FAO Civil Society Regional Consultation on Food Security in Asia and the Pacific Region:ADB Opportunities and Entry

Points

Chris Morris

Head NGOC, RSDD

23 February 2010

Richmonde Hotel, Manila

Contents list

• Strategy 2020

• NGO/CSO cooperation

• Types of CSO/NGO Participation in ADB Activities

• Some trends

Strategy 2020: ADB Corporate Vision

“An Asia and Pacific Free of Poverty,"

helping its developing member countries (DMCs) reduce poverty and improve living

conditions and quality of life

Strategy 2020

…focuses on complementary development agendas of the region:

inclusive economic growth, environmentally sustainable growth, and

regional integration.

Strategy 2020…cont.

“ADB will engage in partnerships with a more diverse group of institutions.

Partnerships with international development agencies, multilateral and bilateral institutions, the private sector,

NGOs, community-based organizations, and foundations will become central to planning, financing, and implementing

ADB operations.”

World Bank on Civil Society

“the growth of civil society has been one of the most significant trends in

international development.  Partnerships between governments,

businesses and CSOs are now one of the most effective ways to raise standards of living and achieve

sustainable development”

Accountability Mechanism

Anticorruption

Bank Criteria for Subsidies

Cooperation between ADB and NGOs

Cost Sharing and Eligibility of Expenditures for ADB Financing: A New Approach

Disaster and Emergency Assistance

Environment

Financing Foreign Exchange Component of Local Expenditure

Financing of Interest and Other Charges During Construction

Gender and Development

Governance: Sound Development Management

Increasing the Impact of the Asian Development Bank's Technical Assistance Program

Indigenous Peoples

Involuntary Resettlement

Mainstreaming the Multitranche Financing Facility

Pilot Financing Instruments and Modalities

Private Sector Operations

• Procurement Guidelines • Program Lending • Public Communications Policy (PCP) • Regional Cooperation• Revising the Framework for Asian D

evelopment Fund Grants

• Safeguard Policy Statement• Sector Lending• Supplementary Financing • Use of Consultants by the Asian De

velopment Bank and Its Borrowers

POLICIES (sample)

1. Agriculture and Natural Resource Research

2. Education 3. Energy 4. Fisheries 5. Forestry 6. Health 7. Population 8. Water

Sector policies

ADB Works with NGOs

And Civil Society…“…(to strengthen) the

effectiveness, sustainability, and quality of development services

ADB provides”

- Cooperation Between ADB & NGOs, 1998

What Value do CSOs Provide?

• Innovation

• Accountability

• Responsiveness

• Participation

• Sustainability

Areas of Interaction

•Loans and technical assistance

•Policy development

•Country programming

•Developing ADB staff and NGO capacity

CSOs & External Relations

Mainstreaming Civil Society Cooperation in

ADB

• Regional departments engage NGOs in operational activities

• Resident Missions/Rep Offices have regular contact with NGOs in the field

• DER interacts with NGOs on information and disclosure issues

• RSDD work closely with NGOs in several sectoral/thematic areas

NGO & Civil Society Center (NGOC)

•Situated in Governance, Financial Management and Participation Division, in the Regional and Sustainable Development Department

•“Window” for ADB interaction with civil society

•Engage NGOs in a continuing dialogue

•Improve ADB's institutional capacity to interact proactively with NGOs

•Provides knowledge, advice, and resources

• Established in 2001,

• Has established a network of NGO/civil society anchors in ADB’s Resident Missions (RMs) recognizing that RMs are the frontline for CSO engagement in ADB Operations.

• NGO Anchors in RMs

NGO & Civil Society Center (NGOC)

Levels of Cooperation

• Consultation

• Information Provider

• Policy and Advocacy

• Co-financer

• Beneficiary

• Expert/Trainer

• Implementing Agency

• Monitoring and Evaluation

Consulting assignments

Partnerships

Consultation, feedback, meetings

ADB Annual Meetings

Country coordination and sector meetings

Applications to sector funds

Types of CSO/NGO Participation

in ADB Activities

Consulting assignments

ADB employs consultants regularly in a wide range of positions. Consultants may be individuals or organizations, including NGOs. NGOs can lend skills and experience to plan, implement and evaluate projects. Therefore, if ADB is funding a project in the geographical area and sector where your organization has expertise, please register in the ADB consultant's database and monitor new opportunities as they are posted.

