Partos Future Exploration - Shifting Civic Space

Disrupt Development

We live in volatile, uncertain, and complex times. So, how do we navigate an age of uncertainty and complexity in global development? In this series, we explore the Future of Partos - the Dutch Development Cooperation Association that brings together nearly 110 Dutch Development NGOs.
In this podcast episode we dive deeper into the Future Pathway of shifting space for civil society together with international thought leaders Lysa John and Barbara Oosters. What is civil society, what is the current state of civil society and what are positive and negative trends that will influence the work of civil society in the next 5 to 10 years?
Lysa John is Secretary-General of CIVICUS, a global alliance dedicated to protecting civil society and civic freedoms. She is passionate about governance accountability and social justice and has spent a large part of her work coordinating large-scale civil society campaigns. Barbara Oosters is Civic Space lead at Oxfam Novib. She is an experienced professional in the field of global development. She is a passionate human rights advocate having spent more than 18 years working on creating an enabling environment for civil society actors to thrive internationally.

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