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Civil society is a critical actor for societal change and development. It should choose the degree to which it engages with state structures, while developing its own path and its own solutions.
New aid orthodoxies are threatening the autonomy of civil society. In particular, the aid effectiveness trend and the Development for Security agenda are worldwide policy changes with major impacts on civil society functioning.
As countries gear up for the Third High-Level Panel on Aid Effectiveness in Accra in September 2008, Alliance 2015, a group of NGOs, spent the last year examining donor and in-country issues in relation to the implementation of the aid effectiveness process. An INTRAC team has been closely involved in this process, and in producing the final report, which can be downloaded below.
Alliance2015 Report Fostering Democratic Ownership.pdf (1216Kb)
INTRAC is working to ensure that a vibrant, autonomous civil society sector can retain its independence and not be subject to the threats from these changes in the aid architecture.
AFRODAD's case studies on AE in 8 African countries
INTRAC's pages on security, the War on Terror and development
Women on aid effectiveness: AWID's info series
New briefing paper on security policy and development in donor countries
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