IBON Post-2015 Updates 27 August 2013 Bangkok, Thailand – Civil society has engaged Asia & Pacific governments in the Asia Pacific Ministerial Dialogue (APMD) to commit to real transformative change. Yet propositions that strongly articulate the need for equity have been stubbornly opposed by the United States and other advanced countries who are not even part of the region but members of UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP). The US,

Following the success and achievements of civil society advocacy and engagement during the Fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness, the Reality of Aid – Asia Pacific has successfully established the CPDE platform in the region. The 1st Asia Pacific CPDE Coordination Committee (CC) Meeting was held last July 1-2, 2013 in Bangkok. Sub-regional consultations in Central Asia, North East Asia, South Asia, South East Asia, and the Pacific  were also completed early this year.

The Reality of Aid Asia Pacific (RoA-AP) held the CSO Aid Observatorio Regional Skills Training in Kathmandu, Nepal on 24-28 June 2013. The main objective of the training is to increase capacities of CSOs from pilot countries in setting up aid monitoring centers at the country level. CSO representatives from Bangladesh, Indonesia, Mongolia, Nepal and Vietnam attended the training. The idea behind this project was the result of RoA-AP’s country outreach work on the road

The CPDE has developed a Framework for assessing progress in the enabling environment for civil society organizations (attached in an annex).  The Global Partnership for Effective Development Co-operation (GPEDC) will be monitoring progress since Busan on a number of indicators relating to Busan commitments, including Indicator Two on the enabling environment for CSOs. In September 2013, the CPDE Working Group on Enabling Environment will be producing a Synthesis of Evidence to contribute to the OECD

The only major North/South CSO network on global aid reform, the Reality of Aid Network (RoA) adopts a framework of human rights, social and economic justice on its published Reality of Aid 2012 Report – “Aid and the Private Sector: Catalysing Poverty Reduction and Development?”. This latest biennial report exposes that the emphasis in increasing the role of the private sector in development cooperation has been on donor economic interests and not reducing poverty and

6th of May 2013 MR. TAKEHIKO NAKAO President Asian Development Bank Dear Mr. Takehiko Nakao: Our cordial greetings to your recent confirmation as ADB president. Reality of Aid – Asia Pacific has been following important discussions on development effectiveness and civil society participation in regional and international fora while promoting development effectiveness that is centered on human rights, women’s rights and gender equality, decent work, environmental sustainability and democratic ownership. The Busan High Level Forum