Two decades after the date of its creation, the NGO Platform of Cape Verde is today an organisation which has as its members NGOs, community-based associations, associations of a social nature, associations of professionals, foundations, mutual health and micro-finance institutions, cooperatives, religious institutions of an associative nature and associative institutions of public interest, the great majority of which are community development associations "ACD" (73.5%).

2023-07-06

Developed collaboratively with 14 national and regional CSO platforms, this report provides an analysis of the transformative potential of capacity-strengthening initiatives for civil society and a review of its representation in the 2022 Voluntary National Reviews (VNRs). With a focus on changing power dynamics, ensuring localization, and decolonizing practices, the report underscores the pivotal role that civil society organizations can play in delivering the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) when appropriately supported.

2022-07-05

The aim of this report is to examine two key factors which have been rapidly transforming civic space across the world in recent years, often negatively impacting the rights and freedoms of activists and civil society practitioners and their operating environments. These factors are, firstly, the COVID 19 global health pandemic and secondly, the accelerating global process of digitalization.