Southeast Asia Regional Conference on CSROs: Critical Lessons from Best Practices
By Philippine Business for Social Progress and The Synergos Institute | February 2002 | View Full Text | Email Link
Abstract
Between February 18 and 20, 2002, over 40 individuals from 35 organizations met in Patthaya, Thailand for a two and a half day conference on accountability and sustainability within civil society resource organizations (CSROs). articipants came from the Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand, Japan, Canada, the Netherlands and the United States 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.
Sections include:
- 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
- Commentary from International Donors
- Country Plan Presentations.
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.
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