Proceedings of the 2002 Southeast Asia Regional Conference on CSROs
Critical Lessons from Best Practices
Pattaya, Thailand, February 18-20, 2002

Between February 18 and 20, 2002, over 40 individuals from three countries and 35 organizations in Asia, Europe, Canada and the US met in Patthaya, Thailand for a two and a half day conference on accountability and sustainability within civil society resource organizations (CSROs). Participants came from the Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand, Japan, Canada, the Netherlands, and the U.S. to engage and exchange with one another. In total, 14 case papers and slide presentations were produced and disseminated for the conference.

The objectives of this conference were to:

• Showcase innovative approaches used to achieve financial sustainability among CSROs in Southeast Asia
• Promote new thinking and standards of CSRO accountability
• Strengthen the existing networks and linkages among CSROs, within and across countries in Southeast Asia.

The conference was co-organized by the Philippine Business for Social Progress and The Synergos Institute in cooperation with the Thai Fund Foundation/DSC of Thailand and Bina Swadaya of Indonesia.

The Sasakawa Peace Foundation, NOVIB and the Ford Foundation provided funding support to the conference.

Presentations & Discussion

• Opening Remarks
• Keynote Speech by Paiboon Wattanasiritham: the State of Play of Southeast Asian CSROs
• Sustainability of Partners And Communities
• Increasing the Synergy Between CSROs & Other Organizations
• Working Effectively with Government
• CSROs Engaging the Market
• CSRO-ODA Collaboration
• Donor Sharing
• Country Plan Presentations
• Closing Remarks
• All presentations for printing (325K PDF)

Text of these presentations was prepared by Philippine Business for Social Progress.

Conference Program & Outcomes