Submitted by Tobias Eigen on 8 March, 2011 - 17:54
For civil society organizations across Africa, the expanded use of Information & Communications Technology (ICT) has launched a new era marked by easier, more frequent, and more widespread communication directed to a variety of key audiences.
Submitted by CIVICUS World Alliance for Citizen Participation on 23 February, 2011 - 16:52
Too many governments are blatantly getting away with enacting repressive restrictions on civil society and diminishing the freedoms of expression, assembly and association. That is why CIVICUS: World Alliance of Citizen Participation has launched its landmark Civil Society Watch Online platform.
Submitted by CIVICUS World Alliance for Citizen Participation on 10 February, 2011 - 11:04
The following statement was issued today by the Secretary General for CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation, Ingrid Srinath. Click here to see video. Share your message of solidarity below.
Submitted by CIVICUS World Alliance for Citizen Participation on 17 August, 2010 - 19:08
CIVICUS has recently developed several initiatives to equip CSOs to improve the legitimacy, accountability and transparency (LTA) in their organisations and networks.
Submitted by CIVICUS World Alliance for Citizen Participation on 12 August, 2010 - 12:04
12 August 2010.
Submitted by Tobias Eigen on 9 February, 2010 - 14:52
I was pleased to learn via @afrinomad today that my father, Peter Eigen, has been included in the TED Riveting talks by remarkable people, free to the world. In his talk at TEDxBerlin, he talks about his anti-corruption work, for which I am of course very proud. I am grateful that he is on the Kabissa board as well.
Submitted by Tobias Eigen on 14 December, 2009 - 11:38
CIVICUS - World Alliance for Citizen Participation - has partnered with IPS to create an online database to make civil society worldwide more accessible to the media. I learned about this today in a special mailing (pasted below) from eCivicus. This new database is a great idea and I recommend Kabissa members explore it and sign up. I do wonder, though - this means yet another online profile for CSOs to maintain. How does it add value beyond what is already provided for civil society organizations by services like Kabissa, Idealist and Wiser Earth, not to mention Wikipedia and Facebook Fan pages?
Submitted by Tobias Eigen on 2 October, 2009 - 19:09
This weekend, Germany is celebrating the 20 year anniversary of German reunification. A big 4-day event is kicking off today with 7.5 meter tall giant marionettes at the Berlin town hall. Meanwhile, a huge group of German social media enthusiasts and NGOs are marking the anniversity in Berlin with Social Camp 2009, a two-day "un-conference" where the agenda will be set only at the start of the first day. I will be participating, and am greatly looking forward to the experience. It will be great to connect with all the amazing participants and to learn how Germans do barcamps!
I am also looking forward to seeing how Kabissa fits into this German social media "scene", and to inviting people here interested in using social media to "Connect for Africa" to join and help shape the Connect Deutschland group on Kabissa. If you are in Germany and interested in Kabissa, please contact me! Also, you are most welcome to join Kabissa (membership is free) and consider following @kabissa on twitter and joining the Facebook Kabissa Page.
So far the event and website appears to be very German language oriented, so I will do my best to share the learnings here for the benefit of the broader Kabissa community. Some useful links are below to get started:
Submitted by Michael Stulman on 10 February, 2009 - 19:19
Submitted by Tobias Eigen on 15 October, 2008 - 07:40
If you have not yet blogged, today is the day to take the plunge! It's BLOG ACTION DAY today, October 15th, and today around world 10,000 bloggers are speaking with one voice on an important topic to Africa - Poverty.
Please join in and tell the world your story about how poverty affects you and what YOU and your organisation are doing everyday to alleviate poverty in your life and in your community.
One Issue, Thousands of Voices
Global issues like poverty are extremely complex. There is no simple, clear answer. By asking thousands of different people to give their viewpoints and opinions, Blog Action Day creates an extraordinary lens through which to view these issues. Each blogger brings their own perspective and ideas. Each blogger posts relating to their own blog topic. And each blogger engages their audience differently.
Kabissa Members! Please send in your post by email to blog@kabissa.org or log in now and click here to add your post.
