Research

22 May, 2006

UNDP AND CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS (CSO)

 A TOOLKIT FOR STRENGTHENING PARTNERSHIPS

United Nations Development Programme UNDP 2006

Available online as PDF file [94p.] at: http://www.undp.org/cso/documents/CSO_Toolkit_linked.pdf

Contents

Overview

1. Defining Civil Society

2. Mapping Civil Society Organizations

3. Operational Guide to Working with CSO

I. NGO as Implementing Partner

II. NGO Contract

III. NGO Grants

IV. Long Term Agreements

V. Partnership Agreements

VI. Framework of Selection Criteria to Assess CSO Capacity

4. The Civil Society Advisory Committee

I. CSO Advisory Committee to the Administrator

II. Civil Society Advisory Committee to UNDP in Botswana

III. Civil Society Advisory Committee to UNDP in Brazil

IV.United Nations Indigenous Peoples’Advisory Committee of Kenya

V. Local Civil Society Advisory Committees to UNDP in Colombia, Liberia and Sri Lanka

5. Community-to-Community Learning Exchanges

6. Resources

Annexes