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Open Forum launches two new tools - CSO Wiki and Practitioner’s Activity Guide
New beginnings for CSO Development Effectiveness - Final Open Forum Newsletter out now!
The ’ABC’ of the new Global Civil Society Platform (CPDE)
Principles for CSO Effectiveness on the Day of Human Rights - Development by and for the People!
Civil society submission to the 1st meeting of the Global Partnership Steering Committee
1st Meeting of the Busan Global Partnership Steering Committee coming up
Towards a new Global Partnership for Civil Society - final meeting 8-9 December in Nairobi, Kenya
CSO Development Effectiveness in the MENA region - regional workshop in Erbil, Iraq
Donor perpective on enabling environment - 12 Lessons from DAC Peer Reviews
More concerns on enabling environment and action going forward
Civil Society participation and achievements
An agreement between Donors, Governments AND CIVIL SOCIETY
The Busan Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation is the multilateral agreement resulting from the 4th High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness (HLF4), 29 November to 1 December 2011 in Busan, Republic of Korea, agreed for the first time by civil society organizations as full and equal participants as well as partners governments, traditional donors, South South cooperators, the BRICS, and private donors.
| Section | Content |
|---|---|
| Civil society achievements | Recognition of the International Framework and the Istanbul Principles |
| Civil society analysis and reactions to the Busan outcome agreement | Consolidated Civil Society Analysis of the Busan Partnership - Individual CSO and CSO network reactions |
| Civil society in the press at HLF4 | CSO press releases and press articles mentioning CSO participation |
| Ways forward | CSO activities and priorities post Busan |
See also
| Civil society mobilization in preparation for the HLF4 | Global CSO Key Messages and Proposals - Thematic and regional CSO positions - Selection procedure for CSO participation |
| Civil Society events at the HLF4 | Civil society side events, communication activities and material at HLF4 |
Civil Society Achievements
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
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Final Consolidated Civil Society Analysis of the Busan Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation (March 2012) framed on the CSO Key Messages and Proposals to HLF4 (also known as the CSO Key Asks): |
Overview of Consolidated Civil Society Communications at HLF4
| Statements | Date | Language Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Open Forum Final Response to Busan Partnership Document | 2 December 2011 | English, French, Spanish |
| - See also: Open Forum post-Busan Newsletter: Outcomes and Ways Forward | December 2012 | English - French - Spanish |
| BetterAid Final Response to Busan Partnership Document | 2 December 2011 | English, French, Spanish |
| Closing Speech by Open Forum co-chair Emele Duituturaga (see Video) | 1 December 2011 | English, French, Spanish |
| Opening Speech by BetterAid co-chair Antonio Tujan (see Video) | 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 |
| CSO Statement in Response to the Joint Declaration on Private Sector | 28 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 |
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 |
Civil Society at HLF4 in the Media
| 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 |
| - See also: Transcipt of speech by US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton acknowledging the Principles of Istanbul (see Video) | 30 November 2012 | English |
| 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 |
Ways Forward
Backed by the global multi-stakeholder recognition of the Busan Partnership, the implementation of the Istanbul Principles and the broader International Framework for CSO Development Effectiveness at national level will be the opportunity for civil society to realize our vision of development effectiveness and advance the enabling environment dimension. Here is an idea of the key areas and tools that civil society may use to accomplish this:
| Key Areas | Tools and Resources |
|---|---|
| International Framework - Istanbul Principles: | Implementation Toolkit - Practitioners Activity Guide |
| International Framework - Enabling Environment: | Advocacy Toolkit |
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Go to the CSO Post Busan Activities and Resources page for an overview of CSO mobilization opportunities/events and tools to implement the Busan commitments! |
See also
| Section | Content |
|---|---|
| Civil Society’s role in official bodies of the Global Partnership coming out of Busan | Civil society participation and submissions to Steering Committee meetings and Global Partnership communications (as of June 2012) |
| Civil Society in the Post Busan Interim Group | Civil society participation and submissions to Post Busan Interim Group meetings (January - June 2012) |
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