CSO Partnership for Development Effectiveness (CPDE); Civil Society Continuing Campaign on Effective Development

Description What is done in the programme or project and why, what results are pursued, who benefits from the activities and who are involved in the implementation.

The CPDE is an open platform that unites CSOs from around the world on the issue of development effectiveness, in particular in the context of the Busan Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation (BPd) and the Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation (GPEDC). The CPDE is open to the participation of any CSO that endorses its vision, goals, and the CSO Key Asks on the Road to Busan,2 that believes in its objectives, and that adheres to the Istanbul Principles for CSO Development Effectiveness (IP). The CPDE is a platform open to the richness and the diversity of the world’s CSOs. The Program, "Civil Society Continuing Campaign on Effective Development" seeks to make concrete contributions to global development through the promotion of development effectiveness and an enabling environment in all areas of work, among CSOs and to key development actors, through active engagement with the GPEDC, guided by the human rights-based approach. The program is characterized by CSO action at global, regional, sub-regional and national levels utilizing a mix of approaches in policy advocacy, engagement, outreach and capacity development. At the end of the Program expects to deliver the following: - CSOs in at least 50 countries claiming their rights in multi-stakeholder development policy arenas; - CSOs in at least 50 countries working on their own effectiveness; - global development and development cooperation policies that are clearly influenced by CSO advocacy positions; and - multi-stakeholder initiatives at relevant national, sub-regional, regional and global policy arenas advancing enabling environment for CSOs.