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What are CSOs All About Today? ‘Re-searching’ Development Effectiveness September, 2010 Dr. Rajesh Tandon, President, PRIA 42 Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi – 110 062 Tel: +91-11-29960931/32/33; Fax: +91-11-29955183 Email: [email protected]; Web: www.pria.org Recalling the Journey • • • • • Development is GDP growth Development is basic needs Development is empowerment Development is rights & entitlements Back to Global Growth? Revisiting the Players • Governments with ODA • NGOs (civil society after 1990s) with ODA • International Agencies (the Bank!) • Private sector • Back to State-led? Re-stating the principles • • • • • Endogenous priorities Citizen-led processes Democratic political institutions Accountable market mechanisms Basic needs, equity & justice Intermediation by CSOs • • • • • Raising Awareness Enabling Voice Demonstrating Solutions Engaging with state institutions Building capacities CSO Effectiveness in Development • • • • • Responsible Intermediation Capable response Accountable capabilities Multi-polar Accountability Globalising multi-polarity Beyond the Framework: ‘New’ Players? *missing voices from grassroots informal citizen groups arising Awareness • hidden noises from the private sector • ignored assertions of non-OECD donor governments • aspiring diasporas beyond remittances • shrill occupation by media, celebrities Beyond the Framework: New Dilemmas? • Development and/or democracy? • Conflicts, disagreements and /or violence? • Power Politics and/or power of politics? • State-led and/or citizen-centric? • Rights/entitlements and/or obligations to society? New Opportunities for CSO Effectiveness • Reinterpreting the context with democratic lens • Re-discovering ‘global’ alliances— horizontal & vertical • Re-configuring indigenous models of governance and management • Re-connecting with local resources • Re-imagining a ‘new’ world order