Busan High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness - Outcomes in Brief

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With the Busan 4th High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness (HLF4) now behind us, Open Forum is pleased to share an overview of the main outcomes of this milestone event, including reactions and media statements of civil society and related photos, videos, and documentation.

The Open Forum Newsletter dedicated to HLF4 will follow shortly. In the meantime, here it is in brief:

Busan Outcome Document

• BUSAN PARTNERSHIP FOR EFFECTIVE DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION - in English and Français (Espanol disponible pronto)

Civil Society Statements

• BetterAid Statement on the Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation
  Friday 2 December 2011

• Closing Speech by Emele Duituturaga, co-chair of the Open Forum
  Thursday 1 December 2011

• Opening Speech by Antonio Tujan, co-chair of BetterAid
  Wednesday 30 November

• Civil society statement to the Fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness
  Tuesday 29 November

Civil Society Press Releases from Busan

Thursday, 01 December 2011

• PRESS RELEASE: Global leaders make aid deal, but business remains unfinished, say civil society organizations

• PRESS RELEASE: Busan Partnership a compromise, says civil society - Civil society standards acknowledged but enabling environment remains stumbling block

• PRESS RELEASE: Breakthrough as BRIC nations sign up to global aid deal, but history not made yet, say civil society organizations

Wednesday, 30 November 2011

• PRESS RELEASE: US Secretary of State Clinton congratulates Civil Society on Istanbul Principles while evidence shows governments have failed short on their commitments

Monday, 28 November 2011

• PRESS RELEASE: World governments have failed to make aid work: civil society gives 3 ways to fix it.

Saturday, 26 November 2011

• PRESS RELEASE: UN special rapporteur Maina Kiai says upcoming aid forum could start ripple effect for freer global civil society

Media Mentions of Civil Society at Busan

Agence France Presse (AFP)

• Donors agree new ’transparent’ aid partnership

Al Jazeera

• Forum on international development assistance held in Busan (Video)

The Guardian

• Rwanda demands end to tied aid

• China and India to join aid partnership on new terms

• South Korea: a model of development?

• Hillary Clinton declares US support for aid initiative

• Africa is on the move, says Blair

Inter Press Service (IPS)

• New Deal for Donors and Recipients at Busan?

• Inclusiveness Wins at Busan Aid Forum

• Busan Skirts Gender Equality

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

Photos and Videos from HLF4

• www.facebook.com/CSOeffectiveness

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