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 CIVICUS
World Assembly: Acting Together for a Just World
Glasgow, Scotland, 21st - 25th June 2006
The CIVICUS World Assembly is a forum for international
civil society representatives to get together, exchange ideas, experiences
and build strategies for a just world. This event held in Glasgow,
Scotland, in June 2006 marked the first in a new, annual format
for the CIVICUS World Assembly, with each three-year cycle of events
to be held in the same city. This format offers exciting new opportunities
for sustained, in-depth exploration of issues crucial to civil society,
and iterative, shared learning from community and voluntary efforts
from around the world and the local context. 
Building on and continuing the success of past World Assembly events,
the overall theme for 2006 World Assembly was 'Acting Together for
a Just World'. This overall theme was explored through four sub-themes:
Civic Justice, Economic Justice, Political Justice and Social Justice.
Attendees at the opening plenary of the CIVICUS World Assembly regarded
'unaccountable leaders' as the key obstacle to tackling global poverty.
The RAPID team facilitated two workshops during the Assembly:
Enhancing CSO Influence on Development
Policies
Poor people benefit when civil society is engaged in shaping
policy, particularly when engagement is legitimate and well-informed.
This participatory workshop, under the Political Justice theme,
focused on how CSOs can maximize their chances of influencing policy
towards meeting the needs of the poor. The workshop was coordinated
by Julius Court - Overseas
Development Institute (ODI), UK and Vanesa Weyrauch - Centre for
the Implementation of Public Policies for Equity and Growth (CIPPEC),
Argentina.
Working Together for Accountable
Government: CSOs and parliaments
By working together, CSOs and parliaments can deliver
more accountable, more responsive and more effective government.
This workshop enabled CSOs to share experiences and learn lessons
about engaging with parliaments. This workshop was coordinated by
Alan Hudson - Overseas
Development Institute (ODI), UK and presenters were Alan, Jack Jones
Zulu - Jubilee Zambia and Vanesa Weyrauch - Centre for the Implementation
of Public Policies for Equity and Growth (CIPPEC), Argentina. More...
For further details on the Assembly, go to the CIVICUS website:
www.civicusassembly.org/English/Home/Home.aspx
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