As the global community looks beyond 2030, Forus presents its new Vision Paper, What We Defend, Demand and Decline, outlining key priorities for the next global development framework. Based on consultations across a global network representing over 24,000 NGOs, the paper explores possible futures—from continuity to reset or fragmentation—while highlighting the need to defend a rights-based and universal agenda. It calls for stronger accountability, meaningful civil society participation, and financing reform at the core of the next framework, while rejecting approaches that weaken rights, transparency, or public oversight. Developed in a context of shrinking civic space, geopolitical fragmentation, and strained development finance, the paper positions civil society as a key actor in shaping a credible and inclusive agenda. The official launch will take place online on 21 May at 13h UTC. Read more here.
Source: FORUS