Civil society recognises the 3rd High Level Meeting of the Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation (GPEDC), or Effectiveness Summit to have achieved key milestones that can move the agenda forward.  We acknowledge: the mixed participation which may signal revitalised political buy-in of the effectiveness agenda; the emphasis on building...

A year after the UN Food Systems Summit (UNFSS), the global food crisis rages on, driving billions of people into hunger and food insecurity. Amid the ongoing pandemic, price hikes, and climate emergency, the urgency and necessity to radically transform our food systems have never been so stark.

As Pacific civil society our work is centred on Pacific values and guided by the 2050 Strategy for the Blue Pacific Continent, the Pacific Principles for Development Effectiveness and the accompanying Drua Model for implementation and the Kioa Climate Emergency Declaration.

STATEMENT OF PRINCIPLES FOR HLM3 The Asia-Pacific region is at a critical juncture as it faces the global pandemic, brewing economic crisis, intensified conflict and worsening climate emergency, which further exacerbates inequalities and leaves the marginalised populations behind. In this light, development actors have a crucial role in mitigating the...

STATEMENT OF PRINCIPLES FOR HLM3 The world needs urgent and extraordinary actions to reverse the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and the multiple crises in economy, society and climate, which disproportionately affect marginalised communities and groups, including women and girls in all their diversities

As the world is facing multiple crises, we need to come together to address and resolve competing priorities. Underscoring the crucial role of effective development cooperation in addressing the crises, supporting sustainable recovery and putting the world on track towards attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals, we recognize the need...

Globally, there is recognition that women's rights and gender equality are core to sustainable development, yet gender equality remains the greatest human rights challenge. In as much as, governments have made appreciable gradual progress in advancing women's rights and gender equality; structural inequalities persist in many countries preventing the full...