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Letterfrom AnAbeL CruzCIVICUS Board Chair
So many things can happen in a year!
In 2008, we at CIVICUS have been able toincorporate change and transormation, while
at the same time ensuring the continuity o programmesand activities. We have taken the time to evaluate our
perormance, and at the same time we have continuedto join eorts with other networks and allies to promotecitizen participation worldwide. This has been possible
because o the synergies created and nurtured amongCIVICUS members, Board Members, partners and sta.
In 2008, Kumi Naidoo, the tireless activist, mobiliser andvisionary stepped down as Secretary General o CIVICUSater 10 years devoted to strengthening and promoting
CIVICUS and enhancing civil society around the world. Wewere privileged to identiy and appoint a new SecretaryGeneral, a gited and committed woman who has broughtnew talents and experiences to CIVICUS: Ingrid Srinath,
who joined us in 2008. Kumi and Ingrid worked together toensure a smooth and well-organised transition.
In 2008, the last o the three year series o World Assembliesin Glasgow took place. It was an inspiring event, whoseocus on People, Participation and Power made possible the
discussion and visualisation among all participants on howcivil society can access, engage and participate in all
orms and spheres o governance at the local, national
and international levels.
Finally, in 2008, we adopted new Strategic
Directions to guide the work o our organisationover the next ve years. Three reinorcing pillars
will steer our work and reinorce our mission: we will work toprotect the rights o civil society actors, to strengthen goodpractices within civil society, and to strengthen civil society's
ability to inuence the policies and practices o governments,
international institutions and the private sector.
As a result, or CIVICUS, 2008 was a year o change withcontinuity.
Regards,
Contents
Letter rom Anabel Cruz . . . . . . 2
CIVICUS Board . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Letter rom Kumi Naidoo . . . . . . 4
Letter rom Ingrid Srinath . . . . . . 5
Strategic Directions 2008-2012 . . 6
CIVICUS work in 2008 . . . . . . . . 7
Programmes . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Convener/Network Facilitator . . 12
CIVICUS Membership . . . . . . . . 16
Report o the Board tomembers and supporters . . . . . 18
Financial Statements . . . . . . . . 24
CIVICUS Donors . . . . . . . . . . . 28
CIVICUS Sta . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Human rights, every which way!Mary Robinson, ormer President o Ireland and ormer UN High
Commissioner or Human Rights leads a rally commemorating the 60th anniversary o the Universal
Declaration o Human Rights during the 2008 CIVICUS World Assembly in Glasgow.
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Ziad Abdul Samad
Arab NGO Network or
DevelopmentLebanon
David Bonbright (Vice-Chair)
Keystone AccountabilityUnited Kingdom
Anabel Cruz (Chair)
Instituto de Communicacion y
Desarrollo (ICD)Uruguay
Marta Cumbi
Fundao para o Desenvolvimentoda Comunidade (FDC)
Mozambique
Maja Daruwala (Secretary)
Commonwealth Human Rights
InitiativeIndia
Cecilia Dockendor
Fundecin SolesChile
Rajiv Joshi
Scottish Youth Parliament
United Kingdom
Debbie Kaddu-Serwadda*
Empower children andcommunities against abuse
(ECCA)Uganda
David Robinson*
Social and Civil Policy InstituteNew Zealand
Peter Shiras (Treasurer)
International Youth FoundationUnited States o America
Martin Sime
Scottish Council or Voluntary
OrganisationsUnited Kingdom
Rieky Stuart
Gender at WorkCanada
CIVICus boArdof dIreCtors
CIVICus mIssIon:
CIVICUS is an international alliancededicated to strengthening citizenaction and civil society throughout theworld.
CIVICus VIsIon:
A worldwide community o inormed,inspired, committed citizens engaged
in conronting the challenges acinghumanity.
CIVICUS seeks to ampliy the voices
and opinions o ordinary people.It recognises that or eective andsustainable civic participation to occur,citizens must enjoy rights o ree
association and be able to engage allsectors o society.
* Member o the Gender Equality Team (GET) at CIVICUS
Countries where Board members are located
Participants in discussion at the 1st CIVICUS
Participatory Governance skills-building workshop
in South Asia, jointly hosted by ParticipatoryResearch in Asia (PRIA).
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We encountered various challenges deending and advancing theinterests o civil society. Oten we were asked to do so much morethan the resources we had available to us allowed. Getting civil
society to ocus on the numerous things they have in common and
to learn to respectully disagree on the ner points o dierenceproved harder than expected. The shrinking o civil liberties andcurtailment o democratic space that has characterised the so-called
war on terror also had an important impact on our work.
As I reect back on my years at CIVICUS I would like to encourageall CIVICUS members to be as active as they nd useul to advancetheir work and the overall global interests o civil society. I appealto donors to continue to support the good work that CIVICUS does.
And I urge our numerous programme partners to orm an evencloser relationship with CIVICUS in the coming years. Finally, to allCIVICUS stakeholders, rom sta to members, I want to express my
deepest gratitude or giving me an opportunity to serve CIVICUS.As I get ready to assume a new responsibility as Executive Directoro Greenpeace International, I know that much o what I learnt romthe broader CIVICUS amily will be crucial or me in this new role.
In solidarity,
My ten years at CIVICUS had several highlights. Themost important daily highlight or me was meeting
inspirational people rom civil society in various par ts o
the world, either in person or virtually. They all contributed (Board
Members, sta, volunteers, interns, member organisations andpartners) to the implementation o the CIVICUS Civil Society Indexthat still goes rom strength to strength, the launch o the Civil
Society Watch programme that is growing in its ability to deendcivil society, and the annualising o the World Assemblies.
During my time at CIVICUS I had the pleasure o meeting grassrootsactivists that are working daily with some o the poorest peoplein the world as well as having to lobby high prole individuals
such as the UN Secretary General Ko Annan, the Presidento the World Bank and various Heads o State. I also had theopportunity to interact with leaders o some o the biggest and
smallest civil society organisations, with leaders rom business,and rom local government as well as parliamentarians. Whatmade these interactions special was that even though we wereoten challenging the views and perspectives o these people,
we developed the ability to do so with dignity and respect. Eventhough they oten did not like what we were saying, they grew torespect our role as CIVICUS specically and the role o civil society
more broadly.
fAreweLLfrom KumI nAIdooCIVICUS Secretary General (until July 2008)
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Kumi conducts an interview during a CIVICUS actnding mission to Zimbabwe in December 2008.
Getting civil
society to ocus
on the numerousthings they have
in common
and to learn
to respectully
disagree on the
ner points o
diference proved
harder than
hoped or.
CIVICus VALuesJustice and Equality
CIVICUS believes in the equality and dignity o every person.ReciprocityCIVICUS exists to ensure that people treat one another with the respect with which they themselves wish to be treated.
KnowledgeCIVICUS recognises that to increase its global awareness o civil society and beore it can assist or take action, it needs to ormalliances with other concerned bodies to increase its inuence and knowledge.
VisionCIVICUS is realistic about conict in today's world, but remains optimistic that most people, organisations, governments andbusinesses will work together or the benet o all.
Principled CourageCIVICUS will always promote civil justice and pledges to act in a manner that honours the principles o democratic civil society.
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Letterfrom IngrId srInAthCIVICUS Secretary General (rom August 2008)
2008 was, in multiple ways, a watershed yearor CIVICUS. Not only did it mark the transition
in leadership rom Kumi to mysel, it was also the
year that CIVICUS adopted its new Strategic Directions and the year
that global crises nally culminated in a nancial and economicmeltdown which poses the most severe threats and challenges tocivil society at all levels.
Thanks to Kumis incredible work over the past decade and his
graciousness and generosity during the handover, the leadershiptransition at CIVICUS was a streamlined and seamless process. Theunstinting support rom Board Members and sta ensured weachieved a balance o continuity and change. Moreover CIVICUS
members, partners and well-wishers around the world enabled thehandover with warmth, aection and patience. To each o you, mypersonal gratitude.
A two year process o strategy review and reormulation cameto a close in 2008 with the ormal adoption o the new Strategic
Directions (SDs) at the World Assembly in Glasgow in June. Thestrategy development was inormed by exhaustive consultationswith members, partners, Board and sta (past and present). The
new SDs place clear emphasis on protecting the rights o civilsociety wherever it aces threats, acilitating the sharing o bestpractice across civil society, especially in the area o accountability,and building civil society capacity to inuence policy at all levels
through promoting participatory governance. They provide theramework or all CIVICUS operational planning with regard toprogrammes but also inorm the organisation structures and
policies in operational areas. And, perhaps most importantly, enjoinCIVICUS to evaluate its actions through the lens o our values,leading by example across all our activities, internal and external.
