About the CSI-RA
Civil society self-assessment contributes to strengthening the evidence base for civil society advocacy; providing a platform for civil society to identify shared needs; and assisting the planning and strategising of civil society around common challenges and opportunities.
Since 1997 CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation, has pioneered the field of civil society self-assessment with its Civil Society Index, which has supported comprehensive self-assessments on the conditions for civil society in 75 countries to date.
Building on the track record of the CSI, CIVICUS now offers an additional and new civil society rapid assessment (CSI-RA) tool, which offers a more flexible and adaptable methodology to help civil society better assess its own strengths, challenges, potentials and needs in a range of different situations and contexts.