
With less than two months to go until 2010, there are still many issues and events that require our attention before the end of the year. International Volunteer Day. UN Climate Change Conference. International Human Rights Day...
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Help CIVICUS plan for 2010. Help us plan for the year ahead by identifying the TOP 5 events and TOP 5 Global meetings that you think CIVICUS will need to focus on in 2010. Please complete this short survey by 12 November and make sure your voice is heard in our planning process. http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=GS pV73oJAgjOUpXKFLWFVQ_3d_3d
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Is there a theme close to your heart? A special day that represents the change you want to see in the world? An international meeting that you think has the potential to affect our lives and the lives ...

CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation With less than two months to go until 2010, there are still many issues and events that require our attention before the end of the year. 1. International Volunteer Day (5 December 2009). 2. The UN Climate Change Conference (7-18 December) 3. International Human Rights Day (10 December) e-CIVICUS will have a special issues to mark these days and events. Please send your articles to editor@civicus.org.

Two members of the CSI research team were joined by partners at the 6th ISTR Asia and Pacific Regional Conference from November 1-4, 2009 in Taipei, Taiwan. Papers by Jacob Mati and Tracy Anderson of CSI, Ambalika Kutty (formerly from FCOSS in Fiji), and Naoto Yamauchi, Midori Matsushima, and Nao...
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CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation What form of representation do you think is most important for the legitimacy of the CIVICUS Board of Directors? equal gender representation? regional representation? equal representation from the 'North' and 'South'? representation from different sectors of civil society? representation from the grassroots?

The CSI team is reviewing the way we communicate with our audiences and partners ahead of 2010. As part of this process, we are keen to hear from you what you think about the CSI blog, including how you think it could be better and what changes we could and should make.We’d therefore be ext...
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Our thanks go out to all those who’ve submitted an entry for the Civil Society Index Essay Contest.However we’ve received a number of requests for the deadline to be extended, given that it initially only allowed a small window for prospective entrants. So, in the interests of encoura...
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CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation Participate in governing CIVICUS - nominations are now being sought for our Board of Directors! Find out more at http://www.civicus.org/civicus-news/1186.

In 2008, the CSI programme conducted two training workshops at the Sida Civil Society Centre in Harnosand, Sweden. The results and experiences of these workshops have now been captured in a short publication, written by the CSI programme and designed by the SCSC. You can access a copy of this pub...
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With the global crises spiraling out of control, it is no longer for us (individuals, organisations and governments) to choose whether to volunteer and encourage volunteerism. It has become mandatory! The only way out is to bolster the spirit of volunteerism that exists in every culture and every...
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The Civil Society Index team is now pleased to be working closely with the One World Trust to better share and disseminate knowledge generated by civil society self-regulatory initiatives, including the findings of the CSI project. About the One World TrustThe One World Trust is an independent ...
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CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation Check out this video we just posted! CIVICUS colleague Mandeep does an interview with SABC on Guinea.
CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation posted SABC interview with Mandeep on Guinea (Sep 2009) from YouTube
















