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CIDA and CSOs in Effective Development
Nicole GESNOT
Canadian delegation to the OECD
May 14, 2008 - Brussels
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OverviewPart 1: Civil Society and Development: The Canadian perspective
Part 2: CIDA’s Three Tracks Approach on CSOs and Development
Partnership Renewal: rationale, process and results to Date
(2005)
Advisory Group on CSOs and Aid Effectiveness: Mandate
and Expected Outcomes (Since 2006)
A CIDA Discussion paper on Civil Society and Development
(Expert Group since 2007 and on-going)
Part 3: Next Steps and other Challenges
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CIDA and CSOs in DevelopmentCIDA: a long history of collaboration and support to Canadian
CSOs in development in LDCs (+40 years)
CIDA’s Canadian partners: NGOs, Volunteer cooperation
agencies, Colleges universities and other training institutions,
private sector organizations, etc.
800+ partners from across Canada with active agreements
achieving concrete results
Through its main funding mechanisms, CIDA disburses
between 20-25% of its ODA to CSOs. The Canadian
Partnership Branch alone disbursed $260 million in Official
Development Assistance in 2006-2007, roughly 10% of CIDA’s
Aid Budget Disbursement.
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Track 1: Partnership Programming Renewal Process
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Partnership Renewal: Progress To date
Improved Efficiencies
Strengthened Accountability
Improved Relationships with Canadian Partners
Policy Leadership
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Track 2: Advisory Group on CSOs and Aid Effectiveness
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OECD’s Advisory Group on Civil Society and Aid Effectiveness
Membership: Multi-stakeholders
Criticism from CSOs that Paris Declaration was donor-driven; CSO feeling excluded from the Aid Effectiveness Agenda
Created by the WP-EFF (donors and recipient countries) in January 2007
In practice not just “advisory” – building understanding and consensus
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The AG’s Mandate - Two dimensions
SPACE for CSO advocacy (as foreseen in the Paris Declaration) - about holding donors and governments to account for aid effectiveness and development policy
CSO AID EFFECTIVENESS – how to ensure that the contribution of CSOs to development reaches is full effectiveness potential
Not just about Official Development Assistance
Shared interest / shared responsibility
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Advisory Group’s Expected outcomes
Three outcomes:
Recognition and voice
Applying and enriching the international aid effectiveness agenda
Lessons of good practice relating to CSOs as aid donors, recipients and partners
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Actions to date Analytical work and knowledge sharing underway (All AG documents in extranet website: http://web.acdi-cida.gc.ca/cs
Extensive consultation process
National (15-20 countries already, 20 more in the wings)
Regional (6 to date, one in the wings)
International Forum (Feb. 3-6)
Work on good practice (directly and through parallel initiatives) on-going / template for case studies
For Accra: Synthesis Report with recommendations, Good Practice Paper and Case Book
Accra and beyond
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Track 3: CIDA Discussion Paper on CSOs and Development
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About the Discussion Paper
Felt need for an official CIDA policy statement on Civil Society & Development
3 interrelated prongs:
Canadian Partnership
Direct support to Southern CSOs
Strengthening CSOs
A results-based perspective
Encourage open dialogue, synergies with AG process
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Key Principles
Draw on the Paris Declaration, but from a Civil Society perspective and add as required
Recognition of “agency” role of CS and specificity of CS
Local Ownership and Alignment
Balancing short-term and long-term
More comprehensive approaches
Managing for results and accountability
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Policy IssuesCSOs as a CIDA priority
A Multi-Prong Approach
Partnership Programming through Canadian CSOs including Canadian engagement
Direct support to LDC CSOs
Strengthening Civil Society
Enhanced coordination and harmonization vs responsive funds
Country and sector concentration (a differentiated response?)
Dialogue and learning
Accountable and Results-Based programming