To facilitate contributions for the RoA 2012 Report on Aid and the Private Sector, The Reality of Aid Network Global Secretariat announces the release of the Final Guidance Note for the RoA 2012 Report. One new feature of the upcoming global report is the introduction of a major innovation – the BRICS (Brazil, China, India and South Africa) Country Chapters, which offer the opportunity to explore how and to what extent these South-South partnerships differ

Representantes de 427 organizaciones de la sociedad civil, de 20 departamentos del país, en el marco del proceso preparatorio de las Organizaciones de la Sociedad Civil –OSC– del IV Foro de Alto Nivel sobre la Efectividad de la Cooperación Internacional en el desarrollo, reconociéndonos como actores del desarrollo y de los procesos de democratización de nuestras sociedades, y entendiendo que la cooperación internacional es una poderosa palanca para alcanzar las metas de la realización de

CONCLUSIONS AND PRELIMINARY RECOMMENDATIONS First we would like to highlight the participation of the authorities of the Dominican Government in this consultation, represented by the Ministry of Economical Planning and Development. Likewise the support and the accompaniment of IBON/Reality of Aid and Better Aid. This consultation has reaffirmed: The interest of the organizations of civil society, (CSOs), to participate in the follow-up evaluation of the agreements closed in international summits in relation to effectiveness of

“Busan is to do for the private sector what Accra did for civil society,” Donor, speaking at an event on the private sector in Europe. It is perhaps no surprise that a key focus by members of the Working Party on Aid Effectiveness has been to try to bring the private sector “into the tent” through the front door of the Busan Outcome Document. Busan comes just over a year after G20 leaders put their

Suva – Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) urged the State to include them and acknowledge them as an integral stakeholder in the dialogue process on the road to the Busan Fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness in November 29 – December 1, 2011. These sentiments were expressed at a workshop on Developing the Capacity of CSOs on Aid and Development Effectiveness at the Studio 6 Conference Room last July 5. Organised by the NGO Coalition

The Reality of Aid Network (RoA) is in Busan, Republic of Korea – as part of the BetterAid Platform – for the Busan Global Civil Society Forum (BCSF) and the Fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness (HLF-4). The network successfully held its 2011 Global Meeting and Workshop on Aid and the Private Sector at the BCSF on 26 November 2011, attended by some 80-100 participants from RoA member organisations as well as other groups