Reality of Aid

The Reality of Aid Network (RoA) is the only major North/South international non-governmental initiative focusing exclusively on analysis and lobbying for poverty eradication policies and practices in the international aid regime.

It brings together 166 member organizations, including more than 40 civil society regional and global networks, working in the field of international cooperation in the 21 donor countries of the OECD, and in Europe, the Americas, Africa, and in the Asia/Pacific. The Reality of Aid builds on a seventeen-year track record of independent assessment of aid policies and practices, accompanied by constructive dialogue with policy makers at national and international levels.

The Reality of Aid is presently implementing the programme, “Catalyzing broad country implementation of the AAA:  from aid effectiveness to development effectiveness”.  The programme aims to help with country level implementation of the AAA through CSO capacity building, multi-stakeholder dialogue and promotion of good practices.  This will be done through the capacity building of national CSOs and the conduct of country case studies/researches documenting CSO involvement in aid policy reforms.  The outcomes of the case studies shall inform and strengthen RoA’s advocacy and will be tied in to BetterAid’s policy development strategy.

Visit the Reality of Aid website for more information.