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Bridging gaps in participatory governance through accountable leadership
In November 2012, the Foundation of the Peoples of the South Pacific International (FSPI) and CIVICUS organised a workshop on accountable leadership and participatory governance in Nadi, Fiji which...
View ArticleMake your voice heard in 2013!
As we conclude another fruitful year of work advancing citizen action and strengthening civil society, I would like to thank you – CIVICUS’ colleagues, members, supporters and friends – for your...
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Looking beyond 2015 in Cameroon: COSADER and CIVICUS hold consultations on...
In line with the Commonwealth Foundation’s Breaking Point initiative, Collectif des ONG pour la Sécurité Alimentaire et le Développement Rural (COSADER) and CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen...
View ArticleAfrica’s liberators should embrace civil society as an ally
Governments across Africa are clamping down on dissent, hiding their secrets and attacking the funding base of their critics. And it seems that those who fought hardest for freedom, are now those least...
View ArticleTell it like it is: what works for social accountability in Africa?
*An honest forum for discussions about accountability, power and development isn’t always easy to find. Issues of external aid financing for internal social accountability building, holding...
View ArticleCivil Society: Whispers of progress, though we must keep shouting to get more...
By Mark Nelson, Policy and Advocacy Intern, CIVICUS Although 2012’s Mayan apocalypse didn’t pan out quite as spectacularly as anticipated, the year was nonetheless an eventful one for civil society...
View ArticleThe Legislator’s Dilemma: Following or Moving against the Tide of Perverse...
By Fletcher Tembo* Listening to an expert discussion of the role of elected representatives in social accountability interventions at a recent event hosted by the Mwananchi Governance Programme and...
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