Announcements

International Conference on Transitional Justice in Sri Lanka: Asian Perspectives   February 17-18, 2016 in Colombo, Sri Lanka Participants from local and international stakeholders during the Conference (Photo Courtesy: ADN) In the last phase of the long civil war in Sri Lanka 40,000 civilian deaths were recorded and many linked to grave human rights violations […]

Registration for the High-level Thematic Debate on Achieving the Implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)  21 April 2016 United Nations Headquarters, NY Deadline:               APPLY BY 5:00 PM EST ON 28 MARCH 2016  The President of the United Nations General Assembly will convene, on 21 April 2016, a High-level Thematic Debate on Achieving the Implementation of the Sustainable Development […]

New call for proposals from civil society groups working on open governance Civil society is at the heart of open governance. It can push to make government more open, can be a user of newly released government information, can work with government to implement reforms, and can hold governments to account when they don’t keep their […]

The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) is convening the following two events on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development as a preparatory event for the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) to be held in July 2016 in New York. Representatives of civil society organisations are invited to […]

      US-ASEAN Summit Shall Prioritize Human Rights Principals in ASEAN   Civil Society Statement: US-ASEAN Summit Shall Prioritize Human Rights Principals in ASEAN On the recent past days, US and ASEAN have prepared to conduct a summit in Sunnylands, California, United States. President of United States, Barrack Obama already scheduled to host the […]

  REGISTRATION PRIA International Academy’s Distance Education Programmes (New batch starts on 1 st and 15 th of every month) Training Capsule (7 days) Understanding the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 Appreciation Programmes (10 weeks) 1. Adult Education and Social Change 2. Designing Participatory Adult Education Programme 3. Monitoring Adult Education Programme […]

The first World Humanitarian Summit (WHS) will take place in Istanbul on May 23-24 2016. Over 5,000 participants are expected to discuss and adopt more effective ways to address the suffering of millions of women, men and children affected by conflicts and disasters worldwide. NGOs and civil society in general, as well as other stakeholders, are invited to apply to host […]

Registration for International Civil Society Week 2016 is now open!  CIVICUS and Confederación Colombiana de ONG (CCONG) are pleased to invite you to join them at ICSW 2016 in Bogotá, Colombia from 25 to 28 April. Under the banner of “Active Citizens, Accountable Actions”, ICSW 2016 will feature more than 20 events organised by leading civil society organisations and […]