A call to uphold the principles of the DAC Recommendation on Enabling Civil Society

As it is now widespread in the development community, in mid-March the Swedish aid agency, Sida, announced abruptly that all contracts with their 17 Strategic Partner Organizations in Sweden´s Civil Society Strategy would come to an end by the end of this year. This decision affects more than 1750 partner organisations in 90 countries. Little information was provided as to future funding modalities, nor consultation was held with affected organizations in Sweden or in the global South.

The DAC-CSO Reference group is aware of these precipitate shifts, in particular, our working group on the DAC Recommendation on Enabling Civil Society in Development Co-operation and Humanitarian Assistance. Following substantive discussions, the group proposed a letter that raises critical issues about the decisions and actions of Sweden in relation to the commitments made in the DAC Recommendation.

The letter is directed to the DAC Chair and the members of the DAC Community of Practice (CoP) on Civil Society. This CoP has responsibility for promoting and implementing the recommendation among all DAC members. It has been signed by 340 organisations from more than 60 countries, showing the impact of the decision and its notoriety for the civil society community. See the Letter below.

April 29, 2024

To: Carsten Staur, Development Assistance Committee (DAC) Chair

CC: Pia Hänni, Co-chair, DAC Community of Practice on Civil Society, Head of Swiss NGO Section, Division Multilateral Affairs and Swiss NGOs, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation

Caro Krijger, Co-chair, DAC Community of Practice on Civil Society, Head Civil Society Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Netherlands

DAC Members in the DAC Community of Practice on Civil Society

A call to uphold the principles of the DAC Recommendation on Enabling Civil Society

As organizations deeply committed to the implementation of the DAC Recommendation on Enabling Civil Society, we are writing to the DAC and its Community of Practice with alarm about the nature of recent decisions in Sweden that will seriously affect its support for civil society, the quality of these relationships, and access to resources of organisations from more than 90 countries. Many DAC members, including Sweden, played crucial and constructive roles in developing and agreeing to a comprehensive Recommendation. The Recommendation addresses long-standing and critical issues in strengthening all civil society as development actors in their own right and in holding governments to account.

While we recognize that all adherents face challenges in implementing the Recommendation’s 28 key principles and commitments, we are gravely concerned by the signals arising from the abrupt decisions taken in the last month in Sweden, which dramatically affect the following key commitments:

Meaningful and inclusive consultation and due diligence

Among the important goals embedded in the Recommendation is the central role of full and inclusive consultation with civil society in establishing policies or strategies for working with civil society “in both partner countries or territories and provider countries” [Pillar Two, §1]. On March 15, the 17 strategic partner organizations (SPOs) received the abrupt announcement that by December 31st all Sida agreements will be terminated, with no prior consultation. This decision severely affects current and future programming by more than 1,750 civil society organizations in 90 countries, who had no opportunity to engage with Sida in this decision. These organizations across the global south have been working with marginalized populations in countries where civic space is already challenging and often very constrained. There is no evidence that Sida undertook even minimal due diligence or consultation to determine the impact of its March decision on these organizations and their constituencies. Those who have trusted in their Swedish partners and Sida´s consistent and responsive support for many years now face a highly uncertain future at best, in very difficult partner country contexts.

Flexible and predictable programmatic and core support

Adherents to the Recommendation have committed to work through funding modalities for civil society that are “flexible and predictable support, core support and/or programmatic support” [Pillar Two, §3]. Sida has the very unrealistic and unworkable expectation that organizations, from both Sweden and the global south, will now be able to create concept notes or letters of interest for an expected call-for-proposals as early as May, for which at the time of writing there is no information as to the terms, conditions and scope of such proposals. Such a narrow window for alternative funding is deeply disrespectful, to say the least, of the programmatic integrity of CSOs, as development actors in their own right, and for the necessary consultations and engagement with their constituencies and counterparts.

Investing in leadership of local civil society in partner countries

All adherents to the Recommendation shall “promote and invest in the leadership of local civil society in partner countries.” [Pillar Two, §4] While recognizing that a lot of work remains to be done in complex realities for civil society, CSOs in the global south and the global north have been pro-actively engaged in actions that strengthen southern civil society leadership, working towards power shifts within equitable and complementary CSO partnerships, and supporting substantial and meaningful access for direct provider funding for southern CSOs. These are complex processes requiring a stronger commitment to change on the part of civil society, north and south, as well as on the part of provider terms and conditions for funding.

