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In August 2023, the Civil Society and Civic Space Department at the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) contracted the West Africa Civil Society Institute (WACSI) and Bond to run
an engagement process aimed at shaping the future of the FCDO’s centrally managed civil society and civic space programming. WACSI warmly embraced this opportunity for partnership with Bond to facilitate engagements across diverse countries and regions, including the United Kingdom, Eastern Europe, the Middle East, North Africa, sub-Saharan Africa, Central Asia, and the Indo-Pacific.
Drawing upon our extensive expertise and experience in working with civil society and governments, we developed a comprehensive framework firmly rooted in the principles of meaningfulness, inclusivity, and intentionality. These guiding principles played a pivotal role in fostering constructive engagement between governments and civil society. We carefully designed engagement sessions to be not only relevant but also purposeful, yielding outcomes of significant value.
This document is the Executive Summary of the Engagement Report only.
The document is especially significant for organisations which are funded by the UK government, through its Civil Society and Civic Space Department of FCDO. Nevertheless, the many recommendations are very relevant for other readers too. Knowledge of the British system of development aid is however needed to fully understand the scope of what is being proposed.
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Author: West Africa Civil Society Institute (WACSI) and Bond UK
Publisher/source/organization: West Africa Civil Society Institute WACSI
Place and year of issue: Accra 2023
Type: Research report [Unkown]
Country/region: Worldwide
url: FCDO engagement report on shaping the future of centraly managed civil society and civic space programming >>
pdf: FCDO engagement report on shaping the future of centraly managed civil society and civic space programming >>