Think Tank Initiative launched

Author(s): Jeroen Mimpen
Publication date: Monday 18 February 2008

On 16 January 2008, the first meeting of the new Think Tank on Civic Driven Change in The Hague, The Netherlands was held. The Think Tank, consisting of an international group of academics and practitioners is a joint initiative of Hivos, Oxfam Novib, Cordaid, SNV and the International Institute of Social Studies (ISS). Context International Cooperation acts as a facilitator. It aims to devise a narrative on Civic Driven Change that stems from people as civic actors and intended to act as a catalyst to wider civic interest, engagement and debate.

Follow-up meetings will be held in may and October 2008. At the end of the meetings in October 2008, the outcome of the Think Tank will be presented to a boader audience. For more information check the website of the ISS and Context International Cooperation.

Related links:

http://www.iss.nl/News/Press-Rele...-Driven-Change-Think-Tank-Initiative

http://contextinternationalcooper...of-think-tank-on-civic-driven-change