Participation of CSOs/NGOs in Bangladeshi climate change policy formulation: co-operation or co-optation?. Issue 6 (17th August 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Lopa, Fowzia Gulshana Rashid; Ahmad, Mokbul Morshed
• Is Part Of: Development in practice. Volume 26:Issue 6(2016)
• Page Start: 781
• Page End: 793
• Publication Date: 2016-08-17
• Subjects: Civil society – NGOs -- Participation -- Environment (built and natural) – Climate change -- Aid – Development policies -- South Asia; Technical assistance -- Developing countries -- Periodicals; Economic assistance -- Developing countries -- Periodicals; Developing countries -- Economic conditions -- Periodicals; 338.91091724
• DOI: 10.1080/09614524.2016.1200536
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0961-4524

Abstract

ABSTRACT: The Bangladesh government formulated the Bangladesh Climate Change Strategies and Action Plans (BCCSAP) in 2008 through a participatory process involving several CSOs/NGOs and others. This article discusses the participation of CSOs/NGOs in climate change policy-making, focusing on mapping their level of participation in policy-making. It demonstrates that state laws allow CSOs/NGOs to implement several projects voluntarily, but largely prohibit their participation in political decision-making processes. The state invites a few CSOs/NGOs as a condition to receive aid, but displays arbitrary and co-opting attitudes towards CSOs/NGOs that rarely ensure joint decisions in creating policy.