BetterAid.Org

THE CSO PARALLEL FORUM ON AID EFFECTIVENESS

West Africa College of Physicians Conference Centre

Accra, Ghana

• Join CSOs, governments and donors from all over the world for a day’s interaction through plenary sessions and simultaneous forums/workshops on various concerns and issues on aid and development effectiveness issues.

• CSO only session for preparation of CSO statement and roundtable interventions to the official High Level Forum III.

REGISTRATION FEE:

Public Session only         US$ 50.00 (including lunch)
For CSOs                       US$ 80.00 (2 days including lunch)

Download Registration Forms at www.betteraid.org
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African Church leaders, meeting under the umbrella of AACC (All Africa Conference of Churches) and SECAM (Symposium of Episcopal Conference in Africa and Madagascar), have issued a joint statement on Aid Effectiveness. The African Church views “aid for development as aid that promotes the integrity of creation, social justice, sharing, participation of all stakeholders, responsible stewardship, upholding of the rule of law, democracy, good governance, respect for human dignity, gender equality and accountability at all levels” and states that “aid effectiveness should be measured in its contribution to sustained reduction of poverty and inequalities; and its support of human rights, democracy, environmental sustainability and gender equality”. Together AACC, SECAM, ACT, Caritas and CIDSE colleagues are now engaged in joint work on targeting the Accra HLF where they hope to ensure that the
ecumenical voice is heard.

Download document here.

(27 June 2008)

The second draft of the Accra Agenda for Action is now available online.  Click here to download file.

Brussels, 1 July 2008 (ITUC OnLine): The ITUC is using a new United Nations Forum, meeting in New York this week, to push for decent work in development and poverty strategies. An ITUC Statement to the first Biennial Development Cooperation Forum (DCF) of the UN's Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) sets out a series of clear steps which need to be taken to make aid and poverty eradication effective.

"At the policy level, the UN has made great strides in mainstreaming decent work into its development agenda," said ITUC General Secretary Guy Ryder. "The recent adoption by the International Labour Conference of the ILO Declaration on Social Justice for a Fair Globalisation gives fresh impetus to putting the policy to work in reality".