From 28th June- 2nd July, the CSO Partnership for Development Effectiveness (CPDE) held the 2021 All Secretariats’ Meeting. The virtual event gathered the secretariats of CPDE’s constituencies, including six regions, sectors, and task forces to reflect the past achievements, current status, and ongoing activities. The event also aimed to provide updates on crucial development cooperation and development effectiveness policy issues, understand the state of the platform’s constituencies, and review past agreements while committing to promoting the way forward of effective development cooperation. During the constituencies’ discussion on the second day of the workshop, BCSDN’s Executive Director, Ms. Biljana Spasovska, as representative of the Europe Secretariat, pointed the continuous shrinking of the civic space as the key issue for the Europe region, as well as the increased CSOs’ efforts to fight back this trend by investing in improving their accountability and effectiveness. Read more here.
Source: BCSDN/ CPDE