https://pressroom.prlog.org/CSOPartnership/ About CSO Partnership for Development Effectiveness - The CSO Partnership for Development Effectiveness (CPDE) is an open, global platform of civil society organisations (CSOs) working on and advocating for universalizing effective development cooperation (uEDC). https://www.prlog.org/13090254-effectiveness-cannot-plug-the-decline-in-oda-civil-society.html In a communique titled Beyond rhetoric: Advancing accountability and inclusion in development cooperation, global civil society platform CSO Partnership for Development Effectiveness (CPDE) raised concerns on the risk that donors may substitute revived...Tue, 29 Jul 2025 12:16:42 GMT https://www.prlog.org/13084004-global-cso-platform-issues-9-key-asks-for-4th-financing-for-development-conference.html Ahead of the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4) in Seville, global civil society platform CSO Partnership for Development Effectiveness (CPDE) has released "9 Key Asks for FfD4", and rallied fellow civil society...Tue, 24 Jun 2025 13:22:12 GMT https://www.prlog.org/13077661-cpde-to-hold-webinar-on-cso-enabling-environment-4th-monitoring-round-results.html Civil society platform CSO Partnership for Development Effectiveness (CPDE) invites civil society organisations (CSOs) and other development stakeholders to a global webinar on the latest updates on the Global Partnership for Effective Development...Tue, 20 May 2025 08:28:21 GMT https://www.prlog.org/13068874-international-development-finance-requires-ambitious-reforms-to-address-urgent-challenges-cpde.html In a statement, CSO Partnership for Development Effectiveness (CPDE) argued that the  intended reforms in international development finance are not enough to address today's challenges.Mon, 31 Mar 2025 11:30:27 GMT https://www.prlog.org/13062565-amid-us-aid-freeze-global-cso-platform-cpde-calls-for-collective-action-global-solidarity.html Global civil society platform CSO Partnership for Development Effectiveness (CPDE) has called on all development stakeholders to take a stand and safeguard global solidarity, in response to the US government's decision to suspend foreign aid, an action...Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:42:12 GMT https://www.prlog.org/13061206-civil-society-platform-cpde-urges-breakthroughs-in-development-finance-commitments.html In a statement, the CSO Partnership for Development Effectiveness (CPDE) has urged parties at the preparatory meetings for the 4th Financing for Development (FfD4) to push for breakthroughs in development finance commitments, to address urgent challenges.Tue, 11 Feb 2025 03:06:31 GMT https://www.prlog.org/12985361-civil-society-platform-demands-radical-change-to-aid-architecture-at-un-financing-for-development.html The United Nations General Assembly's High-level Dialogue (HLD) on Financing for Development (FfD) comes at a critical juncture in the pursuit of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which the UN itself has described to be off-track at their...Thu, 21 Sep 2023 13:50:21 GMT https://www.prlog.org/12984580-to-achieve-global-goals-states-must-deliver-on-effectiveness-commitments-cpde.html No to status quo! To achieve global goals, States must deliver on effectiveness commitments and focus on leaving no one behind – CPDESun, 17 Sep 2023 13:37:36 GMT https://www.prlog.org/12984545-civil-society-platform-joins-climate-march-to-call-on-states-to-scale-up-effective-climate-finance.html In time for the Climate Ambition Summit at the United Nations, civil society organisations and people's movements from around the world will converge in New York City for the Climate March to #EndFossilFuels on September 17th, 2023.Sat, 16 Sep 2023 16:36:04 GMT https://www.prlog.org/12979211-its-race-against-time-and-tide-cpde-at-the-un-hlpf-on-achieving-the-sdgs-by-2030.html Through its 2023 study on the Voluntary National Reviews and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), civil society platform CSO Partnership for Development Effectiveness has called the pursuit of the goals by 2030 a race against time.Tue, 15 Aug 2023 03:40:50 GMT https://www.prlog.org/12960334-cpde-to-donor-countries-substantial-raise-in-oda-needed-to-leave-no-one-behind.html Civil society platform CPDE urged the OECD DAC to raise their official development assistance (ODA) substantially, in order to address the worsening multiple crises.Mon, 17 Apr 2023 05:58:10 GMT https://www.prlog.org/12943185-development-stakeholders-to-discuss-building-trust-for-enabling-civil-society.html