PIANGO Annual Conference 2019: Beyond Aid & Partnerships for the Future
PIANGO, the Pacific Islands Association of NGOs, aims to unify national umbrella NGOs for sustainable development in the Pacific. The conference discusses the significance of partnerships, grassroots development, and human rights in the region, emphasizing the role of civil society organizations in influencing positive change.
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CID Annual Conference 2019 -"Beyond Aid: Partnerships for the Future Keu Mataroa VICE CHAIR - PIANGO The Conch Shell symbolises Communication . The sound of the conch shell is a summons for people to gather in a particular place. The circular sand drawing reflects Spiritual Unity or Oneness . 1
Background - Set Up Conceived and set up by regional NGO leaders in early 1980s to represent Pacific Island NGOs, the authentic voice of Pacific Island communities Formally set up in 1991 in Port Vila, Vanuatu to assist NGOs take collective action In 1994, PIANGO moved to Suva, Fiji and registered under the Charitable Trust Act. 2
Who Is PIANGO The Pacific Islands Association of NGOs (PIANGO) is : A regional network of national umbrella NGOs and national focal points or coordinating bodies known as National Liaison Units (NLUs) in 21 Pacific Island countries and territories. A regional umbrella platform of 23 national umbrella NGOs, each has average of 60 members over 1,000 local NGOs A common voice of Pacific National NGOs at regional and international fora The collective action of Pacific Umbrella NGOs to respond to priority regional and global concerns 3 3
PIANGO Network ASUNGO American Samoa ACFID - Australia CICSO Cook Islands. CID Council for International Development - NZ FCOSS Fiji KANGO Kiribati FANGO FSM NIANGO Nauru NIUANGO Niue CSOF PNG SUNGO Samoa DSE Solomon Islands HITI TAU French Polynesia CSFT Tonga TANGO Tuvalu VANGO Vanuatu Payuta Guam MICNGOs Marshall Islands FONGTIL Timor Leste Palau Community Action Agency - Palau UTLN Kanaky MANGO - CNMI 4 4
VISION-MISSION CSO Leaders Rethinking Development in the Pacific Islands VISION Strong and effective civil society leadership exercised for a sustainable, just, compassionate and peaceful Pacific community MISSION PIANGO is the regional coalition providing a unified CSO platform for national umbrella NGOs. It strives for an enabling environment through networking, partnerships, leadership development, evidence based advocacy, communication and facilitating of common voice on issues at regional and international forums. This fosters recognition of the critical role of CSOs to influence positive sustainable change for development effectiveness in the communities they serve. 5 5
What Does Partnership mean for the Pacific? Genuine and Meaningful Whose Aiding Who Grassroots Development with Indigenous Platforms and Pacific Peoples FPIC Human Rights CSO Hubs Micronesia (Guam) Melanesia (Solomon Islands) Polynesia (NZ/CK) 6
5 Strategic Focus Areas: 2017-2020 Strengthening CSO platforms Development effectiveness Action research and policy advocacy CSO capacity strengthening Pacific development leadership 7 7
Alliances Subtitle 10 10 10
SDG17 PIANGO Partnerships WWF World Wide Fund for Nature PIDF (Pacific Islands Development Forum Governing Council) FORUS (International Forum for National Platforms) 2 staff CPDE CSO Partnership for Development Effectiveness) BfW Bread for the World (PIANGO Donor Partner) CIVICUS (US$15K pa for Research into Civic Rights, FoS, FoA Commonwealth Foundation (Grant 2018-2020) Commonwealth Secretariat 11 11
PIANGO Partnerships Contd UN-ECOSOC (July 2018) WestCare Pacific Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat - PIFs PRP- Pacific Resilience Partnership FRDP HAG - Humanitarian Advisory Group Pacific Skills Partnership PSP and PSS June 2019 APTC 12 12
