GLOBAL REPORT 2012 GLOBAL REPORT 2012 FRONTPAGE PHOTO: Catarina Ramirez and her daughter Anabella are picking peppers from the greenhouse in their garden, Guatemala. Photo: Laurie MacGregor/Norwegian Church Aid Layout and print: GRØSETTM 2 Global Report 2012 Contents OUTLOOK FROM THE GENERAL SECRETARY 4 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 8 1 THIS IS NORWEGIAN CHURCH AID 10 1.1 WHO WE ARE 11 1.2 WHERE WE WORK 12 1.3 KEY EVENTS IN NORWEGIAN CHURCH AID’S YEAR 2012 14 2. INCOME AND EXPENDITURE 16 3. PROGRESS IN GLOBAL PROGRAMMES 18 3.1 THE RIGHT TO PEACE AND SECURITY 19 WOMEN, PEACE AND SECURITY 20 COMMUNITY VIOLENCE AND SMALL ARMS CONTROL 22 FAITH COMMUNITIES AND PEACEBUILDING 24 3.2 GENDER JUSTICE 26 GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE (GBV) 27 WOMEN IN GOVERNANCE 29 3.3 ECONOMIC JUSTICE 31 LIVELIHOOD AND TRADE 32 RESOURCES AND FINANCE 34 3.4 CLIMATE JUSTICE 36 CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION 37 CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION 39 3.5 THE RIGHT TO WATER AND HEALTH 41 SOCIAL MITIGATION OF HIV AND AIDS 42 ACCESS TO QUALITY HEALTH CARE 44 WATER, SANITATION AND HYGIENE (WASH) 47 4. EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE 50 EMERGENCY RESPONSE 51 EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS 56 5. ADVOCACY FOR GLOBAL JUSTICE 58 6. NCA STANDARDS AND COMMITMENTS 63 6.1 MAINSTREAMING DEVELOPMENT PRINCIPLES 64 6.2 WORK AGAINST CORRUPTION 66 6.3 INCIDENT REPORT (IR) AND COMPLAINTS 67 6.4 SECURITY MANAGEMENT 68 7. EVALUATIONS AND LESSONS LEARNED 69 EVALUATIONS AND REVIEWS CONDUCTED IN 2012 70 LESSONS LEARNED FROM MIDTERM REVIEW IN DRC 72 ANNEXES 73 FINANCIAL SUMMARY 77 STATEMENT OF ACQUISITION & USE OF FUNDS AND BALANCE SHEET 78 INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT 80 TOTAL EXPENDITURE FOR COUNTRIES AND PROGRAMMES 81 NORWEGIAN CHURCH AID’S COUNCIL 82 NORWEGIAN CHURCH AID'S ORGANISATION CHART AS OF 31.12.2012 83 Global Report 2012 3 OUTLOOK FROM THE GENERAL SECRETARY Changing the world into becoming better and more just And how can poor and marginalised rights-holders be is a complex mission. Yet Norwegian Church Aid (NCA) empowered to claim their rights? is devoted to accomplishing this. To make a better tomorrow for the many thousands of people with whom Enabling an effective and productive environment for we work, we need to relate to their realities. We also civil society is a key priority for us. However, this is not need to look into the future, connect it to the past and only about addressing restrictive governmental regula- carefully assess the trends and changes that will chal- tions and behaviour. It is as much about how we as civil lenge us in the years to come. society actors define ourselves as part of – and relate to – society at large. We need to constantly search for We are slowly approaching 2015, the end year of the and revise our role with regards to other pillars of so- UN Millennium Development Goals. While most stake- ciety such as the state and the private sector. How can holders seem to be more concerned with negotiating a we balance our roles, both speaking out loudly against new development regime to replace the current devel- injustice and violations of human rights and at the opment goals, the most important stakeholders – the same time being a necessary partner to the govern- poor – those at the core of the whole campaign, will yet ment in service provision and long-term development again acknowledge that the rich world has failed to live for its citizens? How can we work together with busi- up to its promises. Progress on key indicators of most nesses to enable pro-poor and sustainable economic of the eight development goals is still slow and support growth that benefits both the private sector and the from high-income countries has been reduced with the societies in which it operates? I believe NCA still has economic crisis. lessons to learn together with our partners on how we play our role most constructively in order to achieve In light of this, NCA is privileged to cooperate with a our mandate. As the contexts in which we work are Norwegian government that still gives high priority to constantly changing – and more so now than only some its development cooperation. years ago – we need to adapt by interpreting our role into new ways of working and new actors to partner In 2012, NCA and our partners’ work has to a large with. Hence, we want to understand ourselves as co- extent been influenced by the aftermath of the Arab creators of governance. Spring – the revolutionary wave that spread across the Arab world the year before. Experts have pointed to the fact that the Arab Spring brought about a new form of civil society engage- Although the trend of a more difficult working environ- ment: a less organised and more dynamic civil society ment for civil society in developing countries has