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Dear friends of CIVICUS,
activist global In the CIVICUS family, we try every day CIVICUS Civil Society Index in some 50 countries will contribute
to turn ideas into action, to accomplish with knowledge and practical implementations to achieve this
climate
Letter from the Chair of the Board . 2
Anabel
CIVICUS mission, at local and national
levels, at international forums or directly
goal.

Oceania
CIVICUS change
Board . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Cruz in the field at the grassroots. This Annual The promotion of rights and responsibilities has gone together
with our efforts to strengthen civil society's ability to influence
h u m a n
Letter from the Secretary General . 4
Report bears testimony to the different
constituents of the CIVICUS family and their work the policies and practices of governments, international
institutions and the private sector. The devoted work of
rights
CIVICUS acting
mission, vision and values 4
in 2009; to our committed member organizations and
partners, to our donors and supporters and to a wonderful our representatives at the United Nations and the excellent
t work
o gine2009 . .
t h e. . . . . . 6
r team of dedicated individuals, both Board members, staff collection of first-hand experiences from around the world
CIVICUS
members, interns and volunteers. published in the book From Political Won’t to Political Will,
seeking out
Strategic Direction 1 . . . . . . . 7 examining why political will for participatory governance is
As this Report reveals, in 2009 we worked intensely on the lacking and what can be done about it, are just two of a myriad
solutions
Strategic Direction 2 . . . . . . . 8 three reinforcing pillars that steer our work and reinforce of examples.
our mission: the Strategic Directions approved in 2008 have
c i Direction
Strategic t i z e3 . n. . . . . .
s 10 indeed yielded results in the practice of our programs and Of course we encountered various challenges in our path in
a c c o uDevelopment
n t a b i l i t y . . . 13 projects. 2009: We had to fight against the consequences of the global
Organisational economic, climate and food crisis and thus we had to do much
freedom of In a world marked by changes and transformations, we more with the limited resources we had available. At the very
CIVICUS Membership . . . . . . . . 14
expression have made efforts to protect the rights of civil society beginning of 2009, we made the important and sensible
Financial Statements . . . . . . . . 16 actors by being active in the defense of human rights and decision, to postpone our first World Assembly in Montreal
united nations to 2010, which we are sure it is going to be a vibrant and
of an enabling environment for the work of civil society
a Donors . . . . .
CIVICUS d v o c a c. . . . . .
y 18 organizations. Thus, we condemned the repression of meaningful gathering of civil society from around the world.
democratic freedom in Turkmenistan and the Kyrgyz
media civil
CIVICUS Staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Republic, the suspension of NGOs in Ethiopia and the
Coup d’état in Honduras and called for the restoration of
To all CIVICUS stakeholders, I want to express our deepest
gratitude for giving CIVICUS the opportunity to work with you
society watch democracy and justice in Guinea. all in defending and advancing the interests of civil society.

global In line with our second strategic pillar, we tried to

strengthen good practices within civil society in many parts
In solidarity

financial of the world. The exchange and transfer of experiences of

our AGNA partners and the launching of a new phase of the

crisis
freedom of
a s s e m b l y
civil society
participatory
 governance
Advocating for
CIVICUS Board of Directors Freedom
CIVICUS Board of Directors of Information
Civic Education
Citizen juries
" Ziad Abdul Samad
Arab NGO Network for
Development
Rajiv Joshi
Global Campaign against
Poverty
United Kingdom
Sustained
Dialogue
Lebanon
To all CIVICUS P e o p l e -
C e n t r e d
stakeholders, David Bonbright (Vice-Chair) aCIVICUS
A d v o c member,
cy
I want to Keystone Accountability Debbie Kaddu-Serwadda*
Empower children and Evidence -
Lefika La Phodiso
United Kingdom
express our communities against abuse
based
Art Therapy Centre
Policy
in South Africa uses
(ECCA)
deepest Uganda art as a tool to ensure
food security
healing and
gratitude Anabel Cruz (Chair)
Instituto de Communicacion y David Robinson*
Public Forums
expression.

for giving Desarrollo (ICD) Social and Civil Policy Civic Unions
Uruguay Institute Europe Multi
CIVICUS the New Zealand Stakeholder
opportunity
to work with
Marta Cumbi
Peter Shiras (Treasurer)
Dialogue
Federación Development Generative
Communicaria (FDC) International Youth
you all in Mozambique Foundation D i a l o g u e
United States of America
defending and Public World
Assembly
advancing the Maja Daruwala (Secretary)
Conversations
Commonwealth Human Rights
interests of Martin Sime
Initiative
Public

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Scottish Council for
civil society. India
Voluntary Organisations
United Kingdom
(poverty)
H e a r i n g s
Cecilia Dockendorff
Fundeción Soles D e b a t e s
Chile Rieky Stuart Accountability
Gender at Work
Canada
L o c a l 3
* Member of the Gender Equality Team (GET) at CIVICUS Governance
 Pa r t i c i p a t o r y
policy-making

Letter from the Secretary General

4
Community
- b a s e d
Monitoring
and Evaluation Throughout 2009, as the ripple effects of the global In the wake of the financial crisis much has been said about the
Transparency financial meltdown unfolded, I was reminded opportunities it presents for civil society. As economists and political
of Gandhi’s description of “A world of wealth pundits around the world speak of the need to re-balance society,
Stake- Ingrid
without work, pleasure without conscience,
knowledge without character, commerce without
the expectations and demands on civil society have never been
greater.

holder Srinath morality, science without humanity, worship

without sacrifice and politics without principles.” The question now is: are we ready, willing and able to take our seat
at the tables at which we have been demanding a presence? Can we
Pa r t i c i p a t o r y As history goes, 2009 will be remembered as the year civil cut the apron strings that tie us to the system enough to recognise
s o c i a l
Mission society around the world reeled from a triple whammy: just how much we have internalised it and been appropriated by it?

impac t
CIVICUS is an international alliance
dedicated to strengthening citizen
1. Cutbacks in funding from governments, philanthropists and the
public alike.
It seems to me that we, civil society, have failed in a few ways.
We have failed to adequately channel and amplify the outrage of
ordinary people at the inequitable handling of the economic crisis.
action andacivilnsociety
a l throughout
y s i s 2. Sharp spikes in demand for services from disadvantaged
We have too often in the recent past opted to put pragmatism over
the world. O m b u d s m e n communities as well as natural and man-made disasters rippling
principle and have acted as a supplicant rather than as the holder
across the planet.
Social Contracts of rights. We have been caught up questioning the legitimacy of
3. And greater curbs on our freedoms than even those imposed in small elite groups – at the local, national and global levels – rather
Democracy the name of the so-called war on terror. than seeking positive action from them. We have also failed to move
swiftly enough from shock and outrage to proposing alternatives.
Assessment It was a year where rather than a just deal on trade or climate
change was delivered we now have a so-called deal that could raise Are these problems reversible? Yes, I believe they are. The

