Supporting informal groups
For several reasons the level of formalisation of civil society seems to decrease. During a meeting of the funding working group we discussed if we can support groups that have no form of registration or that we should refrain from it. During the meeting we had members from the Belgium, the EU and the Netherlands […]
Funding informal groups
On the Thursday the 26th of October the Funding Working Group of the network will have a working group meeting form 11:00 till 12:30 about funding informal groups. Especially young people are more and more cooperating in informal settings, having no wish to register themselves. For funders who would like to fund international projects in […]
Capacity Building Working Group discussed the topic of quality assurance for CIGS capacity building
On 7 September the Capacity Building Working group discussed the topic of quality assurance of trainings and capacity building measures for CIGS in Europe. In country reports from the Netherlands, Denmark, Poland, Germany, and the region of West Flanders in Belgium. Qquestions like the standards, specialization and targeting of trainings and whether CIGS have to […]
Capacity Building Working Group will discuss the topic of quality assurance for CIGS capacity building
On 7 September at 11:30 CEST the Capacity Building Working group will discuss the topic of quality assurance of trainings and capacity building measures for CIGS in Europe. Are there certain standards? How specialized and targeted are trainings to the needs of CIGS in specific countries? Who offers and who pays for capacity building measures? […]
Regional CIGS network from France REASCOOP joins
One of the larger regional CIGS networks from France RESACOOP, has joind our network this summer. RESACOOP facilitates international cooperation initiatives from the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. These can be initiatives from both citizens and local authorities in the region. RESACOOP supports more than 500 citizen initiatives arround the cities of Lyon, Grenoble, Saint-Étienne, Clermont-Ferrand and Chambéry. […]
Professor on Citizens in Sustainable Development
Sara Kinsbergen is coordinating a lot of research for the research working group of the European Network for Citizen Initiatives in Global Solidarity. At the 1st of July 2023 she has been appointed Professor on Citizens’ Role in Sustainable Development at the Radboud University in Nijmegen in the Netherlands. For many years already Sara is […]
EU DEAR Programme launches new webiste
The Development Education and Awareness Raising (DEAR) Programme of the Directorate-General for International Partnerships (DG-INTPA) of the European Commission launched a new website. This new website has been thoughtfully designed to foster stronger engagement among the DEAR wider community. It offers information about the projects´ results, participating countries, organisations, news, and resources. News and resources will […]
Transformative Partnership Award launched to recognize exceptional collaboration
The Collective Leadership Institute (CLI, German member of the European Network for CIGS) launched a new Award for civil society organisations who partner with other sectors. With the Transformative Partnership Award, CLI would like to fill the gap that most awards purely focus on results, instead of the development of quality processes and methods towards […]
New member the Slovenian network for Development NGOs SLOGA
At the 31st of March 2023 SLOGA the Slovenian network for development NGOs joined the European Network for Citizen Initiatives in Global Solidarity. SLOGA unites 37 Slovenian NGOs involved in development aid. Many of these Slovenian NGOs can be considered citizen initiatives in global solidarity. SLOGA as well plays an important role in monitoring the […]
First results of international research on CIGS in Senegal and Nepal
Recently a team of young researchers finished part of the second phase of the study on CIGS based in France, Denmark, Belgium and the Netherlands that are working with a multitude of organisations and communities in Nepal and Senegal. At the 1st of June the international research team came together to discuss the intermediate results: […]