Dialogues of Knowledge

In August, the Civil Society Building programme organized a 'Research in Progress' seminar in Santiago Atitlan, Guatemala. This event brought together representatives of three major movements in the region: the Guatemalan Indigenous People’s movement, the Women’s movement from Nicaragua, and the Costa Rican Movement against CAFTA. The workshop provides a space for sharing and feedback on research progress, before the teams embarked on the last phase of finalizing their research reports, whic...

Roze brieven uit de Andes

Marten van den Berge is in Peru to explore the dynamics of the LGBT movement. On this site, he regularly shares his experiences. This time, a story about Tupac Amaru, in Dutch.

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Dialogues of knowledge in Santiago Atitlan

This week, the Civil Society Building programme organizes and Research in Progress seminar in Santiago Atitlan, Guatemala. This event brings together representatives of three major movements in the region: the Guatemalan Indigenous People’s movement, the Women’s movement from Nicaragua, and the Costa Rican Movement against CAFTA.

First actions of "small holder agency"

The knowledge programme Small Producer Agency in the Globalized Market made the first steps in the formation of its South-based Learning Netwok and the participatory design of its focal themes. Bill Vorley, the IIED chair of our programme, was interviewed by the El Comercio on August in Lima.

ISS-HIVOS MA research programme 2009

Each year, the Civil Society Building Knowledge Programme supports a number of ISS students to conduct research on issues pertaining to the main questions of the programme. This year, five ISS students were awarded a research grant. Last week, after extensive preparation at ISS and consultation with HIVOS staff and partners, they departed for countries ranging from Uganda to Nicaragua to do their field research. You can find summaries of the research project here.