Africa
rather than lower global temperatures by three degrees Celsius. It opportunities lie in the sheer scale and severity of the financial
was a year where the 1.4 billion who lived on under a dollar a day impact and in the fact that never in our lifetimes have the old
before the global crisis struck, were joined by an additional 89 paradigms of market fundamentalism been more open to challenge
aid effectiveness million (according to the World Bank). In addition, over the past
economic crisis aluesV two years CIVICUS’ Civil Society Watch (CSW) programme tracked
in excess of 100 attempts by governments in over 70 countries to
by so many.

education roll-back civil society space.

government Knowledge
CIVICUS recognises

policy Justice
and Equality
Reciprocity that to increase its
global awareness of civil
society & before it can assist
humanitarian CIVICUS exists to
ensure that people treat or take action, it needs to
CIVICUS believes
assistance MDGs in the equality and one another with the form alliances with other
dignity of every respect with which they concerned bodies to
monitoring person. themselves wish to
be treated.
increase its influence
& knowledge.
and evaluation
united nations
Middle East
 j u s t i c e

" activist
global climate
change

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Are these problems reversible? human rights
acting together
Yes, I believe they are.
seeking out
The opportunity is to redefine the notion of civil society. To re-
imagine the world as we know it. To reclaim our belief that such a
focus, we have embarked upon a process of re-structuring,
governance reform and impact planning and measurement that solutions
world, where ordinary people can envision alternatives, is in fact a will, we believe, permit us to serve our constituents more effectively, c i t i z e n s
real possibility. efficiently and accountably.
accountability
CIVICUS works
If we are to avoid that return to business as usual, with or without Civil society around the world and CIVICUS’ members and with its members
some tweaking to mitigate some of its negatives, we will have to
believe ordinary people in our neighbourhood, our country, and
partners in particular, have the knowledge, the skills, the
networks, the influence and the credibility to move the
Asia freedom
and partners in pursuit
of its mission at the 2009
around the world do in fact know what is best for them and their debate from reactive, incremental responses to proactive, Partners' meeting ofin expression
united civil
children. transformative change. As Gandhi put it: ‘The difference Johannesburg
between what we do and what we are capable of doing would
It will require us to return to our own roots – the place where
you can’t be too honest in describing big problems, too bold in
suffice to solve most of the world's problems.’ s o c i e t y
offering big solutions, too humble in dealing with big missteps, too In solidarity, participatory
forward in telling your story or too gutsy in speaking the previously
unspeakable.
governance
At CIVICUS we have tried to ensure we do not lose focus on the big Montreal
picture even as we respond to immediate needs with constrained
resources. Beyond the increasingly frequent and dire civil society
Vision democracy
emergencies we are called upon to address and the attempts to justice activist
build connections across silos of geography, sectors and thematic A worldwide community of informed, inspired, committed citizens engaged in
confronting the challenges facing humanity.
global climate
c h a n g e
Vision CIVICUS seeks to amplify the voices and opinions of ordinary people. It recognises
CIVICUS is realistic human
that for effective and sustainable civic participation to occur, citizens must
enjoy rights of free association and be able to engage all sectors of society. This
about conflict in Principled
today's world, but remains
optimistic that most people,
Courage rights
understanding underpins the three major objectives that inform our mission:

organisations, governments CIVICUS will always actingrights

• Promote Civic Existence, by defending people’s fundamental together
to organise
and businesses will work promote civil justice and and act collectively towards the public good;
together for the benefit pledges to act in a manner
seeking out
• Promote Civic Expression, by strengthening the capacities of civil society
organisations to freely amplify the voices of ordinarysolutions
people; and Latin
of all. that honours the principles
of democratic civil
society. America citizens
• Promote Civic Engagement, by fostering interaction between citizens, their
accountability
associations and other institutions to ensure that public institutions reflect the will 5
of the people and are accountable to them. freedom of
expression
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for Freedom

CIVICUS work in 2009

6
of Information
Civic Education
& Citizen juries
"Sustained
D i a l o g u e
People-Centred
In 2009, CIVICUS continued to align its programmes with its 2008-
2012 Strategic Directions:

1. Protecting the rights of civil society actors;

“diamonds” were produced in 2009 – these diamonds are the
visual representation of the quantitative analysis undertaken, and
illustrate the different dimensions of civil society in each country.
• Encouraged knowledge sharing among CSI partners. For example,
Ad vo c a c y 2. Strengthening good practice within civil society; the CSI supported a national workshop in Uruguay where
Evidence- 3. Strengthening civil society's ability to influence the policies and partners from Nicaragua, Chile and Argentina also attended. In
practices of governments, international institutions and the addition, the CSI blog (http://civilsocietyindex.wordpress.com)
based Policy private sector. was established to provide a convenient platform to share CSI
food security information.
At work In striving towards these strategic goals, CIVICUS drew upon its
Public
in Latin America
Forums core strengths of knowledge generation and analysis, advocacy, • Undertook an impact assessment of the CSI between 2003 and
Civic Unions convening and communication. 2006 to both determine what impact the project has had on the
In 2009, CSI provided the involved countries and ways to improve its effectiveness. The full
Europe Multi assessment will be available in 2010.
C S I (CSI)
framework for emerging regional
research Sinitiatives
t a k e hinoLatin
lder ivil ociety ndex Year ahead
America, D whichi a l o g u e
are seeking to
assess the state of civil society 2010 will focus on completing the 2008-2010 phase of the project
Gregional
at the e n e level,
rative The Civil Society Index (CSI) is an action-research project which is
by finalising CSI country reports and policy action briefs with
based on the belief that civil society can and should exist, express
Dialogue
drawing on the CSIPublic
itself and engage with other sectors - and that it will do so best
partners in multiple countries. A key outputs will be to share the
findings. generated knowledge – including publications and a new indicator
World Assembly when it creates proper space to reflect, discuss and reach an
database. Finally, outreach activities to lay the groundwork for the
evidence-based understanding of the sector.
Conversations next, refined, phase of the CSI project are expected to be a key focus
Public (poverty) The CSI project therefore aims to provide a space for civil society area in the second half of 2010.
to come together with government, donors, businesses and
H e a r i n g s
D e b a t e s
academic institutions to jointly assess the state of civil society and
develop actions to further strengthen the capacity of civil society to Civil Society Watch (CSW)
Accountability contribute to development, social justice and good governance.
Civil Society Watch (CSW) aims to protect the existing space for civil
L o c a l The CSI project is implemented at a national level by partner
society and citizen participation in countries around the world by
Governance organisations undertaking and convening research and analysis
activities, that in turn provide a solid foundation for CIVICUS to mobilising timely and effective responses to situations where civil
Pa r t i c i p a t o r y pursue all three Strategic Directions. society’s rights to freedom of expression, assembly and association
are threatened.
policy-making
Main activities in 2009
C o m m u n i t y -Smiling faces The programme’s activities undertaken with partners include;
• Trained partners in Asia, Middle East, North Africa, Russia monitoring and disseminating threats, targeted advocacy responses
b a s e CIVICUS d partner, and Belarus to equip them to implement the CSI in their and policy advocacy and network strengthening to expand and
M o n i t o r i nVolunteer
g Services country. defend the space for civil society worldwide. The work of CSW falls
primarily within Strategic Directions 1 and 3.
and EvaluationAbroad, New • Started to receive and analyse data from partners
Zealand
Tr a n s p a r e n c y implementing the CSI in the 2008-2010 phase. 12 CSI

