Ethio-Japan Partnership Seminar Proceeding - CRDA Ethiopia

Give space to CSOs Create forum for dialogue between CSOs & NGOs Create enabling environment Should participate CSOs/NGOs in the New NGO legislationCSOs: Disabled, women, Children, elders Create awareness among the community about gender equality,rights of the disabled Advocate for the ratification of the international convention on thedisabled. Integrate the issue of the marginalized in their area of intervention Create awareness about the issue of gender and disabilityPeace consolidation/good democratizationIssues: Natural resource (depletion) Population pressure Regional boarder Conflict resolution local orientedHow can others help? Information sharing We are fragmented - there is a great number of CSOs in thecountry engaged in various and similar programs but it is notinterconnected Organize forums where CSOs can see ways to work together Need of networking to create the interconnectedness with in theCSOs CSOs projects and programs should not be donors driven so isDonors.Recommendations (ODA?)26