Save the date! International NGO Conference in Nicaragua

Global Crossroads: The Role and Perspectives of CSOs in Development Cooperation, November 24-26, 2010, Managua

To follow up the debate that started at the conference on paradigm shifts in development cooperation in 2008 in Prague ("Are we on the right track"), TRIALOG is organising a conference on “The Role and Perspectives of CSOs in Development Cooperation”. The conference will take place in Nicaragua from 24th to 26th November. CSO representatives from the 12 new EU member states, from the other 15 EU member states and from the “Global South” (especially from Latin America) are invited to continue the discussions started and to find joint statements on the identity and role of CSOs in development cooperation in the “North” and in the “South”. The conference is organised in cooperation with Horizont3000 and the URACCAN University.

From 29th November to 3rd December, TRIALOG is organising field visits to development projects in Nicaragua for participants from the 12 NMS. The visits will include meetings with local stakeholders, CSOs, the local target group and beneficiaries, as well as official representatives of the EU delegations and regional offices of European national representations.

Here you find the background to the conference and the agenda.

As a working paper for the preparation you find a Reader on "The Future of Civil Society Development Organisations".

For registration, please use this registration form.

Documentos de la conferencia Encrucijadas globales: Papel y perspectivas de las Organizaciones de la Sociedad Civil (OSC) en la cooperación para el desarrollo en castellano: Agenda, Documento base, Documento de registración