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RO OM MAN NIA A, , R RE EP PU UB BL LI IC C O OF F M MOL LD DO OV VA A, , B BU UL LG GA AR RI IA A

PROCOPIL CONCERTED PROGRAMME – PHASE II LENGTH OF PROGRAMME: 3 YEARS + 10 MONTHS’ PREPARATION Start: September 2005. This programme is the continuation of an earlier MPCP in Romania (the Concerted Programme for Romanian Children) Its aim is to:

• reinforce the organisation of Romanian, Bulgarian, Moldavian and French civil

societies by setting up a regional network to protect children in Eastern Europe.

• formalise, disseminate and capitalise on positive treatment practices
• contribute to improving and applying public policies in the field of child protec-

tion in Romania, the Republic of Moldova and Bulgaria.

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MOROCCO CONCERTED PROGRAMME – PHASE II (PCM2) LENGTH OF PROGRAMME: 4 YEARS - START: JUNE 2006 The aim of the PCM2 is to contribute to the greater involvement of young people in Moroccan society by means of a concerted strategy between French and Moroccan associations and their respective public authorities. The field of application of this strategy focuses on 4 priority themes: education, the social and cooperative economy, training and employability of young people, citizen- ship and access to rights.

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CAMEROON MULTI-PARTNER CONCERTED PROGRAMME PILOT PHASE (OCTOBER 2004 TO DECEMBER 2005) PROGRAMME PHASE (JANUARY 2006 TO DECEMBER 2009) The aim of the programme is to contribute to the democratisation of social, economic and political life in Cameroon by improving public policies and cooperation strategies, particularly debt reduction and development, through the instigation of dialogue be- tween CSO representatives and the French and Cameroon public authorities.

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CONGO MULTI-PARTNER CONCERTED PROGRAMME – PHASE I LENGTH OF PROGRAMME: 4 YEARS - START: JANUARY 2008 The CMPCP is based on the Citizen Dialogue Programme Convention (programme to provide support for relations between CSOs who are members of the CFSI (French international solidarity committee) and their partner CSOs in the South). Its aim is to:

• encourage and help CSOs to widen their social base, by broadening and

restimulating their community life and trade unions and/or strengthening their link with the populations and grass-roots organisations with whom they work.

• enable CSOs who are already on the way to "professionalisation" to continue

and increase their actions by implementing poverty alleviation projects.

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MULTI-PARTNER CONCERTED PROGRAMME ALGERIA - JOUSSOUR LENGTH OF PROGRAMME: 4 YEARS START: MAY 2008, The programme is aimed at strengthening Algerian associations which work in the field

• f children and young people. The JOUSSOUR programme provides support for the

development of projects for children and young people in Algeria and facilitates the exchange of Algerian and French experience. It provides financial backing for associa- tions and joint reinforcement actions (training, running of thematic work groups,

• rganisation of exchange meetings, capitalisation on experience, etc.)

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PROJEG: Concerted programme to reinforce the capacities of Guinean civil society and youth organisations DURÉE DU PROGRAMME : 4 ANS - DÉMARRAGE : MARS 2008 The aims of PROJEG: PROJEG aims at structuring Guinean civil society (professionalisation, networking, etc.) by strengthening the capacities of civil society organisations, supporting young people (and their visibility) and speaking in their defence (on four main themes: fight against corruption, debt reduction, mining resources and property management).

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CONTACTS

R RO OM MA AN NI IA A, , R RE EP PU UB BL LI IC C O OF F M MO OL LD DO OV VA A, , B BU UL LG GA AR RI IA A SOLIDARITE LAIQUE (guarantour NGO) 22 rue Corvisart 75 013 Paris France ; Tél: + 33. (0)1.45.35.13.13 contacts : Anne Bourgognon - programme officer - PROCOPIL abourgognon@solidarite-laique.asso.fr - mlaluque@solidarite-laique.asso.fr FONPC (The Federation of NGO’S ProChild

• Bdul. Decebal Nr. 4, Bl.S11, Sc.1, Et.3, Ap.9, 030965 Bucureflti, sector 3, ROMÂNIA

Tél: : + 40 (2)1 326 84 58 Diana Nistorescu - FONPC head officer - office@fonpc.ro APSCF (Alliance of active NGO’s in Social Protection of the Child and the Family) str.Alexandru cel Bun 7,of.216, Chisinau, Moldova Tel : +373 22 260 6282 23 42 68 Mariana Ianachevici - President of APSCF - office@aliantacf.net.md RNE (National network for children) 5, Dimitar Peshev Str.,Complex Drujba-1 1528 Sofia, BULGARIA Tél : +39 (9).2.9.7.3.2.5.5.1 Eva Borissova - President of RNE - office@roditeli.org

