The Brookings Institute has released a report detailing the events of a recent roundtable in March 2011 designed to provide a clear roundmap of support for Egyptian civil society in a post-Mubarak era, by detailing the challenges civil society organizations currently face as well as the recommendations of key stakeholders.
The key recommendations of the roundtable included:
I. Coordinate: Support coordination efforts among Egyptian CSOs
- Provide technical support on networking and coalition building
- Strengthen linkages between different civil society actors
- Coordinate efforts in the US
II. Scale-up: Support the scaling-up of successful existing models
- Support replication, technically and financially
- Support coalitions around relevant policy dialogues and reforms (medium to long-term):
III. Sustain: Support sustainability & accountability of a vibrant Egyptian civil society
- Revise relevant donor strategies
- Support innovative and alternative means of local financing for CSO efforts
- Support civil society’s role as watchdog
- Organize study tours and exchanges for civil society leaders
- Support reform efforts of legal framework and bodies governing civil society
- Improve public awareness in media and support civic engagement in education
Download the key recommendations here to read the results in detail.
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