What the Resilient Roots accountability pilot project application process has taught us so far
By Jack Cornforth
The Resilient Roots initiative recently launched two open calls to find pilot projects around the world which will test the hypothesis that organisations that are more accountable and responsive to their roots - namely, their primary constituencies - are more resilient against external threats.
Opinions & Features
Por Inés Pousadela
Lo que en cualquier democracia “normal” sería considerado un dato rutinario devino recientemente en Colombia un hecho de significación histórica: las elecciones legislativas de marzo de este año, en las cuales las ex guerrillas FARC (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia) debutaron como partido político, se desarrollaron sin incidentes graves.
By Marina Cherbonnier, CIVICUS membership engagement specialist
CIVICUS Board and Staff annual meetings were held recently.
By Kumi Naidoo
Not since 1951 has the international community produced a treaty to protect the legal status of the world's refugees.
By David Kode
Across Africa, major advances in democracy have been affected by restrictions on civic space and on the activities of civil society organisations (CSOs), the media and individual activists.