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C CA AM ME ER RO OO ON N FRANCE: CCFD - Comité Catholique contre la Faim et pour le Développement Hélène Barbier - h.barbier@ccfd.asso.fr TEL : 01 44 82 80 00 R RE EP PU UB BL LI IC C O OF F C CO ON NG GO O -

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Br ra az zz za av vi il ll le e France: CFSI - Comité Français pour la Solidarité Internationale (guarantour NGO) CFSI, 32 rue Le Peletier, 75009 PARIS pcpa_congo@cfsi.asso.fr Forum des Jeunes Entrepreneurs du Congo (FJEC) Quartier Milice,villa 43B avenue de l'OUA, Makélékélé, Brazzaville (à l'entrée de l'ancienne Faculté des Sciences) B.P .13700 Brazzaville Tél./Fax : 00242 81 56 34 pcpa_congo@yahoo.fr

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AIDE et ACTION : www.aide-et-action.org CCFD : www.ccfd.asso.fr CFSI : www.cfsi.asso.fr Coordination SUD : www.coordinationsud.org F3E : www.f3e.asso.fr MAEE français : www.diplomatie.gouv.fr Solidarité Laïque : www.solidarite-laique.asso.fr France: Solidarité Laïque (guarantour NGO) Philippe Jahshan pjahshan@solidarite-laique.asso.fr 22 rue Corvisart, 75 013 Paris. Tel : 01 45 35 13 13 / Fax : 01 45 35 47 47 Morocco: Bureau du PCM Driss Ajjouti - info@pcm.ma 6 rue Ibn Hajar - Appt. 16 - Agdal - Rabat Tel/Fax : 00 212 (0)37 77 89 62 / 34 64 http://www.pcm.ma Cameroon: Pie Katihabwa Programme officer - MPCP - Cameroon pcpacam@yahoo.fr Tel : 00 237 22 01 85 00 Léopold Mamtsaï BASC National Coordinator - Cameroon leomamtsai@yahoo.fr Tel : 00 237 99 31 55 30 France: Sonia Vinolas Aide et Action (guarantour NGO) 53 bd de Charonne - 75545 Paris Cedex 11 Programme officer - France +33 (0)1 55 25 70 43 sonia.vinolas@aide-et-action.org Guinea: Moctar Diallo PROJEG - Programme officer +224 62 39 67 28 diallo_moc_2003@yahoo.fr Coléah - Moussoudougou, BP 4613 Conakry Algeria: Souraya Akkouche pcpa_algerie@yahoo.fr 8, rue Semghouni (ex rue de l'Oasis), Kouba, 16000 Alger Tél./ Fax: 00 213 (0) 21 77 56 72 France: CFSI - Comité Français pour la Solidarité Internationale (guarantour NGO) CFSI, 32 rue Le Peletier, 75009 PARIS pcpa_algerie@cfsi.asso.fr

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Shaping a new dialogue between civil societies and public authorities

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BACKGROUND

International reflection on the efficacy of foreign aid* has led to the conclusion that the most vulnerable populations have benefited very little from public development aid. It has also raised awareness of an essential issue: in both the North and South, dialogue between a State and its civil society is an indispensable step in implementing effective poverty alleviation policies and fighting against inequality.

*Millennium Summit, Monterrey Conference, Paris Declaration.

THE MPCP RESPONSE

The French Multi-Partner Concerted Programme (programmes concertés pluri-acteurs - PCPA) is an innovative cooperation programme developed and implemented in a context of ongoing dialogue among civil society organisations (CSOs), and between CSOs and the public authorities. According to the context, MPCPs provide the opportunity for interested parties to test an alternative type of relationship among CSOs or between CSOs and the public authorities. The main aim is to encourage the participation of civil societies in drawing up, implementing and monitoring public development

• policies. But dialogue does not happen automatically. It must be created

and nurtured which means that MPCPs must lay the ground work. As a result, they recommend that CSOs in the South or East should strengthen their capacities in order to:

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RESULTS

In the nine countries concerned*

■ collective dynamics have enabled hundreds of organisations in the

North, South and East to exchange ideas and experience and progress together with respect to complex local, national and international development themes and issues.

■ signs of greater open-mindedness and even voluntarism have

paved the way for constructive dialogue between the public authorities and civil societies in relation to the main current development issues in the South (youth policies, natural resource management, health/aids, corruption, water, governance, etc.) and East (child abuse).

