Mission:
CIVICUS is an international
alliance dedicated to strengthening citizen action and civil society throughout
the world.
Vision:
A worldwide community of
informed, inspired, committed citizens engaged in confronting the challenges facing
humanity.
CIVICUS seeks to amplify the voices and opinions of ordinary people. It
recognizes 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.
Values:
- Justice and
Equality - CIVICUS believes in the equality and dignity of every
person, and that all people should be free to exercise their rights as
citizens as defined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
- Reciprocity - CIVICUS exists to ensure that people treat one another with the respect
with which they themselves wish to be treated. Civil society cannot thrive
without mutual respect.
- Knowledge - CIVICUS recognises that to increase its global awareness of civil
society and before it can assist or take action, it needs to form
alliances with other concerned bodies to increase its influence and
knowledge.
- Vision -
CIVICUS is realistic about conflict in today's world, but remains
optimistic that most people, organisations, governments and businesses
will work together for the benefit of all.
- Principled Courage -
CIVICUS will always promote civil justice and pledges to act in a manner
that honours the principles of democratic civil society.
Objectives:
The three main objectives that inform our mission are:
- Civic Existence - to promote the rights of citizens to organise and act collectively
towards defined goals for the public good.
- Civic Expression - to increase the effectiveness and improve the governance of civil
society organisations, as well as their capacity to set and achieve their
individual and collective goals.
- Civic Engagement - Engagement - to foster interaction between civil society and other
institutions in order to increase the voice of citizens in public life.
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