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The Brilliance and Imperfections of a Diamond: Results of the Civil Society Index in Uruguay

The CIVICUS Civil Society Index (CSI) is a global initiative to develop a preliminary assessment of the state of civil society in different countries. In Uruguay, it was led by Instituto de Comunicación y Desarrollo (ICD). The report provides an in depth examination of civil society in Uruguay and provides comprehensive recommendations for strengthening civil society.

Overall, civil society’s profile, activities, relations and impact have substantially changed over the past years, along with its external context. While new actors have joined civil society, existing organizations explored other avenues to express their interests and explore their potential.

In Uruguay, civil society embraces long-standing movements, such as trade unions, the peasants, professional organizations, and business organizations as well as many organizations created under the influence of the churches, specially the Roman Catholic Church. However, other actors have also joined civil society, such as thousands of citizens organized to improve their quality of life and defend their rights, or who seek responses to a social emergency at times of profound crisis.