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African Development Bank Group. THE Civil Society Engagement Framework February 2012 Zéneb Touré. Presentation. 1. Rationale 2 . Objectives 3 . The value added of the CSO Framework 4 . Components of the new engagement framework The three-Tier engagement modality

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  1. African Development Bank Group THE Civil Society Engagement Framework February 2012 Zéneb Touré

  2. Presentation 1. Rationale 2. Objectives 3. The value added of the CSO Framework 4. Components of the new engagement framework • The three-Tier engagement modality • CSO support to Ongoing AfDB activities • AfDB support to CSOs 5. Mechanisms for CSO engagement

  3. Rationale • AfDB’sMedium-term Strategy (MTS), 2008-2012 • proposes AfDB support to the involvement of CSOs in the design, implementation and evaluation of projects and programs • reiterates the importance of results-based and client-oriented approaches • AfDB’sLong term strategy 2013-2022 • Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness (2005) • Accra Agenda for Action (AAA, 2008)

  4. Objectives • Help the Bank achieve greater results and impacts through improving the Bank’s collaboration with CSOs and Strengthen the existing mechanisms for participation and coordination • Promote staff interaction with CSOs • Strengthen the Bank’s capacity to build cooperative working modalities with CSOs / Provide operational guidance for the Bank’s staff

  5. The value of the CSO Framework • Development impact • Public outreach/Partnership • Results and effectiveness (CSOs : comparative advantage in terms of cost, timeliness, flexibility, local knowledge and proximity to the beneficiary population • Policy dialogue (Highlight important issues/strategic • orientation • Ownership

  6. The Bank’s engagement with CSOs The three-tier engagement mechanism/modality The AfDB support to CSOs/Capacity building have been integrated in the view of consolidating the 1999 Policy on Civil Society Cooperation

  7. Comp 1: The three-tier engagement modality Corporate level AfDB–civil society policy dialogue at headquarters level expanded more consolidated over the past years • Encourage greater civil society participation at the Bank’s Annual Meetings • Define criteria to select CSOs • Institute a learning program for Bank staff/develop tools • Organize consultations between senior management of the Bank and CSOs on emerging regional issues

  8. The three-tier engagement modality Regional/Country level Increasing CSO participation provides insight into local knowledge and ensures citizen support of the Bank’s projects. • The Bank country offices : regular consultations with CSOs to improve CSP, poverty reduction papers : To increase CSO knowledge about the bank • Mapping of CSOs in country/data base • The Bank regional departments and country offices: CSOs participation CSP, PBO

  9. The three-tier engagement modality Project/operational level CSOsin Project: better outcomes, lower risks, and increased development effectiveness. improve project design, quality of service, public support,increases transparency and accountability and improving relationships between citizens and their public agencies. • Develop and institutionalize templates for CSOs • CSO and beneficiary involvement in monitoring and evaluating AfDB-supported projects

  10. Comp 2: CSO support to Ongoing AfDB activities • Integrated Environmental and Social Safeguards Systems • Independent Review Mechanism • Expanding the role of CSOs in fragile regional member countries • Outreach and communication

  11. Integrated Environmental and Social Safeguards Systems CSOs can be a critical ally to enforce the integrated safeguard system by: • Identifying impacts on host communities; • Verifying whether those negatively affected are compensated • Ascertaining whether regional member countries or other borrowers are fully complying with the bank’s environmental and social safeguard policies and procedures.

  12. Independent Review Mechanism CSOs can be: • Effective intermediary in transferring information to communities. • Assist the IRM in understanding the nature and scope of complaints and the local social and economic circumstances at the local level that led to the complaints about the projects. • Play a pivotal role in providing information to the IRM’s compliance review panels and determining whether any harm has been inflicted on affected communities. • Raise community awareness on the functions of the IRM and the requirements necessary for submitting complaints. • Help communities acquire skills to engage in dialogue and negotiation with the Bank • Offer suggestions to the IRM on how to improve its outreach activities in RMCs.

  13. Expanding the role of CSOs infragile states • Develop CSO capacity in fragile states in terms of service delivery, community development, advocacy, peace-building and governance • Strengthen the forums for government-CSO communication in fragile states as those countries face particular difficulties in engaging with civil society and supporting participatory processes • Provide support to the EITI in fragile states within the context of natural resources management. • Capitalize on successful CSO experiences in Africa and other regions and consider forging partnerships with CSOs to document and replicate these experiences.

  14. Outreach and communication • Expanding CSO engagement with the Bank would require meaningful communication between the two parties. • CSOs need to be kept abreast of Bank activities and the Bank, in turn, needs to have basic information about the CSO landscape on the continent. • To encourage dialogue, the Bank need to strengthen communication with CSOs, guided by its Policy on Disclosure and Access to Information.

  15. Mechanism of Engagement with CSOs

  16. Civil Society Engagement Framework Consultations 2012 February---------—-------------March -----------------------------April -------------------------May 15 1 1 1 1- Internal Consultations – Staff 2 - External Consultations- CSO 3 - Online Consultations 1 Sensitization and ownership of Bank staff within sectors, departments and field offices, on the new CSO engagement framework. 2 Sensitization of CSOs and gathering comments on new CSO engagement framework in Central, North, West, South and East Africa. 3 Online sensitization. Gathering of comments on new CSO Engagement Framework on CSO Portal on AfDB Website for comments from all stakeholders partners

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