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Development and
Cooperation
Development and
Cooperation
The Roots of Democracy and Sustainable Development:
Europe's Engagement with Civil Society in External Relations
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Timeline
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Structured Dialogue Final
Conference (Budapest)
19 May 2011
Commission adopts the new Communication
12 Sep. '12
Council adopts Conclusions on
the Communication
15 Oct.
Stakeholders consultation for the
Communication
March – May 2012
Agenda for Change Council
Conclusion adopted14 May 2012
Agenda for Change
Communication adopted
Oct. '11
Busan Partnership for Effective
Development Cooperation
Dec. '11
2011 2012
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Background to the Communication
CSOs recognised as development actors in their own right , but:
• A changing environment:
• Increasing number and diversity & more fluid forms of citizen action
• Rise of Internet & social media
• Limited dialogue with the state
• Shrinking space for CSOs & restrictive measures
• CSO internal challenges (governance, capacity & funding access)
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DEVCOThe Communication in a nutshell (i)
• Towards a more strategic engagement with CSOs in Developing,
Neighbourhood and Enlargement countries
• Facilitate constructive relations between states and CSOs
• Three priorities:
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1.Promoting a conducive environment for CSOs
2.Promoting meaningful and structured participation of CSOs in:
-Domestic policy making -EU programming cycle; -International processes and debates.
3.Increasing the capacity of local CSOs to perform their roles more effectively.
DEVCOThe Communication in a nutshell (ii)
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• Promoting an enabling
environment (1)
• Strong focus on the country level
and empowerment of local
actors (2-5)
• CSOs in regional and global
settings (6)
• Shaping EU support
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1. Promoting an enabling environment: a multi-stakeholder endeavour
• Peer pressure through diplomacy and political dialogue
• Strengthen efforts to monitor CSOs' enabling environment
• Promote CSO led monitoring initiatives
• Actions and measures in response to human rights violations
• Strengthen capacity of public authorities to work constructively with CSOs
Reporting, promoting reflection, increasing accountability of public authorities & CSOs
Ensuring independence, internal governance, accountability and representativeness
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DEVCO2. Inclusive policy making for better governance
• Dialogue schemes are country-, sector- and actor-specific
• Dialogue should happen at all levels
• Importance of multi-stakeholder dialogues
• CSOs to offer relevance, representativeness and expertise
• Dialogue schemes are country-, sector- and actor-specific
• Dialogue should happen at all levels
• Importance of multi-stakeholder dialogues
• CSOs to offer relevance, representativeness and expertise
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EU support:
• Focus on the quality by ensuring results-oriented, timely, predictable & transparent dialogue
• Invest in supporting structured and effective mechanisms for dialogue between CSOs and (local, regional, national) & public authorities
EU support:
• Focus on the quality by ensuring results-oriented, timely, predictable & transparent dialogue
• Invest in supporting structured and effective mechanisms for dialogue between CSOs and (local, regional, national) & public authorities
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DEVCO3. Domestic transparency & accountability
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DEVCO4. Social services: Partnerships for better quality
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The actors:
• Cooperatives, foundations, NGOs, …
• Increasingly active players in the economic realm
• Stimulate the local economy, monitoring policies, delivering support services, etc.
The actors:
• Cooperatives, foundations, NGOs, …
• Increasingly active players in the economic realm
• Stimulate the local economy, monitoring policies, delivering support services, etc.
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EU support:
• Initiatives combining social & economic ambitions
• Job creation and entrepreneurship
• Schemes to extend access to financial services
EU support:
• Initiatives combining social & economic ambitions
• Job creation and entrepreneurship
• Schemes to extend access to financial services
5. CSOs' work for inclusive & sustainable growth
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6. CSOs in global and regional settings
• Rise of activist movements and networks
• Emergence of a 'global civil society'
• Promoting multilateral norms and standards
• Monitoring international commitments (PCD, aid)
• Promote global citizenship & solidarity
• Rise of activist movements and networks
• Emergence of a 'global civil society'
• Promoting multilateral norms and standards
• Monitoring international commitments (PCD, aid)
• Promote global citizenship & solidarity
EU support:
• CSO participation in multilateral processes & arrangements
• Dialogue with European institutions Policy Forum
• Development Education and Awareness Raising (DEAR)
EU support:
• CSO participation in multilateral processes & arrangements
• Dialogue with European institutions Policy Forum
• Development Education and Awareness Raising (DEAR)
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Capacity development
• Reinforce capacity of local CSOs
• Long term, flexible and demand driven approach
• Partnerships with EU CSOs
EU Support: Towards a more strategic engagement with CSOs
Funding adapted to local needs
• Appropriate mix of flexible funding modalities
• Improving access for local CSOs
Coordinated EU action
• Better understanding of the CSO arena
• Better coordination between EU and Member States
• Roadmaps for engagement with CSOs
DEVCOCountry roadmaps (EU and Member States)
Strategic EU engagement with CSOs
More impact, consistency, predictability & visibility of EU actions
Efficiency gains: sharing knowledge/experiences and coordination
Smartly designed & building on existing mechanisms.
Linked to the EU cycle of external assistance
More complementarity between EU instruments and with MS support
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DEVCO15 October 2012 - European Council Conclusions!
• With the Council Conclusions we have now a shared EU and MS
policy…..
• The Council welcomes the Communication for a:
"renewed and more ambitious policy in support of civil society, with a
focus on CSOs from partner countries and an emphasis on CSOs’
engagement to strengthening democratic processes and accountability
systems and achieving better development outcomes".
• The Councils Conclusions put additional emphasis on:
o Rights-based approach to development
o CSOs and gender equality
o CSOs in contexts of fragility, crisis and post-conflict
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Take away messages – boosting EU engagement with civil society in partner countries
• New framework reflecting changed role of societies (Arab Spring) & new development
policy (Agenda for Change; Busan).
• Key role CSOs in democratic governance and development.
• Recognition of CSOs as actors in their own right.
• Focus on local CSOs in partner countries, recognising country specificities.
• Better EU coordination: development of country roadmaps with EU Member States.
• Support to role of CSOs in transparent & accountable governance & inclusive
economic development; lesser role in service delivery (in specific contexts).
• Specific attention to role of CSOs in fragile states (New Deal).
• Stronger engagement of CSOs in EU all stages of programming.
• Importance of CSO capacity development and internal governance.
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