Country Directors’ Country Directors’ ForumForum

Working with Working with

Civil Society OrganizationsCivil Society Organizations

Bart W. ÉdesBart W. Édes

Head, NGO & Civil Society CenterHead, NGO & Civil Society Center

9 September 20089 September 2008

Non-Profit, Non-StateNon-Profit, Non-State

•Community-based organizationsCommunity-based organizations

•WUAs, farmers' associationsWUAs, farmers' associations

•Foundations, research institutesFoundations, research institutes

•Professional associations, Professional associations, chamberschambers

•Labor unionsLabor unions

•Development NGOs, relief Development NGOs, relief organizationsorganizations

Where is the Where is the Cooperation?Cooperation?

• 4 out of 5 loans; 1 out of 3 TAs involve 4 out of 5 loans; 1 out of 3 TAs involve CSOsCSOs

• PAK & BAN: 10 loans each with CSOsPAK & BAN: 10 loans each with CSOs

• Leading Sectors for CSO involvement: Leading Sectors for CSO involvement:

Transport & Communications (20)Transport & Communications (20)

Energy (10)Energy (10)

Multisector (10)Multisector (10)

Partnerships with CSOs Partnerships with CSOs under Strategy 2020under Strategy 2020

"Partnerships with...nongovernment "Partnerships with...nongovernment organizations, community-based organizations, community-based organizations, and foundations will organizations, and foundations will become central to planning, financing, become central to planning, financing, and implementing ADB operations”and implementing ADB operations”

Potential Cooperation Potential Cooperation under “Drivers of under “Drivers of

Change”Change”PSD/PSO -PSD/PSO - creating more business friendly creating more business friendly

environmentenvironment

Good Governance -Good Governance - corruption risk corruption risk assessments, freedom of information, citizen assessments, freedom of information, citizen scorecards, benchmarkingscorecards, benchmarking

Gender -Gender - improving access for females to improving access for females to education, health services, clean water, education, health services, clean water, better sanitation, and basic infrastructurebetter sanitation, and basic infrastructure

Partnerships -Partnerships - protecting biodiversity while protecting biodiversity while improving livelihoodsimproving livelihoods

Collaboration in Collaboration in Core Work Areas Core Work Areas

Infrastructure -Infrastructure - Urban Transport, WSS Urban Transport, WSS

Environment -Environment - DRM, Clean Energy DRM, Clean Energy

Regional CooperationRegional Cooperation -- A.I., HIV/AIDS, A.I., HIV/AIDS, TraffickingTrafficking

Financial Sector Development -Financial Sector Development - Microfinance, Microfinance, SMEsSMEs

Education -Education - Advocacy, Literacy Advocacy, Literacy

Some RM InitiativesSome RM Initiatives

SLRM -SLRM - C & P Plan C & P Plan

NRM – NRM – Tripartite action planTripartite action plan

IRM –IRM – regular meetings, e-group regular meetings, e-group

PRC -PRC - assisting government in identifying new assisting government in identifying new models for civil society in anti-poverty effortsmodels for civil society in anti-poverty efforts

Other ideas -Other ideas - book launches, brown book launches, brown bags, press conferences, CSO bags, press conferences, CSO conferences, CSO federationsconferences, CSO federations

Resources and SupportResources and Support• Staff Guide to C & P, CSO SourcebookStaff Guide to C & P, CSO Sourcebook

• NGOLink databaseNGOLink database

• Partnership Newsletter (external), CSO Partnership Newsletter (external), CSO Web Review (internal)Web Review (internal)

• NGO and Participation pages on NGO and Participation pages on www.adb.orgwww.adb.org

• Staff capacity building on CSO Staff capacity building on CSO engagement, social dimensions of ADB engagement, social dimensions of ADB operationsoperations

Growing Importance of

CSOs

New Medium Term New Medium Term WorkplanWorkplan

• Support Quality of ADB OperationsSupport Quality of ADB Operations

• Conduct Training and Build Conduct Training and Build CapacityCapacity

• Generate and Share KnowledgeGenerate and Share Knowledge

CSO ConcernsCSO Concerns• SafeguardsSafeguards

• Food CrisisFood Crisis

• CorruptionCorruption

• Human RightsHuman Rights

• Role of Private SectorRole of Private Sector

• Water & EnergyWater & Energy

• Debt/SovereigntyDebt/Sovereignty

Thank You!Thank You!

ADB & NGOs/Civil Society:ADB & NGOs/Civil Society:

www.adb.org/NGOswww.adb.org/NGOs

ParticipationParticipation

www.adb.org/participation/www.adb.org/participation/