Enabling equitable partnerships

In indicating that all contracts with the 17 Strategic Partner Organizations (SPOs) under the civil society strategy will be terminated, Sida has provided no information on its changing priorities for supporting civil society and the appropriate modalities of support to do so. The Community of Practice’s work on good practice (i.e. the Toolkit on Shifting Power within Partnerships) points to the importance of creating diverse provider funding modalities that enable powershifts and incentivize more equitable partnerships, but also respond to the different and often complex realities within which CSOs work in the global south.

In all provider contexts, including Sweden, significantly increased opportunities for direct support for CSOs in the global south is an essential part of a positive change in funding modalities, with conditions determined through consultation. At the same time, national CSOs in provider countries and/or international CSOs remain essential civil society actors working through specific mutually supportive relationships with partner country CSOs that are formed around shared long term strategic goals, often in very difficult environments.

In fact, Sida’s 2023 Guideline for the Strategic Partner Organizations were recently highlighted by the DAC Community of Practice as a good practice example in responding to these complexities as convenors, connectors, fiscal agents and amplifiers of development issues, while strengthening local ownership and leadership. But these relationships must also be subject to continued and collaborative re-examination of roles, which can call for deep reforms in CSO practices. Sida’s March decision provides no opportunity to do so.

Do no harm

Finally, it is not clear how Sida will effectively and efficiently manage the movement of sub-contracting from the 17 Strategic Partner Organizations into its direct administrative mandate in a matter of months. We understand these management issues are currently under review, but seemingly an abrupt decision was made irrespective of the outcome for Sida’s organizational capacities and its impact on partners and support for civil society going forward.

Importantly, the DAC Recommendation calls on all adherents to take “reasonable steps to do no harm to civic space in partner countries or territories.” [Pillar One, §4] It seems clear that these precipitate actions by Sida will in fact have a significant negative impact on civic space in a range of countries. There is ample evidence from other contexts – including the UK and Canada – of abrupt funding cuts and decisions adversely affecting the lives of those in need.

Upholding the development effectiveness principles

Sweden is currently in a leadership role as a co-chair for the Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation. It has a special responsibility to promote the Partnership’s four development effectiveness principles, not least the essential principle of strengthening local ownership. But equally important are the principles of working through inclusive partnerships and ensuring effective mutual accountability and transparency.

As long-standing friends of Sweden’s development cooperation and its leadership and commitment to enabling civil society, we are deeply concerned that the nature of the decisions of the past month will ultimately undermine leadership by civil society across the global south, disable critical north/south relationships of solidarity, and ignore decades of important collaboration, experiences and knowledge in civil society both north and south.

In conclusion, we encourage all adherents to the Recommendation to take on board all the inter-related commitments in the Recommendation’s three Pillars when undertaking reform in their civil society policies and practices, and to do so in close collaboration with all affected CSOs, north and south.

