Knowledge Sharing for CSB
Civilsocietybuilding.net is set up as a knowledge network. What does this mean? This section will highlight a number of relevant knowledge sharing resources to support us in our work on civil society building. (insert Arusha quote on why KS is important for CSB.)
Knowledge sharing is a critical success factor for civil society building. This is not a matter of publishing a set of 'best practices', but rather sharing examples, experiences and lessons with peers.
This knowledge network is a platform on which we can develop such a group of peers. We invite and encourage you to post your questions, provide your thoughts, experiences and opinions.
Hivos employee Ireen Dubel gave an inspiring speech on 25 February 2008 entitled Money Matters Indeed at the Commission on the Status of Women, a functional commission of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), dedicated exclusively to gender equality and advancement of women. Every year, representatives of Member States gather at United Nations Headquarters in New York to evaluate progress on gender equality, identify challenges, set global standards and formulate concrete policies to promote gender equality and advancement of women worldwide.
E-Society Programme for Uganda (Doodewaard and De Jager, 2008). An article by Arjan de Jager and Hivos employee Margreet van Doodewaard in The Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries
Today do we have been spend much more time and resources for supporting the poorest of the poor?. The article describes a ground reality ongoing of migrants labor situation in Thailand. I would like to invite you to follow me looking into grassroots people vision, direction and aspiration.
GuideStar International seeks to illuminate the work of every civil society organisation (CSO) in the world. A GuideStar system provides a highly searchable and comprehensive catalogue of reports on a country's CSOs enabling them to communicate their work effectively and easily to national and international audiences.
26 May 2006
'Ideas and Action - Projecting the voices of Haiti's progressive civil society organisations' is a Haiti Support Group project funded by the Scottish Catholic International Aid Fund (SCIAF).
The Haiti Support Group is a British organisation working in solidarity with the Haitian people's struggle for human rights, participatory democracy and equitable development, since 1992.
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30 August 2005
The Civil Society Partnerships Programme's first phase of work focuses on learning more about how CSOs use evidence to influence policy processes, identifying northern and southern organisations helping them to do this, and improving ODI's own information and communication activities to be more useful and accessible for CSOs. The first step is a series of consultations in different geographical regions of the developing world to learn more about the role that CSOs currently play in using evidence to promote development policy and practice, explore what they need to do it better, and to identify opportunities for small-scale collaborative work.
The first three consultations were held in Africa at the beginning of 2005. Consultations in South East Asia, South Asia, Latin America and other regions are being held mid-2005 .
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30 August 2005
Civil Society Organisations Partnership Programme Call for Short Case Studies
Short Case Studies Needed - $1500 for 1500 Words
As part of a new programme, the Overseas Development Institute(ODI) is looking for short case studies on the topic of Civil SocietyOrganisations (CSOs), Evidence and Policy Influence. The case studiesshould be simple stories, based on existing knowledge, which describeepisodes where CSOs have engaged with policy processes, the natureof the impact they have had (if any), the reasons why and the relativerole of research-based evidence in the process. The cases shouldbe 1500 words long and ODI will provide US$1500 for successful cases.Proposals should be 500 words long. The priority is for cases fromauthors in developing countries.
Proposals must be sent using the online application formbelow:
Application Form
For further information follow the links below:
Terms of Reference for Proposals
Background to the CSO Partnership Programme
Civil Society Partnership Programme website
Call for Case Studies - printable version(pdf 50kb)
Example of case study:
Tanzania Essential Health Interventions Project (TEHIP) - A "Good News" Research-Policy Case Study
For further information contact:
EnriqueMendizabal
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1 February 2005
Interactive technology is a key factor used to explain the recent growth and prominence of NGOs, who today are engaged in the transformation of national, international and transnational political space. Yet technology cannot explain NGOs¹ rise, for technology is but a context which afford opportunities. We ask what it is that allows NGOs to take advantage of new circumstances, and focus our discussion on the co-evolution of NGOs with interactive technology. Our approach is part of a growing body of social science research that seeks to overcome the artificial divide between "society" and "technology" by viewing the social as consisting of humans and non-humans (objects, things, artifacts). Viewing technology not as a tool but as part of a co-evolutionary process that shapes organizational forms and practices will help us understand why NGOs have, given the opportunities provided by the retrenchment of the welfare state and the end of the cold war, been able to assume a more powerful and controversial role as co-constituents of global transformation.
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