Busan Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation
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Official website of the 4th High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness (HLF4): consult here
An agreement between Donors, Governments AND CIVIL SOCIETY
The Busan Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation is the multi-stakeholder agreement resulting from the 4th High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness (HLF4), Nov 29 to Dec 1 2011 in Busan, Republic of Korea - which for the first time establishes a framework for development cooperation agreed between civil society organizations as full and equal participants and partner governments, traditional donors, South-South cooperators, the BRICs, and private funders.
For civil society, the Busan Partnship acknowledges the culmination of our 3-year consultation process with thousands of CSOs worldwide on the standards that guide CSOs role in development. Both the outcomes of the Open Forum - the Istanbul Principles and the International Framework for CSO Development Effectiveness - have been officially recognized and thus given global legitimacy in the agreement:
| Busan Partnership Paragraph 22:
Civil society organisations (CSOs) play a vital role in enabling people to claim their rights, in promoting rights-based approaches, in shaping development policies and partnerships, and in overseeing their implementation. They also provide services in areas that are complementary to those provided by states. Recognising this, 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 and the International Framework for CSO Development Effectiveness. |
Civil Society Reactions and Analysis of the Busan Partnership
OPEN FORUM:
- Istanbul Principles and International Framework acknowledged - Enabling Environment remains an Obstacle
(English, French, Spanish)
BetterAid:
- Statement on the Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation
(English, French, Spanish)
- No explicit commitments to adopt human-rights based approaches.
- Unfinished business and lack of implementation of Paris and Accra commitments.
- Commitments reduced to voluntary reference for BRICS development partners in South-South Cooperation.
- Retains overall private sector-led growth as framework for development.
- Need to ensure that implementation is monitored and that there is strong citizen participation in the process.
More CSO Reactions:
| Organization | Statement | Language Versions |
|---|---|---|
| ACT Alliance | Geopolitics and Financial Crisis Change the Architecture of Development Cooperation | English |
| Association for Women’s Rights in Development (AWID) | A Feminist view of the Fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness | English |
| Eurodad (by Bodo Ellmers) | Busan Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation: some progress, no clear commitments, no thanks to EU | English |
| Africa CSO Platform for Principled Partnership (ACP) | Gains and Losses at Busan 4th High Level Forum | English |
| AidWatch Canada | The Busan Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation: Foundations for development effectiveness? | English |
| InterAction | A Milestone in Civil Society Advocacy for Development Effectiveness | English |
| CIVICUS | Professionalism, organisation, seriousness, work and creativity do pay | English |
| Publish What You Fund | Aid transparency in the Busan Outcome Document | English |
| Richard Ssewakiryanga (Uganda National NGO Forum) | Post-Busan Reflections: CSO Participation – An Idea Whose Time has Come! | English |
| ITUC | Trade Unions position on Busan Partnership | English; French; Spanish |
Ways Forward
Backed by the global multi-stakeholder recognition of the Busan Partnership, implementation of the Istanbul Principles and the International Framework for CSO Development Effectiveness on national level will be the opportunity for civil society to further advance the enabling environment across the world and further our development effectiveness as full and independent development actors:
| Key Areas | Tools and Resources | Language Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Istanbul Principles: | - Implementation Toolkit | English, French, Spanish |
| International Framework - Enabling Environment: | - Advocacy Toolkit | English, French, Spanish |
More
- Draft list of commitments and indicators from the Busan Outcome Document and the Accra Agenda for Action (developed by Iacopo Viciani, ActionAid)
- Building Block Stock Taking Form - Conflict and Fragility
- Peacebuilding in international policy: a to-do list after Busan
- Post-Busan: Implementing the New Deal for Fragile States (CONSULT THEMATIC PAGE ON CSOs AND SITUATIONS OF CONFLICT)
