Development through Regional Cooperation

The project will focus on creating a dialogue space where civil society groups from different countries of Central Asia can discuss issues relevant to their everyday work, share information, collaborate in training and networking, and conduct joint advocacy activities. Specifically, the central purpose of this project is to strengthen the capacity of civil society organizations (CSOs) in Central Asia to effectively participate in a dialogue with their respective government counterparts on all aspects of national and regional democratic debate and policy-making.

 The objectives of this program are:

      ∙     Objective 1: Strengthen the institutional capacity of civil society organizations to promote dialogue and coordination mechanisms within civil society and between civil society groups, with a focus on CSOs located in remote and disadvantaged areas and demographic groups in individual Central Asian countries

      ∙     Objective 2: Promote networking and comparative research at the regional level to increase cooperation over issues of mutual interest, such as the environment, women’s issues, anti-trafficking, or economic development

      ∙     Objective 3: Create a sustainable space, specifically a virtual platform, for CSOs in the region, that could live as an information portal and list serve beyond the life of the project, for country-specific advocacy groups to share information and tools that can be helpful in their work.