Sincerely,

1. 11.11.11, Belgium
2. A 11 – Initiative for Economic and Social Rights, Serbia
3. ABF BUSOVAČA, Bosnia and Herzegovina
4. Accountable Now, Global Network
5. ACODEV, Belgium
6. APCOB, Bolivia
7. ACT Alliance, Global Network
8. ACTing Together Program, Guatemala
9. Action, Gouvernance, Intégration,Renforcement, Groupe de travail en Santé et Développement en abrégé (AGIR/SD), Burkina Faso
10. Adad Malore, Albania
11. ADEL Morazán, El Salvador
12. ADIC, Sri Lanka
13. Advocates for Social Change Kenya, Kenya
14. African Institute of Corporate Citizenship, Malawi
15. Afrikagrupperna, Sweden
16. AGIMS, Guatemala
17. Agora Centre, Bosnia and Herzegovina
18. AidWatch Canada
19. AKÜ, Estonia
20. All Africa Conference of Churches, Regional
21. Alianza Politica Sector de Mujeres, APSM, Guatemala
22. Alliance Sud, Switzerland
23. Ambrela – Platform for Development Organisations, Slovakia
24. AMSATI, El Salvador
25. Applied Research Institute ARIJ, West Bank
26. Artikel2, Sweden
27. Associação Civil Alternativa Terrazul, Brasil
28. Associação Civil Escola Sem Muros Grupo Eco – Favela Santa Marta – Rio de Janeiro – Brazil
29. Asociación de Cooperación para el Desarrollo Rural de Occidente, CDRO, Guatemala
30. Asociación para el Desarrollo Integral de las Víctimas de la Violencia en las Verapaces Maya Achi (ADIVIMA), Guatemala
31. Asociación Coordinadora de Comunidades Afectadas por la Construccción de la Hidroeléctrica Chixoy (COCAHICH), Guatemala
32. ASOCIACION COMUNITARIA PARA EL DESARROLLO SERJUS, Guatemala
33. Asociación de Culturas Originarias Suma Kawsay – Peru
34. Asociación de Investigación y Especialización sobre Temas Iberoamericanos (AIETI), Spain
35. ASOCIACIÓN DE LIDERAZGO Y DESARROLLO EN MADRIZ, Nicaragua
36. Asociación de Mujeres Ixqanil, Guatemala
37. Asociación por la Paz y los Derechos Humanos Taula per Mèxic, Spain
38. Association Tin Tua du Burkina Faso, Burkina Faso
39. Association des Blogueurs du Burkina, Burkina Faso
40. Association Monde Rural (AMR), Burkina Faso
41. Association Nationale d Action pour Développement Intégral (ANADI), Senegal
42. Association “Nova generacija,” Bosnia and Herzegovina
43. Australian Council for International Development, Australia
44. Bahay Tuluyan Foundation, Philippines
45. Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust (BLAST), Bangladesh
46. Bangladesh Resource Centre for Indigenous Knowledge (BARCIK), Bangladesh
47. Belarusian National Youth Council (RADA), Belarus
48. Bench Marks Foundation, South Africa
49. Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust (BLAST), Bangladesh
50. Bond, CSO Platform, United Kingdom
51. Broederlijk Delen, Belgium
52. Brot für die Welt, Germany
53. Building Community Voice (BCV), Cambodia
54. Cambodian Center for Human Right (CCHR), Cambodia
55. Cambodian Journalists Alliance Association (Cambo-JA), Cambodia
56. Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights (LICADHO), Cambodia
57. Censat Agua Viva (Friends of Earth), Colombia
58. Center for Alliance of Labor and Human Rights (CENTRAL), Cambodia
59. Center for Civic Cooperation, Bosnia and Herzegovina
60. Center for Democratic Governance (CDG), Burkina Faso
61. Center for Youth Advocacy and Networking (CYAN Pilipinas Inc), Philippines
62. Center for youth education, Bosnia and Herzegovina
63. Centre d’Etudes et de Recherche Appliquée en Finances Publiques (CERA/FP), Burkina Faso
64. Centre Delwende de Sakoula, Burkina Faso
65. Centre for Environmental Justice, Sri Lanka
66. Centre for Improved Rural Health and Environmental Protection (CIRHEP), India
67. Center for Migrant Advocacy, Philippines
68. Centre Internacional Escarré per les Minories Ètniques i les Nacions (CIEMEN), Catalonia
69. Centre for Research and Advocacy, Manipur, India
70. Center for Support Organisations, Bosnia and Herzegovina
71. Centre for Youth Work, Serbia
72. Centro de Defesa dos Direitos Humanos, Brasil
73. Centro de Desarrollo Agropecuario (CEDAP), Peru
74. Centro de Estudios para el Desarrollo Regional (CEDER), Perú
75. Centro de Tecnologias Alternativas Populares – CETAP, Passo Fundo Rio Grande do Sul – Brazil
76. Centro Ecológico, Brazil
77. Centro de Estudios e Investigación sobre Mujeres (CEIM), Spain
