1. www.civicus.org Empowering the CIVICUS Alliance Johannesburg, November 2012

2. Member-Driven New Multicentre Network Culture Strong Regional/National presence CIVICUS Alliance CIVICUS aims to strengthen members and partners’ engagement within the CIVICUS network building on CIVICUS’ founding principle of being a global alliance.

3. CIVICUS Networks and Constituencies We have identified 46 different networks/constituencies/working groups managed by CIVICUS, or in which CIVICUS is actively engaged. –Formalised grouping of organisations and individuals who share common focus on thematic areas. The majority of these are through the formalized projects active at CIVICUS, such as CSI, PG or LTA. –These may be closed communities of practices, where partners have been specifically selected to participate, such as the AGNA group or the Eurasia network, where certain key actors are selected as partners according to specific needs and priorities. –Other ‘networks’ are much more open to anyone interested in the theme or focal area, and serve as open platforms for dialogue and exchanges. These include social media platforms such as Twitter and Facebook (where both CIVICUS and EHHR have large followings), or blogs and websites, and newsletter subscribers.

4. 46 different networks The 46 different networks/ constituencies/working groups: Internal networks Stakeholders External communications Projects/networks within CIVICUS work areas CSO campaigns Localised/ regional networks United Nations linked NGO networks www.civicus.org

5. Internal networks Board and past board members X 13 current members - 20 past (from 2005) CIVICUS staff and former staffs X 39 current Past TBD Paid Membership base of CIVICUS X 291 current paid members 1835 expired members www.civicus.org

6. Stakeholders Donors and Resource Mobilisation contacts X 22 donor orgs Task team on CSO Development Effectiveness and Enabling Environment X 40 orgs Community of Democracies (CIVICUS is member of Civil Society Space Group) X 10 Govts Lifeline fund X 13 Govts National and local governments XTBD Multilateral orgs XTBD Private sector XTBD World Economic Forum: Davos CSO network (NGO Advisory Group) XTBD www.civicus.org

7. External Communications e-CIVICUS subscribers X 6561 subscribers CIVICUS Facebook likes X 6153 likes CIVICUS Twitter followers X 2193 followers Media contactsX 4257 contacts www.civicus.org

8. Projects/ networks within CIVICUS work areas Affinity Group of National Associations (AGNA) Civil Society Index (CSI) Participatory Governance (PG) Legitimacy, Transparency and Accountability (LTA) Civil Society Watch (CSW) International Advocacy NGO (IANGO) Eurasia IDEA network (Secretariat) Every Human Has Rights (EHHR) (Secretariat) XXX X XX X XXXX X XX X X 58 members 90 organisations 300 in COP 75 orgs in 2011 webinars 6759 subscribers 19 orgs present at 2011 WA 26 networks/ orgs 200 contacts www.civicus.org

9. World AssemblyX 2121 orgs and individuals CIVICUS Gender and diversity workX 100 contacts INGO Accountability Charter XTBD www.civicus.org

10. CSO campaigns Open Forum and Development Effectiveness GFG Better Aid platform Better Aid Coordinating Group X XXX XX 30 orgs 900 orgs 40 orgs Global Call to Action against Poverty (GCAP) Global Campaign for Climate Action (GCCA) Barefoot for human rights (Completed/ Inactive) Africa 4 Haiti (Completed/ Inactive) UNDP photo competition (Completed/ Inactive) OSCAF (Francophone) Lusophone anti-poverty international group X X X X XX XX XX XX XX XX 150 orgs 37 orgs and ind. TBD 50 orgs 30 orgs

11. Localised/ regional networks South African Forum for International Solidarity (SAFIS) SA Right 2 Know campaign X XX X 105 orgs and ind. Over 400 national orgs www.civicus.org

12. United Nations linked NGO networks CONGO Rio+ 20 NGO constituency UN Development Programme Working group (Chair, Civil Society Advisory Committee) Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship with the UN (Board member) UN Department of Public Information (Chair, NGO/ DPI Executive Committee) UN Development Cooperation Forum (Member, Advisory Group) UN Economic and Social Council UN Volunteers/ IYV +10 (Communications Working Group) X X X X XX XX X X X XX XX TBD 900 orgs TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD www.civicus.org

13. Feedback from Members and Partners – end 2011 CIVICUS ran a consultation in 5 languages in August – Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, French and English. 89 Members and partners answered the complete survey.

14. Feedback from Members and Partners – end 2011 Members value been part of a global network and want CIVICUS to: –Communicate more in: Spanish, French, Portuguese, Russian and Arabic. –Strengthen CIVICUS presence at a regional level –Establish a more decentralised network structure –Undertake outreach through partnerships with local organisations Respondents suggested: –Decentralisation of the CIVICUS secretariat by establishing regional representation offices / champions –Reaching out and engaging more with civil society organisations/networks in the regions –Organising regional events such as seminars, meetings, conferences and other fora to strengthen the regional networks –Localised communications campaigns

15. Network management needs The CIVICUS secretariat will be focusing on the following priority areas necessary to address networking and network management needs: 1.Database improvement 2.Network Analysis 3.Communication analysis 4.Analysis of horizontal connectivity within networks 5.New Communication Strategy 6.New membership strategy 7.National Representatives/Regional and thematic ambassadors 8.Organizational network management strategy and procedures www.civicus.org

16. Affinity Group of National Associations (AGNA) -60 members around the world. - All are national platforms/ associations with membership base of local country organisations. - Many have been silent in the past: bad contact details, lack of clear benefits from the network. -Now reengaging all and bringing them into the network as active participants: through newsletters, better communication, active engagement, clear benefits package and engagements with CIVICUS.

17. Key questions for AGNA How do we revive old networks and neglected partners? How to make the network fully participatory and all members engaged? How to get them to sell CIVICUS to their members to bring them into the alliance? How to properly use them as a core network for CIVICUS? How to broker cooperation between two competing/ similar networks?