PRNGO Alliance PIANGO- Pacific Islands Association of NGOs FSPI- Foundation of the Peoples of the South Pacific PCRC- Pacific Concerns Resource Centre COPE- Council of Pacific Education PDF- Pacific Disability Forum PACFAW- Pacific Foundation for the Advancement of Women PCC- Pacific Conference of Churches FWCC-Fiji Women s Crisis Centre/Pacific Network Against Violence Against Women Greenpeace WWF South Pacific Programme World Wild Life PINA- Pacific Islands News Association SPOCTU- South Pacific and Oceanic Council of Trade Unions PANG - Pacific Alliance on Globalisation 13 13
Development Effectiveness Subtitle 14 14 14
Istanbul Principles for CSO Development Effectiveness 1. Respect and promote human rights and social justice 2. Embody gender equality and equity while promoting women and girls rights 3. Focus on people s empowerment, democratic ownership and participation 4. Promote Environmental Sustainability 5. Practice transparency and accountability 6. Pursue equitable partnerships and solidarity 7. Create and share knowledge and commit to mutual sharing 8. Commit to realising positive sustainable change 15 15
NEW ERA: INCLUSIVE GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP (2011) Busan Partnership para. 22 22. Civil society organisations (CSOs)play a vital role in enabling people to claim their rights, in promoting rights based approaches, in shaping development policies and partnerships, and in overseeing their implementation. They also provide services in areas that are complementary to those provided by states. Recognising this, we will: a) Implement fully our respective commitments to enable CSOs to exercise their roles as independent development actors, with a particular focus on an enabling environment, consistent with agreed international rights, that maximises the contributions of CSOs to development. b) Encourage CSOs to implement practices that strengthen their accountability and their contribution to development effectiveness, guided by the Istanbul Principles and the International Framework for CSO Development Effectiveness. 16 16
Key Strategies Creating space for a structured process of rethinking, reflecting and reasserting the Pacific we want Linking conversations and listening to what people are saying and feeling the pulse and heartbeat of Pacific people Framing and Reshaping the Pacific We Want through civil society advocacy, next generation leadership development, regional architecture, think tank, media 20 20
Key Strategies Contd Convene multi-stakeholder roundtable with Church, Govt, CSO, traditional, women, youth leaders for the talanoa Stock take of Pacific expertise, local culture, local epistemology, ethnology and local passion (going further than GDP, beyond training) Bringing together practitioners and academics (Pracademia) 21 21
Why Some Partnerships Works and Some Dont 22 22 22
Key Issues Spirituality, Religion & Pacific Cultural Identity Religious Freedom of Expression and Opinion Leadership & Governance regionalism, national governments, community, CSOs Next generation leadership Resource Conservation, Stewardship, Management Community ownership and leadership Protection 23 23
Key Issues Contd Resilient & Transformative development Pacific regionalism CSOs as partner decision makers Communication for development Inclusivity - PwDisability Gender, women s empowerment, gender based violence, women in parliament 24 24
Pacific Island cultural identity What is the Pacific way? Waves of power Christianity, colonialism & development - how our people are slowly being uprooted by waves of power PBHRN 2019 Concern about the commercialisation of our cultures and traditions - Need to do profound research Place of traditional knowledge and wisdom 25 25
Why some Partnerships Dont work Free, Prior, Informed, Consent (FPIC) UNDRIP to be Advocated and Ratified by PICs as NZ Seek NZ to Revitalise the Graduate Certificate in Non-for-Profit Program (formerly with UNITEC) Human Rights Violations 26 26
