Congolese CSOs formulated a CSO Plan revolving mainly on strengthening the thematic groups in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and establishing an Open Platform for CSOs, creating spaces for CSOs, popularizing aid and development effectiveness, resource mobilization, and involvement of other stakeholders particularly the media and private sector. Moreover, 41 of the CSO representatives present signed on the CSO Key Asks. As an adaptation of the CSO Key Asks, the CSOs formulated a Declaration, –

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Include us in the dialogue process, CSO urge state Civil Society Organisations (CSO’s) urge 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

Beirut – The Arab NGO Network for Development (ANND) in partnership with the Reality of Aid Country Outreach Program organized a two-day event on “Aid Effectiveness Workshop and Multistakeholder Consultation” on June 21-22. Attended by close to 50 participants, the event served as a venue for representatives from CSOs, government and development partners to engage in lively discussions on aid and development effectiveness in Lebanon, the CSO Key Asks, the role of the private sector

Indonesian civil society has held national workshop as a preparation towards Busan, on June 8-9, 2011. The main theme of this workshop is Roadmap towards Busan: The Role of Civil Society on Development Effectiveness. Workshop attended by about 57 persons who come from several cities in Indonesia and Jakarta, and work on several issues such as environment, human rights, women, etc. Especially, workshop discusses about four main topics, which are (1) sharing experiences from each

MAJOR HIGHLIGHTS BY DALITSO KUBALASA Malawi Economic Justice Network (MEJN) was one of the panelists on the High Level Panel Discussion taking  place  at the World  Bank  Offices  in Washington  DC, during  the World  Bank  and  IMF  Spring Meetings, represented by its Executive Director, Dalitso Kubalasa. Other panelists included Barbara Lee, Manager  Aid Effectiveness  Unit,  the World  Bank;  Brenda  Killen,  Head  of Aid Effectiveness  Division, OECD  Development   Co-operation   Directorate;   Marisa   Lago,   Assistant   Secretary   for  International

  Quezon City – A National Consultation on ODA, Agrarian Reform and Food Sovereignty held at St. Theresa’s College on March 25, 2011 was participated by over 60 representatives hailing from diverse sectors including peasant leaders from nearly every region of the country. The consultation revealed that at present, aid in agriculture reinforces corruption in bureaucracy and has been used to facilitate land-grabbing, intensified corporate agriculture and as a consequence contributed to the militarization of