78. CEHPRODEC, Honduras
79. Civil Society Budget Advocacy Group (CSBAG), Uganda
80. Civil Society Platform for Peacebuilding and Statebuilding (CSPPS), Netherlands
81. Civil Society Reference Group, Kenya
82. Christian Aid, United Kingdom
83. CIUDADANIA, Bolivia
84. Clean Clothes Campaign International Office, Netherlands
85. Clowns without Borders Sweden, Sweden
86. CNCD-11.11.11, Belgium
87. Colors Rainbow, Myanmar
88. COMISION INTERECLESIAL DE JUSTICIA Y PAZ- Colombia
89. Commerce and Services Trade Union, Bosnia and Herzegovina
90. Committee for Free and Fair Elections in Cambodia (COMFREL), Cambodia
91. Commission épiscopale Justice et Paix du Burkina Faso (CJP-Burkina), Burkina Faso
92. Community Development Support Services (CDSS), South Sudan
93. COMUNA/PBFCC, Bolivia
94. Comunidad de Juristas Akubadaura, Colombia
95. CONCORD, European CSO Platform
96. CONCORD Sweden
97. CONFRAS, El Salvador
98. Confederation of Autonomous Trade Unions of Serbia, Serbia
99. Confederation of Autonomous Trade Unions of Vojvodina, Serbia
100. Conseil national des organisation de la société civile du Burkina Faso (CNOSC/BF), Burkina Faso
101. Convention des Organisations de la société civile pour l’Observation Domestique des Élections (CODEL), Burkina Faso
102. Coop. Comunidad del Sur, Montevideo-Uruguay
103. Cooperation Committee for Cambodia (CCC), Cambodia
104. Cooperation Canada, CSO Platform, Canada
105. Coordinadora Galega de ONG para o Desenvolvemento, Spain
106. Coordinadora de ONGD de Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
107. Coordinadora de ONGD-España, Spain
108. Coordinadora Valenciana de ONGD, Spain
109. COPINH, Honduras
110. Cordaid, Netherlands
111. Corporación para el Desarrollo Regional, Colombia
112. Corporación Serraniagua, Organización Campesina Ambiental Comunitaria, El Cairo – Colombia
113. Council for People’s Development and Governance (CPDG), Philippines
114. Council of Churches, Zambia
115. Conseil National de la Jeunesse du Burkina Faso (CNJ-BF), Burkina Faso
116. Croatian Platform for International Citizen Solidarity (CROSOL), Croatia
117. Czech Forum for Development Cooperation (FoRS), Czechia
118. Nagorik Uddyog (NU), Bangladesh
119. David Ntseng Director at Church Land Programme, South Africa
120. DCA, Denmark
121. Democratic Dialogue Network, Serbia
122. Diakonia, Sweden
123. Dóchas, Ireland
124. East Cape Agricultural Research Project, South Africa
125. Ecobarrial, Centro de Ecología Social, Chile
126. ECLOF International, Switzerland
127. Economic and Social Development Center ESDC, West Bank and Gaza Strip
128. ECPAT, Philippines
129. EducommuniK, Burkina Faso
130. Entrepueblos/Entrepobles/Entrepobos/Herriarte, Spain
131. Emthonjeni Women’s Forum, Zimbabwe
132. Equality Myanmar, Myanmar
133. Equitable Cambodia (EC), Cambodia
134. ERA-LGBTI Equal Rights Association, Serbia
135. ERIKS Development Partner, Sweden
136. Espacio de Cooperación para la Paz, Colombia
137. EU-LAT Advocacy Network, regional network Europe
138. Eurodad, Regional Network
139. Fairtrade Sverige, Sweden
140. Farmers Union of Malawi, Malawi
141. Fasocheck Association, Burkina Faso
142. FECCEG, Guatemala
143. FEDECARIBE, Colombia
144. Federación de Centros Awá del Ecuador, Ecuador
145. Felm, Finland
146. FESPAD, El Salvador
147. FIAN Zambia
148. Fundación San Alonso Rodríguez, FSAR, Honduras
149. FUNDASAL, El Salvador
150. Finn Church Aid, Finland
151. Finnish Development NGOs (Fingo), CSO Platform, Finland
152. Fishworkers’ Solidarity, Philippines
153. Friends of the Earth International, International Organization
154. ForumCiv, Sweden
155. Forum MNE, Montenegro
156. Forum of Cotton Producers, FONPA, Mozambique
157. Framtidsjorden, Sweden
158. Fundación ALTROPICO, Ecuador
159. Fundação CEPEMA, Brazil
160. Fundación de Culturas Indígenas Kawsay-Ecuador
161. Fundación InteRed, Spain
162. Fundación Myrna Mack, Guatemala
163. Fundación para el Desarrollo y Fortalecimiento de las Organizaciones de Base (FUNDEBASE), Guatemala
164. Fundación Pereyra, Argentina
165. Gender and Development for Cambodia (GADC), Cambodia
166. Global Citizen, International Organization
167. Global Idé, Sweden
