Transcript Annex08 Presentation on ADB CSO Windows

FAO Civil Society Regional
Consultation on Food Security in
Asia and the Pacific Region:
ADB Opportunities and Entry Points
Chris Morris
Head NGOC, RSDD
23 February 2010
Richmonde Hotel, Manila
Contents list
• Strategy 2020
• NGO/CSO cooperation
• Types of CSO/NGO
Participation in ADB Activities
• Some trends
Strategy 2020: ADB
Corporate Vision
“An Asia and Pacific Free of
Poverty,"
helping its developing member countries
(DMCs) reduce poverty and improve living
conditions and quality of life
Strategy 2020
…focuses on complementary
development agendas of the region:
inclusive economic growth,
environmentally sustainable growth, and
regional integration.
Strategy 2020…cont.
“ADB will engage in partnerships with a
more diverse group of institutions.
Partnerships with international
development agencies, multilateral and
bilateral institutions, the private sector,
NGOs, community-based organizations,
and foundations will become central to
planning, financing, and implementing
ADB operations.”
World Bank on Civil Society
“the growth of civil society has been one
of the most significant trends in
international
development. Partnerships between
governments, businesses and CSOs
are now one of the most effective ways
to raise standards of living and achieve
sustainable development”
POLICIES (sample)
Accountability Mechanism
• Procurement Guidelines
Anticorruption
• Program Lending
• Public Communications Policy (PCP)
Bank Criteria for Subsidies
• Regional Cooperation
Cooperation between ADB and NGOs
• Revising the Framework for Asian
Cost Sharing and Eligibility of Expenditures for ADB
Development Fund Grants
Financing: A New Approach
• Safeguard Policy Statement
Disaster and Emergency Assistance
• Sector Lending
Environment
• Supplementary Financing
Financing Foreign Exchange Component of Local
Expenditure
• Use of Consultants by the Asian
Development Bank and Its Borrowers
Financing of Interest and Other Charges During
Construction
Gender and Development
Sector policies
Governance: Sound Development Management
Increasing the Impact of the Asian Development
1.
Agriculture and Natural
Bank's Technical Assistance Program
Resource Research
Indigenous Peoples
2.
Education
Involuntary Resettlement
Energy
Mainstreaming the Multitranche Financing Facility 3.
4.
Fisheries
Pilot Financing Instruments and Modalities
5.
Forestry
Private Sector Operations
6.
Health
7.
Population
8.
Water
ADB Works with NGOs
And Civil Society…
“…(to strengthen) the effectiveness,
sustainability, and quality of
development services ADB provides”
- Cooperation Between ADB & NGOs, 1998
What Value do CSOs Provide?
• Innovation
• Accountability
• Responsiveness
• Participation
• Sustainability
Areas of Interaction
•Loans and technical assistance
•Policy development
•Country programming
•Developing ADB staff and NGO capacity
CSOs & External Relations
Mainstreaming
Civil Society Cooperation in ADB
• Regional departments engage NGOs in
operational activities
• Resident Missions/Rep Offices have
regular contact with NGOs in the field
• DER interacts with NGOs on
information and disclosure issues
• RSDD work closely with NGOs in
several sectoral/thematic areas
NGO & Civil Society Center
(NGOC)
•Situated in Governance, Financial Management and
Participation Division, in the Regional and
Sustainable Development Department
•“Window” for ADB interaction with civil society
•Engage NGOs in a continuing dialogue
•Improve ADB's institutional capacity to interact
proactively with NGOs
•Provides knowledge, advice, and resources
NGO & Civil Society Center
(NGOC)
• Established in 2001,
• Has established a network of
NGO/civil society anchors in ADB’s
Resident Missions (RMs)
recognizing that RMs are the
frontline for CSO engagement in
ADB Operations.
• NGO Anchors in RMs
Levels of Cooperation
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Consultation
Information Provider
Policy and Advocacy
Co-financer
Beneficiary
Expert/Trainer
Implementing Agency
Monitoring and Evaluation
Types of CSO/NGO Participation
in ADB Activities
Consulting assignments
Partnerships
Consultation, feedback, meetings
ADB Annual Meetings
Country coordination and sector meetings
Applications to sector funds
Types of CSO/NGO Participation
in ADB Activities
Consulting assignments
ADB employs consultants regularly in a wide
range of positions. Consultants may be
individuals or organizations, including NGOs.
