveness.
• Guidelines and Indicators for CSO
practices to implement Istanbul
Principles
Joint participation and activities of the
Open Forum and Better Aid Platform
leading up to Busan
2011: Regional gatherings and thematic
consultations will continue until June
March 2011: Joint GFG and BACG Meeting,
Sweden
June 2011: Joint Global Assembly of Open
Forum and Better Aid Platform to prepare for
HLF4 (Not confirmed)
End of 2009: Pooled fund set up by:
• Austrian Development Agency
• UK Department of Int. Development
• Swedish Int. Dev. Cooperation Agency
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Finland
• Swiss Agency for Dev. & Cooperation
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Denmark
• Agence Francaise de Développement
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Netherlands
July 2011: OECD-DAC Working Party on Aid
Effectiveness, Paris
Outcomes of the process
Managed by: Canada, Sweden, Austria,
Open Forum, Better Aid
April 2009: Discussions start with donors on
their support and engagement in the Open
Forum. A donor core group was formed –
including bilateral aid agencies from Austria,
Sweden, Canada and the UK - to coordinate
donor engagement with the Open Forum
• Addressing the implementation of
the Paris Declaration and the AAA,
including Article 20 relating to
CSOs and an enabling
environment from donors
Sep 2011: CIVICUS World Assembly on
Development Effectiveness, Montreal.
Opportunity for Open Forum and Better Aid
Platform to consolidate messages for HLF4
• Move the framework from “aid
effectiveness” to “development
effectiveness”
Open Forum and Better Aid Platform will
organise independent and joint activities at
HLF4
• Monitor implementation at country
level through multi-stakeholder
dialogues and CSO assessment of
progress
June 2009: A multi-stakeholder Task Team including donors, partner governments and
CSOs - meet for the first time in Prague to
discuss how to move forward the discussions
on development effectiveness and enabling
environment. This multi-stakeholder Task Team
is part of Cluster A on ownership and mutual
accountability of the OECD-DAC Working Party
on Aid Effectiveness
OECD-DAC Working Party on Aid
Effectiveness has 5 clusters and numerous
work streams
Outcomes of the process
November 2009 to March 2010:
The Open Forum conducts Regional
seminars in five regions across the
globe to consult with CSO and other
stakeholders and to prepare for the
Open Forum process
4th High Level Forum, Busan, South Korea
Political debates / Interactive sessions
March 2005: Governments and donors adopt the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness
Roadmap to 4th High Level Forum, Busan, South Korea, November 2011
Better Aid Platform
• Better Aid Coordinating Group
(BACG)
• BACG Membership in OECD-DAC
WP-EFF
• Proposals for reform of the aid
architecture for international
cooperation and the future of the
OECD-DAC WP-EFF and the UN
within that architecture
Better Aid Platform will organise a CSO
Parallel Forum in Busan (Not confirmed)
• Reality of Aid country processes
Cluster A
Ownership and Mutual Accountability
Multi-stakeholder Task Team on CSO
development effectiveness and the enabling
environment
Work Stream
CSO development effectiveness and the
enabling environment
Members of the Task Team are Better Aid, Open
Forum, Donors and Developing Country
Governments
• Monitor the implementation of CSO
related commitments in the AAA
• Facilitate multi-stakeholder engagement
with the Open Forum and the Better Aid
Platform country processes
• Facilitate dialogue on enabling
environment
• Cluster A contributions for
the preparation of HLF4
• Roundtable at HLF4 on
CSOs and development
effectiveness (Not
confirmed)