"Civil society organisations and parliaments often lack the capacity to make a meaningful contribution to development processes"

Following the cross-country report 'Democratic Ownership beyond Busan: Building Inclusive Partnerships for Development'

This is one of the conclusions following the new cross-country report by Alliance2015. Alliance2015  has launched an advocacy tool kit in preparation for the Fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness in Busan, South Korea taking place from November 29 tot December 1, 2011.

The kit contains five Country Briefs covering the issue of Democratic Ownership in Cambodia (where the kit has been launched on June 3rd), Mozambique, Tanzania, Ghana and Nicaragua, plus the cross-country synthesis report Democratic Ownerhip beyond Busan: Building Inclusive Partnerships for Developement.

Please download the new cross-country report here:

Democratic Ownership beyond Busan: Building Inclusive Partnerships for Development

Some conclusions of the report:

• Donors are not making enough effort to provide developing countries with the political space they require to choose their own road to development through genuinely democratic processes.
•  Many governments in developing countries have never fully endorsed the principle of democratic ownership or taken serious steps to provide an enabling environment. Governments are not giving civil society and parliaments proper recognition as independent development actors.
• In the cases when they are invited to participate, civil society organisations and parliaments often lack the capacity to make a meaningful contribution to development processes. 

Here are the five Country Briefs:

• Country Brief Democratic Ownership Cambodia
• Country Brief Democratic Ownership Mozambique
• Country Brief Democratic Ownership Tanzania
• Country Brief Democratic Ownership Ghana
• Country Brief Democratic Ownership Nicaragua

The Alliance2015 is a strategic partnership of seven European non-governmetnal organisation founded in 2000 by Hivos (Netherlands), Welthungerhilfe (Germany), Concern Worldwide (Ireland) and IBIS (Denmark). Alliance2015 is committed to working together, in our countries of operation and at EU level, towards achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The partners are Acted, Cesvi, Concern Worldwide, Hivos, Ibis, People in Need and Welthungerhilfe. Over the past decade, practical collaboration between our agencies has increased significantly as has the effectiveness and impact of that work.