2000, the DAC and the Development Centre held a Forum on ways of integrating civil society into policy formation in … developing countries, and to identify obstacles to such involvement. Participants agreed that civil society's role in poverty …, covering experience in a variety of countries with a variety of stakeholders. The wide-ranging discussion concluded that civil-society …

decisions. They convene groups of people representing a wide cross-section of society for at least one full day – and often much … comparative empirical evidence gathered by the OECD and in collaboration with leading practitioners from government, civil society …

their networks -- Watershed institutions and their networks -- Regulators -- Business -- Financial actors -- Civil society …