Résultat de recherche d'images pour "lecese.fr logo"Speaking about the results of the Addis Ababa conference on development funding, Ban Ki Moon stated that "many concrete commitments would not have been there  without civil society's engagement and involvement", adding that it played a key role in "resource mobilisation at the national level and pressuring donor countries for them to respect their commitments".
Even if the climate negotiation process is, ultimately, in the hands of State players, it is clear that the pressure exerted by civil society and its organisations nowadays plays a decisive role in creating a common basis on which international agreements are built. No fewer than 75 countries have given civil society, understood as the gathering of socio-professional and non-governmental organisations, a voice within the framework of economic and social councils (their titles sometimes include the words "environmental" or "cultural"). Some, such as France, have also organised this representation at local level with regional economic and social councils.
The Unions of Economic and Social Councils of Africa (UCESA), French-speaking countries (UCESIF) and French territories (CESER) thus decided to capitalise on this legitimacy to build a common platform on climate disruption change and the surrounding issues throughout 2015. Voir l'article...