been using new technologies to mobilise on the streets evident for some years now, as documented by the ACT and squares. And while this was effective in the most Alliance report Shrinking political space of civil society immediate sense, hindsight also shows us the limita- action3, the Arab Spring accelerated this development tions of this new form of civil society action. While the in several African countries. Our partners report that protesters in Tunisia, Libya, Egypt and Yemen were governments have taken various restrictive measures able to overthrow their governments, the processes of to prohibit opposition and agendas that are in conflict establishing effective, credible and sustainable alterna- with those of the government, out of fear that the Arab tives in their wake have been troublesome. uprisings will spread to their own countries. This should provoke some reflections among us in The ACT Alliance report shows that civil society organi- the more organised part of civil society. First, would sations working on human rights, democracy issues the Arab Spring – caused by a variety of reasons, but and exploration of natural resources are the hardest triggered by deep frustration over increasing unem- hit by new laws and regulations, administrative hurdles ployment rates and high food prices – ever happen if or intimidation in various forms. A large number of the development NGOs were as present in Northern NCA’s partners are working on all of these contested Africa as we are in Eastern Africa? Maybe not. But if we issues. The introduction of these restrictive measures were, and if the Arab Spring still happened, would our for NGOs is in direct conflict with our goal of building partners in the organised part of civil society be able to a stronger civil society. How can civil society hold their contribute to a better planning of what to come next – governments to account under such conditions? after the governments were removed? We should welcome this new expression of civil society 3 http://www.actalliance.org/resources/publications/Shrinking-politi- engagement, but also take time to reflect on how the cal-space-of-civil-society-action.pdf 4 Global Report 2012 Julia McDade, Regional Representative in Mali, gives General Secretary Anne-Marie Helland an update on the much-needed relief efforts in Mali, where the situation is critical. Photo: Arne Grieg Riisnæs/Norwegian Church Aid NGOs in the more “organised” part of civil society can NCA has highly developed internal management develop links to and complement the engagement of systems. Could we transfer some of this competence the less organised activists on the streets and squares. to our partners to complement and expand our added NCA is currently looking at how to further enhance the value in our partnerships? We believe this will be an partnership with faith-based organisations. So far we important part of the way forward, but also acknowl- have been good at building the capacity of individual edge the dilemma that this kind of aid is rather unap- representatives and leaders of these organisations, but pealing to many donors. Development aid is no longer too often left out of sight the need for building sustain- the flavour of the month in many places, and funding able organisational structures that are less dependent is increasingly difficult to find. In a fundraising context on our support. NCA’s internal organisational develop- where back donors call for more innovation and more ment, human resource policy, mobilisation strategy spectacular projects, selling the idea of traditional and financial management systems are absolute organisational development may be challenging. How- prerequisites for our ability to carry out any work, and ever, we believe it is an absolute necessity in order to this is of course no less the case for our partners. make our partners effective and not the least sustain- Yet, these elementary building blocks have over the able agents for change. years perhaps been both underdeveloped and under- financed by our partners. Global Report 2012 5 There is hope for Myanmar, but hundreds of thousands are still displaced. One of them is Zin Aung March from E Thu Tha, a camp for internally- displaced persons on the border with Thailand. Photo: Greg Rødland Buick/Norwegian Church Aid The Arab Spring also influenced our humanitarian re- plex and the security situation sets clear limitations sponse in 2012. In Syria, millions of people are fleeing to the humanitarian response for all actors. There is for their lives because of the civil war. Starting as part an absolute need for increased international pressure of the Arab Spring, the conflict in Syria is now set to on both sides of the conflict to allow for humanitarian cause what might be the biggest humanitarian disaster intervention. since the Second World War, spilling over into other countries in the region.