INTRAC Conference 2008

Whatever Happened to Civil Society?

KDK Conference Centre, the Netherlands
3-5 December 2008

INTRAC’s international conference gathered 140 participants from over 40 countries for three days of examples of civil society activity, debates on the nature and future of civil society, food for thought and new insights.

Speakers at the conference included: Kumi Naidoo, Dr Alan Fowler, Aroma Dutta, PRIP Bangladesh, and Roy Trivedy, DFID UK.

Focus
The conference explored five main functions of civil society:

1. Generating the basis for democracy
2. Promoting political accountability
3. Strengthening trust, reciprocity and networks
4. Creating and promoting alternative models and ideas
5. Supporting the rights and concept of citizens

Conference report
Available online

Conference programme

Final Programme-INTRAC Civil Society Conference Dec 08.doc (184Kb)

Conference background papers

INTRAC Conference 2008 - October update - classifying case studies.doc (73Kb)

INTRAC conference 08 background paper - the challenge - getting civil society back on track.pdf (47Kb)

INTRAC conference 08 - civil society and aid in theory and practice summary.pdf (63Kb)



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