Types of CSO/NGO Participation

in ADB Activities

PartnershipsADB lends to governments of its member states, so the most

direct way is to partner with an ADB recipient government of the country where your organization operates in a sector addressed in the joint ADB-host nation Country Strategy Partnership. ADB funds projects as well as technical assistance, and both often involve civil society support. NGOs can represent marginalized groups and communities and NGO projects can serve as models for similar programs that will have a wider scope. Often partnerships are established at the project design phase, not during the project. Although it may seem challenging for an NGO to work with optimally with the government, approximately 75% of ADB's loans to governments include some level of civil society participation. ADB engages in a variety of partnerships with a range of development actors. Learn more about ADB and partnerships.

Types of CSO/NGO Participation

in ADB Activities

ADB Annual MeetingsBy attending the ADB Annual Meeting, CSOs can engage

with ADB on a variety of issues, contribute to policy discussions, and network with many other CSO participants from across the region. ADB welcomes the participation of civil society organizations (CSOs) including NGOs, labor unions, foundations, professional associations, and other nonprofit organizations. CSOs attending for the first time are required to go through an accreditation process that is coordinated by ADB's NGO and Civil Society Center (NGOC). View information on the accreditation and registration process. Please note that the accreditation process is only open from January-April of each year, however.

Types of CSO/NGO Participation

in ADB Activities

Consultation, feedback, meetingsADB regularly seeks comment from civil society on its

country strategy partnerships, policies, and strategies. NGOs can provide alternative perspectives on development issues. Monitor the ADB website and post comments or look to join upcoming consultative meetings in your country. An easy way to do so is to register on the E-mail Notification Service on the ADB home page to receive new postings that match your organization's interests. Upcoming consultative events are posted on the NGOC website under News and Events. ADB also encourages NGOs to be a voice for people adversely affected by ADB-assisted projects to voice and seek solutions to their problems and also report alleged violations of ADB's operational policies and procedures. Learn more about ADB how ADB seeks advice from CSOs.

Types of CSO/NGO Participation

in ADB Activities

Country coordination and sector meetings

Other collaboration develops on the ground when ADB and another organization are working in the same sector and/or geographical area. In country coordination and sector meetings are opportunities to get to work together and build relationships. Find contact details for NGO coordination bodies in your country.

Types of CSO/NGO Participation

in ADB Activities

CollaborationADB has a strong record of collaboration with ADB.

However, ADB does not allocate any funds exclusively to NGOs, but instead to its client governments. Therefore, civil society organizations in a developing member country wishing to work with ADB should familiarize themselves with the Country Partnership Strategy of the country where they are working and identify if there are contributions that the organization can make to ADB's work. ADB seeks to work with organizations with expertise relevant to ADB's work.

Types of CSO/NGO Participation

in ADB Activities

Applications to sector fundsFrom time to time, different sector funds are open to NGO

applications. The NGOC does not monitor or operate these funds, but all of the relevant information is available on the websites of each topics. Sectors who have, in the past, had funds available to NGOs include water, gender, and climate change. Again, the E-mail notification service is a useful way to monitor new postings that may be applicable to your organization. ADB also provides links to other funding sources.

Questions about how your CSO can work with ADB? Email us at ngocoordinator@adb.org.

Types of CSO/NGO Participation

in ADB Activities

CSOs/NGOs in ADB Loans (Lala get recent figures up to 2009 and add to chart)

Year Total Loans Approved

Loans with NGO

Participation

2004 74 48

2003 72 47

2002 73 40

2001 64 36

2000 70 41

1999 48 25

1998 54 28

1997 75 27

1996 83 25

1995 71 200

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Loans withNGOParticipation

Total LoansApproved

Some Trends • Continued high levels of CSO engagement

in loan activities

• More scrutiny of ADB (due to expanded disclosure, and nature of projects)

• Greater ADB collaboration with foundations and think tanks

• More attention on labor and human rights, subregional issues, and the MDGs

• Possibility of stepped up CSO involvement in project monitoring

NGO & Civil Society Center

Asian Development BankCHRIS MORRIS, Head NGOC, ADB

P.O. Box 789

Metro Manila 0980

Philippines

(632) 632 6524, 5925

ngocoordinator@adb.org

http://www.adb.org/ngos