Advocacy Strategy and Influencing Skills – February 2019
This course introduces participants to the core skills needed to influence powerful stakeholders and policy processes in a range of […]
Newly Updated Resource Database – Now Includes The Entire Catalogue Of Publications!
INTRAC has been producing publications and resources since 1994. With a focus on civil society development, concerning all areas of […]
Holding power to account, and keep moving!
By Michael Hammer, former INTRAC Executive director. The 2015 Paris Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, in […]
Who do you belong to? Encounters with Syrian civil society
By Didi Alayli. What are the challenges faced by civil society activists in highly constrained and politically charged contexts? (How) […]
Spain’s Gag Law: Endangering freedom of expression and association in the name of security
By Arantxa Mandiola Lopez. A couple of months ago, I watched a video from a civil society movement called “Marea […]
Mixed methods evaluation of Syrian Active Citizens Programme, British Council – Syria
The evaluation (April 2015 – March 2016) aimed to assess the impact of the British Council’s flagship citizenship initiative – […]
Civil society sustainability: Stepping up to the challenge
By Rachel Hayman. Welcome to the first contribution to a new INTRAC blog series on civil society sustainability. Over the […]
Research on legal frameworks and political space for NGOs
Operating contexts are becoming increasingly difficult and challenging for civil society groups in many countries around the world. Yet even […]
Legal Frameworks and Political Space for NGOs – Executive Summary
This two-page summary of the research “Legal Frameworks and Political Space for NGOs” provides the highlights of the most important findings, the recommendations, and a snapshot of the situation in all 12 countries studied.
Legal Frameworks and Political Space for Non-Governmental Organisations: An Overview of Six Countries – Phase II
There has been increasing concern to understand the realities that affect how international and local NGOs operate in many […]
Finding civil society space in the midst of threats to independence and freedoms to operate
By Rowan Popplewell. Recent years have seen the publication of an increasing number of media and research reports describing how […]
ONTRAC 57. Beyond spring: Civil society’s role in the Middle East and North Africa
In 2011, the world watched amazed as people across the Arab world stood up to demand change. Beginning with a […]