CIVICUS' programmes and organisational structure take into account the diversity that exists between countries and cultures, as well as the realities of continual change.
Civil Society Index (CSI)
The Civil Society Index (CSI) Programme seeks to strengthen civil society by assessing its current state, the challenges it faces, and providing a platform upon which stakeholders can develop knowledge-based strategies to increase the contribution of civil society to positive social change...
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Civil Society Networks (CSN)
The Civil Society Networks (CSN) Programme recognises the increasing prominent role played by global civil society networks in promoting citizen action, addressing common challenges and sector-wide issues and provides opportunities for joint advocacy, campaigning and knowledge sharing...
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Civil Society Watch (CSW)
The Civil Society Watch (CSW) Programme works to protect and defend the
space for civil society to freely operate around the world. CSW aims to mobilise
quick, principled and effective responses to events that threaten civil
society's fundamental rights to collectively express, associate and
organise.
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Legitimacy Transparency and Accountability (LTA) Programme
The Legitimacy Transparency and Accountability (LTA) Programme intends to enhance the legitimacy, transparency and accountability of civil society organisations (CSOs) - as well as the public trust in CSOs - by improving their individual and collective governance...
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The Global Call to Action against Poverty (GCAP)
As a convenor of civil society, CIVICUS is using the MDGs as a unifying framework to galvanise joint mobilisation and activism on the part of civil society by building bridges between trade unions, faith-based organisations, and service-oriented, development, environmental and human rights NGOs...
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Participatory Governance (PG) Programme
The Participatory Governance (PG) Programme focuses on improving the quality and quantity of engagement between civil society and national governments as well as international agencies on issues of governance...
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Special Projects
Recognising the importance of volunteerism for citizen participation, CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation, renewed a 2004 Memorandum of Understanding with the International Association for Volunteer Effort (IAVE) and the United Nationa Volunteer (UNV) Programme to jointly promote a greater awareness of the value of volunteer action to society, particularly for advancing widely held goals such as the Millenium Development Goals (MDGs)...
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The World Assembly
As part of its programmatic thrust, CIVICUS convenes a major international conference - the World Assembly (WA) – to stimulate discussion on a wide range of development issues. The WA is a forum to exchange ideas and develop positions to enhance citizen participation throughout the world...
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