Transcript Dialogue and Dissent and Enabling Environment

Dialogue & Dissent
and Enabling Environment
Cornelius Hacking
[email protected]
Current Dutch funding of CSOs
 Substantial percentage of ODA via CSOs:
2011: € 1211 million (26% of NL – ODA)
2012: € 1109 million (25% of NL – ODA)
2013: € 1100 million (26% of NL – ODA)
Always in 3 categories: thematic programmes (± 45%), directly via
embassies (± 15%), and capacity building programmes (± 40%).
 Despite severe budget cuts there will be only a slight decrease
in percentage of ODA to CSOs: 22% expected by 2016.
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Background of New policy framework for Capacity
building of CSOs
 Strengthening Southern CSOs
 Support their role as ‘watchdog’.
 Connect them to the global agenda.
 Provide political backing.
 Primarily through Dutch CSOs
 Added value of CSOs in povery alleviation, inclusive economic
development and for their role in addressing GPGs.
 CSOs are an important backbone of a strong society.
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Shift in Dutch Policy towards civil society
(implemented from 2016 onwards)
Future collaboration Dutch government with civil society:
Strengthening CSOs in lower- and lower-middle income countries
 Attention for lobby and advocacy (for in-country service
delivery and bringing national issues to global policy arena).
 Enabling Environment for CSOs.
 Through strategic partnerships and Accountability Fund
(additional funding for direct support to CSOs by Embassies);
an Innovation Fund will be added to the framework as well.
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Strategic Partnerships
 Max. 25 partnerships (min € 2 mln., max € 20 mln. annually)
 A strategic partnership is more far-reaching than the relationship
between grant provider and grant recipient.
 Jointly define strategic goals.
 Partners will retain their own identity and respect each other’s
fundamental independence. Agreements will be made about roles,
tasks, responsibilities and communication.
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Accountability Fund
 To support the lobby and advocacy role of local CSOs.
 Local CSOs have become stronger in the recent years.
 Direct funding of Southern organisations will be intensified.
 More direct contact between CSOs and Dutch Embassies.
 Enabling environment is essential for CSOs to function.
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Enabling Environment – the playing fields of the
Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1. Co-chair of the GPEDC: influence agenda, multi-stakeholder,
monitoring of Busan commitments, etc.
2. Strategic Partnerships: enabling environment for L&A.
3. Bilateral, via Embassies.
4. EU-Roadmaps for engagement with Civil Society.
5. Other donors: member of the International Donor Group (IDG):
learn, exchange and cooperate in supporting CSOs.
6. Community of Democracies’ Working Group on Enabling and
Protecting Civil Society: calls for action when human rights are
likely to be infringed by new laws.
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….the playing fields….
(cont.):
Task Team
on CSO Development Effectiveness and Enabling Environment
Task Team
on CSO Development
Effectiveness and Enabling
Environment:
Objectives:
 Strengthen democratic
ownership.
 Implement an enabling
environment for civil society
(including donor support
models and engagement with
civil society.
 Further the development
effectiveness of CSOs.
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Activities:
 Influence implementation at
country level: pilots in partner
countries.
 Research on multi-stakeholder
partnerships
 Develop framework and
guidelines for the measurability
of Enabling Environment.
 Input for work on Indicator 2 of
the GPEDC
 GP-Initiative on inclusiveness
and partnerships
 Input for work on future SC
meetings and HLM of GPEDC.