News & Events
The Governance Gap
16/03/2012 You must have heard about the internet hype around ‘Kony2012’ ; a campaign by the American organisation Invisible Children to capture the rebel leader of the Lord’s Resistance Army, Joseph Kony. ‘Kony2012’ shows the acute suffering of LRA victims, especially children. But what really remains invisible are wounds of a society years after the LRA left. This is told in the recent film The Governance Gap ; to stop Kony does not put an end to the suffering of people.
Essays Knowledge & Change
Following our call for short essays, we received many interesting essays on how knowledge can(not) trigger change. Some address the knowledge "hype", others the power inbalances around knowledge and again others discuss kowledge & change in local communities. You can read the essays here. Below we highlight three essays: one by Ria Brouwers on knowledge and change; one by Jur Schuurman on research by and for people who know what they need; and one by Shobaa Raghuram and Ratnakar...
The Practice of Civic Driven Change (22 June)
There is increased interest in change processes in which citizens play a central and initiating role. The Civic Driven Change (CDC) framework offers an opportunity to further elaborate on the potential of active citizenship for triggering change in all walks of life: at the political level, in civil society, as well as in business. This workshop to be held on 22 June in The Hague, will provide a platform for practitioners to share and discuss their experiences on innovative citizen-led change...› read more...
Date: 22 June : Location: Institute of Social Studies (ISS), Kortenaerkade 12, The Hague
Date: 22 June : Location: Institute of Social Studies (ISS), Kortenaerkade 12, The Hague
Inclusive Improvement (5 June)
Hivos has been at the forefront of emerging intervention practices in the market approach for many years, moving from Fair Trade (since 1985) to Organic (since 1989) to micro-credit (since 1994) to Coffee Coalition (since 1999) to ISEAL (since 2001) to mainstreaming market access for smallholders (since 2004). This latest challenge has brought Hivos to showcase attempts to combine upgrading of quality and inclusion of smallholders in attractive market channels. The draft report of these colle...› read more...
Date: 5 June : Location: ISS, Kortenaerkade 12, The Hague, The Netherlands
Date: 5 June : Location: ISS, Kortenaerkade 12, The Hague, The Netherlands
Pre-publication Announcement
Next year the Knowledge Programme Civil Society in West Asia will publish three books: Comparing Authoritarianisms: Reconfiguring power and regime resilience in Syria and Iran, Civil Society in Syria: Voices from Within and Unusual Suspects and the Changing Nature of Civic Activism in Syria and Iran. Read more about these publications in the pre-publication announcement.Book Release: Mobilising Social Justice: Perspectives from Researchers and Practitioners
South Africa grapples with serious social and economic inequalities, including inequality in access to basic services. At a time of rising social tensions, the country’s institutions are in danger of losing the legitimacy they gained in the wake of democratic dispensations of the 1990s.
HIVOS-ISS seminar: 'seeing like a citizen' 25/11
On the 25th of November, from 13:00-14:30, Professor John Gaventa will facilitate a seminar at ISS on particiation, power and mobilization. If you are interested in citizen action this is an event not to be missed› read more...
Date: 25 November : Location: The Institute of Social Studies, Kortenaerkade 12, The Hague
Date: 25 November : Location: The Institute of Social Studies, Kortenaerkade 12, The Hague
