Topics Civil Society Building
Six Degrees and Butterflies
Information, communication and the mass media often exert a significant influence on how citizenship and civic agency are appreciated and driven. With illustrations from Latin America the essay looks at these influences between development and transformative change and highlights a missing component of accountability. A strong argument is made for monitoring the communications strategy and content of aid agencies.Civic Driven Change: Spirituality, Religion and Faith
Values are a significant feature of civic driven change. This essay explores the role of religion in shaping the moral norms that guide people’s behaviour towards citizenship, politics and authority. With Kenya as an example, the notion of a rigorous divide between secular and spiritual groundings of civic agency is questioned.Civic-Driven Change: Citizen's Imagination in Action
This essay introduces important concepts and provides the reader with information about the motivations, methods and substantive content of this volume. It concludes with an overview of what civic driven change mean from the perspective of the authors and details areas where important differences of view were identified.Essays
The central dynamic of the CDC process is an international, multi-disciplinary group of scholars and practitioners who provide their reflections and analysis of what a civic-driven narrative of change in society would look like. This core group of ten prominent thinkers brings a powerful array of experiences and perspectives to address three critical questions: 1. What past and present drivers co-determine civic configurations within and between societies across the world? 2. How, in intra-ac...About CDC
The Civic Driven Change Initiative is a process of thinking, writing and debating to arrive at and communicate a perspective of change in societies that stems from citizens rather than states or markets. It is supported by a number of Dutch non-governmental organisations (NGOs) that value the potential of creating a strong civic narrative which extends beyond local conditions and circumstances. The narrative in the form of a publication as well as policy briefs were presented during a seminar...
Rivers and Stones
Does the condition of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLHA) affect the way that they live their citizenship and participation? What are the challenges and possibilities of participation as full citizens for PLHA? A case study on the Global Fund in Peru helped to answer this question. Henry Armas presented the findings of his research, as part of the CSB programma, at the INTRAC conference last year. A summary of his presentation has been published in the latest INTRAC Newsletter.
Social Movements in Costa Rica
The discussion about the approval of the RD-CAFTA in Costa Rica positioned two opposed postures about the economic model that should be followed by the country and was the seed of a social movement self-called “Movimiento Patriótico del NO”. The dynamics developed around this movement against the approval of the DR-CAFTA were very complex and different, for they integrated a huge quantity of key actors of the country, that joined for a shared in common objective, in despite of their divisions...
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