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Open Forum launches two new tools - CSO Wiki and Practitioner’s Activity Guide
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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
Practitioners Activity Guide
CSOs working to apply the International Framework for CSO Development Effectiveness in their local contexts have important resources that they can refer to - the Implementation and Advocacy Toolkits that accompany the International Framework.
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To further support country level implementation and strategic planning around the Istanbul Principles and enabling environment, Open Forum is currently developing a Practitioners Activity Guide . |
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, and to help CSOs take those first conceptual and planning steps on the path to improving their effectiveness.
At present, the Practitioners Activity Guide is in its pilot testing phase. Between August and October 2012, one testing workshop is planned in each of the following regions: Africa, Asia, Latin America, MENA, North America and Europe (see the schedule of consultations).
Based on the inputs from these consulations, a finalized version of the Practitioners Activity Guide will be completed by early December 2012.
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Download a copy of the DRAFT Practitioners Activity Guide : |
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Resources for testing this methodology: Facilitator’ Guidance Note and Sample Agenda: |
PLEASE LET US KNOW ABOUT YOUR OWN PILOT EVENTS!
We invite you to write to info cso-effectiveness.org if you are organizing your own testing workshop!
REGIONAL CONSULTATION SCHEDULE
| Region | Date | Location | Organizing body | Contact information | Associated documents |
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| Asia | TBC | TBC | TBC | ||
| Africa | 12-15 September 2012 | Cameroon (Yaounde) | Collectif des ONG pour la Securite Alimentaire et le Developpement Rural (COSADER) | Christine Andela: andelac yahoo.com | |
| MENA | TBC | Iraq (Kurdistan) | Iraqi Al Amal Association | Jamal: jamal.j iraqi-alamal.org | |
| Latin America | 20-22 September 2012 | Nicaragua (Managua) | Coordinadora Civil | Luisa Molina: lumo327 gmail.com | |
| North America | 24-27 September 2012 | Canada (Ottawa) | CCIC | Fraser Reilly-King: freillyking ccic.ca | |
| Europe | TBC | TBC | TBC |
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