The Operational Plan (OP), developed by sta and approvedby the Board in January 2009, translates the SDs into concreteorganisational deliverables up to 2012 or every team and individual
at CIVICUS. Together with the Impact, Planning and LearningFramework under development, the OP permits you and us toevaluate ongoing progress towards our goals.
The timing could not be more apposite. As ood,energy and climate crises converged, the nancialand economic meltdown threw into sharp relie the
root causes o structural decits in voice, assets, and
inuence. They demonstrated with unprecedented claritythe undamental inter-connectedness o peoples everywhereand our connection as a species to our planet and its other
inhabitants. Civil society in its widest sense, and CIVICUS inparticular, ended 2008 conronted by strong challenges to ourrelevance, legitimacy and capacity to cope with the onslaught o the
crises and need to ensure that responses to them are ounded onprinciples o equity, justice and democratic governance.
2009 will call on civil society to respond with greater cohesion,purpose and resolve than ever beore. CIVICUS will need your input,collaboration and solidarity to play its role in making sense o the
complexities, convening across silos o expertise and outreachand ampliying the voices o the dispossessed and marginalised inshaping the better world that may nally be within our grasp.
Regards,
One o the many discussions between Kumi and
Ingrid during the transition in CIVICUS leadership.
2008 was, in
multiple ways, a
watershed year
or CIVICUS.
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"2009 will call on civil
society to respond
with greater cohesion,
purpose and resolve than
ever beore.
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CIVICus strAtegIC dIreCtIons 2008-2012
In 2008, CIVICUS adopted its new 5-year Strategic Directions. The CIVICUS Board o Directors had taken the lead in mapping the state o civilsociety and in consulting with the CIVICUS members, partners, allies, critics and other stakeholders. The ndings suggest that the growth ocivil society in scale and importance over the last two decades has also increased its vulnerability. There is an increasing challenge or civil
society rom three directions:
1) internally through the risk o losing public trust;2) externally through political threats to its right to exist; and
3) through the general threats that ace humankind as a whole such as the impact o climate change, violent conicts, poverty andinequality.
Recognising the challenges civil society aces and in support o CIVICUS mission as well as taking into account an assessment o theorganisations strengths, uniqueness and other eatures, the organisation has adopted three mutually reinorcing Strategic Directions and key
programmatic approaches to guide its work over the next ve years (2008-2012).
strAtegIC dIreCtIon 3Strengthening civil societys ability to
inuence the policies and practices
o governments, international
institutions and the private sector
strAtegIC dIreCtIon 2Strengthening good practice within
civil society
strAtegIC dIreCtIon 1Protecting the rights o civil society
actors
CIVICus ApproAChesKnowledge generation and analysis
Communication
Convening and multi-stakeholder engagement
Advocacy
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"The growth o
civil societyin scale and
importance
over the last
two decades
has also
increased its
vulnerability.
CIVICUS staf discuss how to operationalise the2008-2012 Strategic Directions during a retreat.
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CIVICus worKIn 2008
the previous CSI phase. The major goals were tostreamline the CSI methodology and render it moreuser-riendly, and to decrease the resources and
time needed or implementation while preserving therichness o the original CSI approach.
Trained45partnercountries,outofatotalof55inthe
new phase, or the new phase o implementation o theproject rom July to December. A total o 5 three-day training
workshops, covering the action and research components on therevised CSI methodology, were held in three languages.
Communicationandevents:
- Launched Volume 2, Global Survey o the State o Civil Society:Comparative Perspectives in Johannesburg on 24 February.
- Hosted two workshops during the 2008 CIVICUS World
Assembly: CSI or Action where past-phase partners sharedsigns o impact o the CSI in their countries; and The Revised
CSI Methodology, attended by over 70 people, in which theresearch team presented the revised CSI methodology to be
used in the new phase o implementation.
Year ahead
In 2009, CSI will nish training all partners in the new phase,including the Asia Pacic and Arabic-speaking countries and it is
expected that the publication o the rst country outputs or thecurrent phase o implementation will be received. In addition theCSI will carry out an impact assessment on the rst CSI phase (2003-2006).
With the adoption o the new Strategic Directions, CIVICUShas started reviewing its current programmes so that they aremaximally aligned with the organisational priorities as expressed in
the Strategic Directions. Currently, CIVICUS activities are managedwith the ollowing understanding:
AllprogrammescontributetothethreeStrategicDirections
SomeprogrammescontributeprimarilytooneormoreStrategic
Directions, as identied below
CIVICUSasaconvenerandanetworkfacilitatorprovides
the organisation with a orum to promote all three StrategicDirections.
CIVICus progrAmmes
The Civil Society Index (CSI) is a participatoryneeds assessment and action planning
tool or civil society. It is implemented at
the country level by prominent civil societyorganisations, which take responsibility or co-
ordinating input rom a wide range o civil society and other
perspectives. Using a structured methodology, civil society actorsassess the state o civil society in their national context. Based on
this assessment, they are then able to develop action plans in orderto strengthen civil society and its role in development and good
governance. Because o CSIs nature as a knowledge-generationprogramme, it serves all Strategic Directions by providing otherCIVICUS programmes with key background inormation and analysis
at the country level.
Main activities in 2008
RedesigneditsmethodologybetweenFebruaryandAugust,
in conjunction with the Centre or Social Investment at the
Heidelberg University and based on recommendations ollowing
CIVIL soCIety Index (CsI)
pArtnershIpwIth undp
During 2008, CIVICUS explored partnering with the UNDevelopment Programme (UNDP) to strengthen supportor the CSI and establish a consortium o partners interested
in the programme. In September 2008, a memorandum ounderstanding was signed by CIVICUS and UNDP.
2008 saw CIVICUS' Civil Society Index launch
Volume 2, Global Survey o the State o Civil
Society: Comparatice Perspectives.
CSI has impressiveollow up in
putting civil
society on the
agenda o regional
development and
political change in
Ukraine.
- CSI partner in the
Ukraine
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Civil Society Watch (CSW) aims to mobilise
quick, principled and eective responses toevents that threaten civil societys undamental
rights to collectively assemble, express, associateand organise throughout the world. The CSW is closely aligned withthe Strategic Direction 1.
Main activities in 2008
ConductedthepilotphaseofanEarlyWarningSystemprojectto
predict and pre-empt systemic threats to civil society emergingthrough legislation, ofcial policies or restrictive practices on the
ground. Local partners in seven countries - Ethiopia, Kazakhstan,Lebanon, Philippines, Solomon Islands, United States and Vietnam
- participated. Laidthegroundworkforacivilsocietynetworkingandknowledge
sharing project to exchange and promote best practices onworking in restrictive environments in the Eurasia region.
Undertookactivitiestoprotecttherightsofcivilsocietyactors
including analysis o restrictive NGO legislation in Ethiopia, Jordan
and Uganda, submissions to the UN Human Rights CouncilsUniversal Periodic Review Process on reedoms o association
and assembly in Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan, press
statements on assassination o human rights activists inthe Philippines and targeting o civil society members in
Pakistan, a campaign to highlight patterns o restrictionsand cases o activists detained because o their work
in China, India, Iran, Syria and Uzbekistan, and a actnding mission to Zimbabwe on repression o civilsociety reedoms.
CIVIL soCIety wAtCh (Csw)
pArtICIpAtorygoVernAnCe (pg)
Year ahead
In 2009, CSW plans to build on the work begun in 2008 and extendthe Early Warning System project to 14 countries, strengthen theEurasia network to protect civil societys rights with particular ocuson Belarus, Kazakhstan, Russia, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, along-
with regular highlighting o threats to civil society around the worldas and when they arise.
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As a novel threat
detection system,
the CSW Early
Warning Systemwill certainly
evolve to become
one o the most
useul tools or
strengthening
civil society in the
uture.
- Development Services
Exchange, SolomonIslands
Children smile or the camera during a
CSW act-nding mission to Zimbabwe
in December 2008.
CIVICus progrAmmes (ContInued)
Participatory Governance (PG) works tobuild the capacity o targeted Southern-
based civil society and government actors to
promote participatory and accountablegovernance o public institutions at local and national levels.
Its multi-dimensional capacity-building strategy ocuses on i)generating and sharing knowledge and learning; ii) helpingtargeted practitioners acquire practical skills and tools; iii) buildingbridges between civil society and government actors and an
active community o practice among participatory governancepractitioners; and iv) promoting innovation in participatorygovernance practices. PG is one o CIVICUS current interventions or
the Strategic Direction 3 at the country level.
