Civil Society

Civil society and the broader set of non-state actors (NSAs) and Local Authorities (LA) are privileged partners of the EU. Support from the EU for these actors encourages them to work towards better governance and more participatory development, increasingly involving citizens through their specific, often complementary, approaches. To facilitate its relationship with civil society and local authorities, the EC has established a space for dialogue and tools tailored to their specific requirements.

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Citizen participation - Civil society against the corruption - Human rights defenders - Non-state actors

FEUILLES DE ROUTE DE L’UE PAR PAYS POUR L’ENGAGEMENT ENVERS LA SOCIÉTÉ CIVILE

Thomas Nikolaj Hansen created a new WIKI page | 10 April 2014

FEUILLES DE ROUTE DE L’UE PAR PAYS POUR L’ENGAGEMENT ENVERS LA SOCIÉTÉ CIVILE Une introduction Le cadre de la politique européenne La Communication de la Commission Européenne (CE) de septembre 2012 “Les racines de la démocratie et du développement durable : l’engagement de l’Europe avec la société...

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Group: Public Group on Civil Society
Community Guide to the VPA

David Young uploaded a new Document | 7 April 2014

cs-ifm2013_liberiacommunityguidetovpa.pdf 1.72 MB

The Civil Society Independent Forest Monitoring (CS-IFM) team in Liberia have produced a colourful short booklet to assist in explaining how VPAs work, the key terms and processes, and the contribution communities can make to ensuring forest law enforcement, governance, and legal trade. The...

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Group: Sustainable Forests for the Future
Accountability and Citizen Participation at the Local Level

Diane KELECOM updated the WIKI page | 5 March 2014

Paul Smoke, Professor of Public Finance and Planning and Director of International Programs , from NYU University, agrees that accountability is key to decentralisation, but argues that we need to look further than elections at the local level. Citizens need to connect with their local governments...

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Group: Public Sector Reform & Decentralisation
The Role of Civil Society on Budget Support in Peru

Jorge Rodriguez Bilbao created a new WIKI page | 6 February 2014

This video is presented by Patrick Gallard , from the EU Delegation to Peru.

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Group: Public Sector Reform & Decentralisation
Thomas Nikolaj Hansen commented on an article | 9 January 2014

Developments in Mapping Civil Society Organisations

The document "Mappings and Civil Society Assessments - a study of past, present and future trends" is published in the DEVCO Tools and Methods Series and is available via the link below: http://capacity4dev.ec.europa.eu/t-and-m-series/blog/concept-paper-nr-3-mappings-and-civil-society-assessments
Accountability and Citizen Participation at the Local Level

Jorge Rodriguez Bilbao created a new WIKI page | 13 December 2013

Paul Smoke, Professor of Public Finance and Planning and Director of International Programs , from NYU University, agrees that accountability is key to decentralisation, but argues that we need to look further than elections at the local level. Citizens need to connect with their local governments...

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Group: Public Sector Reform & Decentralisation
Civil Society Shares Their Experience of the VPA Process at FLEGT Week 2013

Capacity4dev Team updated the Article | 23 November 2013

The European Union’s Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) initiative calls on the involvement of civil society in the negotiation and implementation of their Voluntary Partnership Agreements (VPA) with timber exporting countries. But while getting a voice at the negotiating table is...

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6. Interviews: Representatives of the Civil Society - Conference "Guardians of the forests" - 10 years of EU FLEGT

Diane KELECOM updated the WIKI page | 20 November 2013

In October, Members of the European Parliament Fiona Hall (Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats of Europe), Yannick Jadot (Group of the Green) and the environmental NGO Fern hosted a high-level conference entitled “ Guardians of the Forests? ” at the European Parliament in October, where...

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Group: Sustainable Forests for the Future
6. Interviews: Representatives of the Civil Society - Conference "Guardians of the forests" - 10 years of EU FLEGT

Team FLEGT created a new WIKI page | 19 November 2013

In October, Members of the European Parliament Fiona Hall (Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats of Europe), Yannick Jadot (Group of the Green) and the environmental NGO Fern hosted a high-level conference entitled “ Guardians of the Forests? ” at the European Parliament in October, where...

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Group: Sustainable Forests for the Future
Oz Hassan commented on an article | 15 November 2013

Developments in Mapping Civil Society Organisations

I saw in the video feed a document entitled Mapping and Society Assessments, and was wondering how I go about obtaining a copy -- if it is available? This would greatly help my work on civil society engagement.

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