Further resources on civil society:

UNDP and Civil Society Organizations: a Toolkit for Strengthening Partnerships (2006)
This toolkit provides practical guidance and essential information in forging partnerships with CSOs. It includes examples of innovative country-level mechanisms to build and strengthen collaboration with CSOs.
A Guide to Civil Society Organizations Working on Democratic Governance (2005)
Information on more than 300 CSOs working across UNDP’s seven priority democratic governance areas or Service Lines.
Millennium Development Goals: A Resource Sheet (2005)
This resource sheet, produced by UNDP-CSO Division and UN-NGLS, lists some key papers and reports on the MDGs from the perspective of civil society organizations and international institutions.
CSO Perspectives on Poverty Reduction Strategies: A Resource Sheet (2005)
This resource sheet lists key papers and reports by CSOs on poverty reduction strategies at the national and regional levels.

Experiences from the Field: UNDP-CSO Partnerships for Conflict Prevention (2005)
This report highlights innovative partnerships between UNDP and CSOs in conflict prevention.

Practical Guidance Note on Civic Education (2004) (Also in Russian)
This note, published by the Oslo Governance Centre in April 2004 is aimed at providing practical information and guidance for civic education programming and includes definitions, tips on programming, possible partners, issues to be aware of, UNDP case studies and links to additional resources.
UNDP and Civil Society Organizations: Partners in Development (2003)
This publication documents good practices of UNDP/CSO partnerships working in one of the focus areas of UNDP; Democratic Governance, HIV/AIDS, Poverty Reduction, Crisis Prevention and Recovery, Energy and Environment and Sustainable development.
Sourcebook on Building Partnerships with Civil Society Organizations (2002)
This "sourcebook" seeks to help UNDP country offices to build substantive partnerships with civil society organizations (CSOs) and develop policy and programme initiatives with CSOs to promote human development.
UNDP and Civil Society Organizations: A Policy of Engagement (2001) (Also in French and Spanish)
The updated policy on UNDP engagement with civil society organizations sets out a new set of principles and highlights the policy and programmatic implications.
UNDP and Indigenous Peoples: A Policy of Engagement (2001) (Also in French and Spanish)
This document explains how UNDP establishes frameworks to guide their work in building sustainable partnerships with indigenous peoples.

Contact:
Barry Driscoll
Research Associate
barry.driscoll@undp.org