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Briefing Paper 35. Responding to crisis: Understanding the effects of political and economic crisis on civil society in the Republic of Ireland

This paper forms part of the 'Civil Society at a Crossroads?' initiative, a collective reflection process about the future of civil society around the world. The Republic of Ireland was selected as a case study as the team was keen to include the experiences of European countries that have been hit by severe recession and political crisis.

ONTRAC 53. Transparent, accountable, legitimate, credible: NGO responses to scrutiny

Authors:

Rachel Hayman, Celestine Krosschell, Sean Conlin, Angela Crack, and Erla Thrandardottir

Civil Society at Crossroads: shifts, challenges, options

Authors:

PRIA, CDRA, PSO, INTRAC, EASUN, ICD

Building Trust Across the Cyprus Divide: Stories of cooperation

This short booklet presents summaries of seven case studies, and resulting findings, that form an integral component of INTRAC's research project on the role of civil society in building trust and reconciliation in Cyprus.

Author:

INTRAC

Praxis Note 62. It takes two to tango: reversed organisational assessments between Northern and Southern civil society organisations

Do Southern civil society organisations (CSOs) have a role to play in assessing the performance of their Northern partners? What can we learn from attempts to include Southern partners in assessing our organisations?

Authors:

Jos Brand, Sander Schot, Leen Stok, and Petra Staal

ONTRAC 52. Enabling space for civil society action

Authors:

Brian Pratt, Rowan Popplewell, Ingrid Srinath, Asma Khalifa, Roy Trivedy, and Tanja Kleibl