Topics Civil Society Building
Seizing and Stretching Participatory Space: Civil Society Participation in Tanzania’s Policy Processes
Civil society participation in PRSP processes has become part and parcel of modern aid modities. Assumed benefits include stronger checks and balances, inclusion of marginalized interests, and a broader support base for implementation. This hints at transformative potential. Yet, where governments or donors drive the process, participation hardly ever surpasses a mere consultative role and risks of cooption loom large.
Civic driven change in West Asia
What can an organisation like Hivos do in repressive regimes like Iran and Syria? Does Civic Driven Change (CDC) offer opportunities or new insights for developing strategies in those countries? These are the questions Maaike van Adrichem poses in her research paper on Hivos programme in Syria and Iran: From civil society building to civic driven change?
LGBT research update
The LGBT movement in Peru slowly reveals some of its dynamics as Marten van den Berge and his Peruvian colleague Giancaro Cornejo facilitate conversations and workshops with organizations in Lima and in some of the provincial capitals, whilst participating in marches, protests and meetings.
Local democratic governance in fragile states
In late November, Jon Gaventa and Marjoke Oostrom from the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) facilitated a PSO hosted workshop about local democratic governance in fragile settings. Dutch NGOs concentrate their discussions on how to adjust their bottom-up strategies to fragile settings to contribute to peace, security and democratic governance, and to reconciliation and justice, but more may be required to (re)build local democracy…
Workshop 24th of November: local governance in fragile states
On the 24th of November, HIVOS, PSO, ICCO and IDS organize a workshop on participatory governance in fragile states. Jon Gaventa (IDS) will introduce key issues and then it’s over to the participants. So if you have insights to share or issues for discussion, this is an opportunity not to be missed.› read more...
Tags: Worldwide, Civil Society Building, Post-Conflict Participation
Date: 24 November : Location: Theater Concordia, www.theather-concordia.nl, Hoge Zand 42, The Hague, the Netherlands.
Tags: Worldwide, Civil Society Building, Post-Conflict Participation
Date: 24 November : Location: Theater Concordia, www.theather-concordia.nl, Hoge Zand 42, The Hague, the Netherlands.
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...
Tags: Civil Society Building
Date: 25 November : Location: The Institute of Social Studies, Kortenaerkade 12, The Hague
Tags: Civil Society Building
Date: 25 November : Location: The Institute of Social Studies, Kortenaerkade 12, The Hague
Dialogues of knowledge in action
The Civil Society Building Knowledge programme supports the Kabarole Research Center in Fort Portal, Uganda to elaborate a new initiative that seeks to bring together politicians, policy makers and communities to jointly engage in development dialogue and knowledge generation. Edit Tuboly, Programme Officer at HIVOS, is currently visiting the region and participated in an open space meeting. An impression
Mobilizing social justice - Unlocking the potential for structural change
On the 23rd and 24th of November, the Hivos-ISS knowledge programme organizes a conference on 'mobilizing social justice; unlocking the potential for structural change'
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...Citizenship narratives in the absence of good governance; Voices of the working poor in Bangladesh
How does the interaction between the poor and civil society organizations effect perceptions of and possibilities for citizenship? Naila Kabeer and Afirul hoque interviewed 70 citizens from rural and urban Bangladesh, belonging to the so called ‘working poor’. Their voices are the backbone of a fascinating IDS working paper which offers plenty of food for thought.