Main activities in 2008:
ConvenedaglobalconferenceentitledHowtoBuildPoliticalWill or Participatory Governance? on 16-18 June 2008 in
Glasgow. A rich body o knowledge was generated including theidentication o key reasons or political wont and explorationo strategies and tools that have proved successul in buildinggenuine political will or participatory governance. A publication
on the same topic is being developed (to be published in late2009).
Supportedskills-buildingworkshops,organisedbythe
programme partners CLUSA in Ghana, Idasa in South Arica,
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Polis in Brazil and PRIA in India, each attended by 25-40 targetedparticipatory governance practitioners rom 3-4 neighbouringcountries. To promote continued learning and practical skills,
the workshops were ollowed by the establishment o regionalnetworks, provision o mentoring services by the partner
organisations to a select group o workshop participants, andsmall grants to strategically selected innovative participatorygovernance projects.
Workedtodevelopanonlineresourcecentre(tobeocially
launched in the second part o 2009) to acilitate greater accessto participatory governance resources and provide a orumor practitioners worldwide to engage in inormation sharing,
peer-learning and joint action. More than ty cutting-edgeapproaches/tools will be included in the online toolkit which hasbeen developed in collaboration with a network o specialistsrom dierent parts o the world.
Year AheadIn 2009, PG will expand the skills-building programmes to threemore regions (South-East Asia, Central America, and the MENAregion), launch the publication "From Political Won't to Political
Will: Building Support or Participatory Governance" and theonline resource centre PGExchange, and operationalise a globalcommunity o practice on participatory governance.
LegItImACy, trAnspArenCy& ACCountAbILIty (LtA)
standards o conduct in all aspect o their work. LTA isan evolving programme closely aligned with StrategicDirection 2.
Main activities in 2008
MadeplanstoengageCIVICUSprogrammestodeveloptwo communities o practice: i) with the Afnity Groupo National Associations (AGNA), a collective o 56 national
associations, to assist in developing, maintaining or enhancingthe legitimacy, transparency and accountability o members andii) with CSW to sensitise CSOs on responsibilities in regard to their
existence in environments that are associated with threats to civicspace.
PresentedLTAtotworegionalgroups:PromotingCSOLegitimacy,
Independence and Credibility an East Arican RegionalConerence rom the 3rd to the 5th o September and a regionalmeeting o social welare organisations or children, Play Soccer, in
November in Johannesburg, South Arica.
Conceptualisedane-forumasthemediumforthediscussionof
common issues and presentation o innovative solutions by thecommunity o practice. The e-orum will be active ollowing thecommunity o practice workshops in September 2009.
Convenedanadvisorygroupcomprisingofeminentscholars,
practitioners and stakeholders who have extensive knowledgeand experience on matters related to civil society legitimacy,
transparency and accountability.
Year Ahead
LTA aims to develop a platorm that is exible to promote cross-learning and eective communication between CSOs and their
constituents but robust enough to allow or CIVICUS to assist inbuilding sustainable capacity where it is needed. In order to achievethis, LTA aims to create ve communities o practice around CIVICUSprogrammes in order to increase awareness o LTA issues.
Legitimacy, Transparency and Accountability(LTA) aims to enhance the credibility o civil
society organisations (CSOs) by strengthening
internal mechanisms or legitimacy, accountabilityand transparency. LTA works with members, partners and otherallies to support initiatives to maintain and when necessary toimprove the accountability, transparency and legitimacy o CSOs
and to encourage and support CSOs to comply with the highest
Participants engage with the
proceedings during a Participatory
Governance in Glasgow in June 2008.
LTA works with
members, partners
and other allies
to encourage and
support CSOs to
comply with the
highest standards
o conduct in all
aspect o their work.
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In the light o GCAP becoming a separate
legal entity rom CIVICUS (see below), in2008 CIVICUS also embarked on developing a
programme o work on development eectivenessand cooperation. The main ocus o this new programme is to
increase the engagement o civil society in the developmenteectiveness arena. DEC will have strong resonance with all o theStrategic Directions.
Main activities in 2008
ActivelyengagedintheOECD3rdHighLevelForumonAid
Eectiveness (HLF3) in Accra, Ghana, in September as parto the aid eectiveness CSO International Steering Group
(ISG) process. CIVICUS main contribution to the ISG was indeveloping communication together with the members o thecommunications working group.
ContributedtotheCSODevelopmentEectivenessprocessas
an active participant in a dedicated CSO-led process called theOpen Forum or CSO Development Eectiveness. The Forum was
ormally acknowledged in the Accra Agenda or Action, endorsedat the HLF3 in Accra. The Open Forum is headed by a Global
Facilitation Group (GFG) composed o 25 member organisations,led by a Consortium o six GFG member organisations, includingCIVICUS. CIVICUS' mandate is the outreach to and mobilisation oInternational CSO networks and international non-governmentalorganisations (INGOs).
Year Ahead
INGOs and International CSO networks involved in the Open Forumwill gather evidence on the specic contribution o InternationalCSOs and their networks to development eectiveness; contribute
to the development eectiveness principles and the politicalstrategy o the Open Forum by deending collectively the CSOs'
global space occupied by these INGOs and networks.
ImpACt, pLAnnIngAnd LeArnIng frAmeworK(IpLf)In 2008, CIVICUS embarked on a journey o building an Impact, Planning and Learning Framework (IPLF). IPLF is primarily intended
as a tool to help CIVICUS monitor the progress o implementation and impact o our work under the Strategic Directions 2008-12. It was also designed to acilitate the process o collective learning, by way o strengthening the organisational system in
programme monitoring and evaluation as well as organisational development matters.
The work began by developing a concept paper that provides the current sketch o the organisational situation in CIVICUSregarding learning, monitoring and evaluation and oers suggestions as to how an IPLF could be created. This rst phase
was carried out by engaging external consultants and orming a sta reerence group.
One o the key ndings rom this phase was that CIVICUS should work on the systems design or IPLF, including
identiying the various rhythms or planning, monitoring, evaluation and reporting, and oering guidance on howthese can be structured to maximise learning. In 2009, the work will continue by hiring an IPLF Manager who will beresponsible or leading this process o building and constantly upgrading the organisational ramework.
The aid system should not be a pyramid, but a circle, with
donors and beneciaries engaging on the same level
- CIVICUS helped organise a photo essay on aid
efectiveness during the HLF3 in Accra, Ghana.
deVeLopment effeCtIVenessAnd CooperAtIon (deC)
CIVICus progrAmmes (ContInued)
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VOLUNTEERING AND
SOCIAL ACTIVISM
Pathways for participation inhuman development
Internationalssociation forolunteerEffort
"Volunteerism is a key strategy or
creating a global community o
inormed and active citizens.
- Karena Cronin, United Nations volunteer with CIVICUS
The purpose o CIVICUS representation at theUnited Nations in both Geneva and New York is
to enhance the space and impact o civil societyin decision making processes. In particular, during2008 the ocus continued to be: i) enhancing civil
society space and participation at the UN with particularregard to the participation o women, gender minoritiesand southern civil society in a human rights ramework, ii)UN democratisation and the implementation o the Millennium
Development Goals.
Main activities in 2008
EngagedonavoluntarybasiswithanewrepresentativeattheUNinGeneva,RenateBloem,formerPresidentof
CONGO in June.
NetworkedwiththeUNNGOCommunityinNewYorkandGeneva,aswellasaroundtheworldwithwhom
CIVICUS maintains regular contact, including attendance at meetings and participation in joint initiatives.
SecuredtheUNDepartmentofPublicInformation(DPI)NGOexecutivecommitteesparticipationattheWorld
Assembly 2008 in Glasgow, as well as CIVICUS participation at the DPI NGO Annual Conerence in Paris, includingthe Civil Society Watchs workshop on threats to civil society and interventions by our Secretary General.
Participatedincivilsocietyco-ordinationmeetingsattheUNMissionandtheUNEconomicandSocialCouncil
(ECOSOC) Spring Meetings with the international nancial institutions, including various UBUNTU meetings onnancing or development and on taxation o international nancial transactions.
EngagedinthepreparatoryprocessandthenaleventoftheDurbanReviewConferenceonracism,racial
discrimination, xenophobia and related orms o intolerance.
Deliveredstatements,preparedreportsandorganisedside-eventsduringkeyUNmeetingsontheUniversal
Declaration o Human Rights at 60, on civil society under threat, on human rights education and human rightsdeenders.
Year Ahead
The US nancial implosion occurred in the midst o the UN High-level meeting on the MDGs and took all
development discussions to another level o magnitude and most immediately to the General Assembly InteractivePanel on the nancial meltdown. Working to ensure that the voices o civil society and citizens rom around theworld are heard in discussions on the impact o this crisis and ways orward will be a priority or CIVICUS UN in the
year ahead.
