Civil Society Support to Tanzania
Background and Gist of the ‘Development Partners’ Guidelines for Support to Civil Society’, which gave rise to the underlying website and database.
A number of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in Tanzania* approached development partners in 2006 and asked that guidelines and/or a common framework be written to help coordinate and make more transparent development partners’ (DPs) support to CSOs engaging in advocacy and policy work. They felt that whilst having put a tremendous effort into coordinating their support to, and relations with government under the Joint Assistance Strategy, development partners tended to be more fragmented in their approach to supporting civil society, uncoordinated, short-sighted and often lacking a clear strategic focus.
The Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (EKN) led the process of drawing up such guidelines in collaboration with other development partners. Consultations with civil society organisations were key throughout the process. Their combined efforts define a common framework for support to civil society organisations working mainly in advocacy and engaging in policy processes. The underlying guidelines which depict this common framework follow principles similar to those of the Paris Declaration. The aim is to improve development partner co-ordination and strategic focus, and ultimately to strengthen the demand side of accountability, and thus make a greater, and more sustainable impact on development in Tanzania.
Click here for the full text (edited version from October 2007)
Download a copy of the Position Paper in the Main Background Documents' box to the rigth. The paper describes the background to, and the development of the Guidelines.
* During the Public Expenditure and Accountability Review in 2006, civil society organisations pointed out an imbalance between the considerable effort development partners put into improving their support and relations with the Government of Tanzania, particularly in the context of the Joint Assistance Strategy, and the comparatively limited attention granted to civil society organisations working to strengthen domestic accountability.
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| | Main Background Documents
Development Partners' Guidelines for Support to Civil Sociery in Tanzania and Position Paper.
‘Development Partners’ Guidelines for Support to Civil Society in Tanzania’ were endorsed by development partners in their main coordination group on 5 June 2007. Find the minutes from the meeting below.
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| | How to Join the Database
For Development Partners please go to following link and fill out the form. Once the form has been submitted, you will be contacted for further instructions.
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| | Spirit of the Guidelines
‘Joining’ and adhering to the Guidelines is voluntary, and can be done in parts, for example to adhere to the principles of good donorship and co-ordinate better with other partners, and work towards achieving core-funding at a later stage.
This was agreed in recognition of the fact that each DP works within different parameters and constraints set by their respective headquarters.
The Guidelines should serve as a framework to guide DPs towards more co-ordinated, transparent, focused support;
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