The civil society platform CSO Partnership for Development has invited various stakeholders to discuss trust-building towards enabling civil society, in a conference in Geneva, in time for the HLM3 or the Effective Development Cooperation Summit.Thu, 08 Dec 2022 13:15:07 GMT https://www.prlog.org/12943051-civil-society-platform-to-push-development-actors-to-deliver-effectiveness-promises.html At the HLM3 in Geneva, global civil society platform CSO Partnership for Development Effectiveness (CPDE) will call deliver on their effectiveness commitments towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).Wed, 07 Dec 2022 15:43:06 GMT https://www.prlog.org/12919207-actionaid-and-global-civil-society-platform-cpde-organise-forum-on-climate-finance.html ActionAid and global civil society platform CSO Partnership for Development Effectiveness (CPDE) and is co-hosting a forum titled Bringing gender justice and development effectiveness into climate finance on 31 May 2022 | 5PM CET, in hybrid format.Mon, 30 May 2022 13:48:06 GMT https://www.prlog.org/12879652-cso-aid-observatorio-workshop-aims-to-strengthen-peoples-research-on-development-projects.html Global civil society platform CSO Partnership for Development Effectiveness, through its Asia secretariat Reality of Aid-Asia Pacific, successfully held its CSO Aid Observatorio Workshops among civil society organisations from around the world.Mon, 02 Aug 2021 09:57:50 GMT https://www.prlog.org/12879646-covid-19-response-ineffective-lacking-in-human-rights-based-approach-cpde.html Through a webinar headlined by World Health Organization Executive Director Dr. Mike Ryan, civil society platform CPDE launched its study World in lockdown, development on hold: A special CPDE report on the (in)effectiveness of the Covid-19 response.Mon, 02 Aug 2021 09:43:54 GMT https://www.prlog.org/12856961-task-team-launches-free-course-on-engaging-csos-in-development.html Task Team on CSO Development Effectiveness and Enabling Environment is holding a free online course on Effective Engagement of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in Development, via Coursera, starting 8 February 2021.Fri, 05 Feb 2021 09:57:06 GMT https://www.prlog.org/12840481-its-time-to-fulfil-promise-to-the-worlds-poorest-cpde.html On the 75th UN General Assembly, CSO Partnership for Development Effectiveness calls out the international community for the failure of wealthy countries to deliver aid to the world's poorest.Wed, 30 Sep 2020 11:51:12 GMT https://www.prlog.org/12829572-sdgs-off-track-under-further-threat-by-covid-19-civil-society-survey.html A global survey by conducted by civil society platform CSO Partnership for Development Effectiveness in time for the UN High-Level Political Forum sounds the alarm on the world being off-track in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).Fri, 10 Jul 2020 05:02:13 GMT https://www.prlog.org/12822532-post-ffd-forum-2020-cpde-highlights-the-urgency-of-fulfilling-oda-commitments-amid-covid-19.html The CSO Partnership for Development Effectiveness (CPDE) urged donor countries to fulfill their official development assistance (ODA) commitments, to help developing countries combat the COVID-19 pandemic.Fri, 15 May 2020 09:20:08 GMT https://www.prlog.org/12822530-global-civil-society-platform-co-chair-makes-case-for-rebuilding-society-post-covid-19.html "It's time to think of ways to rebuild our economy and society," argued CSO Partnership for Development Effectiveness (CPDE) Co-Chair and IPMSDL Global Coordinator Beverly Longid, in her message at the opening session of the 19th Global Partnership for...Fri, 15 May 2020 09:07:33 GMT https://www.prlog.org/12821326-global-civil-society-platform-publishes-first-newsletter-for-2020.html The global CSO platform CSO Partnership for Development Effectiveness (CPDE) has released its latest newsletter, the first for 2020, which features responses to COVID-19 and several sectoral, member, and publication updates.Wed, 06 May 2020 10:10:31 GMT https://www.prlog.org/12821322-covid-19-is-call-to-reverse-inequality-challenge-to-leave-no-one-behind-cpde.html The global civil society platform CSO Partnership for Development Effectiveness (CPDE) published a statement in which it describes the impacts of COVID-19, and how it bares the underlying pandemic of inequality.Wed, 06 May 2020 09:38:38 GMT https://www.prlog.org/12801598-cso-platform-cpde-leads-global-day-of-action-against-shrinking-civic-spaces.html The global CSO platform