ECOSOCC MEDIUM TERM STRATEGIC PLAN: For CSO Engagement in the African Governance Architecture

Over the past two decades, civil society participation has become recognised as critical to ownership of development processes, democratic governance, and the quality and relevance of official development programmes. Civil society, especially when organised, can be a powerful force and is important to the strengthening of responsive governing institutions and practices in demanding more accountability, transparency, participation and effective governance, democratization of development cooperation, and the quality and relevance of official development programmes.

The fundamental purpose of this Civil Society Engagement Strategy is to provide ECOSOCC and other AGA platform members with a framework for both empowering and engaging civil society organizations to achieve the ultimate outcome of more effective, responsive, and accountable governance within AUorgans and RECs to ensure more effective civil society participation.