CIVICUS engagement with the UN in New York and Geneva is spearheaded by voluntary representatives. CIVICUS
thanks these hard-working individuals or their dedication to CIVICUS and civil society.
CIVICus Atthe un
CIVICUS, in partnership with the
International Association o VolunteerEort (IAVE) and United Nations Volunteers
(UNV), undertook a number o activities toraise awareness about the diverse contributions o
volunteerism to civil society and citizen participation.
Main activities in 2008
InOctober,thethreeorganisationspublishedadiscussion
paper entitled, Volunteering and Social Activism: Pathways orparticipation in human development. The paper explores the
role o volunteering and social activism in ostering peoplesparticipation in social change and human development. A
geographically diverse range o over 100 volunteer-involvingorganisations rom the CIVICUS, UNV and IAVE networks
contributed to the research project. The paper is available inmultiple languages on World Volunteer Web, a clearinghouse orinormation and resources on volunteerism.
Aselectgroupofparticipantshelpedtohighlightthekeyndings
o the paper at the 20th IAVE World Volunteer Conerence as well
as the 8th CIVICUS World Assembly.
Year Ahead
CIVICUS is currently renewing its partnership with IAVE and UNV,and jointly identiying activities to undertake in the lead up to
the International Year o the Volunteer + 10 (2011). As part othis process, CIVICUS will be exploring options or integratingits volunteerism work into new and existing programmes andoperations, including the development o a Volunteer Programme
and Management Scheme.
Renate Bloem, CIVICUS' new representative
to the UN in Geneva.
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"In addition to its programmatic work, CIVICUS aims to bringtogether the many voices o civil society in order to exchangeknowledge, build best practices and develop strategies or
enhancing the sector. In this role as a convener, CIVICUS hosts the
World Assembly and acilitates several networks o civil societyorganisations and activists. The ollowing provides highlights onthese activities rom 2008.
Atotalof789delegatesattendedfrom102countries.Southern
participation was enhanced through bursaries. Key nationaland international government and multilateral institution
representatives also participated (e.g. DFID, the World Bank, and
UN agencies).
SomeofthespeakersatthisyearseventincludedSharanBurrow,
President o the International Trade Union Conederation; SalilShetty, Director o the UN Millennium Campaign, Pascal Lamy,Director General o the World Trade Organisation; Jose Miguel
Insulza, Secretary General o the Organisation o AmericanStates; Douglas Alexander, UK Secretary o State or InternationalDevelopment; David Nussbaum, CEO o the Worldwide Fund
WWF; and Ela Bhatt, a ormer member o the Indian parliamentand a member o The Elders.
Inaddition,asecondsuccessfulYouthAssemblywasheldwith
198 delegates, 72 rom developing countries. 117 o the youthdelegates joined the World Assembly. They played a large part inthe march and rally held to commemorate the 60th anniversary
o the Universal Declaration o Human Rights and led o by MaryRobinson, Former President o Ireland and UN High Commissioneror Human Rights.
Evidenceofconcretepartnershipsandworkstreamsresulting
rom the World Assembly, both South-South and South-North,is strong. Two Innovation Awards, arising out o World Assembly
participation in 2007, were presented to a Scottish-South Aricanproject on the MDGs, and a human rights education project in theNiger Delta region.
Year Ahead
In 2009, CIVICUS will be preparing or the next series o WorldAssemblies to be held in Montral, Canada, rom 2010 to 2012.
The rst o the series will be on 20-23 August 2010. Please visitwww.civicusassembly.org or inormation on the programme and
registration. We hope to see you there!
CIVICus AsAConVenerAndnetworKfACILItAtor
worLd AssembLy
The CIVICUS World Assembly serves as aprimary venue or civil society practitioners,
researchers, activists, concerned businessleaders and representatives rom governments
and development agencies to share ideas and experiences onstrengthening citizen participation and to engage with donors andgovernment representatives.
Main activities or 2008
The2008CIVICUSWorldAssembly,heldfrom18-21Juneatthe
Scottish Exhibition and Conerence Centre, was the third and lastin the Glasgow series. CIVICUS and the World Assembly team
would like to thank our Scottish partners, SCVO, or theirexcellent hosting o this event and or the close ties orged
between our two organisations over the past three years.
TheWorldAssemblycentredonthethemeActing
Together or a Just World with a ocus on People,Participation and Power. This was discussed in 4
plenaries, 2 mini-plenaries, 30 workshops and 10break-out sessions. Delegate participation
was central and included break outsessions, 4 live BBC radio programmes and
ormal and inormal networking sessions.
Pascal Lamy, Director General o the World Trade
Organisation (WTO) responds to a question rom
the audience during a session at the 2008 World
Assembly.
The next World
Assembly will be
on 20-23 August
2010 in Montreal
Canada. We hope
to see you there!
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gender equALIty teAm2008 was a year o growth and expansion or theCIVICUS Gender Equality Team (GET). GET is an all-
voluntary team o CIVICUS sta, volunteers and interns,as well as Board members, which seeks to integrate aocus on gender equality throughout CIVICUS.
At the 8th CIVICUS World Assembly, GET convened a groupo leading womens rights and gender equality advocates.
The constructive eedback shared at this meeting inormedGETs priorities or the remainder o the year. For example, GET
participated in CIVICUS strategic planning processes or 2009-2012 and ensured that gender equality issues were discussedthroughout. GET also conducted several sta sensitisation campaigns,
and held a day-long sta workshop to urther explore the relevance ogender and power to our personal lives, our programmatic work, and toglobal civil society more broadly. Following this, GET members assisteddepartmental managers in assessing their work and identiying ways
o integrating gender equality into their plans. This process resulted invery real and achievable targets that go beyond viewing gender equalitymerely in terms o equal numbers o men and women.
Next year, GET will ocus on developing new and sustainableinstitutional structures, as well as increasing its gender expertise so that
CIVICUS can strengthen its commitment to advancing gender equality.This will be closely linked with the work o Impact, Planning andLearning Framework.
The CIVICUS GET team
AffInIty groupof nAtIonALAssoCIAtIons (AgnA)
The Afnity Group o National Associations(AGNA) convenes national associations o
civil society organisations to enhance their
eectiveness by i) convening members to shareexperiences about their work and engagements and adoptcollective responses to common challenges, and ii) acilitatingdiscussions and mutual learning on how to run national associations
eectively.
Main activities in 2008
LaunchedtheAGNAresourceguide;Howtoestablishand
run a National Association, which gathers the knowledge andexperience o AGNA members on the actors to consider whenestablishing a National Association (part 1) and resources orestablished National Associations on securing their legitimacy,
accountability and transparency, among other issues (part 2).Members have indicated that the guide makes their work moreeective.
Peer-learningexchangevisitswereconducted,inparticular
between the Independent Sector (IS) USA and the ChineseAssociation or NGO Cooperation (CANGO) China, to provide
space or AGNA members to learn rom each other, exchangeexperiences and identiy joint solutions to common challenges.
Organisedaworkshopatthe2008CIVICUSWorldAssemblyto
bring together representatives o national associations. Threejoint research papers were presented by members: ANGOA (NewZealand) and DES (Solomon Islands) on National Associations
experiences in improving the terms o engagement withgovernment: Pacic experiences, OFOP (Poland) and SCVO(Scotland) on National Associations as initiators o establishing
and improving the standards o Public consultations, and CEMEFI,POJAJU and ANONG on Incidence in public social policies onational associations in Mexico, Paraguay and Uruguay.
Representatives o national associations o civil
society organisations discuss engaging withgovernments during the 2008 World Assembly.
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OrganisedtheAGNAannualgeneralmeetingtoprovidean
opportunity or AGNA members to meet ace-to-ace to addresschallenges acing national associations, discuss areas o progress
and identiy priorities or the coming year.
Year ahead
AGNA will continue its activities into 2009 to promote networkingand knowledge sharing and create opportunities or joint action
among AGNA members. In particular, AGNA will be working withCIVICUS LTA programme to increase the knowledge base o AGNAmembers on those issues.
Year ahead
The role o the secretariat will be urther dened in light o theAccountability Charter Company becoming a registered companyin the UK. I n addition, the long-term uture o the IANGO Workshopwill be examined ater the 7th annual workshop in Barcelona in
May/June 2009.
InternAtIonAL AdVoCACyngos networK(IAngo)
CIVICus AsAConVenerAndnetworKfACILItAtor (ContInued)
gLobAL CALLto ACtIonAgAInst poVerty (gCAp)
"
"Our national
association has very
limited resources
to carry out in-depth research and
analysis and the
AGNA meeting and
workshop lled an
important gap in
this respect.