Stakeholder
 social impact
a n a l y s i s
Ombudsmen
Social Contracts
Democracy
Strategic Direction 1 Assessment
Protecting the rights of civil society actors

CIVICUS’ first Strategic Direction is to protect the rights of civil society actors. Working with members, partners and other allies, CIVICUS
Africa aid
aims to strengthen efforts to promote the existence of an adequate space for civil society to operate freely; protect civil society e f f e c t i ve n e s s
organisations (CSOs) and citizen action from oppression and marginalisation; and provide solidarity to civil society when under threat. economic crisis
In 2009, CIVICUS was involved in multiple interventions throughout the year where the rights of civil society actors were threatened. This education
included the Philippines, Zimbabwe and Kazakhstan. CIVICUS programmes, including the Civil Society Watch (CSW) programme, the government
Participatory Governance (PG) programme and the Legitimacy, Transparency and Accountability programme, emphasised the rights and
responsibilities of civil society actors in their work. CIVICUS used its networks and communication tools to both disseminate information p o l i cCIVICUS' y
Early Warning
on threats to civil society and promote awareness of the rights of civil society actors. h u m a n i tSystem
a r i apartners
n
assistance MDGs
discuss how best
to track threats to
m o n i t o rcivil i nsociety
g
Main activities in 2009 institutions, and advocacy in key multilateral dialogues and
and evaluation
• Concluded the pilot phase of CSW’s Early Warning System forums on civil society rights. united nations
(EWS) in March, and after an evaluation period, began the full Year ahead
civil society
implementation in October. Undertaken in partnership with the
In 2010, CSW will continue to strengthen and expand its ongoing
index united
International Centre for Not-for-Profit Law, EWS applies action
oriented methodology to identify, monitor and respond to threats projects and coalitions to monitor, protect and expand the space n a t i o n s
to civil society in an effective and timely manner. Currently, CSW for civil society around the world. In addition, CSW will re-launch its AtaWork
d v in o c a c y
works closely with 12 partners in different countries to implement Civil Society Behind Bars (CSBB) Campaign to advocate for release Eurasia
the project. of prisoners of conscience in countries with oppressive political media freedom
On 4 September 2009, renowned
environments. In order to engage international civil society of Evgeniy
human rights expert, assemblyZhovtis,
• Launched a new project in February 2009 aimed at protecting at a greater level, CSW will be building an online interactive
the space for civil society in the Eurasia region. The Eurasia CSW database. This database will provide global civil society
was convicted North America
of unintentional vehicular
manslaughter and sentenced to four years in a
International Digital Exchange and Advocacy (IDEA) network is with a platform to disseminate threats to the international penal colony in
civil Analysis
Kazakhstan.
society
showed that
a voluntary association of international and national NGOs and
other civic groups from Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan,
community, monitor situations on local, national and during his trial he p
was a r t
deniedi c i p
due a t o
processr yrights
regional levels, and coordinate effective responses to provided for under both
Turkmenistan and Kyrgyzstan. It aims to promote a safer address targeted or wider audiences. g o Kazakh
v e r nanda international
nce
environment for local civil society, and to widen the channels of law. CSW actively supported the local civil society
communication between local activists in the Eurasia region and campaign, notably d theework
mo c rinternational
of the acy
the global community. committee for JUSTICE activist
the protection of Evgeniy
Zhovtis. This committee was established by
• Worked towards the expansion of civil society space in multilateral global climate
Eurasia Network members to inform
forums. This included engaging local civil society in relevant UN CHANGE
the international community human of
forums and processes, advocacy with the multilateral financial the trial and process.
rights acting
t o g e t h e r 7
seeking out
 solutions
C I T I Z E N S
8
accountability
freedom of Strategic Direction 2
Strengthening good practices
expression
u n i t e d CIVICUS’ second Strategic Direction is to strengthen good practice within civil society. Working with members, partners and
Advocating other allies, CIVICUS aims to support initiatives to maintain and when necessary improve the accountability, transparency and
legitimacy of CSOs; and encourage and support CSOs to comply with the highest standards of conduct in all aspects of their
for Freedom work.
of Information
In 2009, CIVICUS’ Legitimacy, Transparency and Accountability (LTA) programme conducted several workshops to increase
Civic Education awareness of the need for LTA within civil society organisations. Overall, CIVICUS programmes supported the sharing of good
& Citizen juries practices through their networks and CIVICUS’ broader communication tools. CIVICUS also focused on implementing good
practices within the organisation itself.
Sustained
In
D i a l o
September g u e
2009,
People-Centred
the LTA programme
conducted a workshop with Year ahead
Ad vo c a c y
National Associations from around
E vWhile
the world. i d each
e ncontext
ce-
Legitimacy, Transparency and In 2010, LTA will continue to strengthen CSO accountability by
providing a platform to share best practice and facilitate peer
based
was unique, participantsPolicy
identified
government restrictions and NGO
Accountability (LTA) learning amongst CIVICUS members, and other CSOs. LTA will also
be working closely with CSW to develop a policy framework for
governancefoodas common security
challenges. rights and responsibility issues at a national and international level.
Public isForums
The LTA programme now working The Legitimacy, Transparency and Accountability (LTA) programme
with National Associations to works to improve the governance of CSOs and build public trust
Civic Unions
find and share solutions to
Europe
these challenges.Multi
in them. It does so by promoting awareness on the part of CSOs
and other stakeholders regarding issues of LTA, promoting ethical
Affinity Group of National
Stakeholder
D i a l o g u e
practice and agreed codes of conduct, and enhancing the quality
and functioning of CSO boards and other formal oversight and Associations (AGNA)
accountability mechanisms. LTA contributes significantly to
Generative Strategic Direction 2. The Affinity Group of National Associations (AGNA) convenes
Dialogue Public Main activities in 2009
national associations of civil society organisations to enhance their
effectiveness by: i) convening members to share experiences about
World Assembly • Conducted three sessions with CIVICUS partners to identify the their work and engagements and adopt collective responses to
Conversations needs and expectations of CSOs regarding LTA and the threats common challenges, and (ii) facilitating discussions and mutual
learning on how to run national associations effectively. As a
Public (poverty) they face in implementing LTA.
network, AGNA supports all three Strategic Directions, particularly
H e a r i n g s • Started to establish three communities of practice among specific Strategic Direction 2 through sharing best practices among its
groups of CSOs to increase their awareness of LTA and their
D e b a t e s engagement with these issues.
members.

