By Jesselina Rana, the UN Advisor at CIVICUS’s New York office and Mandeep S.

By Andrew Firmin, CIVICUS Editor-in-Chief, co-director and writer for CIVICUS Lens and co-author of the State of Civil Society Report.

Today’s multiple and connected crises – including conflicts, climate breakdown and democratic regression – are overwhelming the capabilities of the international institutions designed to address problems states can’t or won’t solve.

In the heart of Istanbul, a remarkable transformation is underway.