CIVICUS WORLD ALLIANCE FOR CITIZEN PARTICIPATION

ADVOCACY AND CAMPAIGNSCIVICUS' ADVOCACY AND CAMPAIGNS WORK IN 2024 WAS DONE THROUGH DIFFERENT PROGRAMS.THE REGIONAL ADVOCACY WORK IN ASIA PACIFIC, LATIN AMERICA, MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA, AND SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA CONTRIBUTED IN POSITIVE CHANGES IN POLICY AND PRACTICE AT VARIOUS LEVELS, IN COORDINATION WITH OTHER CLUSTERS, MEMBERS AND PARTNERS. THE WORK IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA, FOR INSTANCE HAS BEEN ENABLED THROUGH THE CHARM PROJECT THAT INVOLVED PARTNERS IN THE REGION.COALITION BUILDING TO IDENTIFY COORDINATED AND NEW WAYS OF ORGANIZING AND RESISTANCE WAS DONE THROUGH THE VUKA COALITION WHICH HAS A MEMBERSHIP OF SEVERAL ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS DIFFERENT REGIONS. IT PROVIDES A SPACE FOR SOLIDARITY ACTIONS AGAINST REPRESSION AND VIOLATION OF FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS.THE STAND AS MY WITNESS CAMPAIGN HAS PUT A SPOTLIGHT ON THE SITUATION AND CALLS FOR RELEASE OF HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS WHO WERE ARBITRARILY ARRESTED AND DETAINED. THE CAMPAIGN CALLS FOR THE UNCONDITIONAL RELEASE OF THE HRDS THROUGH THE HELP OF THE PUBLIC, AND IN OTHER GROUPS. IT HAS CONTRIBUTED TO THE RELEASE OF A FEW HRDS.THE CRISIS RESPONSE FUND THROUGH THE LIFELINE CONSORTIUM AND EU SEE LOT 2 PROVIDED THE NEEDED FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT TO CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS FACING RESTRICTIONS OR CHALLENGES FROM PURSUING THEIR ADVOCACY AND CAMPAIGNS EFFORTS.

INNOVATION & IMPACTTHE NEWLY CONSTITUTED INNOVATION AND QUALITY MANAGEMENT (IQM) TEAM IS CIVICUS' PROJECT INCUBATOR AND CUSTODIAN OF INNOVATION AND PROGRAMME QUALITY. IQM IS RESPONSIBLE FOR DEVELOPING, TESTING AND SOCIALIZING INNOVATION AND QUALITY STANDARDS ACROSS THE CIVICUS ALLIANCE, INCUBATING AND INTEGRATING NEW PROGRAMMES, AND CURATING OUR CIVICUS APPROACH TO INNOVATION. IN FY2024 KEY PROJECTS INCLUDED DESIGN OF INNOVATION AWARDS, FACILITATION OF COLLECTIVE MANAGEMENT SPACES, CO-DESIGN PROGRAMME SUPPORT, THE REFINEMENT OF THE INNOVATION AND QUALITY MODEL AND CONSOLIDATION OF THE CIVICUS FINANCIAL PARTNERSHIP APPROACH. THE IMPACT AND ACCOUNTABILITY (I&A) TEAM DRIVES CIVUCS' ABILITY FOR STRATEGIC IMPACT MEASUREMENT AND DEVELOPS SYSTEMS AND CAPACITY TO UNDERSTAND AND MEASURE OUR PROGRESS AND CONTRIBUTION TO SYSTEMIC CHANGE. IN FY2024, I&A WORKED WITH CIVICUS TEAMS TO IMPROVE PROJECT LEVEL EVIDENCE AND LEARNING AND OUTCOMES DOCUMENTATION, INCLUDING THE INTEGRATION OF NEW PROJECT LEVEL M&E REQUIREMENTS, DELIVERY OF KEY ACCOUNTABILITY PROCESSES SUCH AS ANNUAL PLANNING AND REPORTING, AND TESTING WAYS TO COMMUNICATE EXTERNALLY THE LONGITUDINAL IMPACT OF CIVICUS WORK.OUR DIGITAL DEMOCRACY INITIATIVE (DDI), IS A LARGE, INTERCONNECTED PROGRAMME AIMED AT SUPPORTING GRASSROOTS CIVIL SOCIETY GROUPS' INTERNET ACCESS AND ONLINE SAFETY AND EMPOWERING THEM TO USE DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES EFFECTIVELY. OUR OUTREACH STRATEGY, IMPLEMENTED THROUGH THE DIGITAL ACTION LAB, PRIORITISES THOSE FACING THE TWIN CHALLENGES OF RESTRICTED CIVIC SPACE AND STRUCTURAL DISCRIMINATION. IN FY2024, THE CALL FOR THE 2024 DIGITAL ACTION LAB RECEIVED 1,500 APPLICATIONS. WE ENGAGED 430 LOCAL AND REGIONAL ACTORS IN SIX GLOBAL REGIONS EAST ASIA, EASTERN EUROPE AND CENTRAL ASIA, LATIN AMERICA, THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA, SOUTH ASIA AND SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA IN CO-DESIGN WORKSHOPS TO GENERATE IDEAS THAT WERE THEN REFINED INTO 12 PROTOTYPES.