Inclusive Partnerships & Multi-stakeholder Approaches Busan Partnership Workshop Nov. 6-7, 2014 Break-out Session 4 Jacqueline Wood for the Task Team on CSO Development Effectiveness and Enabling Environment

Ever-more inclusive multi-stakeholder partnership Ever-more inclusion commitments Why important for GPEDC? 1

Paris Inclusion for monitoring & accountability of government-to-government aid relationship Accra CSOs firmly into ‘tent’ & local governments, parliaments Busan All development cooperation actors into ‘tent’ Recurring inclusion theme Mexico Re-affirmation & some fine-tuning Progression of inclusiveness 2

Mexico Communiqué (examples) Paragraphs dedicated to parliaments, local & regional governments, CSOs, private sector, philanthropic foundations, South-South cooperation, MICs “in a spirit of full inclusion & solidarity” (§1) “improved GE & … human rights” (§2) “enhance inclusive & democratic ownership” (§12) “financing for inclusive & sustainable development” (§5) 3

Why challenging? Multi-faceted, integrated & integral Common understanding/definition Tension across commitments Can be political 4

Defining inclusiveness Voice ▫ Democratic ownership, at global, regional & national levels ▫ Institutionalized, transparent & inclusive processes & space for multiple stakeholder voices ▫ Opportunities for direct input by poor & marginalized persons 5

Defining inclusiveness Action ▫ Leadership of development initiatives by varied actors ▫ Tapping into diversity, comparative advantages, resources ▫ No development blueprint ▫ Multi-actor partnerships 6

Results ▫ Leaving no one behind…. ▫ Facilitated by inclusiveness of voice & action Defining inclusiveness 7

How to make progress? Transparency Enabling policy, legal & regulatory frameworks Effort by CSOs & other non-governmental actors to demonstrate development effectiveness Political will 8

What can the GPEDC community do? Enhance monitoring of inclusive partnerships/development &multi-stakeholder approaches, with input from variousstakeholders at country levels Enhance monitoring of inclusive partnerships/development & multi-stakeholder approaches, with input from various stakeholders at country levels Elevate inclusive partnerships/development as a core GPEDCtheme Elevate inclusive partnerships/development as a core GPEDC theme Better position the GPEDC as a guide on the Post-2015 ‘how’of inclusive partnerships & multi-stakeholder approaches Better position the GPEDC as a guide on the Post-2015 ‘how’ of inclusive partnerships & multi-stakeholder approaches 9

Thank you The Task Team is a multi-stakeholder informal network of self-selected development cooperation provider and recipient governments and civil society organizations (CSOs). The Task Team aims to advance norms and the implementation of international commitments in relation to civil society and development. The Task Team Secretariat is funded by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA). Task Team on CSO Development Effectiveness and Enabling Environment