We, fifty civil society leaders and representatives of all the different regions of the world – Africa, Asia-Pacific, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, North America, and the Middle East and North Africa, and their subregions – from the faith-based, feminist, labour, rural sectors, and international civil society organizations, meeting in Nairobi, Kenya, from December 8-9, 2012, have launched the CSO Platform for Development Effectiveness.

The following represents our shared vision, mission, principles and goals going forward, as well as the key decisions we reached here. This document will guide our work and represents the foundations of the new CSO Partnership for Development Effectiveness (CPDE) that is being launched today, December 9, 2012 in Nairobi Kenya.