Closing civic space

• How resilient are our pilot partners to civic space threats?

   

  By Soulayma Mardam Bey and Jack Cornforth, CIVICUS

  In recent years, “Resilience” has made its way into international development’s buzzword bingo board. Yet despite its increasing popularity, the concept often remains poorly understood. In this article, and during our upcoming Resilient Roots event at ICSW 2019 (Wednesday afternoon ), we will take a closer look at what this concept means for civil society organisations in the context of closing civic space.