168. Global Interfaith Network For People of All Sexes, Sexual Orientations, Gender Identities and Expressions, South Africa
169. Grameena Mahila Okkuta, India
170. groundWork, Friends of the Earth, South Africa
171. HEKS/EPER Swiss Church Aid, Switzerland
172. IBON Foundation, Philippines
173. IBON International, International NGO
174. ICADE, Honduras
175. Iglesia Filipina Independiente, Philippines
176. Iniciativa Mesoamericana de Mujeres Defensoras de Derechos Humanos, regional Latin America
177. Institute for National and Democracy Studies (INDIES), Indonesia
178. Institute of Permaculture of Mozambique, IPERMO, Mozambique
179. Institute of Politics and Governance (IPG), Philippines
180. Instituto de Comunicación y Desarrollo (ICD), Uruguay
181. Instituto de Ecología Política, Chile
182. International Action for Peace (IAP), Spain
183. International Labour, Research and Information Group, South Africa
184. International Network Of Religious Leaders Living With or Personally Affected by HIV and AIDS (INERELA+), South Africa
185. International Office for Human Rights Action on Colombia, OIDHACO, European regional network
186. International Platform against Impunity, Guatemala
187. Inter Pares, Canada
188. IOGT-NTO Movement, Sweden
189. IPDRS, Bolivia
190. JA!FOE, Moçambique
191. JANIC, Japan
192. Jordens Vänner / Friends of the Earth Sweden, Sweden
193. Justapaz, Colombia
194. Justiça Ambiental, JA, Mozambique
195. KAMP, Kosovo
196. Kareem Baptist Convention- Social Mission (KBC- SM), Myanmar
197. Kawsay Bolivia
198. KCOC Policy Center, Korea
199. Keystone Foundation, India
200. Khanya College Johannesburg Trust, South Africa
201. Klahaan, Cambodia
202. KUDUMBAM, India
203. Kvinna till Kvinna Foundation, Sweden
204. La Coordinadora de ONGD-España
205. La Plataforma DESCA, Colombia
206. La Via Campesina Southern and Eastern Africa (LVC SEAf), Regional Organization
207. Law & Society Trust (LST), Sri Lanka
208. Lawyers Collective José Alvear Restrepo (CAJAR), Colombia
209. Labor Education and Research Network (LEARN), Philippines
210. Labour Resource and Research Institute (LaRRI), Namibia
211. Ladakh Ecological Development Group, India
212. Lafede.cat organitzacions per la Justícia Global, Catalonia
213. Land Research Center (LRC), West Bank
214. LatFem, Regional Latin America
215. Legal Assistance Centre, Namibia
216. Leornard Cheshire Disability, Zimbabwe
217. Le secrétariat permanent des organisations Non Gouvernementales du Burkina Faso, Burkina Faso
218. Listeners without Borders, Sweden
219. Livaningo, Mozambique
220. Lliga dels Drets dels Pobles, Catalunya, Spain
221. Lutheran World Federation, Switzerland
222. Lutheran World Federation / World Service – Central America Programme
223. Lutheran World Service India Trust, India
224. Malawi Union of Savings and Credit Cooperation (MUSCCO), Malawi
225. MECOOVISURH, Honduras
226. Milieudefensie / Friends of the Earth, Netherlands
227. Movimiento Agroecológico de América Latina, MAELA, regional Latin America
228. Mujeres Workers Progressive Alliance, Philippines
229. Murang’a Avocado Farmers Cooperative Union Ltd, Kenya
230. Muslim Women’s Research and Action Forum, Sri Lanka
231. MyRight, Sweden
232. National Association of Youth Organizations (NAYO), Zimbabwe
233. National Commission for Human Rights Chile-Sweden, Sweden
234. National Confederation of Transport Workers Union (NCTU), Philippines
235. National Council of Churches, Philippines
236. National council of Swedish children and youth organizations (LSU), Sweden
237. National Confederation of Transportworkers Union (NCTU), Philippines
238. National Farmers’ Federation NFF, North Macedonia
239. NGO Forum on Cambodia, Cambodia
240. ngo-federatie, the Flemish federation of development CSOs, Belgium
241. Nicaraguan Network of Community Trade (RENICC), Nicaragua
242. NIRMAN, India
243. NOAH Friends of the Earth, Denmark
244. Norwegian Church Aid (NCA), Norway
245. Olof Palmes Internationella Center, Sweden
246. Operation 1325, Sweden
247. Organic Producers & Processors Association of Zambia, Zambia
248. Organization for Nonviolence and Development (ONAD), South Sudan
249. Organization for Women’s Development in Bangladesh, Bangladesh
250. Organisation pour le Renforcement des Capacités de Développement, Burkina Faso
