The Centre for Sustainable Rural Development (SRD) in collaboration with Reality of Aid (RoA) organised a capacity building workshop for Vietnamese civil society organisations (CSOs) on aid effectiveness on 19-20 October 2010 in Hanoi, Vietnam. The objectives of this workshop were to build the knowledge and capacity of Vietnamese non-government organisations (VNGOs) in relation to aid effectiveness, and to develop a core group of VNGO representatives to take forward the aid effectiveness agenda including developing

The Aid Accountability Group, with assistance from the Reality of Aid Network, organized a multistakeholder consultation on the Joint Cooperation Strategy (JCS) in the context of aid and development effectiveness, 20 September 2010 in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The JCS, signed by the Government of Bangladesh and 18 Development Partners (including ADB and WB apart from donor countries) on June 2010, is a strategy for signatories to work together in the spirit of PD and AAA, aiming

Twenty Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) from all regions of Kyrgyzstan created a Network for Effectiveness of Development during the CSO Round Table on Advocacy of Paris Declaration (PD) and Accra Action Agenda (AAA): “From Effectiveness of Aid to Effectiveness of Development” on 13 September 2010 in Bishkek. The Coalition for Development Effectiveness was created in the framework of “Advocacy of Paris Declaration and Accra Action Agenda” project, which aimed to strengthen democratic country ownership with

The Consultation Demanded a Tri-party Relationship among NGOs, Government and Development Partners to Make Aid More Effective Dhaka, 25 August 2010- A national consultation titled `Engagement of Civil Society in Aid Effectiveness’ has been held at the national press club in the city today. The consultation was attended by a wide range of civil society groups including NGOs, community organizations, women rights groups, research and advocacy organizations, trade union groups, academicians, human rights organizations, media and

A day-long consultation on “Civil Society Engagement on Aid Effectiveness” was held at the District Council Auditorium in Mymensingh on 21st August 2010. Jointly organized by Aid Accountability Group (AAG) and The Reality of Aid Network, 70 participants along with the local government representatives, political leaders, social workers, women organizations, NGOs, human rights organizations, journalists and activists of greater Mymensingh region participated in the program. Upazilla Chairman of Mymensingh Sadar Mr. Faijur Raman Fakir was

A 2-day long capacity building workshop titled “Development Results: Engaging CSOs in Aid Effectiveness” was held at the CBCB Auditorium in Dhaka on 7-8 August 2010. The workshop was jointly organized by Aid Accountability Group (AAG) and The Reality of Aid Network. Fifty participants from different civil society organizations and activists from different parts of the country took part in the program. Among others, Ahmed Swapan, Convenor of AAG, Abdul Awal of Noakhali Rural Development