Development and Aid Effectiveness

For more information on CSO perspectives on aid and development effectiveness, please visit BetterAid Platform. CCIC is a member of the BetterAid Coordinating Committee.

The Paris Declaration and Accra Agenda for Action and Aid Effectiveness

BetterAid’s latest Policy Paper on South Development Cooperation (March 2010)

The BetterAid platform’s policy paper proposing new commitments by all development partners in the preparations for the 2011 Fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness and the 2010 United Nations Development Cooperation Forum (January 2010) (PDF 1.47 Kb)

Strengthening Civil Society's Roles and Voice: Reflections on CSO Engagement with the Accra Third High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness CCIC, CIVICUS and IBON Foundation (Philippines) has documented the CSO experience in organizing the September 2008 Accra High Level Forum and its impact on global CSOs. Currently available in English. (PDF 1 Mb)

Reality Check on the Paris Declaration – Produced by the Reality of Aid Network (January 2007) (PDF 999 Kb)

Advisory Group on CSOs and Aid Effectiveness

The Advisory Group on CSOs and Aid Effectiveness was created by the Working Party on Aid Effectiveness at the OECD Development Assistance Committee. The Advisory Group made recommendations to the Working Party for the Third High Level Forum that was held in Accra, Ghana, September 2 to 4, 2008. The Canadian Council for International Cooperation, along with seven other CSO colleagues, was a member of the Advisory Group.

Background papers relating to the Advisory Group's International Forum: A Multistakeholder Dialogue on Civil Society and Aid Effectivess

Civil Society and Aid Effectiveness: Exploration of Experience and Good Practice, Second Edition. A reference document prepared by Réal Lavergne and Jacqueline Wood for the Advisory Group on Civil Society and Aid Effectiveness. (September 2009) (PDF 1.42 Mb)

The Accra Third High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness:  A CCIC Participant Assessment of the Outcomes (September 2008) (PDF 74 Kb)

Civil Society and Aid Effectiveness – Synthesis of Findings and Recommendations (August 2008) (PDF 775 Kb) (also available in Spanish – 820 Kb)

Background and papers relating to the Advisory Group's "International Forum: A Multistakeholder dialgoue on Civil Society and Aid Effectivenss"

Open Forum on Civil Society Development Effectiveness

CSOs are reviewing their own development effectiveness through the Open Forum on Civil Society Development Effectiveness. For documents on CCIC's site relating to the Open Forum, please go to the CSO Development Effectiveness section of our website and the Open Forum global site.

Determinants of Civil Society and Aid Effectiveness

• Working paper on Aid Effectiveness and Non-State Partnerships: Analytical Considerations, authored by Réal Lavergne (CIDA Policy Branch) and Jacqueline Wood (CIDA Canadian Partnership Branch) (December 2006) (PDF 314 Kb)
• Determinants of Civil Society and Aid Effectiveness – A CCIC Discussion Paper (November 2006) (PDF 267 Kb)
• Determinants of Civil Society Aid Effectiveness Executive Summary (November 2006) (PDF 61 Kb