A CSO consultation to the African agenda. We, representatives of organizations from more than 15 countries in Africa comprised of small farmers, youth groups, fisherfolk, indigenous peoples, women, labour, environmentalists, faith-based organizations, local authorities and NGOs from African Civil Society met from May 30 to 31, 2012 for a CSO…

An invitation to the media Reality of Aid Africa Network, FEMNET and Uganda NGO Forum will host a continental CSO conference in Nairobi on July 12th and 13th 2012 to strategize and plan the African CSO engagement with the Post Busan Agenda. The rationale of this Nairobi conference is to…

Le mardi 15 mai 2012, s’est tenu au Palais des Congrès de Niamey, l’Atelier Technique de Validation du Rapport sur la Coopération au Développement (RCD) au titre de l’année 2010, sous la Coprésidence du Ministre d’Etat, Ministre du Plan de l’Aménagement du Territoire et du Développement Communautaire (MP/AT/DC), représenté par…

The existence of a strong civil society is testament to the presence of democratic governance and should be supported by the government in the interests of deepening democracy and the values of democracy. Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) can be defined as “organizations that are independent of the government with a…

After a long period of stagnation in the 1970s and 1980s, Africa has re-emerged in the twenty-first century as a continent alive with opportunities, driven by such key factors as improved governance, better macroeconomic policies, management and business environment, abundant human and natural resources, urbanization and the rise of the…