civicus membership presentation august 2009

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CIVICUS:World Alliance

for Citizen Participation


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Mission and Vision

Mission:To strengthen global citizen action and

civil society throughout the worldVision:

CIVICUS vision is of a worldwide

community of informed, inspired,committed citizens engaged in confronting

the challenges facing humanity.


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CIVICUS 3 Es

Promote Civic Existence, by defendingpeoples fundamental rights to organise and act

collectively towards the public good; Promote Civic Expression, by strengthening

the capacities of civil society organisations to freelyamplify the voices of ordinary people; and

Promote Civic Engagement, by fosteringinteraction between citizens, their associations andother institutions to ensure that public institutionsreflect the will of the people and are accountable tothem.


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CIVICUS: A Global Alliance

A global membership alliance of 110

countries, consisting of about 450

members. CIVICUS members represent a network

of an estimate 75,000 further members

based on a recent survey.

e-CIVICUS, CIVICUSs weekly e-

newsletter, is subscribed by 85,000.


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Strategic Directions andKey Approaches 2008-12

Strategic Directions1.Protecting the rights of civil society actors2.Strengthening good practice within civil society3.Strengthening civil societys ability to influencethe policies and practices

Key Approaches:

Knowledge generation and analysisCommunication

Convening and multi-stakeholder engagementAdvocacy


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CIVICUS Members

CIVICUS Members in RED


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Geographical Representation

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26%

6%

25%

14%

22%

7% Africa (Subsaharan)

North Africa and the Middle East

Asia & the Pacific

North America (Canada & the USA)

Europe

Latin America and the Carribean

RegionalBreakdown of CIVICUS Members


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A global convening point for civil societystakeholders (including trade unions,faith-based orgs) to dialogue with govt,

business and donors under an overalltheme: Acting Together for a JustWorld

8 World Assemblies since 1995: Mexico,

Hungary, Philippines, Canada,Botswana, Scotland (2006-2008)

800-1000 delegates

9th-12th WA in Montreal, Canada

World Assembly (WA)


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Save the date: 20-23 August 2010:

3 day event including:

- Co-located events, e.g. AGNA meetings,CIVICUS Youth Assembly

- Plenaries, workshops, learningexchanges

- Social events and networking

- Member and CIVICUS programme events

- Visit http://www.civicusassembly.org

World Assembly (WA)


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Civil Society Networks

AGNA (Affinity Group of National

Associations) more than 54

national networks involved IANGO -secretariat of the Intl

Advocacy NGOs group (64

signatories) and its Accountability

Charter

www.ingoaccountabilitycharter.org


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Civil Society Index (CSI)

Action-research project that aims toassess the state of civil society incountries around the world.


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Civil Society Watch (CSW)

Aims to mobilise responses toevents that threaten civil

societys fundamental rights


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Participatory Governance

Aims to enhance thecapacity of southern civil

society and governmentactors to promote andpractice participatorygovernance at national and

local levels.


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Legitimacy, Transparency,and Accountability (LTA)

Aims to build the capacity of

CSOs to respond to challenges to

their authority and right to speakon behalf of constituencies by

improving their accountabilityand transparency structure.


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Volunteering

CIVICUS, IAVE and UNV joint MOU: topromote the value of volunteers andvolunteering to civil society

Joint publication on relationshipbetween volunteering, activism anddevelopment.

Profiling the role of volunteers and

volunteering in CIVICUS work andCIVICUS membership


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Global engagement

CIVICUS has consultative status with a range of global

bodies, including the ECOSOC of the United Nations,

the World Bank, the Council of Europe, and others.CIVICUS has been working as a key global interlocutor

for civil society in its engagement of inter-governmental institutions. This includes:

Joint facilitation committee of the World Bank (2004-05)

Participation in the Panel of Eminent Persons on

United Nations-Civil Society Relations (Cardoso panel,

2004)

Participation in the Advisory Boards of the UNDemocracy Fund (UNDEF, 2006 and onward), the UN

Development Cooperation Forum (UN DCF, 2007 and

onward).


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Development Effectiveness and

Cooperation

Aid Effectiveness international dialogue: CIVICUS ismember of the Better Aid platform, since 2007, and

of its Coordinating Group

CIVICUS follows up the implementation of the Accra

Agenda for Action (Sept 2008), donors andgovernments commit to: Deepen our engagement

with CSOs as independent development actors intheir own right whose efforts complement those ofgovernments and the private sector. We share an

interest in ensuring that CSO contributions to

development reach their full potential.


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Key Opportunities

1. Join CIVICUS Membership http://www.civicus.org/join-civicus

2. Be part of CIVICUS network in solidarity with strengthening civilsociety globally

3. Participate in the CIVICUS programme activities

4. Subscribe to CIVICUS newsletters such as Members Matters and E-

CIVICUS

5. Access to Resources & Toolkits - Writing Effectively; Media Relations;

Strategic Planning; Finance/budgeting; Proposal Writing

6. Awards Program The CIVICUS Nelson Mandela Graa Machel

Innovation Awards aimed at providing seed funding for innovativeideas emerging from organisations or groups of participants at the

CIVICUS World Assembly.

7. Group Facilitation - opportunity to create synergies with otherCIVICUS members at events and through online social networking

platforms such as Facebook and Twitter


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CONCLUSION / QA

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