Accountability • Collected LTA tools and processes which will be available Main activities in 2009
L o c a l through an online searchable database by mid-2010. The goal • Hosted the annual general meeting which included a workshop
Governance of the database is to increase the knowledge shared among civil on legitimacy, transparency and accountability in collaboration
society and other stakeholders with regards to good practice and with CIVICUS’ LTA programme.
Pa r t i c i p a t o r y effectiveness within civil society.
policy-making
 b a s e d
Monitoring
and Evaluation
Tr a n s p a r e n c y
Stakeholder
• Oversaw the production of joint research papers by three groups Pa r t i c i p a t o r y
of national associations.
International advocacy social impact
• Provided support in organising peer-learning exchange a n a l y s i s
visits involving members from Scotland, Nigeria, Malawi and
Zimbabwe.
NGOs network (IANGO) Ombudsmen
• Collaborated with CSW to show solidarity and call for action Social Contracts
The annual IANGO workshop creates a space for leaders of
where civil society is under threat through the dissemination of
International Advocacy NGOs (IANGOs) to engage in reflection, Democracy
messages to AGNA members and relevant stakeholders.
learning and strategic thinking with the aim of enabling action on Assessment
• Collected and disseminated relevant materials such as national common challenges and opportunities.
Africa aid
association’s codes of conducts, newsletters, membership
strategies, capacity building toolkits and manuals. This included One tangible output is the International NGOs Accountability e f f e c t i ve n e s s
Charter, which sets a common code of conduct for organisations
the production of three editions of the AGNA newsletter.
that work transnationally on the protection and promotion of public
economic crisis
Year ahead goods. The Accountability Charter has an independent website at education
In 2010, the AGNA secretariat will focus on providing support and
www.ingoaccountabilitycharter.org. government
guidance to four AGNA working groups working on civil society- CIVICUS functions as the secretariat for the annual Workshop and p o l i c y
government relations, membership strategies, global advocacy the Charter.
and the legitimacy, transparency and accountability of national humanitarian
associations. assistance MDGs
" Main activities in 2009
• Held the 2009 IANGO Workshop from 31 May to 2 June in
Barcelona, Spain, under the theme "Crisis”. It was the first
workshop after the financial crisis erupted in the autumn of 2008.
monitoring
and evaluation CIVICUS
intern Dudu
The discussion covered the updates on the Accountability unitedsigns nations
In 2009, AGNA members, Scotland a canvas in
Council of Voluntary Organisations
Charter, the challenges of the current crises (financial,
climate, governance) for INGOs, and effectiveness and civil support
society of a 'Real
Deal' on climate
(SCVO) and the National Association impact of the NGOs. p a r t i c i pchange
atory
of NGOs (NANGO) in Zimbabwe Year ahead governance
engaged in a peer-learning exchange. The 2010 IANGO workshop will be held from 6-8 democracy
As a result of this exchange, NANGO June 2010 in Geneva, Switzerland. In 2010 the
was invited to apply for British
Government funds that they were
Accountability Charter will start implementing a
new reporting framework as its board members justice
have been active in establishing a Global Reporting activist global
Initiative’s (GRI) NGO supplement. This will replace the

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previously perceived as ‘not hard
hitting enough’ to receive.
current interim reporting framework.
climate
Oceania change
9
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 rights acting
10 t o g e t h e r
Strategic Direction 3
seeking out Strengthening the influence of civil society
solutions
CIVICUS’ third Strategic Direction is to strengthen civil society’s ability to influence the policies and
c i t i z e n s
practices of governments, international institutions and the private sector. Working with members,
a c c oand
u nother
t a ballies,
i l i tCIVICUS
y • Produced the book “From Political Won’t to Political Will: Building
partners aims to: support civil society’s increasingly vital role in confronting the
Support for Participatory Governance,” published in 2009 by
freedom
challenges to humanity of
that governments, international institutions and the private sector are failing to
Kumarian Press. This publication contains a geographically diverse
adequately address; build effective collaboration within civil society and strengthen the sector’s capacity
e x p (collectively
to engage r e s s i oandnindividually) governments, international institutions and the private sector; selection of analyses and case studies on overcoming political
resistance for citizen participation in public decision-making.
andunited
increase civilnations
society’s hands-on experience of political processes.
• Collaborated with a network of specialists to develop an online
a d CIVICUS’
In 2009, v o cprogrammes
a c y helped build the capacity of their partners to engage with governments resource centre – PG Exchange. PG Exchange will be launched in
and international organisations. For example, the PG programme targeted civil society and government
media
actors civil
to build the ability of ordinary citizens to influence and participate in public decision making
processes. In the Eurasia network, collaboration of partners was fostered and capacities were developed
mid-2010.
• Promoted innovation by awarding 15 small grants to innovative
society watch
on international advocacy to influence global processes. Overall, CIVICUS engaged in international participatory governance initiatives across a variety of sectors.

global
forums and networks to strengthen the voice and influence of civil society. • Undertook a programme evaluation to determine the impact of
the programme from 2007 to 2009. The results will be available in

financial
early 2010.

Year ahead

c r i s i s Participatory Governance (PG) In 2010, drawing on the evaluation findings, PG will consolidate
and build on the past achievements in the promotion participatory
freedom of governance practices worldwide. Key activities in 2010 will centre
a s s e m b l y Participatory Governance (PG) programme focuses on building on the online resource centre, PG Exchange (www.pgexchange.org),
the capacities of targeted civil society actors to influence and and consolidation of the PG global Community of Practice.
civil society participate in public decision-making processes at local and
national levels. The programme activities are part of a multi-
participatory
governance
dimensional capacity-building strategy focusing on: i) knowledge
generation and sharing; ii) direct skills transfer and promotion of
World Assembly
Advocating for participatory governance tools and approaches; iii) networking
and bridge-building; and iv) promotion of innovation. PG is one The CIVICUS World Assembly serves as a primary venue for civil
At Work in
Freedom of CIVICUS’ current interventions for Strategic Direction 3 at the society practitioners, researchers, activists, concerned business
Africa country level. leaders and representatives from development agencies to share
ofGhana,
Information ideas and experiences on strengthening citizen participation
In under one PG
Main activities in 2009 and to engage with donors and government representatives.
Civic Education
innovation grant activity, the
Unfortunately, the 2009 CIVICUS World Assembly was postponed
market revenue activity went • Collaborated with seven regionally anchored partner
up byCitizen juries due to the effects of the global financial crisis. The World Assembly
10 per cent when citizens organisations to implement a series of skills-building activities, supports our three Strategic Directions.
workedS together
u s t awithi ntheemarket
d reaching a total of 180 targeted civil society and government
authorities to improve revenue
Dialogue
collection and accountability
practitioners in over 25 countries around the world. In December,
PG convened these seven partner organisations from around the
Main activities in 2009
inPeople-Centred
the use of the revenue world for a global learning and sharing event to distil lessons from • Continued preparations for the 2010 World Assembly in Montreal,
collected. the skills-building activities. in partnership with our Canadian host organisation, Institut du
A d v o c a c y Nouveau Monde.

