This synthesis paper is the final output of the action research project, “Social Enterprises as Potential Partners in Development Cooperation Advocacy,” a joint endeavour of the CSO Partnership for Development Effectiveness (CPDE) and Institute for Social Entrepreneurship in Asia (ISEA). It sought to explore the relevance and potential for civil...
Independent Accountability Committee 2022 REPORT
As the IAC releases this report, the global socioeconomic context has shifted from being covid-stricken and recovery-driven following the biggest health crisis for decades, to the rising cost of living, and conflict in Ukraine as key contributing factor for unusual global inflation, dominating headlines. The World Food Programme has called...
Implications of Istanbul Principles and DAC recommendations on enabling civil society
International Civil Society Organizations’ Development Effectiveness: Reflections on progress in equitable partnerships, solidarity, and accountability
CPDE Climate Finance Policy Brief
As the international community seeks to scale up the delivery of climate finance, there is growing interest on how effectiveness principles could be applied to ensure relevance and greater accountability of international climate finance effectively. This paper highlights some of the key issues of interest to the international community in...
CPDE Newsletter January-June 2022
The CSO Partnership for Development Effectiveness has released its first newsletter for 2022, covering its engagements from January to June, including the All Secretariats Meeting, its event on climate finance at the Stockholm+50, the kickoff of its 10th anniversary celebrations, and the launch of its capacity development materials for civil...
The Practitioner’s Guide to the CSO Development Effectiveness Principles
Learning resources to support you and your organization to put the principles for CSO Development Effectiveness into practice! A companion to the open forum implementation and advocacy toolkits
Advocating for Enabling Environment for Civil Society: An Advocacy Toolkit
In 2010, CSOs consolidated the principles and values that guide their practice through a series of consultations led by the Open Forum. The Istanbul Principles for CSO Development Effectiveness and the International Framework for CSO Enabling Environment were the products of this process. OF produced three documents to guide the...
Putting the Istanbul Principles into Practice: A Companion Toolkit
In 2010, CSOs consolidated the principles and values that guide their practice through a series of consultations led by the Open Forum. The Istanbul Principles for CSO Development Effectiveness and the International Framework for CSO Enabling Environment were the products of this process. OF produced three documents to guide the...
CSO Handbook on Private Sector Engagement
The CSO Partnership for Development Effectiveness, in partnership with the Reality of Aid Network, has published the CSO Handbook on Private Sector Engagement. Divided into two parts, the material serves to equip CSOs with both the conceptual and basic technical know-how in monitoring private sector engagements (PSEs) in development cooperation....
Ambitions and concerns: An overview of the Integrated Financing National Frameworks
This document introduces the INFFs’ role in financing sustainable development, as well as a civil society perspective on the instrument.
CPDE ICSOs Study on Impacts of Covid-19 on CSOs effectiveness: Presentation
The CPDE International Civil Society Organisations (ICSOs) sector has released its study One Year On: COVID-19 has made CSOs’ effectiveness harder on many fronts: A CPDE study on the impacts of the pandemic. The presentation features highlights of the study, which draws from the point of view primarily of ICSOs...
CPDE ICSOs Study on Impacts of Covid-19 on CSOs effectiveness: Full Report
The CPDE International Civil Society Organisations (ICSOs) sector has released its study One Year On: COVID-19 has made CSOs’ effectiveness harder on many fronts: A CPDE study on the impacts of the pandemic. This full report offers a snapshot from the point of view primarily of ICSOs of the global...
