ODI Civil Society Partnership Programme Collaborators Workshop 16th-18th November 2005

ODI's seven year Civil Society Partnership Programme (CSPP) aims to strengthen the capacity of civil society organisations (CSOs) to use research-based evidence to promote pro-poor development policy. The emphasis of the work over the first 18 months was to learn more about how CSOs use research-based evidence, explore the niche and demand for this sort of programme, identify potential collaborators in the South, initiate a small number of pilot projects, and improve ODI's internal knowledge management and communication systems. Work so far has identified a clear niche and demand for the programme from southern organisations.

This workshop brought together 17 participants from Think Tanks (TTs), Policy Research Institutes (PRIs) and Non Government Organisations (NGOs) in Asia, Africa and Latin America with whom the programme has worked so far to review progress and develop plans for the next phase (April 06 to March 08).

For more information about the workshop click on the links below:

• Executive Summary
• Main report
• Key Questions
• List of participants
• Workshop programme - including links to powerpoint presentations
• Full workshop report (pdf 1.9mb) - including presentation slide images or text only version (pdf 101kb)
  

The first meeting of what we hope will evolve into a Project Advisory Group was held immediately after the collaborators workshop. Participants included the Directors of three southern Think Tanks, a representative from CIVICUS, a UK-based development communication specialist and ODI staff.

• Summary of Advisory Group Meeting
• Full report of Advisory Group Meeting (pdf 811kb)