News
- NGO Fund 2nd Call Project Evaluation Completed
- Open Estonia Foundation: May Highlights
- USA Premier of Kalinovski Square at Silverdocs Festival
- Social Integration Focus Area Most Popular in NGO Fund Second Call
- Invitation: Public Lecture by Acclaimed Russian Writer and Former Soviet Dissident Vladimir Bukovsky on June 2nd
- Invitation to the cinema: Victory Day (Den Svobody) – screening of the journalistic documentary by Yury Khashchavatski and others
- Open Estonia Foundation's 2008 Concord Award Laureates Are Ahto Lobjakas and Ivan Makarov
- Pojects Set to Start under the Estonian NGO Fund
- New Foundation to Push for Democracy Assistance to Be Permanent Part of EU Foreign Policy, Says Vaclav Havel
- Invitation: Meeting with Burmese Monks in Estonia on April 11
- European Year of Intercultural Dialogue Projects Selected
- Belarusian Diaspora Gathered in Estonia
- Open Estonia Foundation Supports Development of Georgia's Political System
- ECFR Newsflash
- Second Open Call for NGO Fund Project Proposals Launched
- Open Estonia Foundation in January and February 2008 - Selected Highlights
- NGO Fund first call for proposals attracted applications for more than 30 MEEK (2 million euros)
- Open Estonia Foundation in November and December 2007 – Selected Highlights
- Invitation to Human Rights Seminar
- Estonia launches €2.3 million NGO fund
- 12th Open Society Forum Focused on EU Challenges
- Fair Trade Week
- Open Estonia Foundation hosted Grantmakers East Forum
- Psycho-Social Rehabilitation of Children with Special Needs: Estonia Shares Experiences with Azerbaijan
- Open Estonia Foundation Yearbook 2001-2006
- European Council on Foreign Relations Launched
- Belarusian opposition leader hopes for Baltic backing
- Estonian president thanks Soros for promoting democracy
- Estonian President to Meet George Soros in NYC
- Launch of Tomorrow’s Europe, first-ever EU-wide Deliberative Poll®
- NENO’s Newsletter September 2007
- Launch of Fair Trade Campaign in Estonia
- Protest for Freedom of thought in Belarus
- Belarus Fails to Win Seat on UN Human Rights Council
- Citizens’ Perspectives on the Future of Europe
- Book review: Billionaire, the Philosopher King
- Open Estonia Foundation Approved as NGO Foundation Intermediary
- Chancellor of Justice wishes Estonia to reach among 5 most democratic countries
- Flash Mob Activity at Tammsaare Park
- EU is two-faced about Belarus - roundtable in OEF
- Belarus: self-isolation completed?
- Open Estonia Foundation and State Chancellery Awarded Grants to Facilitate Discussions on EU
- Belarusian Authorities Keep Arresting Opposition Leaders and Suppressing Students
- Yes Mr. Mrs. Minister!
- International Observers of Parliament Elections Visited Estonia
- The Estonian NGO Manifesto
- Estonian Citizens’ Consultation
- Jeremy Rifkin’s European Dream Now Available in Estonian
- Round Table on Burma
Archive
- Civil society under attack in Belarus
- Special Program Closed Societies as Part of Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
- Lithuania to host EU sex equality institute
- Civil society key to human resource development
- General Assembly President calls for stronger relationship between UN and civil society
- Civil society excluded from the G20 business meeting
- Study on mental disability
- Mikola Astrejka Released From Colony
- CIVICUS World Assembly to focus on cross-sectoral accountability
- Transparency International index links corruption and poverty
- CIVICUS Civil Society Index’s contemporary challenges for civil society
- Data from Survey on American Civic Engagement Publicly Released
- Muhammad Yunus have been awarded a 2006 Nobel Peace Prize
- FEU launches a 4.5 million euro scholarship programme for Belarusian students
- Citizens from all 25 EU Member States define their goals for Europe
Civil Society’s Policymaking Role a Work In Progress
By Joyce MulamaJune 19, 2006
Few would dispute that civil society organisations (CSOs) have grown substantially in number and influence over the past decades. But, are these groups at a point now where they play a determining role, alongside government, in public policy-making?
Full article available at http://www.globalpolicy.org/ngos/state/2006/0619workinprogress.htm