Pacific Regionalism - A Geopolitical analysis Asia-Pacific Century Decline of Australia/NZ big brother colonial influence Indo-Pacific region The Rise of China as an economic power Look North China, Russia, North Korea, Georgia and Open Door foreign policy US military build up in the Northern Pacific MSG West Papua vs Indonesia US-China Rivalry for influence in the Pacific PIDF Fiji push out of Aust./NZ dominated PIF America s Pacific Century, 2011 the Pacific Pivot PIF - Review of Pacific Plan & inclusion of NSAs Defending Australia in the Asia Pacific Century: Force 2030 - Defence White Paper 27 27
PRNGO Alliance The Oceanus Agenda: Self Determination West Papua and Others Self Determination Disability Gender Equality & Empowerment of women Development Options Extractive Industries, Deep Sea Mining, Fishing, Rethinking Development restructure governance systems / aid and development (we don t need aid, we need dignity Exodus Formation Series Rethinking the Household of God 28 28
Next Generation leadership Involvement in post conflict processes and conversations - Training in the political agenda Structured nurturing, mentoring, twinning to be agents of change succession planning Focus on 10-14 year olds Youth employment a priority need a practical approach Link with provincial youth leaders Resourced plan to shape a young person s life Building a cadre of critical thinkers 29 29
Gender and Womens Development Failure of economic models, need to begin in the home Recognise women at the heart and seed of development. Recognise women as development agents to bring sustainable development in the home Sustainable quality of life and justice in each home Focusing on the smallest, dynamic development agent Need to engage both men and women how to empower both 30 30
Next steps Pracademic partnership with USP/NZ Academic Institution (NfP) Sub-regional conversations -Micronesian (Guam) Melanesian (Solomon Islands), Polynesian (Samoa/Cooks) Regional & National Women/Youth sector dialogue Ongoing PIANGO/PRNGO partnership with others Develop innovative Next Generation leadership programme Dialogue with Faith/church leaders; explore and articulate common values across religions how to support young leaders in their faith journey/ traditional leaders 32 32
Transition Plan to Council April 2020 TRANSITION? PLAN? FOR? PIANGO? 2030? AND? ROAD? TO? COUNCIL? CONSULTATIONS? ON? THE? PIANGO? 2030? STRATEGY? -? NLU? AND? OTHER? STAKEHOLDERS? DESIGN? AND? CONCEPTUALISE? THE? NEXT? PROJECT? PROPOSAL? FOR? THE? BfW? FUNDING? PREPARATION? FOR? COUNCIL? -? NEW? BOARD? ELECTION? ETC.? 10? JUNE? 2019? 30? JUNE? 2019? 11? -? 15? NOV? 2019? PIANGO? COUNCIL? MEETING? -? APRIL? 2020? JAN? 2020? Commence? field? work? -? Consultant? (from? commencement? date? to? 1st? Board? Meeting)? ? 1st? Board? Meeting? on? the? Transition? -? endorse? propose? Strategic? Direction? PIANGO? 2030? 3rd? Board? Meeting/NLU? Consultation? in? Cook? Islands? Submit? next? Project? Proposal? to? BfW? for? Board? Approval? Preparation? for? Council? ? 2nd? Board? Meeting? on? the? Transition? -? Report? to? the? Board? revised? Strategy? informed? by? the? Consultations? ? 33 33
PIANGO + Current'Structure Propose'Structure ACCREDITATION* +* NLU* (NLUs) (NLUs/PIANGO-PLUS) MEMBERSHIP* P IA N G O ! Polynesia Melanesia Micronesia Fiji Working'Group MINIMUM-STANDARD- SIGNATORY-TO-THE- ACCREDITATION-<- IDENTIFY-3- FOCUS- SECTORS- WORKING- GROUP- ROTATED- EACH- BOARD- TERM- - PIANGO' SECRETARIAT'<' PIANGO' PLUS/CPDE P IA N G O P L U S ! 3'SUB<REGIONALS WORKING' GROUPS NATIONAL'LEVEL NLUs 34 34
Strategy Activities for the Transition Plan and Road to Council 2020 Conceptualise the PIANGO 2030 Socialising the Strategy in perspectives of the SDGs, Blue Pacific, Business and Human Rights, Self- Determination etc. Consultation with Board, NLUs and other stakeholders Design of the next BfdW proposal Prepare for Council 35 35
Strategic Potential Partners to explore Pacific Conference of Churches West Papua & Modern Slavery Business and Human Rights and SDGs Diplomacy and Training Programme/Business and Human Right Centre, Citizen and Constitutional Forum (CCF) Humanitarian Localisation Council of International Development NZ 37 37
THANK YOU 38