- A representative romANGOA-New Zealand on
the AGNA workshop
Delegates listen to a discussion with The Elders during the 2008
CIVICUS World Assembly in Glasgow.
To fnd out more about CIVICUS' work, including its
programmes, and its activities as a convenor and
acilitator, visit www.civicus.org.
As a growing alliance o trade unions,community groups, aith groups, women
and youth organisations, NGOs and othercampaigners working together across more than
100 national platorms, GCAP is calling or action rom the worldsleaders to meet their promises to end poverty and inequality. Inparticular, they demand solutions that address the issues o public
accountability, just governance and the ullment o human rights,trade justice, a major increase in the quantity and quality o aid andnancing or development, debt cancellation and gender equality.During 2008, CIVICUS continued to host the global secretariat o the
GCAP.
Main Activities in 2008
GCAPcoalitionsaroundtheworldbroughttogethercitizens
rom diverse organisations and social groups to call or an end to
poverty and inequality.
WithafocusonindividualsandgroupsTakingAction,people
rom 131 countries were involved, an increase in the number ocountries rom 2007.
CoalitionscametogetheraroundtheInternationalDayforthe
Eradication o Poverty, or which almost 117 million people weremobilised around the globe setting a new world record.
The annual IANGO Workshop creates a spaceor leaders o IANGOs to engage in reection,
learning and strategic thinking with the aim o
enabling action on common challenges and opportunities. Onetangible output is the International NGOs Accountability Charter,which sets a common code o conduct or organisations that worktransnationally on the protection and promotion o public goods.
The Accountability Charter has an independent website at www.ingoaccountabilitycharter.org. CIVICUS unctions as the
secretariat or the annual Workshop and the Charter.
Main Activities in 2008
TheAccountabilityChartersmembersincreasedto 64.
TheAccountabilityCharterCompanybecame
a registered company in the United Kingdom inFebruary.
The6thannualIANGOworkshopwassuccessfully
held rom 1-3 June in Berlin.
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GCAPalsocametogetheraroundkeymomentsin2008andwas
prominent as a orce denouncing the lack o political action toaddress the three main crises devastating poor people in the year;
the ood, uel and nancial crises.
12Povertyhearingswereheldatthenationallevelthroughout
2008 and ed into a global poverty hearing, held in New Yorkaround the UN High Level Event on the MDGs. This brought thevoices o those living in poverty to the global decision makingstage.
CIVICus CommunICAtIons
CIVICUS communication department is ocused on three objectives, i) enhancing the image and brand o CIVICUS as a whole, ii)
providing support to CIVICUS programmes and iii) enhancing the inormation exchange on civil society issues with members, partners,and civil society practitioners.
Main activities in 2008
Reachedover70,000individualsubscriberswiththeweeklye-newsletter,e-CIVICUS,coveringabroadrangeofissuesaectingcivil
society.
LaunchedanewCIVICUSwebsite(www.civicus.org)inJuly,whichaddressedmanyofthetechnicalissuesoftheformerwebsite.
Engagedwithlocalandforeignmedia,improvingthecoverageandproleofCIVICUSasawhole,aswellasthatofindividual
campaigns and civil society more broadly.
ProducedCIVICUSprintedandmultimediamaterials,includinganinteractiveWorldAssemblyCD-ROM,andprogramme-specic
brochures.
Year ahead
2009 will see the development o a comprehensive CIVICUS communication strategy in order to improve the CIVICUS brand and theability to reach out to broader civil society. Key activities or the new year include improving the navigation and inormation availableon the CIVICUS website, updating and improving the content and ormat o e-CIVICUS and embracing new media and social networkingplatorms such as YouTube, Facebook and Twitter.
GCAP campaigners take to the streets.
Year ahead
Much o 2008 was spent developing the structure orGCAP to become more independent, streamlined andaccountable, through a process o ormalising a newentity, the GCAP Global Foundation (to be registered as an
independent not-or-prot organisation in the Netherlands),and the election o a new governing body, the GCAP GlobalCouncil. As o May 2009, GCAP will have secured an autonomous
legal registration and thus become independent o CIVICUS.
"
"
You can visit
CIVICUS at
www.civicus.org,
on Facebook
and on YouTube!
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"
"
"
"
CIVICUS Membership is open to civil society organisations,
oundations and individuals rom across the spectrum and diversityo civil society.
During 2008, CIVICUS represented a wide inuential network o civil
society organisations and networks including large global INGOs,national, regional networks and grassroot CSOs centred around
particular thematic areas, such as gender, climate/environment,poverty, governance and accountability, rom 110 countries romthe global North and South.
All members join in solidarity with other like-minded people andorganisations by supporting CIVICUS' mission, vision and values. As
such, members join as a show o support and based on a desire tojoin an alliance that helps:
Protect the rights o civil society, promote good practice among
civil society organisations and increase the infuence o civil
society with local, national and i nternational governments and
institutions.
CIVICUS and its activities provided added value to members in 2008
in the ollowing ways:
Sensemaking: CIVICUS helped to monitor and make sense o
the complex global civil society or its members through ourelectronic newsletters and other communications.
Convening: CIVICUS brought together members romdiverse regions and sectors to share k nowledge, good
practice and experiences, primarily during the 2008
World Assembly and several members' meetings.
Space-providing: CIVICUS helped provide a space
or its members to be heard on the global stage byorganising side events and incorporating memberviews into its representations at internationalorums.
CIVICUSaimstosensetheneedsofitsmembers,servetheir
interests, reect their views in its public stances and programmepriorities and remain accountable to them. Accordingly, in 2008,
CIVICUS adopted new Strategic Directions that seek to maximise
membership involvement and position members at the centre oCIVICUS.
Looking ahead to 2009, the economic crisis has aggravated pre-existing human rights problems and now more than ever we seek
the voice o our members to ensure the empowerment o peoplewho can not speak or themselves. As a result in 2009, we aim toengage members urther in conversation through new tools, such
as social networking platorms, to ensure participation, networking,sharing and dialogue.
CIVICus membershIp
CIVICUS staf assist new members during the 2008
CIVICUS World Assembly.
During our struggles in the coups that Fiji has
aced, the global brotherhood and solidarity
gave us hope when all looked bleak.
I salute the organisation or representing the
people in the many global discussions that
we cannot be physically involved in and or
keeping us updated on decisions made as well
as commentaries that help us in developing
advocacy and action on the ground. I salute the
passionate people involved in this organisation
or keeping us inspired. I hope many more
successes come to CIVICUS and civil society
sector around the globe as we struggle or
human dignity.
- Sashi Kiran, Founder/Director, Foundation orRural Integrated Enterprises N Development, Fiji
Thank you or
sending us all the
useul inormation
about various
events. Thank you
or enlightening usabout issues rom
around the world
and thank you or
letting us share ours
with you. Be always
one o the rst and
best.
- Nigar Mammadova,
Economic Research Center(ERC), Azerbaijan & CIVICUS
member
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Percentage o CIVICUS Members per region
CIVICUS members make new riends and greet oldones during a members' networking lunch at the
2008 CIVICUS World Assembly.
membershIpbyCountryAndregIon
In 2008, CIVICUS had members rom 110 countries in all regions o the world. The ollowing map and
chart illustrate this spread o membership.
27%
Arica (Sub-Saharan)
5%
North Arica &
the Middle East
24%
Asia & the Pacifc
14%
North America
22%
Europe
8%
Latin America & the Caribbean Countries with members
Countries without members
"
"CIVICUS or me is an
inspiration and an
encouragement or
my work.
- Pastor Deo GashagazaExecutive Director o PrisonFellowship Rwanda &CIVICUS member
f o r
In 2009, CIVICUS is launching the One or One campaign with the goal o
having at least one CIVICUS member in every UN member state. Are we
looking or you? Find out at www.civicus.org/1-or-1-campaign.
Find out! visit www.civicus.org/1-for-1-campaign
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$3,500,000
$3,000,000
$2,500,000
$2,000,000
$1,500,000
$1,000,000
$500,000
2005
$0
2006 2007 2008
CIVICUS has achieved a steady increase in grant incomeover the past our years. From 2007 to 2008 there has
been a 27% increase in grant income, amounting to
an increase o USD 668,214. Own-earned income isalso growing in absolute terms rom year to year. Itremains a small but airly consistent proportion
between 5 and 8% - o total income in any given year.In 2008 it amounted to 5.6% o total income or theyear. See Table 1 above.
AggregAted expensesOn behal o the Board, the Treasurer is pleased to present theAggregated Financial Statements or CIVICUS or the year to 31December 2008 and our observations on them.
