Civil society newsroom at the HLF4 and BCSF

Portal of civil society commentary at the Fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness (HLF4) and the Busan Global Civil Society Forum (BCSF).

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A happy ending in Busan? Take One 16 Dec 2011 \| 10:44 am Posted on December 3rd, 2011 In contrast to the rather mild weather that characterized the first two days of the Fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness (HLF4), the final day was met with a cold, rainy morning – gloomy[…] Read more... Getting the Busan Gender Plan back on the rights track 1 Dec 2011 \| 6:59 am Post from Robert Fox, Oxfam Canada, published on the 30/11/2011 in http://blogs.oxfam.ca/blogs What was to be a showcase announcement on gender equality at the Fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness (HLF4) www.aideffectiveness.org/busanhlf4 landed with a bit of a thud[…] Read more... Global Civil Society Forum ends as CSOs look forward to new beginning at HLF4 29 Nov 2011 \| 12:54 am Busan Global Civil Society Forum concluded yesterday while civil society looks forward to a new beginning of the development discourse with governments and donors at 4th High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness (HLF4), starting tomorrow Nov 29 and until Dec 1[…] Read more...		Trade Union Response to the Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation BetterAid News 18 Jan 2012 \| 9:49 am During the last General Meeting of the Trade Union Development Cooperation Network (TUDCN), held in Florence on 12-14 December, a detailed trade union response to the Busan Partnership and HLF4 was developed, highlighting the successes but also the shortcomings of[…] Read more... BetterAid co-chair speech at Opening Ceremony of Fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness BetterAid News 14 Dec 2011 \| 3:43 pm Read below BetterAid co-chair Antonio Tujan's speech at the Opening Ceremony of the Fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness (HLF4): Read more... Read more... Open Forum co-chair closing speech at Fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness BetterAid News 14 Dec 2011 \| 3:28 pm Read below the full speech of Emele Duituturaga, Co-Chair of the Open Forum for CSO Development Effectiveness, given in the closing ceremony of the Fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness: Read more... Read more...

The BetterAid blog aims to capture all key civil society commentary on the HLF4 and BCSF.

Other civil society blogs on HLF4
The following are links to some civil society blogs solely dedicated to the HLF4:

UK Aid Network (UKAN)

Concord AidWatch

Open Forum for CSO Development Effectiveness

Canadian Council for International Co-operation

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