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Financial Framework Partnership agreement

The FFPA is guided by three pillars of Forus action:  Connect – Support – Influence

Forus’ current strategic plan, which formed the basis for the approved EU Financial Framework Partnership agreement programme or FFPA, is guided by three pillars of action: Connect – Support – Influence, which are interconnected and mutually reinforcing. The Connect – Support – Influence framework is one that is relevant for all CSO platforms part of the Forus network because the framework embraces the three most critical roles of a platform. 

 

Building collective action. 

 

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Because the approach was developed by and with the network and has proven effective for Forus, many CSO platforms at regional or national level are now embracing and replicating the framework while adapting their activities to their domestic realities. 

 

The Connect-Support-Influence pillars of action mirror the three suggested clusters of activities.

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Connect


Awareness-raising, information exchange, partnerships

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Capacity development of members in organisational development, project management, accountability, learning, governance, research, evidence-based advocacy, coordination and collaboration, communications, and digital skills and security

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Research and coordinated advocacy

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Throughout the suggested Action, Forus will stay true to this approach by developing activities in the CONNECT pillar to deepen connections, share experiences and messages from Forus members and allies, strengthen and develop the network.

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Finally, both the CONNECT and SUPPORT activity clusters maximize the impact of Forus’ advocacy activities -INFLUENCE- at national, regional and global levels.

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Forus will also SUPPORT and develop the capacities of national platforms and regional coalitions to become stronger entities and to voice their constituencies’ positions and ambitions,  in order to ensure that civil society will be more effective in influencing and shaping domestic and international public policies.

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