AggregAted InCome
reportofthe boArdtothe membersAnd supportersof CIVICus
Non-recurring income; concert & Thinker's ForumRestricted GCAP grant incomeUnrestricted CIVICUS own-earned income
Restricted CIVICUS grant income
Income Analysis 2005-2008 : Where the money comes rom
In the past two years between 60-65% o expenses have been
incurred on Implementation Programme activities. A urther 15%represents the actual cost o CIVICUS Convening and Outreachactivities within civil society. By Convening and Outreach
programmes we mean the Communications and Membershipunctions and the World Assembly programme. The remaining20-25% covers the costs o Governance, Management andRepresentation and Support services to the organisation itsel.
These are expenses associated with the Board unction, theSecretary Generals representational work and costs o her supportsta and Resource Mobilisation, Finance and AdministrationSupport services. See Table 2 above.
$3,500,000
$3,000,000
$2,500,000
$2,000,000
$1,500,000
$1,000,000
$500,000
2005$0
2006 2007 2008
Non-recurring income; concert & Thinker's Forum
Implementation Programmes; GCAPGovernance, Management and Representation, Support Services
Convening and Outreach ProgrammesImplementation Programmes; CSI, CSN, CSW, DEC, LTA, PG
Expenses Analysis 2005-2008: How the money was spent
1 As a result o the growth o the programme GCAP will have established, during the course o 2009, itsel as a separate, stand-alone
legal entity and so, or uture comparative purposes, this report shows their nances separately.
A delegate's bag hangs on a chair during the
2008 World Assembly in Glasgow.
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AggregAted InCome stAtement
Surplus (Defcit) Analysis 2005-2008: Spending within our means
Income
ExpensesSurplus (Decit)
CIVICUSrecognisesown-earnedcashasown-earnedincomeat
the time o receipt.
CIVICUSrecognisesgrantincome,i.e.regardsgrantcashasactual
income, NOT at time o receipt but ONLY as the cash is actuallyspent.
AnyunspentgrantcashheldbyCIVICUSatthecloseofanancial
year is treated as deerred income i.e. uture income.
DeferredincomebecomesactualincomeONLYonceCIVICUShasullled the terms o our grant agreement i.e. spent the money as
promised in our grant proposal.
Inprinciplethismeansthatgrantincomeandexpensesshouldbe
equal in each and every year.
AnysurplusontheAggregatedIncomestatementwillnormally
represent own-earned unds or that year which have not beenused within the same nancial year and they are taken to reserves.
Anydecitwillnormallyrepresentplannedspendingoutof
that part o retained reserves which the Board have deemed are
available or use.
Exception
The Financial Statements or the year to 31 December 2005erroneously treated ALL grant cash received during the year as grant
income or that year itsel, whether or not it was intended or use in2006 and/or thereater. This resulted in an overstated surplus see
Table 3 above - which was then treated as an addition to retainedreserves. These reserves, unlike own-earned income which is
unrestricted when retained, were restricted monies in that they HADto be spent according to the relevant grant terms and conditions.
Net defcit or 2008
As in 2007 and 2006, this decit represents the use o almost all o
the balance o the grant income erroneously taken to reserves in2005.
$3,500,000
$3,000,000
$2,500,000
$2,000,000
$1,500,000
$1,000,000
$500,000
2005
$0
2006 2007 2008-$500,000
Delegates engage in discussion at the2008 CIVICUS World Assembly.
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reportofthe boArd (ContInued)
AggregAted bALAnCe sheet
Assets
In January 2008 CIVICUS legally acquired the property-owing
company Golden Spot which had, up to this point, been heldin trust or CIVICUS by a third party. Golden Spot is the legally
registered owner o the building known as CIVICUS House. Theresult o this is that we are now able, as 100% benecial owner oGolden Spot, to aggregate Golden Spots accounts in with CIVICUS
operational accounts or 2008.
Land and buildings now show on the Aggregated Balance Sheet,
instead o the loan to Property Company as was the case rom 2002to 2007.
Liabilities
Restricted Retained reserves
As at 31 December 2008 the remaining balance is USD 34,189, beingi) an amount o USD 26,833 remaining rom an award to CIVICUS
by Inter American Foundation to und the WA Innovation Awards,and ii) an amount o USD 7,356 in respect o the PG programme.
The Inter American Foundation monies will remain on the books
until we are able to award them to South American winners. The PGamount will be cleared in ull in 2009 it was part o a sub grant toIDASA in 2008 which was retired and reported on in 2009.
Unrestricted Retained reserves
CIVICUS started out 2008 with total unrestricted retained reserveso USD 479,923. The organisations own-earned income reachedUSD 156,144 in 2008. USD 184,602 o the organisations ownreserves was used to ll unding gaps in 2008. This leaves USD452,005 unrestricted retained reserves as at 31 December 2008. Theorganisation has additionally set asideUSD 85,346 in an unrestricted
IT designated reserve undto allow CIVICUS to upgrade its nancialand database computer sotware over a period starting in 2009.
Foreign Currency Translation reserve
The Foreign Currency translation reserve is a balancing amountwhich represents prots/losses on year-end translation o the
Rand denominated CIVICUS Johannesburg balance sheet as at 31December each year into Dollars at the rates applicable at year end.It does not represent a realised prot or loss. CIVICUS has gone romhaving a oreign currency translation reserve o USD 96,192 as at 31
December 2007 to USD (73,841) as at 31 December 2008. This is theresult o the steep all in the value o the Rand between September
and December o 2008, as the economic crisis hit and emergingmarket currencies were battered. However the Rand has recoveredwell in 2009 and i the balance sheet at it stood on 31 December2008 was to be revalued at todays rate the reserve would again bepositive.
Reserves in CIVICUS' Operational Accounts
Restricted retained reservesUnrestricted retained reserves
Foreign exchange translation reserveUnrestricted IT designated retained reserve
$200,000
$100,000
$0
2006 2007 2008
-$100,000
$300,000
$400,000
$500,000
$600,000
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AudIt report
for CIVICus In
south AfrICA
Participants review the CSI toolkit during a
training workshop in Togo in October 2008
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AudIt reportfor goLden
spotIn south AfrICA
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AudIt reportfor CIVICus
Inthe unIted stAtesof
AmerICA
Participants engage in discussion during
the 2008 CIVICUS Youth Assembly.
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JHB
(USD)
Golden Spot
(USD)
WASHINGTON
(USD)
TOTAL
(USD)
JHB
(USD)
WASHINGTON
(USD)
TOTAL
(USD)
ASSETS 2008 2008 2008 2008 2007 2007 2007
Non-current assets 163,934 (17,162) 2,057 148,828 235,906 1,210 237,116
Land and buildings 130,694 130,694
Equipment 18,078 2,057 18,135 18,170 1,210 19,380
Loan to Property Company 147,856 (147,856) - 217,736 - 217,736
Current assets 548,617 398 1,524,032 2,073,046 803,725 863,027 1,666,752
Accounts receivable 49,713 355 312,951 363,019 58,817 56,701 115,518
Accrued Income 5,778 73,469 79,247 - - -
Inter ofce loan account (18,916) 18,916 - 129,105 (129,105) -
Cash at bank 512,042 43 1,118,696 1,630,781 615,802 935,431 1,551,233
Total assets 712,550 (16,764) 1,526,089 2,221,875 1,039,631 864,237 1,903,868
RESERVES AND LIABILITIES
Reserves 159,218 (38,818) 323,370 442,670 575,957 212,825 788,782
Restricted Funds 34,189 34,189 84,194 128,473 212,667
Unrestricted Funds 213,981 (55,029) 323,370 482,332 395,571 84,352 479,923
Foreign currency translation reserve (88,952) 15,111 - (73,841) 96,192 - 96,192
Current liabilities 553,332 23,154 1,202,719 1,779,205 463,674 651,412 1,115,086
Accounts payable 90,259 22,033 209,660 321,952 108,202 49,823 158,025
Deerred Income 423,907 993,059 1,416,966 341,791 595,287 937,078
Provision or leave pay 39,166 39,166 13,681 6,302 19,983
Taxation payable 1,121 1,121
Total reserves and liabilities 712,550 (16,764) 1,526,089 2,221,875 1,039,631 864,237 1,903,868
AggregAted bALAnCe sheetforthe yeAr
ended 31 deCember 2008
The Aggregated Financial Statements which ollow are an aggregation o the Audited CIVICUS Washington Financial Statements and theAudited CIVICUS Johannesburg Financial Statements with its property-owning subsidiary Golden Spot. The audit opinions or each set oFinancial Statements are reproduced on the preceeding pages.
