Statement on the First Draft by Southern CSO Alliance on South-South Cooperation

by Reality of Aid | Mar 4, 2019 | News, South-South Cooperation, Southern CSO Alliance on South-South Cooperation

We, civil society organizations from Asia, Africa and Latin America under the banner of the Southern CSO Alliance on South-South Cooperation, welcome the following positive developments to the draft of the outcome document and propose further improvements: (i) SSC IN...

Statement on the Zero Draft by Southern CSO Alliance on South-South Cooperation

by Reality of Aid | Feb 3, 2019 | News, South-South Cooperation, Southern CSO Alliance on South-South Cooperation

We, civil society organizations from Asia, Africa and Latin America under the banner of the Southern CSO Alliance on South-South Cooperation, first and foremost, commend the UN Office for South-South Cooperation for organizing the 2nd High Level Conference on...

UNITY STATEMENT ON THE FORMATION OF SOUTHERN CSO ALLIANCE ON SOUTH-SOUTH COOPERATION

by Reality of Aid | Nov 5, 2018 | News, South-South Cooperation, Southern CSO Alliance on South-South Cooperation

October 14, 2018 | Bali, Indonesia Whereas, South-South Cooperation, having arisen from the Global South’s search for alternatives to the paternalistic and unequal traditional North-South development aid and cooperation framework, poses opportunities and has raised...

Southern CSOs form alliance to advance people-oriented principles in SSC

by Reality of Aid | Nov 2, 2018 | News, South-South Cooperation, Southern CSO Alliance on South-South Cooperation

Bali, Indonesia – 22 organizations from Asia, Africa and Latin America, fresh off of a CSO planning meeting on the road to the 2nd High Level UN Conference on South-South Cooperation (BAPA+40 Conference)1, just launched the Southern CSO Alliance on South-South...

Uphold Peoples’ Right to Development; Stop the Suppression of Voices against IMF-WB

by Reality of Aid | Oct 12, 2018 | International Finance Institutions, News, RoA Asia Pacific

The Reality of Aid – Asia Pacific expresses its grave disappointment over the Indonesian government’s repressive acts against the Peoples’ Global Conference Against IMF-WB (PGC). As a South-led network concerned with the proper use of development assistance and...

The OECD DAC Senior Level Meeting and the long road to inclusion for civil society

by Reality of Aid | Jun 22, 2017 | News

As members of the Reality of Aid Network, which brings together Southern and Northern civil society groups spanning some 17 time zones, we are no strangers to the challenges of convening inclusive meetings about the need for more and better aid. The “lost connection”...