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CPDE Global Synthesis Report 2015 the State of Development Cooperation, CSO Enabling Environment and CSO Development Effectiveness CPDE Global Synthesis Report 2015 The State of Development Cooperation, CSO Enabling Environment and CSO Development Effectiveness May 2015 2 3 CPDE Global Synthesis Report 2015 Acknowledgements The State of Development Cooperation, CSO Enabling Environment and CSO Development Effectiveness Published by The editorial team is grateful to all the 23 country-based CSOs and authors whose contributions made this global report possible. Our gratitude is extended to the entire team that made this project possible Editorial Team: Roselynn Musa The Global Secretariat Jennifer del Rosario-Malonzo 3/F IBON Center Christopher Chanco 114 Timog Avenue Manja Bayang Quezon City Philippines 1103 May 2015 This publication has been produced with the financial assistance of the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (sida), the Department of Foreign Affairs - Ireland (IrishAid), the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland, the Austrian Development Agency (ADA), and the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada (DFA TD-Canada). The contents of this publication are the sole responsibility of CPDE and can under no circumstances be regarded as reflecting the position of aforementioned donors. This book may be reproduced in whole or in part with proper acknowledgement to CPDE. 4 5 TABLE OF CONTENTS ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS AKNOWLEDGMENTS........................................................................................................................ 3 AA Auswärtiges Amt (Foreign Office) AAA Accra Agenda for Action ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS.................................................................................................. 5 AAAQ Availability, Accessibility, Acceptability and Quality BACKGROUND...................................................................................................................................11 ACP Aid Coordination Policy ACSSC Association of Civil Society Support Centres INTRODUCTION................................................................................................................................ 13 ADB African Development Bank AECID Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation SUMMARY OF FINDINGS.................................................................................................................. 14 AEG Aid Effectiveness Group COUNTRY REPORTS AFF Aid Effectiveness Forum AFRODAD African Forum and Network on Debt and Development Albania................................................................................................................................ 31 AI Amnesty International AIDA Association of International Development Agencies Burundi............................................................................................................................... 41 AIPPA Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act Cambodia........................................................................................................................... 50 ALOP Latin-American Association of Promotion Organisations ANDEN National Association of Educators of Nicaragua Cameroon........................................................................................................................... 58 ANND Arab NGO Network for Development ANR National Republican Association (Colorado Party of Paraguay) Czechoslovakia................................................................................................................... 70 AODE Alliance of Civil Society Development Effectiveness Ecuador............................................................................................................................... 82 APC All Progressives Congress APCI Peruvian Agency for International Cooperation Germany............................................................................................................................. 89 ASC Continental Social Alliance ASCA Agency for the Support of Civil Society Guatemala.......................................................................................................................... 98 ASEAN Association of Southeast Asian Nations India.....................................................................................................................................107 AU African Union BASIC Brazil, South Africa, India and China Kenya...................................................................................................................................119 BCP Central Bank of Paraguay BMZ Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung Kyrgyzstan...........................................................................................................................127 (Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development) Lebanon.............................................................................................................................. 138 BOE Official State Bulletin BPEDC Busan Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation Mongolia............................................................................................................................. 147 BRICS Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa BS Budget Support Mozambique...................................................................................................................... 155 CACIF Coordinating Committee of Agricultural, Commercial, Industrial Nicaragua............................................................................................................................166 and Financial Associations CADEP Centre for Analysis and Diffusion of the Paraguayan Economy Nigeria................................................................................................................................. 175 CAG Comptroller and Auditor General of India CARICOM Caribbean Community Palestine..............................................................................................................................187 CBN Central Bank of Nigeria Paraguay............................................................................................................................. 199 CBO Community-Based Organisation CCC Cooperation Committee for Cambodia Peru.....................................................................................................................................209 CCER Civil Coalition for Electoral Reform CCSF Church and Civil Society Forum Spain....................................................................................................................................216 CDC Council for the Development of Cambodia Tunisia................................................................................................................................. 225 CDCF Cambodia Development Cooperation Forum CDF Cambodia Development Forum Vietnam............................................................................................................................... 237 CDM Municipal Development Council CEDAW Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women Zimbabwe........................................................................................................................... 251 CEIM Centro de Estudios e Investigación sobre Mujeres – LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS.................................................................................................................. 260 Centre for Studies and Research on Women CEPEP Paraguayan Center for Population Studies CHRD Centre for Human Rights and Development CIVICUS World Alliance for Citizen Participation CMDG Cambodian Millennium Development Goals 6 7 CN National Constitution FWNGO Forum of Women’s NGOs of Kyrgyzstan CODENI Council for the Rights of Children and Adolescents GDCC Government Donor Coordination Committee CONCORD European NGO Confederation for Relief and Development GDP Gross Domestic Product CONFEBASK Basque Business Confederation GESP Growth and Employment Strategy Paper CONGDE Development NGO Coordinator – Spain GIZ German Agency for International Cooperation CONPES National Council of Social and Economic Planning GMD Grupo Moçambicano da Divida COSADER The NGO Collective for Food Security and Rural Development GNI Gross National Income COSEP Higher Council of Private Enterprise GNP Gross National Product CPDE CSO Partnership for Development Effectiveness GNU Government of National Unity CSCPC Citizen Social Control and Participation Council GOI Government of India CSE Centre for Science and Environment GoKR Government of the Kyrgyz Republic CSJ Supreme Court of Justice GoM Government of Mongolia CSO Civil Society Organisation GPA Global Political Agreement CSOF Civil Society Open Forum GPEDC Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation CSR Corporate Social Responsibility GPP Good Governance Project CZDA Czech Development Agency GTEC Aid Effectiveness and Quality Working Group DAC OECD’s Development Assistance Committee GTZ German Agency for Technical Cooperation DAE Development Aid Effectiveness HAC Harmonization, Alignment and Coordination Donor Group DAG Decentralised Autonomous Governments HDI Human Development Index DCG Donor Coordination Group HIPC Highly Indebted Poor Country DE Development Effectiveness HIV/AIDS Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome DevCoop Development Cooperation HLF 3 Third High-Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness in Accra DGEEC Department of Statistics, Surveys and Censuses (STP) HLF 4 Fourth High-Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness in
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