AggregAted fInAnCIAL stAtements
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JHB
(USD)
Golden Spot
(USD)
WASHINGTON
(USD)
TOTAL
(USD)
JHB
(USD)
WASHINGTON
(USD)
TOTAL
(USD)
INCOME 2008 2008 2008 2008 2007 2007 2007
Grants 1,309,941 1,842,809 3,152,750 985,037 1,499,499 2,484,536
Consulting income 47 47 4,822 - 4,822
Allocations 254,237 (254,237) 67,619 (67,619) -
Membership dues 2,611 51,217 53,828 7,177 62,834 70,011
Rent received 53,042 53,042
Other Income 2,539 24,873 27,412 4,566 48,794 53,360Reversal o 2005 provision - concert 22,338 - 22,338
Prot on disposal o assets 242 242
World Assembly registration 1,579 - 1,579
Foreign exchange gain/loss - (4,582) (4,582)
Interest received 33,718 21181 54,899 15,385 9710 25,095
Total Income 1,603,334 53,042 1,685,843 3,342,219 1,108,481 1,548,676 2,657,157
EXPENDITURE
Bank charges 5,147 5,147 4,073 - 4,073
Depreciation 12,988 9,024 948 22,960 12,827 242 13,069
Duplication and Printing 60,763 29,606 90,369 64,519 47,349 111,868
Equipment lease and maintenance 28,811 439 29,250 16,513 - 16,513
Foreign exchange losses (8,463) (1,285) (9,748) 520 - 520
Grants - Pass Through 4,183 41,000 45,183 (62,223) 204,891 142,668
Human Resources 1,150,688 9,336 1,160,024 589,607 795,094 1,384,701
Insurance 6,655 1,286 13,256 21,198 2,057 12,230 14,287
Internet 17,790 10,096 27,886 12,992 25,909 38,901
Legal costs 4,986 4,986 3,535 - 3,535
Marketing and Conerences 59,483 69,802 129,285 21,250 208,199 229,449
Ofce Supplies and other 11,104 33,267 97,751 142,122 8,517 17,339 25,856
Postage and delivery 9,650 14,656 24,306 28,676 11,418 40,094
Proessional Fees 108,198 682,776 790,974 46,853 323,506 370,359
Relocation costs 19,415 19,415 - - -
Rent, water and electricity 48,582 9,456 8,607 66,645 33,950 8,627 42,577
Telephone 86,142 25,728 111,870 55,059 10,857 65,646
Travel 191,958 549,770 741,728 184,051 221,930 405,981
Website Maintenance 16,848 23,250 40,098 7,980 7,351 15,331
Total Expenditure 1,834,928 53,472 1,575,297 3,463,698 1,030,756 1,894,672 2,925,428
SURPLUS/(DEFICIT) FOR THE YEAR (231,595) (430) (110,546) (121,479) 77,726 (345,996) (268,270)
AggregAted InCome stAtementfortheyeAr ended 31 deCember 2008
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JHB
Restriced
FUND (USD)
JHB
Unrestricted
FUND (USD)
JHB FOREIGN
Translation
Reserve (USD)
Golden Spot
Translation
Reserve (USD)
WASHINGTON
Restricted FUND
(USD)
WASHINGTON
Unrestricted Fund
(USD)
TOTAL
(USD)
Balance at 1 January 2007 125,357 253,477 93,348 430,813 128,008 1,031,003
Net (decit)/surplus or the year (64,368) 142,094 - (302,340) (43,656) (268,270)
Fundemental error 23,205 - (23,205) - - -
Adjustment due to oreign translation - - 26,049 - - 26,049
Balance at 31 December 2007 84,194 395,571 96,192 128,472 84,352 788,782
JHB
Restriced
FUND (USD)
JHB
Unrestricted
FUND (USD)
JHB FOREIGN
Translation
Reserve (USD)
Golden Spot
Translation
Reserve (USD)
WASHINGTON
Restricted FUND
(USD)
WASHINGTON
Unrestricted Fund
(USD)
TOTAL
(USD)
Balance at 1 January 2008 84,194 395,571 96,192 128,472 84,352 788,782
Decit on inclusion o the property-owningsubsidiary acquired in January 2008
(54,599)
Net (decit)/surplus or the year (50,005) (181,590) (128,472) 239,018 (121,480)
Adjustment due to oreign translation (185,144) 15,111 (170,033)
Balance at 31 December 2008 34,189 213,981 (88,952) 15,111 - 323,370 442,670
AggregAted stAtementof ChAngesIn reserVes
forthe yeAr ended 31 deCember 2008
notestothe AggregAted fInAnCIAL stAtementsfortheyeAr
ended 31 deCember 2008
Accounting policies
1 Presentation o Aggregated Annual Financial
Statements
The aggregated annual nancial statements havebeen prepared by aggregating the audited CIVICUS:World Alliance or Citizen Participation (Association
incorporated under section 21) Johannesburg ofce
AggregAted fInAnCIAL stAtements (ContInued)
nancial statements, as well as those o its wholly-owned property-owning subsidiary, and the audited US$ nancial statements o
CIVICUS: World Alliance or Citizen Participation Inc WashingtonDC ofce.
1.1 Trade and other receivables
Trade and other receivables originated by the enterprise are treated
as loans and receivables, and are carried at amortised cost.
Zimbabweans participate in discussions about the
crisis in their country during a CSW act-ndingmission in December 2008
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Accrued income thus comprises grants or portionsthereo which are intended or use in the current period,but received ater year end. They are included in income
and brought to account as a current asset.
Deerred income comprises income received in advance o
the period to which it relates, is excluded rom income, and isaccounted or as a current liability.
1.5 Foreign currency translation
All assets and liabilities o the Johannesburg ofce and o itssubsidiary, other than deerred grant income, have been convertedinto US Dollars at the rates applicable at year end.
Grant and consulting income has been converted at the spot rateon the dates o receipt.
Other income and expenditure, including the deerral o grantincome, have been converted at the weighted average rate
calculated or grant income.
Prots and losses arising on translation at year end are taken to a
oreign currency translation reserve.
CIVICus ACCountAbILIty
In June 2006, CIVICUS - together with 10 other leading international NGOs became one o the rst signatories to the International NGOs Accountability Charter (AC), thereby publicly
undertaking commitments to progressively apply all Charter provisions to its policies, operations and programmes. AC provisions range rom outlining the general values and principlesunderpinning international NGOs' approaches to providing very specic guidance on a number o operational and programme issues impacting all areas o signatories work.
As an alliance that is dedicated to promoting citizen action and strengthening civil society, CIVICUS recognises the importance o enhancing the legitimacy, transparency andaccountability o civil society organisations and o leading by example through voluntarily adopting a code o conduct. As the Secretariat o the AC, CIVICUS eels an additional obligationto protect the integrity o the AC and does so by making a concerted eort to ully and systematically align its current practices to AC provisions.
Under the AC, CIVICUS is obligated to include certain inormation within its annual report. The 2008 Annual Report ullls this requirement, except that it does not yet report adequatelyon its environmental impact and human rights impact. Plans are underway to ormulate an organisational policy on the environmental and human rights impacts. This will be ready orreporting during the 2010/11 reporting cycle. CIVICUS' Second Annual Compliance Report, which was published in 2008, can be viewed at:
http://www.ingoaccountabilitycharter.org/cmsles/CIVICUS_INGO_IRF_Compliance_Report.pd
1.2 Cash and cash equivalents
Cash equivalents are short term, highly liquid investments that arereadily convertible to known amounts o cash and are subject toinsignicant risk in change in value.
Cash and cash equivalents are measured at air value.
1.3 Trade and other payables
Trade and other payables are measured at amortised cost using the
eective interest method.
1.4 Revenue
Income rom grants is generally brought to account in the nancialyear to which it relates. All other income is brought to account as
and when received.
