Report on our work with Civil Society June 1st, 2011 Justice Africa has been working with civil society in Juba for the last year and a half. Good progress has been made in assisting civil society to engage in the political process and to consolidate itself as a principled community of civic actors, yet much remains to be done. As Southern Sudan faces the future, the roles and responsibilities of Southern Sudanese civil society, with respect to its own constituencies, the Government of Southern Sudan, and the international community, will change. Southern Sudanese civil society will face a new dawn with a different set of challenges.
In view of these challenges, Justice Africa is supporting Southern Sudanese civil society to convene a national civil society convention in the next months with the aim of thinking through the role of civil society in the next stage of the nation’s history. The proposed convention will bring together 200 prominent civil society leaders to discuss the challenges of civil society in state-building and to forge a civic agenda. Following the convention a number of initiatives will be necessary in order to support civil society to defend the civic agenda set within the national convention. In addition to this, Justice Africa wishes to continue supporting civil society in raising it’s capacity to advocate for their their collective interests and help raise their awareness about the issues which they have identified are important to them. Please click on the link below for the latest update on our work Civil Project – South Sudan -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "JFD info" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/jfdinfo?hl=en.