- Post-Busan – So much to do, so little time, by Canadian Council for International Co-operation
- PLUS! see Open Forum post-Busan Newsletter - Busan Outcomes and Ways Forward
Background to the Busan Partnership - Overview of Civil Society Communications
| Statements | Date | Language Versions |
|---|---|---|
| BetterAid Response to Busan Partnership Document | 2 December 2011 | English, French, Spanish |
| Open Forum Response to Busan Partnership Document | 2 December 2011 | (English, French, Spanish) |
| Closing Speech by Open Forum co-chair Emele Duituturaga | 1 December 2011 | English, French, Spanish |
| Opening Speech by BetterAid co-chair Antonio Tujan | 30 November 2011 | English |
| Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of State of the United States - Speech Acknowledging Istanbul Principles | 30 November 2011 | English |
| Civil society Statement to the Fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness | 29 November 2011 | English, French, Spanish |
| Annex to Civil Society Statement to the Fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness | 29 November 2011 | English |
| UN Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association Maina Kiai - Keynote address at Busan Global Civil Society Forum | 26 November 2011 | English, French, Spanish and VIDEO |
| Press Releases | Date | Language Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Global leaders make aid deal, but business remains unfinished, say civil society organizations | 1 December 2011 | English, French, Spanish |
| Busan Partnership a compromise, says civil society - Civil society standards acknowledged but enabling environment remains stumbling block | 1 December 2011 | English, French, Spanish |
| Breakthrough as BRIC nations sign up to global aid deal, but history not made yet, say civil society organizations | 1 December 2011 | English |
| US Secretary of State Clinton congratulates Civil Society on Istanbul Principles while evidence shows governments have failed short on their commitments | 30 November 2011 | English, French, Spanish |
| World governments have failed to make aid work: civil society gives 3 ways to fix it | 28 November 2011 | English, French, Spanish |
| UN special rapporteur Maina Kiai says upcoming aid forum could start ripple effect for freer global civil society | 26 November 2011 | English |
| CSOs in the Media | Feature |
|---|---|
| Agence France Presse (AFP) | Donors agree new ’transparent’ aid partnership |
| Al Jazeera | Forum on international development assistance held in Busan |
| Devex | We came, we saw, we conquered - Opinion Piece on Busan results by Richard Ssewakiryanga |
| Guardian | Rwanda demands end to tied aid - South Korea: a model of development? - Hillary Clinton declares US support for aid initiative - Africa is on the move, says Blair - China and India to join aid partnership on new terms |
| Inter Press Service (IPS) | New Deal for Donors and Recipients at Busan? - Inclusiveness Wins at Busan Aid Forum - Busan Skirts Gender Equality - Walk the Busan Talk |
| Korea Herald | Women key to development |
| Korea Joongang Daily | Busan aid forum is most inclusive ever |
| Korea Times/Yonhap | Keep promises! |
| Washington Post | Clinton: Aid for world’s poor is national security priority even during economic turmoil |
| Yonhap | Donors, recipients agree to form new global aid partnership |
Open Forum Documentation at the 4th High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness
| Session | Title | Language Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Open Forum ePoster | International Framework for CSO Development Effectiveness | English, French, Spanish |
| Open Forum Workshop | International Framework for CSO Development Effectiveness - A Political Tool and its Practical Application | English |
| Open Forum and Multi-Stakeholder Task Team Workshop (at global civil society pre-event) | CSO Enabling Environment | English |
| Multi-Stakeholder Task Team Side-Event (at HLF4) | CSO Development Effectiveness and an Enabling Environment: Multi-stakeholder approaches to Post-Busan initiatives | English |
| International CSO Advisory Group Side-Event (at HLF4) | Setting Examples for Accountability | English |
MORE Resources
Newsletters
- Open Forum post-Busan Newsletter: Outcomes and Ways Forward
- United Nations Non-Governmental Liaison Service e-Roundup: Fourth High Level Forum in Busan - Broadening the notion of development effectiveness?
Videos
- Official HLF4 video portal including:
- Hillary Clinton – Speech acknowledging Istanbul Principles: Opening Ceremony 30 Nov
- Antonio Tujan – Speech: Opening Ceremony 30 Nov
- Emele Duituturaga – Speech: Closing Ceremony 1 Dec
Photos
- Visit the Open Forum Facebook page