BANGKOK, Jul 5, 2011 (IPS) - Civil society groups say they want to have a stronger voice in setting the development agenda ahead of a key global summit on aid effectiveness later this year.
Civil society organisations, or CSOs, gathered in Siem Reap, Cambodia in late June in what was the conclusion of a two-year consultation process to develop principles on how such groups can take a larger role in making development meaningful. The Global Assembly of the Open Forum for CSO Development Effectiveness aimed to consolidate the position of civil society groups ahead of high-level international aid meetings in Busan, South Korea, later this year.
"There is an increasing recognition of civil society as an essential actor in healthy and vibrant development agendas," said Lun Borithy, executive director of the Cooperation Committee for Cambodia, which co-hosted June’s CSO meeting. "There is an increasing self-realisation that we as civil society must also hold ourselves to be ever more responsive, effective and accountable if we are to help bring positive and lasting change to our world."
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