Evidence-
 based Policy
food security
Public Forums
every human hasrights Civic Unions
Europe Multi
The Every Human Has Rights campaign started in 2008 by The Elders to mark the S takeholder
60th
• Launched a new World Assembly website at www.
anniversary of the Universal Declaration on Human Rights (UDHR). The campaign was
civicusassembly.org.
Dialogue
principally an awareness-raising and education campaign, catalysed and run by a small
• Granted four Innovation Awards to projects in Peru, Chile, Pakistan campaign team with a unique and committed partner coalition. In early 2009, CIVICUS
and Cameroon, Togo and Nigeria (a joint-African project).
Generative
committed to coordinating Every Human Has Rights for 2009-2011 and help it to
Dialogue
transition into a longer term rights education programme, enabling the work inspired by Public
Year ahead
World Assembly
The Elders to continue. For more information, visit www.everyhumanhasrights.org.
The next year will focus on planning and holding the CIVICUS World
Assembly from 20-23 August in Montreal, Canada, as well as laying
Conversations
the foundations for the 2011 and 2012 events. More information
on the programme and registration will be available at www. Public
civicusassembly.org. (poverty)
H e a r i n g s
Development Effectiveness
• Engaged as an active member of the Global Facilitation Group of
the Open Forum for CSO Development Effectiveness. D e b a t e s
Accountability
and Cooperation(DEC)
• Engaged as an active member of the International Aid

L o c a l
Transparency Initiative (IATI) steering committee. CIVICUS,
together with the European Commission, led the “Code of
Conduct and Standard” work stream on aid transparency.
Over the course of 2008 and 2009, CIVICUS has played a role around Governance
Development Effectiveness and Cooperation (DEC), particularly with • Undertook work on the Intelligent Funding Track together with
regards to promoting civil society participation in, and transparency
Pa r t i c i p a t o r y
the Scotland Council of Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) and the
of, international processes on development and aid; promoting Institut du Nouveau Monde (INM). policy-making
democratic ownership of aid and development and enhanced
government accountability at the local and national levels; and Year ahead Community
CIVICUS
member, Ubuntu
supporting processes addressing the effectiveness of civil society In 2010, CIVICUS will be an active member of BetterAid and - b a Village,
s ebrings
d
organisations as development actors. In this regard, DEC supports child
Strategic Direction 1, 2 and 3.
Open Forum coalitions, which are gearing up their efforts to M o n i t ambassadors
o r i n g on
influence the next High Level Forum in 2011 in South Korea.
The themes of development effectiveness and democratic and Evaluation
youth radio show
Main activities in 2009 in the USA.
ownership resonates well with the CIVICUS Strategic Transparency
• Became a member of the BetterAid coordinating committee to Directions and core programmes, which will be harnessed
pursue transparency in development issues and participate in
communications and outreach to CSOs.
in 2010 by hosting workshops at the CIVICUS World
Assembly and by creating a concrete stream of work. Stake-
• Co-published the book “Strengthening Civil Society’s Roles and
Voice: Reflections on CSO Engagement with the Accra Third High
holder
Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness”, with Canadian Council for Pa r t i c i p a t o r y
International Cooperation and IBON. s o c i a l

impac t
11
 a n a l y s i s
12 Ombudsmen
Social Contracts
Democracy
CIVICUS t the UN
A s s e s s m e nat

Africa
The purpose of CIVICUS representation at the United Nations in both Geneva and New York is to
enhance the space and impact of civil society in decision-making processes. Systematic engagement
CIVICUS Communications
aidthe
with effectiveness
UN allows CIVICUS to pursue all three of its Strategic Directions, with particular emphasis on CIVICUS’ Communications are focused on two objectives, i) to build
economic
Strategic crisis
Directions 1 and 3, through both advocacy and convening activities. CIVICUS as a platform for achieving its Strategic Directions and
e d activities
Main u c a tini2009
on ii) to be an effective communicator. In pursuit of the objectives,
in 2009 CIVICUS adopted a communication strategy based on 6
• gProduced
o v e r anstrategy
m e npaper
t on UN engagement for the period September 2009 – September 2011. ‘Cs’: for CIVICUS to be “collaborative, compelling, contemporary,
courageous, creative and credible” in all its communication

policy
• UN Representative in New York served as Chair of the UN Department of Public Information
NGO (DPI/NGO) Executive Committee. He helped organize the 2009 DPI/NGO Conference on
activities.

hdevelopment
u m a n i t aand
r idisarmament
an in Mexico City, Mexico and spoke at general conference of the World
League for Freedom and Democracy in Manila, Philippines.
Main activities in 2009
assistance MDGs
• Engaged with the UN human rights machinery, in particular with the Human Rights Council in
• Reached over 70,000 individual subscribers with the weekly
e-newsletter, e-CIVICUS, covering a broad range of issues affecting
monitoring
Geneva and other networking activities including giving oral statements and contributing to the
Universal Periodic Review process. Side events were also organised on specific issues including “The
civil society. Special issues throughout the year, highlighted
articles from CIVICUS members around the world.
and evaluation
Universal Declaration of Human Rights at 60” and “Ethiopia”.
• Continued to improve the CIVICUS website (www.civicus.org)
• united
Participatednations
in the UN Conference on the World Financial and Economic Crisis and Its Impact on
making it more timely and interactive.
Middle East
Development at the UN in New York and the Durban Review Conference in Geneva.
• Spoke on various panels related to human rights, the global economic crisis and social protection
• Engaged with local and foreign media, improving the coverage
dissues.
e mThis
o cincluded
r a c participating
y in the Draft Guiding Principles: “Extreme poverty and human
and profile of CIVICUS as a whole, as well as that of individual
campaigns and civil society more broadly. The ‘Save Zimbabwe
j rights:
u sthe trights
i ofc the
e poor”. Now’ campaign, in January 2009, in particular garnered significant

activist
Year ahead media interest.