251. Oxfam, International CSO
252. Palestinian Agricultural Cooperative Union (PACU), West Bank
253. Palestinian Working Women Society for Development (PWWSD), West Bank
254. Palhaços Sem Fronteiras, Brasil
255. People’s Action for Free and Fair Elections, Sri Lanka
256. People’s Process on Housing and Poverty in Zambia (PPHPZ), Zambia
257. PIANGO, Pacific Region
258. Plan International, International CSO
259. Plataforma Colombiana de Derechos Humanos, Democracia y Desarrollo (PCDHDD), Colombia
260. PMU, Sweden
261. Portuguese NGDO Platform, Portugal
262. Positive Vibes, Namibia
263. Praktisk Solidaritet, Sweden
264. Promotion of Family Health Association, Laos
265. Pro Public, Nepal
266. Reality of Aid Africa Network, Regional Network
267. Reality of Aid – Asia Pacific, Regional Network
268. Red de ONGD de Madrid, Spain
269. Red Jesuita Con Migrantes de Centroamérica (RJM CA), Regional Network
270. RED MUJER RURAL AREQUIPA, Perú
271. Redes AT, Uruguay
272. Red de Trabajadoras Domésticas, Honduras
273. Rendir Cuentas, Latín America and the Caribbean, Regional Network
274. RFSL, Sweden
275. Ruta Pacífica de las Mujeres, Colombia
276. Safety and Rights Society (SRS), Bangladesh
277. Sahmakum Teang Tnaut (STT), Cambodia
278. Save a Life, Sri Lanka
279. Save the Children, International CSO
280. Schumacher Centre, India
281. Self Help Development Foundation, Zimbabwe
282. SIMCARRD, Philippines
283. SLOGA, Platform of Slovenian NGOs, Slovenia
284. Small Producers Development and Transporters Association (SPRODETA), Malawi
285. SOBREVIVENCIA, Amigos de la Tierra, Paraguay
286. Social Association for Rural Advancement (SARA), Bangladesh
287. Social Policy Initiative (SPI), South Africa
288. SOLIDAR, European CSO Network
289. Srushtidnyan, India
290. Students’ Educational and Cultural Movement of Ladakh, India
291. Suriya Women’s Development Centre, Sri Lanka
292. Svalorna Latinamerika, Sweden
293. Swallows India Bangladesh, Sweden
294. Swedish Association for Sexuality Education (RFSU), Sweden
295. Swedish Committee for Afghanistan, Sweden
296. Swedish Development Forum (FUF), Sweden
297. Swedish Fellowship of Reconciliation, Sweden
298. Swedish Foundation for Human Rights, Sweden
299. Swedish Society for Nature Conservation, Sweden
300. Synergie des Femmes de la Société Civile (SYFES), DRC
301. Training Education Development Extension Trust, India
302. Tzuk Kim-pop, Guatemala
303. Udayankur Seba Sangstha (USS), Bangladesh
304. Uganda Cooperative Savings and Credit Union (UCSCU), Uganda
305. Une Gruaja, Albania
306. Union for Development and Integration of Roma Minority in Albania “Amaro-Drom”, Albania
307. Union of Agricultural Work Committees (UAWC), West Bank and Gaza Strip
308. Unite Theatre for Social Action (UTSA), Bangladesh
309. Vikas Adhyayan Kendra, India
310. Vive Vene, Bosnia Herzegovina
311. Warande Advisory Centre, Kenya
312. Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA), Regional Organization
313. We Effect, Sweden
314. Wemos, The Netherlands
315. Women’s Academy For Leadership and Political Excellence (WALPE), Zimbabwe
316. Women’s Education and Research Centre (WERC), Sri Lanka
317. Women Empowerment – Action (WE-Action), Ethiopia
318. Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, Zimbabwe
319. Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, DR Congo
320. Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, Colombia
321. Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, Cameroon
322. Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, Sweden
323. Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (International Secretariat), Geneva
324. Women’s Legal Resource Centre, Malawi
325. WoMIN African Alliance, Sweden
326.  World Concern Myanmar, Myanmar
327. World Council of Churches, Switzerland
328. Youth Empowerment and Transformation Trust, Zimbabwe
329. YMCA, Ghana
330. YMCA, Madagascar
331. YWCA, Palestine
332. YMCA, Senegal
333. YWCA-YMCA, Sweden
334. YMCA, Togo
335. Zambia Alliance of Women (ZAW), Zambia
336. Zambia Climate Change Network (ZCCN), Zambia
337. Zambia Homeless and Poor People’s Federation, Zambia
338. Zambia National Women’s Lobby, Zambia
339. Zambia Youth Federation, Zambia