Civil Society
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The engagement of civil society organizations in the work of the 缅北禁地helps build support for the promotion of sustainable development in the LDCs, brings their expertise and lessons learned on key implementation areas of the Doha Programme of Action (DPoA) and helps build support for its implementation. Civil society has played a key role in all 缅北禁地Conferences on LDCs since the first Conference on the LDCs in Paris in 1981, and has been a crucial partner for the United Nations and the LDCs.
Civil Society is key to building knowledge about the work of the 缅北禁地at the local level and supporting progress towards achieving development goals. The Istanbul Programme of Action for the LDCs (IPoA) recognized the role of civil society in its implementation and called for their participation. The organization of the Civil Society Track for LDC5 responds to the request by Member States for the full inclusion of civil society organizations and other relevant stakeholders in the preparatory process and at the Conference. The Civil Society Forum is being organized in collaboration with a Core Group of civil society organizations composed of LDC-Watch, Global Policy Forum, Third World Network and Social Watch.
The CSO Forum @ Doha
- to hold Member States accountable for the full range of commitments made in the Doha Programme of Action (DPoA) and to explore how other multilateral processes can promote or generate obstacles to the implementation of DPoA.
- to provide an opportunity for CSOs worldwide to develop plans and strategies for effective post-Doha advocacy.
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With these objectives in mind, the programme of the Civil Society Forum is being designed to address a full range of issues from vaccine inequality to the climate change crisis and the inter-related debt trap and trade rules that are deepening inequalities and insecurity.
Eight major themes will be analyzed in depth in parallel sessions, while daily plenaries will provide the opportunity to look at them cross-sectionally, identify synergies and obstacles to implementation.
View preparatory process: First virtual Consultation Second Consultation
[Civil Society] not only provides us with critical perspectives from the ground, which are really important, but you also provide us with facts, with what is actually happening, and with a broader perspective that I think sometimes is missing from some official documentation.