In 2010, a specific focus will be on the review of the Human Rights Council in Geneva and CIVICUS • Built CIVICUS’ profile and engaged with stakeholders on social
global climate
participation in civil society events organized by the UN Economic and Social Council and Department networking platforms like Facebook, YouTube and Twitter.

change
of Public Information in New York. A close watch on the acquired role and status of civil society as a
recognized stakeholder will be important. In addition, a focus will be on facilitating more and more
• Developed the Civil Society Gateway (www.civilsocietygateway.
org) in collaboration with Inter Press Services (IPS). The Gateway is
human
CIVICUS members rights
or partners to participate under CIVICUS’ umbrella in the deliberations of the United an online database of civil society contacts for the media.
Nations and Human Rights Council and other bodies. CIVICUS will engage civil society partners,
actingGCAP,
including together
in preparations leading up to the UN General Assembly Summit on the MDGs in Year ahead
September 2010.
seeking out
* In April 2009 Jeffery Huffines was appointed as Representative at the UN in New York to replace
In 2010, the communications department will continue to engage
local and foreign media, improve the CIVICUS website and

solutions
Vicente Garcia-Delgado who served in that capacity with distinction since 2002. interact with stakeholders via social media. Key activities include
supporting the Every Human Has Rights (EHHR) campaign and the
CIVICUS World Assembly, as well as improving CIVICUS internal
c i t i z e n s communications.

accountability
 Public Forums
Civic Unions

Organisational Development Europe Multi

Stakeholder
D i a l o g u e
In 2009, CIVICUS spent significant effort to develop the organisation and learning requirements. It is the planning and information Generative
and enhance achievement of its Strategic Directions and ultimately gathering mechanism with the primary aim of enhancing CIVICUS’ Dialogue Public
its vision and mission. Specific activities in this area include: effectiveness, efficiency, learning and accountability.

• Established a formal Impact, Planning and Learning Framework In 2009, the IPLF office was established and started the process of Wo r l d
Assembly
(IPLF) to support effective planning, monitoring and evaluation, reviewing and improving our planning, monitoring and evaluation,
and reporting within the organisation and to support the reporting and learning practices and systems. Several system
organisation in identifying, documenting and using the lessons introductions were made during the year. Our annual operational CIVICUS
learnt to improve performance. The IPLF is also helping CIVICUS planning process took a new format which placed more emphasis
Conversations
member,
to improve its accountability and public image. on outcomes (change) than merely outputs and activities, as well Canadian Public (poverty)
Crossroads
International, supports
• Adopted several new human resource policies to govern the
as on realistic indicators to monitor the progress of their work and H e through
girls in Ghana a r i n g s
to align them with the CIVICUS’ three Strategic Directions. Work on
management of staff processes. In particular, a new performance
Debates
cross cutting issues such as gender and diversity have also become hands-on classes in
appraisal system was piloted during 2009 to improve staff trades including
more explicit in CIVICUS work plans.
evaluation and development. hairdressing.
Accountability
• Installed new customer-relations and financial management Overall, IPLF is contributing to a longer-term culture shift within
systems to improve the data management and financial system CIVICUS that incorporates organisational learning, as well as L o c a l
at CIVICUS. Outdated hardware was also replaced in order to creating a platform for planning impact-driven work, thus helping Governance
CIVICUS to work more effectively and efficiently towards its mission
improve efficiency.
and to improve its accountability performance and public image.
Pa r t i c i p a t o r y
In addition to these activities, in 2009, CIVICUS began the process of policy-making
assessing its organisational structure to ascertain how to improve
Community-
Gender Equality Team (GET)
the organisation’s ability to achieve its mission more effectively and
efficiently. It was determined that CIVICUS needed to restructure b a s e d
to better align its programmes and departments with its Strategic
Directions, to improve internal organisational collaboration and In 2009, gender mainstreaming became increasingly visible in CIVICUS operationsMonitoring and
and programming,
to address human resource challenges related to recruitment,
commitment and retention. A staff-led restructuring team was Evaluation
supported by the Gender Equality Team (GET). GET is a voluntary team of CIVICUS staff and volunteers,
as well as Board members, which seeks to integrate a focus on gender equality throughout CIVICUS.
established in 2009 to lead the initial process of developing Transparenc y
During 2009, GET provided a space within CIVICUS to discuss diversity and other gender related issues
a proposed new structure for the organisation. The structure
development and renewal and implementation process are affecting the organisation and its staff. Its main activities included: Stakeholder
expected to be completed in 2010. Paasr tage,
• Hosting a power and diversity workshop for CIVICUS staff that tackled issues such i c irace,
patory

social
nationality and sexual orientation.
Impact, Planning and • Participating in the review of the 2010 operational plans to ensure gender was properly
mainstreamed in CIVICUS work plans.
Learning Framework (IPLF) impact
• Collaborating with the IPLF manager to ensure that gender related outcomes and indicators were
developed in the operational plans by various departments. a n a l y s i s
Impact Planning and Learning Framework (IPLF) is a tool to help GET is currently an 11 staff-member strategic team drawing representatives fromO mbudsmen
different
CIVICUS meet its planning, monitoring, evaluation, reporting departments in CIVICUS as well as two CIVICUS board members. It will continue to monitor and
Social Contracts 13
support gender mainstreaming in CIVICUS throughout 2010.
Democracy
 Assessment
Africa
CIVICUS' Membership
14 aid
e f fe c t i ve n e s s
economic
c r i s i s
Roina
Faatauvaa-
CIVICUS Membership is open to civil society organisations,
foundations and individuals from across the spectrum and diversity
• Convening: CIVICUS brought together members from diverse
regions and sectors to share knowledge, good practice and
e d ufrom
Vavatau cation of civil society. experiences, primarily during the 2009 Joint-programme partners
CIVICUS member
government
Samoa Umbrella for During 2009, CIVICUS represented a wide influential network of civil
meetings, members' meetings and several campaigns.
p o l li c y
Non Governmenta society organisations and networks including large global INGOs, • Space-providing: CIVICUS helped provide a space for its members
Organisations (SUNGO) national, regional networks and grassroot CSOs centred around voice to be heard on the global stage by organising side
poses next to a photo particular thematic areas, such as gender, climate/environment, events, incorporating member views into its representations at
from the Pacific. poverty, governance and accountability, from 110 countries from international forums and incorporating members-voices through
the global North and South. articles and other contributions to e-CIVICUS.
CIVICUS aims to ‘sense’ the needs of its members, serve their
All members join in solidarity with other like-minded people and
interests, reflect their views in its public stances and programme
organisations by supporting CIVICUS' mission, vision and values. As
priorities and remain accountable to them. Accordingly, in 2009,
such, members join as a show of support and based on a desire to
CIVICUS started to implement its Strategic Directions with the aim
join an alliance that helps:
of maximising membership involvement and positioning members
Protect the rights of civil society, promote good at the centre of CIVICUS.
practice among civil society organisations and increase
Looking to 2010, converging crisis from the economy to the climate
the influence of civil society with local, national and
mean that now more than ever we seek the voices of our members
international governments and institutions.
to ensure the empowerment of people who can not speak for
CIVICUS and its activities provided added value to members in 2009 themselves. As a result, we aim to engage members in conversation
in the following ways: through new tools, such as social networking platforms, to ensure
participation, networking, sharing and dialogue.
• Sense making: CIVICUS helped to monitor and make sense of
the complex global civil society for its members through our
humanitarian
assistance
electronic newsletters and other communications. "
Comparative Constituency Survey
MDGs CIVICUS seems to be moving in the right
direction, focusing on its members,
m oCIVICUS
In 2009, n i t oparticipated,
r i n g along with nine other international membership-based organisations, in a
comparative constituency survey coordinated by iScale and Keystone. It focused on six areas of inquiry:
and evaluation and how they can benefit from relevant
i) structure and function of the network, ii) quality of relationships with the network’s bodies, iii) network
united
vibrancy, iv) levelnations
of synergy within the network, v) value added for constituents and vi) network’s impact.
programmes, how they can be included in
the programmes, and how CIVICUS can be
While thecivil
survey society

