Civicus World Alliance For Citizen Participation Inc

Programs: Leave no one behind--this program aims to build a partnership to catalyze joint action, commitment and responsibility from the global community (including governments, the u. N. , civil society, academia, private sector, international organizations and citizens) to implement the agenda 2030 commitment that no one is left behind. The founding members of the lnb partnership leading on delivery of the three project outputs are civicus, development initiatives (di) and project everyone. Outputs and main results achieved:1) examine: new quantitative and qualitative data produced and used on lnb: global p20 report establishing a baseline of who/where the poorest 20% of people are globally. Data platform sharing data on who's being left behind, where and why launched within di's development data hub, including a series of data visualizations. 2) engage: greater awareness built of the sdgs and the lnb pledge amongst multiple stakeholders with an interest in social justice and combating exclusion: high profile film shown to heads of state at opening of u. N. General assembly (unga) and around the world, with over 45,000 website visits. 4 short films created through africa hub. Mobile campaign and online app sent out via mobile operators to over 500 million people. Lnb and sdg advocacy toolkit and data visualization templates developed and shared. 3) empower: broad engagement created to connect across different communities and networks at country-level and globally to implement the lnb principles. Advocacy and awareness raised through 30 national dialogues around the world, including in fragile and conflict affected states. Global report and mapping produced. Survey on lnb priorities reaching approximately 5,000 respondents from over 100 countries. High level events at unga 2016 and high level political forum (2016, 2017) and regional forums. Lnb community of practice engagement with undp, governments and key global civil society partners (e. G. Action for sustainable development and overseas development institute). The program has increased understanding, awareness, engagement and empowerment on the importance of leaving no one behind around the world, reaching thousands of citizens, southern community organizations through to world leaders at unga and hlpf. The program has driven forward growing global interest and momentum on leave no one behind, building a grassroots movement, set of tools to build understanding, and shared national and global civil society perspectives and poor and excluded groups' priorities with the highest levels of government and un officials. For the u. K. , this program has been a key mechanism to help deliver the u. K. 's lnb promise and partnership commitment, launched by the former prime minister at unga 2015. The u. K. Has demonstrated its global leadership, particularly on gender equality and disability, and this project has helped to shine a light on marginalized groups who face multiple forms of disadvantage and discrimination. The partnership has helped to build a shared understanding that reflects dfid's approach and framework on lnb overseas (understand, empower, include). In addition, it has taken forward u. K. Priorities on data disaggregation for tracking sdg progress for all, in line with dfid's data disaggregation action plan (published january 2017).

global hub: innovation for change (i4c) is a long-term, global initiative to develop and sustain a network of regional hubs that: a) connect civil society organizations (csos), activists, and other sectors (tech, academia, etc. ); b) open up access to existing knowledge and learning resources; c) scale successful services across sectors and regions; d) incubate new thinking and products; and e) amplify and document the civil society story. These regional hubs will create vibrant networks of social good actors beyond national borders, and facilitate the design and roll-out of regionally responsive solutions that can be taken to market, globally and at scale. The hubs will also play an essential role in linking civil society organization to programming and funding partners that otherwise cannot reach them.

datashift: in partnership with experts in the information and communication technologies for development (ict4d) sector, civicus launched the datashift initiative to help civil society organizations produce and analyze data, especially citizen-generated data, to drive sustainable development. It does this through research, capacity strengthening, supporting campaigns and improving the monitoring of government, with a view to improving accountability, policies and services. For example, through its online learning zone and in-country training programs, datashift helps organizations and citizen-generated data projects to use the latest data collection and analysis tools, including to support the delivery of the global sustainable development goals.