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2007-10-01
Carnegie UK Trust;
Drawing on the findings of the report 'The shape of civil society to come', this report describes a number of scenarios that are designed to illustrate what the future might hold for civil society, looking out to 2025. The purpose of the scenarios are to stimulate further deliberation about what actions might need to be taken now to take advantage of emerging opportunities or diminish possible threats to civil society.
2003-01-01
Center for Civil Society Studies at Johns Hopkins Institute for Policy Studies;
Drawing on the findings of the Johns Hopkins Comparative Nonprofit Sector Project, this report provides a broad overview of the civil society sector in countries spanning all six inhabited continents and includes just-released data on developing countries in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. The report provides a comparative overview of the civil society sector in 35 countries; analyzes the scope, size, composition, and financing of the sector, including new data on nonprofit employment, volunteering, expenditures, and revenues; examines geographic patterns and characteristics of the nonprofit sector; and presents data in dozens of easy-to-read charts.
2004-05-01
Hudson Institute;
This essay aims to give weight to the term civil society by sketching its historical roots and conceptual structure, including the important part played by philanthropy in its evolution. Based on this analysis, the essay describes the fundamental challenge to contemporary civil society of the widening gap between pluralistic and communal components, and finally, discusses philanthropy's difficult task in addressing this challenge.
2013-08-01
TUSEV Publications;
TUSEV published the first Civil Society Monitoring Report in 2011 in order to more closely observe and evaluate developments in the area of civil society. The purposes of this report are for civil society to be recognized, better understood and bring awareness to challenges faced, as well as portraying developments over the past ten years. We believe that the favorable assessment of the Civil Society Monitoring Report by the representatives of civil society and the various institutions in the international arena is a significant progress. The Civil Society Monitoring Report 2012 presents the developments and achievements in the area of civil society, as well as the shortcomings and difficulties observed in practice within the period of 2011-2012. Also, the report compares findings of this year with the previous year.
2012-01-01
Trust Africa;
If there is an event or a series of events that demonstrate the need to protect democracy and reclaim the space for civil society; it is none other than the uprisings in North Africa and the Middle East. These have reaffirmed the crucial point in democratic and transitional studies; that is; that economic development without political and social progress is not sustainable. By all standards and indices, North Africa was always rated highly in terms of economic performance, yet simmering underneath was a revolution as a result of the closure of the public sphere. So when in 2011, popular uprisings spread like bushfire in that region, many in academia, media, civil society and governments were caught unprepared. Change came from unexpected circles, challenging assumed doctrines and theories associated with the functionality of organised formations.
2013-05-01
CIVICUS - World Alliance for Citizen Participation;
The report draws on 31 new pieces of analysis and thinking on the state of civil society, and affirms that empowered and informed citizens are our strongest battalions in our fight for good governance and social justice.
2008-01-01
Carnegie UK Trust;
Drawing on the findings of the report 'The shape of civil society to come', this report describes a number of scenarios that are designed to illustrate what the future might hold for civil society, looking out to 2025. The purpose of the scenarios are to stimulate further deliberation about what actions might need to be taken now to take advantage of emerging opportunities or diminish possible threats to civil society.
2013-01-01
Foundation for the Future;
How to support efficiently Tunisian CSOs in helping them spread democratic culture and position themselves as pivotal players for political reform in Tunisia?
This question can only be answered by undertaking a study of the situation of CSOs in Tunisia, highlighting the specific needs for capacity building in terms of their involvement in the process of reform and democracy, as well as by offering recommendations for possible fields of action that could be targeted for future cooperation programs. This study consists of: i) a mapping of the existing CSOs and their areas of activity, ii) a study of their current and potential contribution to sustainable development, through a strengthened political dialogue at all levels, iii) a study of the challenges and needs to identify for better capacity building, as well as possible solutions to achieve this.
2005-01-01
North-South Institute, The;
This is a report of a survey, We the Peoples 2005 that offers a relatively brief overview of diverse opinions on complex and urgent global development and poverty alleviations issues under the UN MDGs framework.