"
identified CIVICUS as filling a need within civil society, it also made clear that there is
indexscope for
significant united
CIVICUS to improve the value that members gain from their involvement in the of most relevance to its members and civil
network. Particular areas for improvement identified include CIVICUS communication with members and society as a whole.
nations
the need for increased opportunities for members to contribute to the CIVICUS network, which will be a
key focus area of CIVICUS work in 2010. The reports from the survey will become available in 2010. - a CIVICUS member
a d vo c a c y
media freedom
 of assembly
North America

Membership by country and region c i v i l

In 2009, CIVICUS had members from 110 countries in all regions of the world. The following map and
chart illustrate this spread of membership.
society
participatory
governance
democracy
JUSTICE activist
global climate
C H A Nmember,
GE
CIVICUS

human Canadian rights

Crossroads
acting together
International, supports
seekingHIV education
out for
s o l u t i o nGhana
children in s
CITIZENS
accountability
freedom of
expression
u n i t e d
Advocating for
Percentage of CIVICUS Members per region Fre e d o m
of Information
3%
Oceania Civic Education
33% Countries with members
Africa
& Citizen juries
Countries without members
20% Sustained
The Americas
Dialogue
People-Centred
Ad vo c a c y
18%
Europe Evidence-
26% based Policy 15
Asia food security
 Public Forums
16
Civic Audit report for CIVICUS
U n i o n s
Europe Multi
in South Africa
Stakeholder
D i a l o g u e
Generative
Dialogue Public
Wo r l d
Assembly
Conversations
Public (poverty)
H e a r i n g s
D e b a t e s
Accountability
L o c a l
Governance
Par ticipator y
policy-making
Community-
b a s e d
Monitoring
and Evaluation
Tr a n s p a r e n c y
Stakeholder
Par ticipator y
s o c i a l
impact
a n a l y s i s
Ombudsmen
Social Contracts
 Democracy
Assessment
Audit report for CIVICUSAfrica aid
in United States of America
effectiveness
economic crisis
education
government
policy
humanitarian
assistance MDGs
monitoring
and evaluation
united nations
CIVICUS Accountability
civil
In June 2006, CIVICUS - together with 10 other leading international NGOs –

society
became one of the first signatories to the International NGO’s Accountability
Charter (AC), thereby publicly undertaking commitments to progressively apply
all charter provisions to its policies, operations and programmes. AC provisions
range from outlining the general values and principles p aunderpinning
r t i c i p a tinternational
ory
governance
NGOs' approaches to providing very specific guidance on a number of operational
and programme issues impacting all areas of signatories’ work.
democracy
As an alliance that is dedicated to promoting citizen action and strengthening

justice
civil society, CIVICUS recognises the importance of enhancing the legitimacy,
transparency and accountability of civil society organisations and of leading by
example through voluntarily adopting a code of conduct. As the Secretariat of the
activist global
AC, CIVICUS feels an additional obligation to protect the integrity of the AC and

climate
does so by making a concerted effort to fully and systematically align its current
practices to AC provisions.

Under the AC, CIVICUS is obligated to include certainOceania

information change
within its annual
report. The 2009 annual report fulfils this requirement, however it does not yet
h u m a n
report adequately on its environmental and human rights impact. Organisational

rights
policies are currently being developed in this area and will be available in the
2010/2011 planning cycle. CIVICUS' third annual compliance report,acting
which was
published in 2009, can be viewed at: t o g e t h e r
www.ingoaccountabilitycharter.org/wpcms/wp-content/uploads/CIVICUS_AC_
Report.pdf seeking out
17
solutions
 solutions
C I T I Z E N S
Aggregated financial statements
18
accountability
freedom of
expression
u n i t e d
Advocating The Aggregated Financial Statements which follow are an aggregation of the Audited CIVICUS Washington Financial Statements and the
Audited CIVICUS Johannesburg Financial Statements with its property-owning subsidiary Golden Spot. The audit opinions for each set of
for Freedom Financial Statements are reproduced on the preceeding pages.
of Information
Civic Education
& Citizen juries
Sustained
D i a l o g u e
People-Centred
Ad vo c a c y
Evidence-
based Policy
food security
Public Forums
Civic Unions
Europe Multi
Stakeholder
D i a l o g u e
Generative
Dialogue Public
World Assembly
Conversations
Public (poverty)
H e a r i n g s
D e b a t e s
Accountability
L o c a l
Governance
Pa r t i c i p a t o r y
policy-making
 solutions
C I T I Z E N S
accountability
freedom of
expression
u n i t e d
Advocating
for Freedom
of Information
Civic Education
& Citizen juries
Sustained
D i a l o g u e
People-Centred
Ad vo c a c y
Evidence-
based Policy
food security
Public Forums
Civic Unions
Europe Multi
Stakeholder
D i a l o g u e
Generative
Dialogue Public
World Assembly
" Conversations
Public (poverty)
H e a r i n g s
CIVICUS is an innate concept – it must exist no matter what the difficulties of implementing its core D e b a t e s

