How to develop a team, how to execute on projects. We see a recurring theme is to have ideas of what they want to do. Usually large and elaborate, but little experience on how to execute on a project, or create a proposal. 90 of ideas will not be taken into Implementation Phase for that reason. Civil society is effective on the local level. Not very affected on a National Level. Locally the have access to decisionmakers. They are present citizens. They carry the voice of the average citizen. They are able to have an impact with local councils. On a National Level, you do not see anywhere nearly as effective. There is a deep distrust of unknown groups and people within Civil Society, as well as the gmc within Civil Society. No coronation methods for movement. There are the difficulties that existing governments. Expectations can be misaligned. Most decisionmakers to match the have an office locally. They do not have a staff. There is no official website you can talk to your rivers in th
Those models but also for bringing women into the political mix at a very early time period. And her conciliation or her abilities to bring people together. Wouldnt it be nice if we had her back in washington now. We only skimmed the surface in 90 minutes of 81 entering years of life. If you want to learn more. I thank the White House Historical association for their elp in this series. [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2013] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] on cspan tonight, libyan activist discuss. Then another chance to watch first ladies on the life of Dolley Madison. Coming up on the next washington journal, s tomorrow night, on cspan encore presentation of first ladies is not campaigning allowed. You cannot do that and you cannot ask for office directly. You have used subtle back channels. Women were a good conduit for that. Come to spread their gossip and ask their favors. She knows she cannot trust these people. She is not naive. A lot of
I think that we have heard already that Civil Society is comprised of a lot of vibrant act ears. Aere is a culture of revolutionary spirits. The spirit of volunteerism. You have everyday citizens that are involved in multiple organizations, and excited about contributing positively and holistically to the transition in libya. Finding ways to take ownership of that. I think that finding a way to bring that excitement together, to coalesce around certain issues, to understand the power advocacy, to understand the structures in the Decision Making processes that already exist, that will be a challenge. In addition to having this spirit and passion, there are significant gaps in for good Civil Society. Just in the daily news we hear about the importance of Building Security institutions, that often we are forgetting that Civil Society as Institution Needs to be built as well. That happens on it that happens on an organizational level. International community is helping to make huge gains i
During the week of May 8th - 12th, NDI-Tunisia and our civil society partners join the annual celebrations of the International Week of Open Government through ongoing programming on open, accountable and transparent governance processes with the Government of Tunisia, and the El Kef Municipality in northwest Tunisia. Despite escalating challenges to the core democratic freedoms enshrined in the 2014 and 2022 constitutions, civil society organizations (CSOs) continue to advance their campaigns for more responsive governance.
Join us for a live webcast as experts debate the outcomes and future relevance of Western efforts to nurture civil society in post-Ben Ali Tunisia. Watch live starting at 11:00 a.m. EST (1600 GMT) on Monday, January 23, 2023.