Managua – Official development aid (ODA) reached more than $2 billion US from 2008 and 2010, yet poverty rate aggravated by almost 3%. Where did all this money go? This observation was raised by Francisco Perez, member of the academe, in a multi-stakeholder consultation on aid effectiveness held at the University of Central America (UCA), in Managua, Nicaragua. The consultation was meant to contribute to the eradication of poverty in the country. Guillermo Bonemann, President

Cotonou – With the theme, “De l’efficacité de l’aide à l’efficacité du développement,” CSOs in Benin met with other government and donor representatives for a two-day multi-stakeholder consultation on aid effectiveness last August 5 and 6. The consultation reflected on the status of aid in the country and civil society engagement on aid effectiveness processes. Donors strongly pointed out that CSOs are disorganized which prevents them from working with them efficiently. While CSO representatives did

Ver documento Los 31 mensajes claves de las organizaciones sociales colombianas a los actores del desarrollo:  la Cooperación Internacional, los gobiernos municipales, departamentales y al gobierno nacional, el Sector Privado, la academia y a las mismas OSC, son producto de un proceso de consulta desarrollado entre 2010 y 2011 que contempló la realización de 25 consultas locales, 2 consultas nacionales en la que participaron más de 700 representantes de organizaciones de diversos sectores de la

Harare – Civil society organisations (CSOs) are demanding a meaningful role in structures and processes that co-ordinate aid in Zimbabwe.  This was the call among CSOs who participated in a recent CSO Consultation on Aid and Development Effectiveness held at Bronte Hotel in Harare last 23 February 2011.   The meeting was the start of the country-level process in Zimbabwe following the Southern Regional CSO Consultations and Multi-Stakeholder Consultations back in 2009.  The meeting ended with

Dar Es Salaam – A Workshop for CSOs was held on January 26, 2011 to increase the capacity of CSOs engaging in the aid and development effectiveness agenda.  Specifically, the workshop aimed to build understanding of CSOs around aid and development issues and to develop a CSO-led action plan.   Around 25 representatives from the CSO sector, both national and regional, the Ministry of Finance and External Affairs (MOFEA) as well as the media attended the

Dakar – Around 20 civil society organizations participated in a Consultation Workshop sponsored by Africaine De Recherche Et De Cooperation Pour L’appui Au Developpement Endogene (ARCADE) and IBON/Reality of Aid. The workshop was organized to define ways forward for a broader participation of CSOs in the aid effectiveness issue. Present in the two-day activity were representatives of trade unions, the education and agricultural sector, women’s group, media as well as national and district CSOs. Recently