• Venue: Holiday Inn, Sunnyside Park, Princess of Wales Terrace Cnr Carse O Gowrie, Sunnyside Dr, &, Johannesburg, 2041, Johannesburg, South Africa.
• Date: 29 January 2025
• Time: 9am to 1pm (SAST)
• Registration - Please use this link for registration: https://form.jotform.com/250143813824553

Format: Hybrid -- Zoom link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88655145097?pwd=PxrWL5CfXwgVt13TGEOm4HvCUVVsCg.1
(with interpretation in French and Spanish)

Participants: EU SEE Consortium partners, Network Members, research experts, media, EU representatives, members of the diplomatic community, representatives from civil society and grassroot organisations in South Africa. 

Invitation

The EU System for an Enabling Environment for Civil Society (EU SEE) is a joint consortium of international organisations and national civil society groups in 86 countries in Africa, the Middle East, Asia and the Pacific, the Americas and the Caribbean. Funded by the European Union, the partnership implements and maintains an Early Warning and Monitoring Mechanism to document changes and shed light on critical trends in the enabling environment for civil society. EU SEE equips civil society, governments, and stakeholders with actionable insights to address challenges and leverage opportunities effectively. It focuses on addressing deterioration in the enabling environment and supporting opportunities for improving the enabling environment for civil society. The public facing online platform will provide timely data on events that may entail shifts in the enabling environment for civil society in all 86 countries. The international consortium, coordinated by Hivos, includes CIVICUS, Democracy Reporting International, the European Partnership for Democracy, Forus and Transparency International, and civil society organisations working at national level in 86 countries. The Early Warning and Monitoring Mechanism is strongly complementary to a Flexible Support Mechanism aimed at providing civil society organisations with resources to leverage opportunities identified through the Early Warning Mechanism. The Flexible Support Mechanism is led by Oxfam and implemented together with Urgent Action Fund for Latin America and the Caribbean, CIVICUS and Protection International. The Consortium partners that make up the EU SEE, including their networks, cordially invite you to the launch of the programme.

Agenda

• 08.30 Registration
• 09.00 Welcome remarks by host 
  Mr. Mandeep Tiwana - Co-acting SG, CIVICUS
• 09.15 Why the EU SEE?
  INTPA Representative (virtual)
• 09.30 Panel Discussion: The significance of using reliable data or early warning information to respond proactively to enabling environment deteriorations or improvements.
  With: Oyebisi Oluseyi - NNNGO, Nigeria; Romina Pelayo - CEMEFI, Mexico; Ahmad Awad - Phenix Centre, Jordan; Kennedy Mugochi - Hivos, Kenya,
• 10.20 Q & A: Interactive hybrid session
• 10.40 Presenting the methodology and Digital Hub
  Transparency International and Hivos
• 11:00 What is the Flexible Support Mechanism for EU SEE
  FSM
• 11.15 Panel Discussion: Lessons on successful advocacy strategies.
  With: Corlett Letlojane - HURISA, South Africa; Brishan Sakala - ALTSEAN, Myanmar; Hasiniaina Mickaëlle Randrianja-Arivony - TI, Madagascar; Marcella Sesay – CGG, Sierra Leone; Zia Rehman – PDA, Pakistan.
• 12.05 Q & A: Interactive hybrid session
• 12.25 Closing
• 12.30 Lunch