Foundation grantmaking focuses on four major program areas. These programs touch upon a number of major issues. Each grantmaking program also works within clearly stated geographic parameters or regions.
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This grant renewal provides general purposes support for CIVICUS, an international alliance established in 1993 dedicated to strengthening citizen action and civil society worldwide. CIVICUS' membership currently includes representatives from over 100 countries. Key partners at the global level include United Nations agencies, academic institutions, and many large international development organizations. CIVICUS also has consultative status with global and regional bodies such as World Bank and the Council of Europe. CIVICUS' key programs are (a) the Civil Society Index, a systematic action research program on the state of civil society in more than 50 countries; (b) the annual World Assembly, which brought together more than 750 participants in 2008; and (c) Civil Society Watch, a program that mobilizes quick, public responses to situations where the right to freedom of civic association is threatened. CIVICUS also has programs on participatory governance, development cooperation and aid effectiveness, and legitimacy, transparency, and accountability.
Grant support will help the Charities Aid Foundation to publish "Alliance," the only quarterly magazine that focuses on global civil society issues. "Alliance" provides a forum for discussion and communication among different international funding organizations, with the ultimate aim of increasing the flow of resources into community development worldwide, and in particular to nonprofit organizations. Each issue includes feature articles on key nonprofit sector issues, interviews with sector leaders, profiles of leading civil society organizations, and regular columns such as book reviews and a forward conference calendar. Support will assist with editorial, printing, and distribution expenses for a two-year period.
The program goal is to engage citizens and international partners in a constructive dialogue on the issues that shape Europe's global future. Through this program, the Madariaga College of Europe Foundation has successfully contributed to bridging the gap between European civil society actors and European Union decisionmakers. This has been achieved through convening regular workshops and roundtables and publishing numerous books, reports, and articles on issues facing Europe. In 2012, the grantee will continue to focus on three main issue areas -- engaging citizens, empowering Europe, and preventing conflicts. Established in 1998, the Madariaga College of Europe Foundation is an independent operating foundation dedicated to promoting original thinking on the role of the European Union in an era of global change.
The Mott Foundation, through its Civil Society program, funds nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) working in Central/Eastern Europe and Russia and South Africa. The overall goal of our work in these regions is to develop and strengthen civil society by promoting civic participation in democratic processes at the local, national and regional levels; strengthening philanthropy and the nonprofit sector, and addressing issues related to race and reconciliation and transitional justice.
