Dian Kartika Sari, Indonesian Women’s Coalition

(former Deputy Executive Director of INFID)

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Open Forum Consultation on
CSO Development Effectiveness

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The Accra Agenda for Action, the recognition
of the roles and voices of CSOs as
development actors

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Objective of Open Forum for
Consultation
z The Open Forum for Civil Society Organization
Development Effectiveness is aimed at :

z 1. Sharing experiences and opinions on:

{Dimensions of CSO Development Effectiveness
{Basic Principles of CSO Development Effectiveness
{Guidelines, Mechanisms and Indicators for CSOs
{Enabling Environments for CSO Development

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Objective of Open Forum for
Consultation
z 2. Drawing on shared experiences and
opinions in order to build a framework and
platform that ensures CSO development
effectiveness.
z 3.Encouraging dialogues between various
parties (governments, donors, CSOs, UN
agencies and international CSOs) to build
understanding and support, and to reach a
multi-stakeholder agreement on the
importance of eliminating several critical
conditions that impede CSO effectiveness as
development actors
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Expected Outcome

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Process (Internasional & Regional)

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National (Indonesia)
CSO CONSULTATION
{ Date : May 3-4, 2010
{ Venue : Disaster Oasis – yogyakarta
{ Participants: 72 persons (60 Institutions)

Multi stake holder Dialogue

{ Date : May 5, 2010
{ Venue : Sasana Hinggil Yogyakarta

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Indonesia Country Core Group

zThe INDONESIA CCG composed of :

zAGRA,
zINDIES,
zINFID
zYAKKUM

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Summary of Result
{Dimensions of CSO Development Effectiveness
{Basic Principles of CSO Development
Effectiveness
{Guidelines, Mechanisms and Indicators for
CSOs
{Enabling Environments for CSO Development

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Dimensions of CSO Development
Effectiveness
zNon-market
zNon-state
zVoluntary organizations
zTo pursue common interests and goals
zExpression of human right

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Diversity

zMembership predominant CSOs

zSpecialized issue based
zSpecialized services
zCommunity based
zNational federated organizations
zNGOs
zIssue or thematic networks
zBroad platforms
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General areas and types of csos
What do CSOs do
zExpression and institution of democracy
as interlocutors of government - watchdog
zServices and issues of development
zEmpowerment of the poor
zSocial transformation and building of
democracy

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What do CSOs do
z From the Rights perspective or approach --
z Enable the people to claim their rights
z Build capacity to understand and speak
z Build capacity and opportunity to participate
z Build capacity to organize to address own
concerns and problems
{Provide services
{Organize around those services
{Advocate for access to public services, Human Rights,
Gender equality, etc

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What do CSOs do

zAs enablers at the national and

international level
zProcess of democratic development
zAct as interlocutors on governance
zMake representations for constituencies
zon specific concerns
zpublic interest issues and concerns
zDevelopment actors in their own right
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