About Civic Explorations
About Civic Explorations
How are citizens across the globe claiming their rights in an increasingly interconnected world? Together with IDS, ISS and CIS, the Hivos knowledge programme brings together activists, academics and social practitioners from the global south and global north. We connect the 'old' world of social movements and civil society building with emerging knowledge on social mobilization 2.0. We also li...
Publications
A Changing Moment for Citizen Action in Greece
When the Indignados took over Spanish squares, Maro Pantazidou wondered why it was all quiet on the Greek front. Facing the most extreme austerity measures in the Eurozone, it seemed as if Greek citizens were experiencing a shock, holding them back from exploding in national rage. However, could it be that by focusing on mass movements, we were overlooking smaller but meaningful initiatives bel...
On a lighter Note
Let's talk about city farming!
Let’s talk about city farming! Also dubbed Urban Agriculture, we see a rise in small and larger initiatives in our hopelessly crowded cities around the world. New York, Berlin, Beijing, Havana and Amman are but a few examples where citizens (and sometimes the state) have picked up their shovel for some serious farming or gardening. This trend has not bypassed the Netherlands. On April 4th, Crea...
Events
Social Innovation Meetup #4 - Presentation Notes
On April 25, Social Innovation Meetup #4, organized by Hivos and Kennisland, was held in Amsterdam. Theme: “Exploring Labs for Social Change”. Keynote speakers shared innovation stories from Kenya, Finland, and Canada, among them Daudi Were of Ushahidi, Marco Steinberg of the Helsinki Design Lab and Vanessa Timmer of One Earth. Please click on the link below for a full report of the evening in...
News
Join the Social Innovation Safari !
The Hivos Knowledge Programme has joined forces with the Dutch 'dothank' Kennisland and the University of Amsterdam to host a social safari in Amsterdam from 9 to 19 July, 2013. A group of approximately 40 international change makers will come together to work on a set of pre-identified real social challenges, that will enable all participants to try out methodologies for social innovation. Tea...
Newsletter
Civic Exploration
In the previous two civic exploration newsletters, we’ve explored a number of ‘revolt’ style on and off line responses. In this edition we shine our light on citizen-led efforts to promote Transparency and Accountability, in short TAIs. Thriving on mass communication and in particular web 2.0 technology, TAIS such as budget tracking, citizen corruption watch and online vigilantism are taking th...
Links to related programmes
openDemocracy
- Desegregating Roma and Croat schoolchildren: what has been done? (21/05/2013)
- Sri Lanka remembers to forget (21/05/2013)
- The myth of resettlement in Delhi (21/05/2013)
Institute of Development Studies (IDS) News Feed
- New DFID Human Development Resources Centre website now live (28/05/2012)
- A new alliance for food security, or a two-track Africa? (24/05/2012)
- IDS Alumni Dinner in Brighton (23/05/2012)