Interest is recognized on a time proportion basis, taking accounto the principal balance and the eective rate over the period tomaturity, when it is probable that such income will accrue to thecompany.
notestothe AggregAted fInAnCIAL stAtementsfor
theyeArended 31 deCember 2008 (ContInued)
Delegates listen to a session on People,
Participation and Power: Is Civil Society the
Answer in the Middle East? during the 2008
CIVICUS World Assembly
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"
"Action Aid International
Arican Monitor
Aga Khan Foundation Canada (AKFC)
Amnesty International
Australian Volunteers International (AVI)
Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)
Carnegie UK Trust
Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
Christian Aid
Commonwealth Foundation
Conrad N Hilton Foundation
CordAid
Debt, AIDS, Trade Arica (DATA)
Ford Foundation
Ibis
Institute o International Education
International Development Research Centre/Centre de
Recherches pour le Dveloppement International (IDRC/CRDI)
Inter-American Foundation
International Human Rights Exchange (IHRE), University o
Witwatersrand
Irish Aid
New Zealand Aid
CIVICus donorsAnd supporters
We would like to thank the ollowing organisations or their generous support to CIVICUS mission during 2008:
Norwegian Agency or Development Co-operation (NORAD)
One Campaign
Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (OIF)
Overseas Development Institute (ODI)
Oxam America
Oxam GB
Oxam Novib
Rockeeller Brothers Fund
Sasakawa Peace Foundation
Scottish Council or Voluntary Organisations (SCVO)
Schooner Foundation
Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA)
Tides Foundation
Trcaire
United Nations Democracy Fund
United Nations Development Programme
United Nations Millennium Campaign
United Nations Volunteers (UNV) and UN Online Volunteering
Service
Wallace Global Fund
Wolensohn Family Foundation
World Vision International
We would also like to thank those individuals that generously contributed to our work, either
nancially or through volunteering, as well as all o our members or their continued support.
CIVICUS was an active participant in the Every Human
has Rights campaign. From 2009, this campaign will be
coordinated by CIVICUS.
Requesting
adherence to
human rights in theglobal economy
must be the highest
priority o civil
society worldwide.
-Shulamith Koenig,Founding President,
People's Movement orHuman Rights Learning &CIVICUS member
Photos in this report are, in part, courtesy o Morag Livingstone and Per Herbertsson
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The CIVICUS team consists o colleagues drawn rom all over the world, ull-time and part-time, including interns, volunteers and secondees. Listed below are colleagues
who contributed to CIVICUS work in 2008 through a variety o roles.CIVICus teAmIn 2008
Mercedes Alvarez Rudin
GCAP Intern (rom Aug), Netherlands
Tracy Anderson
CSI Research Fellow AKFC (rom Nov),
Canada
Estelle Baker*
Ofce and Human Resources Manager, South
Arica
Carol Baloyi*
Membership Support Ofcer, South Arica
Amy Bartlett*
CSI Programme Ofcer, Canada
Richard Bennett
AGNA Consultant (rom July), UK
Pat Benton
Finance Consultant (until April), USA
Laureen Bertin
WA Ofcer (until July), South Arica
Caitlin Blaser
GCAP Campaign Ofcer, USA
Renate BloemRepresentative to the UN Volunteer (rom
June), Geneva
Marianne Buenaventura*Membership Manager (until Sept), USA
Yosi Burckhardt
CSN Ofcer (Jan to Aug), Norway
Joe Cressy*
Coordinator o the Secretary Generals ofce
(until June), Canada
Karena Cronin*
Volunteerism Special Project Ofcer UNV
Volunteer, USA
Penny Dlamini
Manager in the S ecretary Generals ofce
(rom Aug), South Arica
Joe Donlin
GCAP Volunteer (June to Aug), USA
Clare Doube*
CSW Manager (until April), Australia
Begay Downes-Thomas
GCAP Media Consultant, (Aug to Sept),
Gambia
Sifso Dube
Executive assistant in the Secretary General's
ofce, Zimbabwe
Sinqobile Dube
CSI Support Ofcer, (rom Nov), Zimbabwe
Badumile Duma*
Communications Consultant (rom May),
South Arica
Christal DuPont
GCAP Administrator (Feb to June), Swaziland
Diana Eltahawy
Civil Society Networks Coordinator (until
May), Egypt
Margaret Fish
World Assembly Manager, South Arica
Vicente Garcia-Delgado
Representative to the UN Volunteer, New
York
Beniam Gebrezghi
CSI Senior Programme Ofcer SIDA (untilJune), Sweden
Sarah Gregory
GCAP Outreach and Mobilisation
Coordinator (until April), Australia
Finn Heinrich
PG & LTA Consultant (until June), Germany
Frida Hjalmarsson
GCAP Communications Intern (Feb to April),
Sweden
Micha Hollestelle
Communications Manager (until Jan),
Communications Consultant (Feb to April),
NetherlandsGuy Holloway*
PG Intern, (rom April), UK
Jessica Hume
Membership Support Ofcer (rom March),
Canada
Katsuji Imata*
Deputy Secretary General Programmes,
Japan
Rajiv Joshi
GCAP Consultant (Aug to Dec), Scotland
Nobutu Kakanda
CSW Intern - IHRE (July to Oct), Botswana
Angela Karanja
Intern (March to May), South Arica
Moliehi Khabele
WA Intern (until June), GCAP Administrator
(rom July) Lesotho
Mahi Khalla
PG Senior Researcher (rom July), Egypt
Muelelwa Khosa*
CSI Support Ofcer, South Arica
David Kode
Policy Analyst Intern (until Aug), AGNA
Support Ofcer (rom Sept), Cameroon
Michael Kwenaite
IT Technician, South Arica
Sue Le-Ba
CSI Research Fellow - AKFC (until Nov),
Canada
Precious MagolegoReceptionist (until April), Procurement
Support Ofcer (rom May), South Arica
Carmen Malena
PG Consultant, Canada
Antonella Mancini
GCAP Consultant (rom Oct), England
Kristina MndLTA Consultant (rom Dec), Estonia
Ben Margolis
GCAP Mobilisation Ofcer - Oxam GB, UK
Jacob Mati
CSI Research Ofcer, Kenya
Candace Mickens
Finance Consultant (rom March), USA
Julie Middleton*
CSW Communications Coordinator (until
April), CSW Acting Manager (rom May),
Canada
Dawn Mnisi
Bookkeeper (rom May), South Arica
Tselane Moleba
WA Assistant (Jan to June), South Arica
Lindiwe Moyo
Bookkeeper, Zimbabwe
Nomusa Moyo
GCAP Intern (rom Sept), Zimbabwe
Iran Muti
GCAP Campaign Manager, Pakistan
Eric Muragana*
Communications Ofcer, South Arica
Kumi Naidoo
Secretary General (until July) Honorary
President (rom Aug), South Arica
Rose Ngwenjah
CSI Research Intern (rom June), Cameroon
Adam Ntala
GCAP Intern (rom Sept), DRC
Ciara O`Sullivan
GCAP Media Coordinator, Spain
Anu PekkonenParticipatory Governance Ofcer (rom
January), Finland
Peter PhiriCSI Intern (until Jan), LTA Ofcer (rom
February), Malawi
Mandy PooleAssistant Secretary General Operations,
Ireland
Thabang RabothoCommunications Intern (rom April), South
Arica
Silvia RobledoMembership Support Ofcer (until Jan),
Argentina
Liz RobsonResource Mobilisation Manager, UK
Michael Ruben
CSW Intern - IHRE (July to Oct), USA
Tanzilya Salimdjanova
CSW Ofcer, Uzbekistan
Janine Schall-Emden
CSI Manager (until April), Venezuela
Anupama Selvam*
Membership Support Ofcer (rom April),
USA
Tracy September
WA Support Ofcer, South Arica
Julia Sestier*
Resource Mobilisation Ofcer (until June), CSI
Programme Ofcer (rom July), France
Tebogo Sililo
GCAP Volunteer (until Jan), South Arica
Federico Silva
CSI Ofcer, Italy
Ingrid Srinath
Secretary General Elect (May to July),
Secretary General (rom Aug), India
Helena Suarez
GCAP Web Editor and New Media
Coordinator (rom May), UK
Devendra Tak*
Communications and Media Manager (romNov), India
Nastasya Tay
Media Liaison Ofcer - AVI Volunteer (rom
June), Australia
Mandeep Tiwana
CSW Ofcer (rom May), India
Joyce Tshabalala
Finance Manager, South Arica
Ijeoma Uche-Okeke
GCAP Intern, (rom Nov), Nigeria
Henri Valot
GCAP Organisational Development Advisor
(until May), CIVICUS Policy Advisor (romJune) France
Tamara Walker
Manager in the Secretary Generals Ofce
(June to Aug), USA
Nermine Wally*
CSI Ofcer (rom Sept), Egypt
Budhi Yonanta Bahroelim
GCAP Intern (rom June), Netherlands
* Member o the Gender Equality Team (GET)Home countries o CIVICUS team members
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Physical Address (South Arica):
CIVICUS House
24 Gwigwi Mrwebi Street (ormerly Pim)
corner Quinn StreetNewtown, Johannesburg, 2001
South Arica
Postal Address (South Arica):PO Box 933, S outhdale,
Johannesburg, 2135
South Arica
Tel: +27 11 833 5959Fax: +27 11 833 7997
Address (USA):
1420 K Street NW, Suite 900
Washington DC, 20005
USA
Tel: +1 202 331 8581
Fax: +1 202 331 8774
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.civicus.org