1. Background to CSO Development Effectiveness 2. What is the Open Forum process 3. International Framework for CSO Development Effectiveness 4. Busan Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation 5. GLOBAL TO REGIONAL TO NATIONAL – YOUR TIME TO ACT!

1. Background A multitude of challenges for civil society

Need to advocate for recognition of CSOs’ roles and voices Need to ensure impact for the benefit of the marginalized CSOs struggle for funding CSOs in North and South need to adapt to changing aid architecture

CSO Development Effectiveness

Need for

learning

opportunities Need to raise awareness on effectiveness Need to define what an enabling environment for CSOs looks like CSOs need to demonstrate their impact in order to secure

public support

Need to strengthen and clarify

accountability

Broadening aid effectiveness debate: human rights, sustainable development, gender equality

High Level Forums on Aid Effectiveness (OECD)

HLF-4

HLF-3

HLF-2 Busan Global Partnership 2011 Development Cooperation HLF-1 Monterrey Consensus 2002 Rome Declaration on Harmonisation Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness

ACCRA AGENDA FOR ACTION

2003 2005 2008 2011

Why did CSOs take on the challenge?

- CSOs have acknowledged that the changing aid architecture provides

challenges to their own effectiveness

(accountability, transparency, impact, enabling environment etc.) - CSO have started many initiatives to define and promote their effectiveness, but had not yet defined their effectiveness

collectively as a global stakeholder group

- In undertaking the Open Forum process, CSOs are emphasizing that we are key

actors and partners in development

- The Open Forum process also serves as a tool to refocus the discussion from aid management issues to the actual goals of development and the impact achieved through our work    

Open Forum set out to answer:

What values guide our work as civil society What it means to live up to those values How to cultivate a favorable political context in which to do our work How we can improve our impact

2. What is the Open Forum process?

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A unique space for CSOs worldwide to engage in a global and fully participatory

process towards defining, introducing and implementing a framework of mutually shared

development effectiveness principles and practices

2009 2010 2011 Start of consultations

Including regional preparatory workshops to initiate and trigger process National and regional consultations Global thematic consultations Political dialogue and outreach at all levels

First Global Assembly

To build consensus on the CSO development effectiveness principles Continuing consultations to react to proposed CSO development effectiveness principles and framework, and to discuss national level implementation Political dialogue and outreach at all levels

Second Global Assembly

Finalise International Framework; CSOs mobilise for the 4th High-Level Forum

4th High-Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness…. and beyond!

70 NATIONAL CONSULTATIONS

6 GLOBAL THEMATIC PROCESSES

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Trade Unions

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CSOs working with Marginalized groups

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CSOs in situations of conflict

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International CSO Outreach

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CSOs and Gender

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CSOs and the environment 11 REGIONAL WORKSHOPS

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Phase I: Summer 2010

Preliminary consolidation in preparation for the first Global Assembly in Istanbul 

Phase II: Spring 2011

Final consolidation for the final International Framework drafting 

Phase III: Autumn 2011

Busan mobilization and preparation

2 GLOBAL ASSEMBLIES 2010 in Istanbul, Turkey 2011 in Siem Reap, Cambodia

MULTI-STAKEHOLDER DIALOGUE

• • Virtually all national consultations included an opportunity for donors and government officials to discuss CSO accountability and enabling environment issues with civil society in their country and national context Multi-stakeholder Task Team on CSO Development Effectiveness and Enabling Environment – Civil Society (represented by Open Forum) was actively involved as one of the co-chairs in this group of governments, donors and CSOs – Multi-stakeholder messages on Enabling Environment incorporated into the International Framework

Including

multi-stakeholder

dialogue

70+ NATIONAL CONSULTATIONS 6 THEMATIC PROCESSES 11 REGIONAL WORKSHOPS 2 GLOBAL ASSEMBLIES The outcome of which is the consolidated statement called: THE INTERNATIONAL FRAMEWORK FOR CSO DEVELOPMENT EFFECTIVENESS

3. International Framework for CSO Development Effectiveness

• First ever global statement from civil society on the effectiveness of our work in development • A long-term reference for the civil society sector to guide our collective efforts to improve our work -

3 Pillars: Principles for CSO Development Effectiveness

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Statement on CSO Accountability Minimum Standards for an Enabling Environment

4. Busan Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation

High Level Forums (OECD)

HLF- 4

Monterrey Consensus 2002 HLF-3 HLF-2 HLF-1 Rome Declaration on Harmonisation Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness Accra Action Agenda 2003 2005 2008 Busan Nov 29-Dec 1, 2011

GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP FOR EFFECTIVE DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION

2011

Busan Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation: A multi-stakeholder, multi-lateral and international agreement which states:

Paragraph 22: …we will: a) Implement fully our respective commitments to enable CSOs to exercise their roles as independent development actors, with a particular focus on an Enabling Environment, consistent with agreed international rights, that maximises the contributions of CSOs to development.

b) Encourage CSOs to implement practices that strengthen their accountability and their contribution to development effectiveness, guided by the

Istanbul Principles International Framework for CSO Development Effectiveness

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and the

Officially recognizes the statement and efforts that civil society have made to improve their own effectiveness as independent development actors

However…

Enabling Environment is still a concern as the space for civil society continues to shrink across the globe

What is next: Global Level

A NEW GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP FOR CIVIL SOCIETY

• • • • • • • Purpose: respond to the post Busan development paradigm Merging Open Forum and BetterAid Cebu Consensus: February 2012 Worldwide consultations: June – July 2012 Sub-regional consultations: ongoing Final meeting in Nairobi, Kenya: Dec 2012 New Global CSO Partnership launch

5. MOVING IT FROM GLOBAL TO REGIONAL TO NATIONAL…

YOUR TIME TO ACT!

• • Putting the Principles for CSO Development Effectiveness into practice in your organization!

Advocating for a more enabling environment for civil society around the world!

Toolkits for CSO Development Effectiveness

Consolidated guidance accompanying the International Framework to support context-specific implementation and advocacy by CSOs worldwide Implementation Toolkit: Planning process for applying the Principles for CSO Development Effectiveness in any context, withexamples from CSOs across the globe

Advocacy Toolkit:

Tips and advice from fellow CSOs on advocating for a more enabling environment from governments and donors

6. What is coming up TWO NEW IMPLEMENTATION TOOLS!

Practitioners Activity Guide: Collection of group activities to facilitate strategic planning for country level implementation of the Principles for CSO Development Effectiveness

CSO Wiki:

Interactive platform and one-stop resource center for civil society practitioners who want to work on improving the impact and quality of their development work

Focusing today on: Practitioners Activity Guide

Developed to further support country level implementation and strategic planning around the Principles for CSO Development Effectiveness -

The aim of this new resource is to:

Train CSO practitioners to transmit the

concepts and collective experience

behind the International Framework and the accompanying Toolkits Help CSOs take those first conceptual and planning steps on the path to improving their effectiveness with the

Principles

Effectiveness.

for CSO Development

8 Principles for CSO Development Effectiveness

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CSO Development Effectiveness Principles: some guidance for application

For each principle, engage in a process that takes all principles into account Always consider internal and external issues Push yourself to consider root causes Base strategies on thorough analysis Acknowledge existing achievements and progress, but also seek further improvement Submit your thinking, decision-making and planning processes to scrutiny by internal and external stakeholders Integrate a process of monitoring and learning Be strategic Be reasonable

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