About

The Open Forum brings together civil society organisations from around the world to discuss the issues and challenges to their effectiveness as development actors. Its objective is to propose, by late 2011, a global effectiveness framework for CSOs.

The Open Forum is accessible to all interested CSOs worldwide, including NGOs, church-related organisations, trade unions, social movements and grassroots organisations. The Forum convenes annually and is supported by a Global Facilitation Group that is composed of 25 member organisations. The secretariat of the Forum is currently hosted by CONCORD, the European NGO Confederation for Relief and Development.

The Open Forum builds on national, regional and thematic processes on CSO effectiveness as well as on existing initiatives and experiences within civil society. In this section you can find information on:

• The Open Forum Process
• The History of the Open Forum
• The Open Forum working bodies
• Donors and Funding
• Media links
• Staff of the Open Forum

For specific questions or comments on the Open Forum, please contact us at info cso-effectiveness.org.