Civil society aid as balancing act – navigating between managerial and social transformative principles

Jelmer Kamstra

Development in Practice, 2020, vol. 30, issue 6, 763-773

Abstract: The civil society policy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands shifted from service delivery to lobby and advocacy in 2016 with the new Dialogue & Dissent policy framework (D&D), representing a large change in thinking from a managerial to a social transformative perspective. This article discusses how D&D has made this shift and navigates tensions arising from it: (1) by stressing the political role of CSOs; (2) by working in strategic partnerships; and (3) by employing flexible Theories of Change focused on learning. It concludes with lessons learnt for D&D’s successor.

Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1080/09614524.2020.1801590

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