CSOs are vital for achieving the SDGs, democratization, defense of human rights, and protecting the environment. Civic space is shrinking in many countries, and this ranges from increasingly restrictive legislation and administrative hurdles being put in place to smear campaigns and political persecution. In many states, CSOs and individuals have organized to provide information and basic necessities to those in need. Despite the critical role CSOs play, the main cost primary for many, especially rights-based organizations, is access to funding. A recently published OECD study on how OECD-DAC members work with civil society indicates that almost all OECD Development Assistance Committee members support CSOs – on average about 15% of members’ bilateral official development assistance (ODA) flows to CSOs. However, the vast majority of the money goes CSOs from donor countries, followed by international CSOs. Read more here. Read more here.
Source: DAC- CSO REFERENCE GROUP