Media
The Open Forum for CSO Development Effectiveness is a unique space for CSOs (Civil Society Organisations) worldwide to engage in a global and fully participatory process towards defining and introducing a framework of mutually shared development effectiveness principles.
Given that the Open Forum process is both highly consultative and unique on the international stage, it has generated interest at the national, regional and international levels, generating awareness and interest in CSO development effectiveness around the world.
If you are a member of the media and would like general information on the Open Forum process or procedures, please see the Open Forum flyer, or write the Open Forum Secretariat. For more targeted information at a regional level, you can also contact our Outreach Officers.
Finally, below, you can find links to press releases, media coverage and other media-related content on the Open Forum and its activities.
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List of Media Mentions and Releases
Press Release Open Forum Reacts to Busan Partnership Document (1 December 2011)
Press Release: US Secretary of State Clinton congratulates Civil Society on Istanbul Principles while evidence shows governments have failed short on their commitments (30 November 2011)
Press Release of Open Forum and BetterAid: World governments have failed to make aid work: civil society gives 3 ways to fix it. (28 November 2011)
Press Release of Open Forum and BetterAid: UN special rapporteur Maina Kiai says upcoming aid forum could start ripple effect for freer global civil society (26 November 2011)
Press Release on the Official Launch of the International Framework for CSO Development Effectiveness (6 October 2011)
Article on Open Forum in Austrian Development Cooperation Magazine Weltnachrichten (September 2011)
Press Release on the National Consultation in Luxembourg (15 September 2011)
Press Release of Open Forum ahead of the official launch of the International Framework for CSO Development Effectiveness (31 August 2011)
Press Release following the Pacific Islands regional consultation by PIANGO and Reality of Aid towards 4th High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness (11 July 2011)
Civil Society Unifies Position Ahead of Aid Summit - coverage of the Open Forum Global Assembly 2011 by IPS News (5 July 2011, Bangkok)
Press Release of Open Forum on the outcomes of the second and final Global Assembly of the Open Forum, 28 - 30 of June 2011 (5 July 2011)
Press Release of Open Forum ahead of the second and final Global Assembly of the Open Forum, 28 - 30 of June 2011 (9 June 2011)
Article on the National Consultation in Bolivia (16 and 17 June 2011)
Press Release of BetterAid and Open Forum to launch Common Statement and Video Message from Civil Society for 4th High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness (7 June 2011)
Press Release of BetterAid and Open Forum on the outcomes of the G8 Summit 2011 (1 June 2011)
Press Release of BetterAid and Open Forum ahead of the G8 Summit 2011 (26 - 27 May 2011)
Keynote Speech of Open Forum GFG co-chair Emele Duituturaga at the National Consultation in Canada (26 May 2011)
Press Release of BetterAid and Open Forum ahead of the Fourth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries (LDC-IV) (6 May 2011)
Article of GURT following the Open Forum Regional Consolidating Workshop for Europe (14 - 15 April 2011) IN UKRANIAN
Article of Balkan Civil Society Development Network about the Open Forum Regional Consolidating Workshop for Europe (14 - 15 April 2011)
Article of Women for Change on the Open Forum regional Consultation on Gender (Zambia, 7-8 April 2011)
Press Release of BetterAid - 153 billion dollars missing to eradicate poverty, say over 1000 development NGOs globally (6 April 2011)
Article of Council for People’s Development and Governance (CPDG) summarizing the Meeting for the thematic consultation on CSOs working in situations of conflict (Philippines, April 1-2 2011) - WITH PICTURES
Media Statement by PIANGO following the Pacific Islands Regional Consultation in Suva, Fiji (29 March 2011)
Newsletter of CSFT (Tonga national platform) with Open Forum coverage and Article on the outcomes of the Pacific Islands Regional Consultation (Suva, Fiji, 29 March 2011)
Listen to the Radio Interview with Interim Executive Director of PIANGO and co-chair of the Open Forum Emele Duituturanga on the outcomes of the regional meeting in the Pacific Islands, or read the transcript (28 March 2011)
Press Release by SCOOP NZ on the Regional Follow Up and Planning meeting in the Pacific Islands region (Suva, Fiji, 25 - 26 March 2011)
Article on the Open Forum national consultation in Italy (Rome, 24 March 2011) IN ITALIAN
Nine months to deliver: tipping point to make development aid effective: Press Release of Open Forum and BetterAid on the CSO Strategy Meeting (Harnosand, Sweden, March 2011), in English, French and Spanish
Press Release from CIVICUS (World Alliance for Citizen Participation): Women in civil society in Africa continue to face major hurdles (Johannesburg, South Africa, 8 March 2011)
Press Release for Thematic Consultation on CSOs Working in Situations of Conflict (Skopje, Macedonia, 28 February and 1 March 2011)
Press Release for pan-African CSO Strategy and Planning meeting for HLF-4 (Nairobi, Kenya, 14 - 15 February 2011)
Article from the CIVICUS (World Alliance for Citizen Participation) website that contextualizes the Istanbul Principles
Links and media coverage of the Open Forum Global Assembly (Istanbul, Turkey, 28 - 30 September 2010)
Media Statement by PIANGO on MDGs in the Pacific (30 August 2010)
Press Releases for National Consultation in Spain (28 June 2010):
Blog about the National Consultation in Chile (17 - 18 June 2010)
Press Release for National Consultation in Bangladesh (15 - 17 June 2010)
More releases on the Bangladesh consultation in English and pictures.
Press releases for National Consultation in Morocco (29 - 31 May) in French, English and Arabic
Press Release for National Consultation in Nicaragua (26 - 27 May 2010)
Press Releases for National Consultation in Tonga (4 - 6 May 2010): Scoop, PacNews, Solomon Times
Statement by PIANGO for Pacific Regional Consultation in Tonga (6 May 2010)
Press coverage of National Consultation in Fiji (14 - 15 April 2010)