NGOs can lend skills and experience to plan,
implement and evaluate projects. Therefore,
if ADB is funding a project in the geographical
area and sector where your organization has
expertise, please register in the ADB
consultant's database and monitor new
opportunities as they are posted.
Types of CSO/NGO Participation
in ADB Activities
Partnerships
ADB lends to governments of its member states, so the most direct way is
to partner with an ADB recipient government of the country where your
organization operates in a sector addressed in the joint ADB-host
nation Country Strategy Partnership. ADB funds projects as well as
technical assistance, and both often involve civil society support. NGOs
can represent marginalized groups and communities and NGO projects
can serve as models for similar programs that will have a wider scope.
Often partnerships are established at the project design phase, not
during the project. Although it may seem challenging for an NGO to
work with optimally with the government, approximately 75% of ADB's
loans to governments include some level of civil society participation.
ADB engages in a variety of partnerships with a range of development
actors. Learn more about ADB and partnerships.
Types of CSO/NGO Participation
in ADB Activities
ADB Annual Meetings
By attending the ADB Annual Meeting, CSOs can engage with ADB
on a variety of issues, contribute to policy discussions, and
network with many other CSO participants from across the
region. ADB welcomes the participation of civil society
organizations (CSOs) including NGOs, labor unions, foundations,
professional associations, and other nonprofit organizations.
CSOs attending for the first time are required to go through an
accreditation process that is coordinated by ADB's NGO and Civil
Society Center (NGOC). View information on the accreditation
and registration process. Please note that the accreditation
process is only open from January-April of each year, however.
Types of CSO/NGO Participation
in ADB Activities
Consultation, feedback, meetings
ADB regularly seeks comment from civil society on its country
strategy partnerships, policies, and strategies. NGOs can
provide alternative perspectives on development issues. Monitor
the ADB website and post comments or look to join upcoming
consultative meetings in your country. An easy way to do so is
to register on the E-mail Notification Service on the ADB home
page to receive new postings that match your organization's
interests. Upcoming consultative events are posted on the
NGOC website under News and Events. ADB also encourages
NGOs to be a voice for people adversely affected by ADBassisted projects to voice and seek solutions to their problems
and also report alleged violations of ADB's operational policies
and procedures. Learn more about ADB how ADB seeks advice
from CSOs.
Types of CSO/NGO Participation
in ADB Activities
Country coordination and sector meetings
Other collaboration develops on the ground
when ADB and another organization are
working in the same sector and/or
geographical area. In country coordination
and sector meetings are opportunities to get
to work together and build relationships. Find
contact details for NGO coordination bodies in
your country.
Types of CSO/NGO Participation
in ADB Activities
Collaboration
ADB has a strong record of collaboration with ADB. However, ADB
does not allocate any funds exclusively to NGOs, but instead to
its client governments. Therefore, civil society organizations in a
developing member country wishing to work with ADB should
familiarize themselves with the Country Partnership Strategy of
the country where they are working and identify if there are
contributions that the organization can make to ADB's work.
ADB seeks to work with organizations with expertise relevant to
ADB's work.
Types of CSO/NGO Participation
in ADB Activities
Applications to sector funds
From time to time, different sector funds are open to NGO
applications. The NGOC does not monitor or operate these
funds, but all of the relevant information is available on the
websites of each topics. Sectors who have, in the past, had
funds available to NGOs include water, gender, and climate
change. Again, the E-mail notification service is a useful way to
monitor new postings that may be applicable to your
organization. ADB also provides links to other funding sources.
Questions about how your CSO can work with ADB? Email us at
[email protected].
CSOs/NGOs in ADB Loans
(Lala get recent figures up to 2009 and add to chart)
Year
Total Loans
Approved
Loans with
NGO
Participation
90
80
2004
74
48
2003
72
47
2002
73
40
60
2001
64
36
50
2000
70
41
40
1999
48
25
30
1998
54
28
20
1997
75
27
10
1996
83
25
0
1995
71
20
70
Loans with
NGO
Participation
Total Loans
Approved
Some Trends
• Continued high levels of CSO engagement
in loan activities
• More scrutiny of ADB (due to expanded
disclosure, and nature of projects)
• Greater ADB collaboration with
foundations and think tanks
• More attention on labor and human rights,
subregional issues, and the MDGs
• Possibility of stepped up CSO involvement
in project monitoring
NGO & Civil Society Center
Asian Development Bank
CHRIS MORRIS, Head NGOC, ADB
P.O. Box 789
Metro Manila 0980
Philippines
(632) 632 6524, 5925
[email protected]
http://www.adb.org/ngos