Call for Statements of Interest:
Partner Organizations
for the implementation of the CIVICUS Civil Society Index
The CIVICUS Civil Society
Index (CSI) team is pleased to announce its call for
statements of interest to implement the CSI in five African countries in
partnership with UNDP:
Guinea, Kenya,
Tanzania, Rwanda and Botswana
If your organization is based in
one of these countries and is interested in implementing the CSI, please
let us know at index@civicus.org and we will be sending you a full application
form. Please note that amongst the selection criteria are a broad-based
constituency at the national level as well as experience and background
in both advocacy and research.
The selection process will end on
the 18th of September and future partner organizations
will be informed in early October 2007.
Applications received after the 18 of September 2007 will not
be considered. The project implementation shall start in December
2007 and span over most of 2008.
Background on the Civil Society Index:
The CIVICUS Civil Society Index
is a participatory needs assessment and action planning tool for civil
society around the world, with the aim of creating a knowledge base
and momentum for civil society strengthening initiatives. The CSI is
initiated and implemented by, and for, civil society organizations at
the country level. It also actively involves and disseminates its findings
to a broad range of stakeholders including government, donors, academics
and the public at large.
Over the years 2003-2006 the CSI
was implemented in 53 countries around the world. Each country produced
a final Country Report and the results of the project were published
in two volumes by the title of CIVICUS Global Survey of the State of
Civil Society, Country Profiles (published in May 2007), and Comparative
Perspectives (to be published in December 2007) by Kumarian Press.
For more information please go to www.civicus.org, programmes, Civil Society Index (or www.civicus.org/new/CSI_home.asp?c=FD8912).