■ several hundreds of projects to support local CSOs have been

implemented and/or jointly financed by the programmes,

■ relations are changing between North and South, but not only

between CSOs: a gradual change is also being observed between States.

* see programme details overleaf (Algeria, Bulgaria, Cameroon, Republic of Congo, France, Guinea, Morocco, Rep of Moldova and Romania).

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In nt ter rde ep pe en nd de en nce e

Based on the assumption that a public policy not only concerns the country in which it is implemented but affects other nations as well (development, environ- ment, natural resources, migration, etc.), MPCPs lend legitimacy to inter- pellation of the Northern States by civil societies in the South. Instead of the public policies in the South being dependent on decisions taken in the North, a new type of joint management or interdependence is being developed between North and South. A collective approach does not mean deciding in the North and acting in the South! On the contrary, the civil societies in the South are now being invited, in conjunction with their counterparts in the North, to work together on the devel-

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The temptation to believe that, despite theoretical assertions to the contrary, the North will continue to be the main provider of know-how and practices,has been largely reduced by MPCPs. First, it can be clearly seen that CSOs in the South invent their own practices without copying their counterparts in the North and, second, that these new practices are a highly appreciated source of inspiration for French NGOs. With their new-found confidence and the new balance in relations between North and South, Southern CSOs are now able to form and express a critical

• pinion of action taken by their French counterparts.

They have the courage to approach fundamental problems more directly. There is an exchange of best practices rather than a transfer of know-how or an unspoken attempt by the North to shape the future of the South.

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Although action is mainly focussed on the South,relations between French CSOs and the State authorities are nonetheless changing face. First, the French Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs initiated an in-depth discussion with French CSOs on the best approach to be adopted. After negotiation, it was decided that the Ministry would only have the right to one seat on the programme steering committee (out of 12 to 15 seats depending on the programme). Its financial commitment (a maximum of 75%) is triennial. For their part, French CSOs from different horizons and sometimes diverging cultures are able to work together to meet the demands of the Southern States. Their relations with the French Foreign and European Affairs Ministry are evolving and a constructive dialogue has now been set up. The CSOs have a better understanding of how the State operates and its decision-making

• channels. French CSOs are joining forces and making "common cause"

with the State in order to take international action. And this concerted action contributes directly to the country's development.

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The general aim of the programme is to promote an effective ongoing dialogue between CSOs and the Southern States. The first stage of dialogue takes place between CSOs and representatives of the public authorities (middle-level administrative staff or local authority representatives) considered to be “facilita- tors” between the State and civil society. The role given to the middle-level administrative staff goes against the preconceived idea of a State being a "uniform body" and reinforces the position of the public authority representatives as technical advisors to political decision-makers. It should be noted that the moment at which the dialogue takes place is not imposed by financial backers in the North: the pace set by the South or East is respected.

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The main guidelines, i.e. the programme, which provide the framework for MPCPs are aimed at strengthening the

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South in order to meet the prerequisites for effective dialogue with the public authorities in view of developing, implementing and monitoring public development policies. However, the means used to reach this goal are based on the joint planning and joint implementation of a series of development projects between Northern and Southern CSOs. There is no longer any opposition between a programme focus and a project focus.

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The principle of “joint project planning” (often involving joint manage- ment) implicit in MPCPs enables CSOs in the South to “learn” formative development project management and monitoring as they go along. By assuming this new responsibility, they can analyse their own weak- nesses, grasp the complexities of the problems and issues in the North and, above all, identify and capitalise on their own strengths. This growing awareness of their strong points on the part of Southern CSOs implicitly generates the new-found confidence which underlies the entire logic

• f MPCPs, in addition to strengthening their technical capacities.

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Although the overall aim is clearly identified by the various partners, and the actions required to achieve that goal are also predefined (programme and projects),the internal solutions devised to achieve the best results (the process) are open to discussion and are constantly evolving.

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• ptimise their programmes. MACPs are obviously not the only programmes

that practise ongoing monitoring, but the method used to ensure that the people in the South fully understand the issues involved is particularly innovative. By defining the reference framework and choosing their evaluator with their Northern partners, the Southern partners no longer feel that they are being controlled by the financial backer, but are being offered an essential work tool. Additionally, the capitalisation process carried out internally by the partners themselves is aimed at reviewing the situation at a given time, discussing and formalising practices and becoming aware of the lessons to be learnt. By incorporating ongoing evaluation and fostering its internalisation by their Southern partners, MPCPs reinforce the organisational capacities of their partners from the South. By capitalising on their experience, the various partners can formalise and define their common heritage in terms of know-how.

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