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2007 Circumvention Landscape report
The Berkman institute research focuses on the methods, uses and tools of the circumvention landscape. Their report shows that most circumvention tools functioned as they intended. However, the Berkman institute discovered that all tools slow down access to the Internet, that most tools featured serious security holes, and that some tools were extremely difficult for a novice Internet user to use.Development cooperation is a knowledge industry
01/12/2008 Development cooperation is a knowledge industry. If I state that or write that down, it always looks if that is something very obvious, something that even the blind can see. Still I arrive from time to time in places where that is severely underestimated, where un-experienced and not-knowledgeable seems to be the internal rule to appoint people at places, more than the opposite. Or places where this statement is acknowledged and subscribed, but where it is assumed that knowledge is automatic...Columns & Discussion
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The Knowledge Programme consists of an overarching programme that aims at integrating outcomes of the thematic knowledge programmes and stimulate the debate on knowledge integration practices. Hivos actively seeks partnerships and aims to build networks, building capacities of knowledge actors (including Hivos) and by dissemination and sharing its knowledge both in the North (and the Netherlands in particular) and the global South.The Power of Civil Society (2)
The aim of these seminars is to better understand the power of civil society to influence the state around issues such as HIV/AIDS, women’s rights, reproductive rights, and intellectual property rights. The four case studies in Kenya, Tanzania, Peru and India explore the diversity of roles and strategies employed by civil society organizations based on the recent field research of four ISS MA students supported by the Knowledge Programme in 2008.› read more...
Tags: Worldwide, Civil Society Building
Date: 9 December : Location: Institute of Social Studies, Kortenaerkade 12, The Hague
Tags: Worldwide, Civil Society Building
Date: 9 December : Location: Institute of Social Studies, Kortenaerkade 12, The Hague
Whatever Happened to Civil Society?
Is 'civil society' now just a development buzzword? INTRAC’s international conference will re-examine the concept and role of civil society and focus on its significance in relation to current debates and practice in development, human rights and democracy promotion.› read more...
Tags: West Asia, Worldwide, Civil Society Building, Civil Society in West Asia
Date: 3 December until 5 December 2008 Location: KDK Conference Centre, the Netherlands
Tags: West Asia, Worldwide, Civil Society Building, Civil Society in West Asia
Date: 3 December until 5 December 2008 Location: KDK Conference Centre, the Netherlands
Three papers on women & fundamentalisms
AWID, the Association for Women's Rights in Development, launched an initiative that focuses on fundamentalism in 2006. The project is entitled "Resisting and Challenging Religious Fundamentalisms: An advocacy-research project". It explores various forms of fundamentalism and the effects on the position, rights and freedoms of women. From all over the world, AWID has gathered examples from women organisations and activists about how they approached the situation in their own countri...
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The website www.hivos.net is published by Stichting Hivos, The Hague.Contact
The Hivos-ISS Knowledge Programme team is always happy to share its findings and experiences and discuss potential possibilities for cooperation. Also, for any information on the Knowledge Programme Civil Society Building, please contact the following persons.Contact
Are you interested in joining our initiative or looking for more information? Please do not hesitate to contactJosine Stremmelaar, Coordinator Knowledge Programme at info@hivos.net.Themes
Civil Society Building programme aims to better understand and improve the contribution of CSB efforts to bring about changes in the unequal balance of power in favour of vulnerable and marginalised groups.The Promoting Pluralism programme has been initiated after several years of Hivos’ partners voicing concern about various forms of fundamentalism inhibiting their work.What are the roles and opportunities for civil society organizations in closed societies? The aim of the Civil Society in W...Programme Team
Programme TeamHivos is the initiator of the programme and is responsible for the overall management. The programme team currently consists of:Josine Stremmelaar - Coordinator of the Knowledge Programme Remko Berkhout – Knowledge Officer Civil Society Building Ute Seela – Knowledge Officer Promoting Pluralism Kawa Hasan- Knowledge Officer Civil Society in West AsiaFieke Jansen-Knowledge Officer Digital Natives with a Cause?Short Intro
Together with local organisations in developing countries, Hivos seeks to contribute to a free, fair and sustainable world in which citizens -women and men - have equal access to the resources, knowledge and opportunities for their development. Apart from providing financial and political support for local civil society organisations, Hivos is active in networking, lobbying and knowledge integration at the national and international level. In 2007 Hivos started to develop a knowledge programm...Themes
The Hivos-ISS Knowledge Programme on Civil Society Building focuses on a number of thematic priorites. Focus areas are social movements in Central America and responsive government in Southern Africa. In these regions, clusters of research projects provide input to the Knowledge Programme. Besides these focus areas a number of smaller projects are being developed in other parts of the worls with a specific focus, such as LGBT and indigenous movements in the Andes, post-conflict participation...Events
Hivos and ISS aim to stimulate discussion on the most relevant questions in the debate on civil society and Civil Society Building. To this end, a number of events are organised by Hivos and ISS, and contributions are delivered to other events on this theme world wide.Introduction to Civil Society Building
23/06/2008 In Hivos’ vision, strengthening civil society is at the core of social transformation. Over the last 15 years, Hivos has defined its strategy in this respect as ‘civil society building’ (CSB). The main drive is to facilitate or enable endogenous processes of association among citizens in the South and linking and mobilising support for these processes at the global and national levels.Links in the Chain Newsletter
"Links in the Chain" is a bi-monthly publication for everyone who is interested in learning more about the Digital Natives who form part of the "Digital Natives with a Cause?" community. The Newsletter includes opinion posts by participants from the three workshops as well as the facilitators, interview with them, comics and cartoons highlighting current issues affecting the community, as well as current news and discussions happening at the project website, www.digitalnat...Background
Citizens are agents of change and development Equitable and sustainable development depends on open and vibrant democracies. Citizens are the central actors in public and political arenas. Their ability to hold governments to account and to participate fully in democratic processes is contingent upon the opportunities to freely assemble, associate and express opinions– including the right to seek, receive and impart information. But citizens agency is not only the purpose – or the ends – of d...About
The Digital Natives with a Cause? programme is a join initiative by Hivos and the Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore, that focuses on understanding how citizen agency can be stimulated and power balances challenged by looking at these issues from the combined perspectives of technology, youth and engagement. By addressing knowledge gaps, creating a knowledge network, giving back the voice to the Digital Natives and involve other stakeholders, particularly academics and practitioners,...Background
Three-quarters of the world’s 1.2 billion poor people live in rural areas. Many are small-scale producers who depend on agriculture and natural resources for their livelihoods. International markets have been seen as a way out of poverty and food insecurity for small-scale producers. These markets comprise traditional food and fibre commodities, but also new markets for quality products, biodiversity conservation and mitigation of climate change.