Global Efectiveness Framework for NGOs - Open Forum for CSO Development Effectiveness
Basic information
- Type: Working Group
- Year established: 2008
- Status: Active
- Thematic area: Development
- Summary: The Open Forum brings together civil society organisations from around the world to discuss the issues and challenges to their effectiveness as development actors. Its objective is to propose, by late 2011, a global effectiveness framework for CSOs. Funding for this effort has been provided by the Austrian, French and Spanish government development agencies.
Contact details
- Host organisation: European NGO Confederation for Relief and Development
- Acronym: CONCORD
- Website: www.cso-effectiveness.org
- Email: cso-eff@concordeurope.org
- Phone: +32 (0) 2 743 8776
- Address: European NGO Confederation for Relief and Development 10 square Ambiorix B-1000 Brussels Belgium
Areas addressed
- Principles or standards: Principles-based
- Governance and Management:
- General commitment to good governance
- Beneficiary / client / supporter participation:
- General commitment to beneficiary participation
- Monitoring and Evaluation:
- General commitment to evaluation
- Commitment to integrate learning in future
Further info: The Working Group has not yet produced a potential framework outline. However, the Framework is likely to includes aspects of transparency, beneficiary participation, monitoring and evaluation as a minimum.
Participation
- Reasons for participation
- Enhancing credibility, quality or reputation
Assessment
The Global Efectiveness Framework for NGOs - Open Forum for CSO Development Effectiveness provides an important example of CSO collaboration at a global level involving actors from all major world regions. This initiative, a response to the 2005 Paris Declaration, also demonstrates how CSO self-regulation can be both complementary to government efforts and promote high standards within the CSO sector.
