Danida; new Civil Society Strategy

Danida has developed a new strategy for Danish support to civil society in developing countries. This Civil Society Strategy sets out a number of strategic goals for Danish support to civil society development.

• Chapter 1 of the strategy specifies strategic goals providing the basis for the future performance measurement of the Danish development interventions in this area.

• Chapter 2 analyses and summarises current challenges facing civil society.
  
• Chapter 3 presents the basic characteristics of civil society’s involvement in development work, including a description of the various types of organisations as well as the different roles that civil society performs.
  
• Chapter 4 lists the operational principles for Danish support to development of a strong civil society.
  
• Chapter 5 contains a review of the different forms of cooperation used in connection with Danish contributions to development activities implemented by civil society organisations.
  
• Chapter 6 presents civil society’s special tasks in connection with popular foundation, whilst
• Chapter 7 elaborates on how the strategy will be implemented in practice.

Read more

• Link to The Civil Society Strategy on Danidas website (in Danish)

Download

• The Civil Society Strategy