"
activities. I think that the organisation will get stronger and take root in time. It will soon become a Accountability
major actor in global governance. L o c a l
- a CIVICUS Stakeholder Governance
Pa r t i c i p a t o r y 19
policy-making
 solutions
C I T I Z E N S
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accountability
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ssion
in the CSI, civil society in Turkey
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and Armenia i t a process
e d of
A d vat othecend
reconciliation a tofi n g CSI
2009.
partners’, Counterpart International
for Freedom
Armenia and the Third Sector
of Information
Foundation of Turkey (TUSEV),
Civica new
kick-started Education
cross border
cooperation Initiative that looks
&toCitizen
set carry on well juries
into
S u s2010.tained
D i a l o g u e
People-Centred
Ad vo c a c y
Evidence-
based Policy
food security
Public Forums
Civic Unions
Europe Multi
Donors and Supporters
CIVICUS
staff members
Stakeholder
supported
D i a l o g u e
the TckTckTck
We would like to thank the following organisations for their
campaign in Nduna Foundation
Generative
2009
generous support to CIVICUS’ mission during 2009:
Norwegian Agency for Development Co-operation (NORAD)
Dialogue Public Africa Women Development Fund Overseas Development Institute (ODI)
World Assembly Australian Volunteers International (AVI) Oxfam GB
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Oxfam Novib
Conversations Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) Oxfam US
Public (poverty) Carnegie Trust UK Project Advice and Training Centre (PATC)
Charles Stewart Mott Foundation Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA)
H e a r i n g s Christian Aid Trust Africa
D e b a t e s Commonwealth Foundation United Kingdom Department for International Development (DFID)
Accountability European Commission United Nations Democracy Fund
Ford Foundation Volunteer Services Abroad
L o c a l International Development Research Centre/Centre de Recherches
Governance pour le Développement International (IDRC/CRDI) We would also like to thank those individuals that generously
Inter American Foundation (IAF) contributed to our work, either financially or through volunteering,
Pa r t i c i p a t o r y Irish Aid as well as all of our members for their continued support.
policy-making
Community-
 **Staff
members of

Civicus Team in 2009 The CIVICUS team consists of colleagues drawn from all over the world, full-time and part-time, including interns, volunteers
and secondees. Listed below are colleagues who contributed to CIVICUS’ work in 2009 through a variety of roles.
the GCAP Global
Secretariat are listed as
“until April” or their time
in January to April as it
Mercedes Alvarez Rudin** was hosted at CIVICUS
Guy Holloway Tselane Moleba** Tanzilya Salimdjanova
GCAP Intern (until March), Netherlands until April 2009.
PG Intern (until June), UK GCAP Assistant (February-March), South Africa CSW Officer (until March), Uzbekistan
Tracy Anderson Jeff Huffines Lindiwe Moyo Judith Seda
CSI Research Fellow – Aga Khan Foundation Canada Representative to the UN – Volunteer, New York (from Bookkeeper, Zimbabwe Resource Mobilisation Officer (from January), Kenya
(until November), CSI Research Officer (from April), USA Nomusa Moyo** Anupama Selvam
November), Canada
Jessica Hume GCAP Intern (until February), Zimbabwe Executive Assistant to the Honorary President (until
Estelle Baker Membership Officer (until May), Communications May), USA
Irfan Mufti**
Office and Human Resources Manager, South Africa Officer (from June) Canada GCAP Campaign Manager (until April), Pakistan Tracy September
Carol Baloyi Katsuji Imata World Assembly Support Officer, South Africa
Dawn Mnisi
Membership Support Officer, South Africa Deputy Secretary General – Programmes, Japan Bookkeeper, South Africa Julia Sestier
Amy Bartlett Manish Joshi CSI Programme Officer, France
Irfan Mufti**
CSI Officer, Canada Executive Assistant to the Honorary President (from GCAP Campaign Manager (until April), Pakistan Federico Silva
Netsanet Belay June to August), UK CSI Officer (until October), Italy
Eric Muragana
CSW Manager (from September), Ethiopia Mahi Khallaf Communications Officer (until February), South Africa Brandon Soloski
Richard Bennett PG Senior Researcher (until June), Egypt CSW Intern (June-August), USA
Kumi Naidoo
AGNA Consultant, UK Muelelwa Khosa Honorary President (until August), South Africa Ingrid Srinath
Caitlin Blaser** CSI Support Officer (until May), South Africa Secretary General, India
Adam Nord
GCAP Campaign Officer (until April), USA Deus Kibamba CSW Officer (from September), USA Malauna Steele
Renate Bloem Participatory Governance Officer (from January), Finance consultant (from March), USA
Tanzania Mark Nowottny
Representative to the UN – Volunteer, Geneva
CSI Programme Officer (from October), UK Helena Suarez**
Karen Brummel David Kode GCAP Web Editor and New Media Coordinator (until
AGNA Support Officer, Cameroon Ciara O`Sullivan**
PG Intern (June-December), Netherlands April), UK
GCAP Media Coordinator (until April), Spain
Karena Cronin Michael Kwenaite Devendra Tak
IT Technician, South Africa Anu Pekkonen
Volunteerism Special Project Officer – United Nations Communications Manager, India
PG Officer, Finland
Volunteers (UNV) Volunteer (until August), USA Katherine Langer
Sandra Pires Nastasya Tay
Penny Dlamini CSI Intern (May-August), USA Media Liaison Officer – Australian Volunteers
Membership Manager (from February), South Africa
Manager in the Secretary General’s office, South Africa Hella Ledwaba International (AVI) Volunteer (until July), Australia
Communications Intern (March- July), South Africa Peter Phiri
Angel Dipietro Mandeep Tiwana
LTA Officer (until July), Malawi
CSW Intern (May-June), USA Rose Ngwenjah CSW Officer, India
CSI Research Intern (until April), Cameroon Mandy Poole
Sifiso Dube Joyce Tshabalala
Assistant Secretary General – Operations, Ireland
Executive Assistant in the Secretary General’s Office, Precious Magolego Finance Manager, South Africa
Zimbabwe Procurement Support Officer, South Africa Thabang Rabotho
Communications Intern (until January), South Africa Ijeoma Uche-Okeke**
Sinqobile Dube Carmen Malena GCAP Intern (January- April), Nigeria
CSI Support Officer, Zimbabwe PG Consultant, Canada Liz Robson
Resource Mobilisation Manager (until December), UK Henri Valot
Badumile Duma Kristina Mänd Policy Advisor, France
Communications Consultant (until January), South LTA Consultant, Estonia Sebastian Runguma
Impact Planning and Learning Manager (from July), Nermine Wally
Africa
Ben Margolis** Kenya CSI Officer (until February), Egypt
Christal DuPont GCAP Mobilisation Officer (until April) - Oxfam GB, UK
Jane Rutledge Budhi Yonanta Bahroelim**
Human Resource Administration Support Officer (from
Jacob Mati Membership Communications Officer – Volunteer GCAP Intern (until March), Netherlands
February), Swaziland
CSI Research Officer, Kenya Service Abroad (VSA) Volunteer (from May), New Bilal Zeb
Margaret Fish
Candace Mickens Zealand CSI Officer (June-November), Pakistan
World Assembly Manager, South Africa
Finance Consultant (until September), USA Manjunath Sadashiva Sonia Zilberman
Vicente Garcia-Delgado 21
Julie Middleton PG Consultant (from September), India CSW Officer, USA
Representative to the UN – Volunteer, New York
CSW Acting Manager (until June), Canada
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