Cyril Ritchie*
The world is today a poorer place, following the immensely regretted death of Wangari Maathai, an outstanding woman, an outstanding humanist, an outstanding innovator, an outstanding civil society activist, an outstanding leader.
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Remarks by Laila Iskandar, Chairperson, CID Consulting (a social enterprise in Cairo, Egypt), Board Chair, Spirit of Youth NGO in Cairo (situated in the garbage collectors’ neighbourhood of Manchiyet Nasser), and Member, Global Recyclers without Borders Network
Thank you for the invitation to this Town Hall meeting.
Defining civil society
CIVICUS call for papers: 10th International Society for Third Sector Research conference, Siena, Italy
Sign the petition to free Ales Bialiatski
MDGs: Time to get it rightWhen the road to democracy gets hijacked
Aid transparency campaigners welcome new ‘open-government’ initiative
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By Mr Letshego Mokeki, National TISDA Coordinator, Transparency International (TI)
Following up on findings of their research report, TI is currently undertaking two campaigns in South Africa to strengthen civil society and capacity in financial management in primary education.
The 10th International Society for Third Sector Research (ISTR) on the theme “Democratisation, Marketisation and the third sector’, will take place during July 10-13, 2012 in Siena, Italy.