CSO Partnership for Development Effectiveness (CPDE) has launched the Global Day of Action Against Shrinking Civic Spaces, in time for the commemoration of the International Human Rights Day.Mon, 09 Dec 2019 08:52:31 GMT https://www.prlog.org/12800410-cpde-hosts-session-on-inclusive-development-partnerships-at-stockholm-civil-society-days-2019.html Global civil society platform CSO Partnership for Development Effectiveness and the Task Team on CSO Development Effectiveness and Enabling Environment held a session on inclusive development partnerships at the Stockholm Civil Society Days 2019.Thu, 28 Nov 2019 16:39:17 GMT https://www.prlog.org/12797663-global-cso-platform-cpde-holds-study-conference-on-development-cooperation-in-contexts-of-conflict.html The CSO Partnership for Development Effectiveness, a global civil society platform, organised a study conference titled "Unpacking the 'triple nexus': Effective development cooperation in contexts of conflict and fragility" in Amman, Jordan.Sat, 09 Nov 2019 16:59:52 GMT https://www.prlog.org/12779368-civil-society-calls-for-stronger-commitments-concrete-actions-for-sustainable-development.html Development actors from around the world gathered in New York for the Senior Level-Meeting of the Global Partnership for Effective Development Co-operation. Among them were civil society leaders from the CSO Partnership for Development Effectiveness.Sat, 13 Jul 2019 16:12:37 GMT https://www.prlog.org/12779193-cso-platform-cpde-gathers-for-global-partnership-senior-level-meeting-in-new-york.html Global platform CSO Partnership for Development Effectiveness has gathered its constituencies in New York for the Global Partnership for Effective Development Co-operation Senior-Level Meeting, to advance civil society positions on Agenda 2030.Fri, 12 Jul 2019 08:48:19 GMT https://www.prlog.org/12763256-civil-society-summit-in-belgrade-unites-cso-leaders-reps-in-fight-for-civic-freedoms.html Around 150 leaders and representatives of civil society organisation (CSOs) gathered to unite in the fight for civic freedoms and democratic participation at the Civil Society Summit 2019 held in Belgrade, Serbia.Thu, 11 Apr 2019 10:27:37 GMT https://www.prlog.org/12762992-csos-call-for-inclusive-sustainable-development-process-at-civil-society-summit-in-belgrade.html This coming April 8, the CSO Partnership for Development Effectiveness is co-organising a Civil Society Summit which gathers leaders of civil society organisations (CSOs) from all over the world to call for inclusive sustainable development process.Fri, 05 Apr 2019 10:40:28 GMT https://www.prlog.org/12762264-civil-society-calls-for-peoples-inclusion-in-south-south-cooperation-processes.html At an official BAPA+40 Conference side event, the Southern CSO Alliance on South-South Cooperation, CSO Partnership for Development Effectiveness and The Reality of Aid Network called for putting people at the heart of South-South Cooperation.Mon, 01 Apr 2019 06:27:37 GMT https://www.prlog.org/12761564-southern-csos-claim-their-space-and-push-for-people-centered-ssc-at-bapa40.html CSOs from the Southern CSO Alliance on South-South Cooperation, CSO Partnership for Development Effectiveness and Reality of Aid Network trooped to Buenos Aires for the 2nd UN High Level Conference or BAPA+40 to push for people-centred development.Mon, 01 Apr 2019 05:33:06 GMT https://www.prlog.org/12759101-cso-members-of-cpde-adopt-beirut-declaration-to-uphold-development-cooperation-commitments.html CSOs from CPDE adopted the Beirut Declaration: Upholding Accountability, Building Solidarity for Effective, People-Centred Development, after a policy conference where they tackled emerging issues and affirmed commitment to development cooperation.Wed, 13 Mar 2019 09:44:09 GMT https://www.prlog.org/12756513-csos-gather-for-showcase-policy-conference-on-development-cooperation.html A number of civil society organizations gathered in Beirut, Lebanon for the of CSO Partnership for Development Effectiveness (CPDE) platform's CSO Marketplace and Policy Conference 2019 - back-to-back CSO events on effective development cooperation.Wed, 27 Feb 2019 04:40:08 GMT https://www.prlog.org/12750673-uphold-private-sector-accountability-peoples-rights-cpde.html The CSO Partnership for Development Effectiveness (CPDE), a global platform of CSOs, urged stakeholders to uphold the sector's accountability and people's rights in private sector engagement during the Private Sector for Sustainable Development week.Fri, 25 Jan 2019 05:58:22 GMT