Busan was a turning point in terms of civil society being on the negotiation table along with grantors and partner countries on the Aid and Development Effectiveness arena. More than 300 civil society organizations (CSOs) were present to give voice to the demands of their constituencies on issues related to development cooperation and poverty eradication. Busan became the culmination of the mobilization and engagement efforts through the platforms of Open Forum (OF) on CSO Development Effectiveness and Better Aid (BA).

With the changing aid and development effectiveness architecture, the BetterAid Coordination Group (BACG) members with the Open Forum Global Facilitation Group (OF-GFG) have united into a new platform called CSO Partnership for Development Effectiveness (CPDE). CPDE represents CSO’s diversity, works to strengthen national and sub-regional platforms, and define channels for CSO representation, critical engagement as well as monitoring of Global Partnership for Effective Development Corporation (GPEDC). CPDE is an open platform that unites CSOs from around the world on the issue of development effectiveness, in particular in the context of the Busan Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation (BPd) and the GPEDC.

CPDE is open to the participation of any CSO that endorses its vision, goals, and the CSO Key Asks on the Road to Busan, that believes in its objectives, and that adheres to the Istanbul Principles (IP) for CSO Development Effectiveness. CPDE is a platform open to the richness and the diversity of the world’s CSO