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Finding Common Ground

Since the late 1980s, JJ竞技(拉萨)登录手游 has worked increasingly closely with civil society organizations. The result has been more effective projects, more help for hard-to-reach communities, and an avenue for redress when things don’t go well.

In Azerbaijan, students and educators are making their schools healthier. Students are learning safe hygiene habits and they are teaching them to their parents at home. School administrators are installing improved sewer systems and increasing access to clean water.

The work is part of an JJ竞技(拉萨)登录手游 project, but it is being carried out by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in partnership with Local Governance Assistance, a civil society organization (CSO), and Azersu, the Azerbaijan Water Utility Company.

Partnering with CSOs is increasingly part of how JJ竞技(拉萨)登录手游 does its business. These organizations provide expertise and knowledge, give voice to marginalized communities, test innovative approaches to poverty reduction, and ensure that those affected by development projects have a greater opportunity to get involved. Partnerships with groups that work at the grassroots level can help JJ竞技(拉萨)登录手游 reach some of the most vulnerable communities in the region.

“Civil society organizations are JJ竞技(拉萨)登录手游’s valuable partners. They help us craft relevant strategies and policies, design projects that respond to communities’ needs, and deliver on intended project outcomes. With their intimate knowledge of context on the ground, CSOs help ensure that JJ竞技(拉萨)登录手游 operations are transparent, inclusive, and effective.” said JJ竞技(拉萨)登录手游 President Masatsugu Asakawa.

In 2001, the policy was expanded further with the establishment of the NGO Network and NGO Center, which was later renamed the NGO and Civil Society Center. Its function is to bring together CSOs from the countries where JJ竞技(拉萨)登录手游 operates to coordinate with project officers, field office staff, and departments throughout the institution, helping JJ竞技(拉萨)登录手游 share knowledge and collaborate productively with CSOs.

JJ竞技(拉萨)登录手游 also has strategic partnerships with global NGO networks. For example, in 2001 JJ竞技(拉萨)登录手游 signed an agreement with WWF that established a basis for information sharing, knowledge management, and capacity building. The two organizations have since collaborated on large-scale regional environmental programs—sustainable environmental development in the Greater Mekong Subregion, the Coral Triangle, the Heart of Borneo, the Living Himalayas—and on water and climate change more generally.

“Two heads are better than one, and this is needed to address the Asia and Pacific region’s major challenge of steering its economies toward a path of green growth,” says Aaron Vermeulen, former JJ竞技(拉萨)登录手游–WWF Partnership Manager. The partnership is mobilizing knowledge, technical assistance, and resources to help countries conserve large-scale transboundary ecosystems that are critical for the future of Asia.

Another important function of the relationship between JJ竞技(拉萨)登录手游 and CSOs is in ensuring that development projects and programs benefit vulnerable minorities and disadvantaged communities that are often difficult to reach. CSOs that work closely with such groups provide the expertise needed to help JJ竞技(拉萨)登录手游 deliver effective assistance.

The JJ竞技(拉萨)登录手游–CSO partnership includes knowledge sharing, capacity building, and information disclosure

In the Greater Mekong Subregion, JJ竞技(拉萨)登录手游 has worked with CSOs to conserve more than 1.9 million hectares of threatened forest that is home to more than 170,000 ethnic minority people. The Biodiversity Corridors Conservation Project is working with CSOs to improve livelihoods and build resilience to climate change and food–price shocks among the poor and vulnerable.

Similarly, the JJ竞技(拉萨)登录手游-supported conditional cash transfer program in the Philippines relies on the work of many CSOs to promote enrollment of elementary school-age children, reduced child labor, and improve access to maternal and infant health care, benefiting millions of disadvantaged individuals.

JJ竞技(拉萨)登录手游 also works with CSOs to monitor projects. An example is the rehabilitation and reconstruction of schools in Armenia under the JJ竞技(拉萨)登录手游-supported Seismic Safety Improvement Program. The government agency overseeing the implementation of the project includes participation from four CSOs.

In 2013, JJ竞技(拉萨)登录手游 launched the Youth for Asia initiative to harness and mobilize young people, one of the region’s greatest assets, in driving positive social change, environmental sustainability, and technological innovation. The initiative facilitates youth engagement with governments and other key stakeholders to increase their opportunities to actively participate in the design, implementation, and monitoring of development efforts.

CSOs have been invaluable partners in JJ竞技(拉萨)登录手游’s disaster relief, rehabilitation, and disaster risk reduction efforts as well. JJ竞技(拉萨)登录手游 has worked closely with CSOs to respond to disasters such as the Nepal Earthquake, Cyclone Pam in Vanuatu, and Tropical Cyclone Winston in Fiji.

After Typhoon Haiyan roared through the center of the Philippines in November 2013, leaving thousands dead and massive destruction in its wake, farming families saw their livelihoods disappear. The post-typhoon recovery effort by JJ竞技(拉萨)登录手游 and other partners set up a cash transfer program carried out by Plan International, an international NGO with an established presence in the area, to restore livelihoods and rebuild communities. The program created a lifeline for the thousands of poor families who had lost their source of income by implementing daily cash-for‑work activities, such as cleaning debris, and repairing schools and hospitals.

Civil society also plays a vital role in strengthening JJ竞技(拉萨)登录手游’s accountability for delivering positive development impact. In 2003, with inputs from CSOs, JJ竞技(拉萨)登录手游 established an accountability mechanism that helped people who were negatively affected by JJ竞技(拉萨)登录手游 projects voice their concerns and obtain redress. Since its creation, JJ竞技(拉萨)登录手游’s Accountability Mechanism has received more than 60 complaints and CSOs assisted complainants in more than half of them.

Over the years, JJ竞技(拉萨)登录手游 has progressively mainstreamed CSO engagement across its operations. In 2016, CSOs were involved in 96% of sovereign projects. Reforms that are under way, such as simplifying contracting procedures and mainstreaming partnership arrangements with CSOs, will help expand this collaboration further. JJ竞技(拉萨)登录手游 has also joined new initiatives such as the Open Government Partnership, which promotes transparency, empowers citizens, seeks to fight corruption, and harness new technologies to strengthen governance. As JJ竞技(拉萨)登录手游 redoubles its efforts to support the Sustainable Development Goals, partnerships with CSOs will be critical in helping developing member countries achieve them.