BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//The Hague Humanity Hub - ECPv6.3.5//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:The Hague Humanity Hub X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.humanityhub.net X-WR-CALDESC:Events for The Hague Humanity Hub REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Amsterdam BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:20190331T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:20191027T010000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20190620T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20190620T130000 DTSTAMP:20240328T204703 CREATED:20190604T120616Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190604T120616Z UID:7838-1561021200-1561035600@www.humanityhub.net SUMMARY:Civic Space Conference: Building new partnerships across civil society DESCRIPTION:A program prepared by members of the  Civic Space Platform\, with a contribution by Marriët Schuurman\, the Human Rights Ambassador of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.\nWith civic space worldwide under growing pressure and populism on the rise\, civil society organisations increasingly need to be creative in finding ways to act and build just\, peaceful and resilient societies. We need to build bridges and partnerships across civil society\, also with those that we normally don’t work with\, and together bring a story of hope and change. \nAs civil society actors\, we need to have an unbiased and open mind to recognize new and unexpected allies and the capacity to critically examine opponents. There is a rise of unconstructive or anti-rights civil society actors\, who contribute to exclusion\, racism\, gender stigmatization and xenophobia. But there are also unexpected allies; organizations\, groups and/or communities who are also affected by the shrinking civic space. Who are the allies within civil society that we neglect? Are we always able to distinguish between ‘the good\, the bad and the ugly’ in civil society?  How to deal with the un-civic part of civil society? What strategies do we need to identify and engage unusual allies? What are effective strategies to counter our opponents within local civil society? \nThis learning event will focus attention on: \n\nRecognizing our own blind spots.\nStrategies to identify and engage new allies\nBuilding partnerships across civil society to defend and strengthen civic space\nStrategies to deal with the un-civic part of civil society\n\nMarriët Schuurman\, The Human Rights Ambassador\, will focus on the urgency of joining forces in the defence of civic space and of a joint narrative on the importance of civic space for a vital society and the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals.\nWe will have presentations on the need to engage faith-based organisations and independent media as new allies\, followed by working group sessions discussing new partnerships\, involving also trade unions\, political parties\, young entrepreneurs and artists. \nThis learning event is inspired by: \n\nthe work of the Civic Engagement Alliance (CEA)\, one of the Strategic Partners in Dialogue and Dissent. One of the themes of CEA related to civic space includes the position and role of Faith-Based Organizations (FBOs) and other religious actors in enhancing civic space;\nthe 2019 State of Civil Society Report and other studies by CIVICUS that focuses on the growing number of anti-rights civil society actors and the strategies from within civil society to counter them;\nThe opportunity provided by the new policy framework MFA Dialogue and Dissent program 2.0. that expectedly will have focussed attention for the shrinking civic space and effective civil society partnerships.\n\nPractical details\nDate: June 20th\nTime: 9.00 – 13.00\nLocation: New World Campus (Spaarneplein 2\, Den Haag)\nOrganisation: The program is prepared by platform members ICCO\, Prisma\, Kerk in Actie\, Free Press Unlimited\, HIVOS\, CNV International and Partos/The Spindle. \n  \nRegistration:\n\nCivic Space Conference: Building new partnerships across civil society URL:https://www.humanityhub.net/calendar/civic-space-conference-building-new-partnerships-across-civil-society/ LOCATION:New World Campus\, Spaarneplein 2\, Den Haag\, 2515VK\, Netherlands END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR