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Letterfrom AnAbeL CruzCIVICUS Board Chair

So many things can happen in a year!

In 2008, we at CIVICUS have been able toincorporate change and transormation, while

at the same time ensuring the continuity o programmesand activities. We have taken the time to evaluate our

perormance, and at the same time we have continuedto join eorts with other networks and allies to promotecitizen participation worldwide. This has been possible

because o the synergies created and nurtured amongCIVICUS members, Board Members, partners and sta.

In 2008, Kumi Naidoo, the tireless activist, mobiliser andvisionary stepped down as Secretary General o CIVICUSater 10 years devoted to strengthening and promoting

CIVICUS and enhancing civil society around the world. Wewere privileged to identiy and appoint a new SecretaryGeneral, a gited and committed woman who has broughtnew talents and experiences to CIVICUS: Ingrid Srinath,

who joined us in 2008. Kumi and Ingrid worked together toensure a smooth and well-organised transition.

In 2008, the last o the three year series o World Assembliesin Glasgow took place. It was an inspiring event, whoseocus on People, Participation and Power made possible the

discussion and visualisation among all participants on howcivil society can access, engage and participate in all

orms and spheres o governance at the local, national

and international levels.

Finally, in 2008, we adopted new Strategic

Directions to guide the work o our organisationover the next ve years. Three reinorcing pillars

will steer our work and reinorce our mission: we will work toprotect the rights o civil society actors, to strengthen goodpractices within civil society, and to strengthen civil society's

ability to inuence the policies and practices o governments,

international institutions and the private sector.

As a result, or CIVICUS, 2008 was a year o change withcontinuity.

Regards,

Contents

Letter rom Anabel Cruz . . . . . . 2

CIVICUS Board . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Letter rom Kumi Naidoo . . . . . . 4

Letter rom Ingrid Srinath . . . . . . 5

Strategic Directions 2008-2012 . . 6

CIVICUS work in 2008 . . . . . . . . 7

Programmes . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Convener/Network Facilitator . . 12

CIVICUS Membership . . . . . . . . 16

Report o the Board tomembers and supporters . . . . . 18

Financial Statements . . . . . . . . 24

CIVICUS Donors . . . . . . . . . . . 28

CIVICUS Sta . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Human rights, every which way!Mary Robinson, ormer President o Ireland and ormer UN High

Commissioner or Human Rights leads a rally commemorating the 60th anniversary o the Universal

Declaration o Human Rights during the 2008 CIVICUS World Assembly in Glasgow.


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Ziad Abdul Samad

Arab NGO Network or

DevelopmentLebanon

David Bonbright (Vice-Chair)

Keystone AccountabilityUnited Kingdom

Anabel Cruz (Chair)

Instituto de Communicacion y

Desarrollo (ICD)Uruguay

Marta Cumbi

Fundao para o Desenvolvimentoda Comunidade (FDC)

Mozambique

Maja Daruwala (Secretary)

Commonwealth Human Rights

InitiativeIndia

Cecilia Dockendor

Fundecin SolesChile

Rajiv Joshi

Scottish Youth Parliament

United Kingdom

Debbie Kaddu-Serwadda*

Empower children andcommunities against abuse

(ECCA)Uganda

David Robinson*

Social and Civil Policy InstituteNew Zealand

Peter Shiras (Treasurer)

International Youth FoundationUnited States o America

Martin Sime

Scottish Council or Voluntary

OrganisationsUnited Kingdom

Rieky Stuart

Gender at WorkCanada

CIVICus boArdof dIreCtors

CIVICus mIssIon:

CIVICUS is an international alliancededicated to strengthening citizenaction and civil society throughout theworld.

CIVICus VIsIon:

A worldwide community o inormed,inspired, committed citizens engaged

in conronting the challenges acinghumanity.

CIVICUS seeks to ampliy the voices

and opinions o ordinary people.It recognises that or eective andsustainable civic participation to occur,citizens must enjoy rights o ree

association and be able to engage allsectors o society.

* Member o the Gender Equality Team (GET) at CIVICUS

Countries where Board members are located

Participants in discussion at the 1st CIVICUS

Participatory Governance skills-building workshop

in South Asia, jointly hosted by ParticipatoryResearch in Asia (PRIA).


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We encountered various challenges deending and advancing theinterests o civil society. Oten we were asked to do so much morethan the resources we had available to us allowed. Getting civil

society to ocus on the numerous things they have in common and

to learn to respectully disagree on the ner points o dierenceproved harder than expected. The shrinking o civil liberties andcurtailment o democratic space that has characterised the so-called

war on terror also had an important impact on our work.

As I reect back on my years at CIVICUS I would like to encourageall CIVICUS members to be as active as they nd useul to advancetheir work and the overall global interests o civil society. I appealto donors to continue to support the good work that CIVICUS does.

And I urge our numerous programme partners to orm an evencloser relationship with CIVICUS in the coming years. Finally, to allCIVICUS stakeholders, rom sta to members, I want to express my

deepest gratitude or giving me an opportunity to serve CIVICUS.As I get ready to assume a new responsibility as Executive Directoro Greenpeace International, I know that much o what I learnt romthe broader CIVICUS amily will be crucial or me in this new role.

In solidarity,

My ten years at CIVICUS had several highlights. Themost important daily highlight or me was meeting

inspirational people rom civil society in various par ts o

the world, either in person or virtually. They all contributed (Board

Members, sta, volunteers, interns, member organisations andpartners) to the implementation o the CIVICUS Civil Society Indexthat still goes rom strength to strength, the launch o the Civil

Society Watch programme that is growing in its ability to deendcivil society, and the annualising o the World Assemblies.

During my time at CIVICUS I had the pleasure o meeting grassrootsactivists that are working daily with some o the poorest peoplein the world as well as having to lobby high prole individuals

such as the UN Secretary General Ko Annan, the Presidento the World Bank and various Heads o State. I also had theopportunity to interact with leaders o some o the biggest and

smallest civil society organisations, with leaders rom business,and rom local government as well as parliamentarians. Whatmade these interactions special was that even though we wereoten challenging the views and perspectives o these people,

we developed the ability to do so with dignity and respect. Eventhough they oten did not like what we were saying, they grew torespect our role as CIVICUS specically and the role o civil society

more broadly.

fAreweLLfrom KumI nAIdooCIVICUS Secretary General (until July 2008)

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Kumi conducts an interview during a CIVICUS actnding mission to Zimbabwe in December 2008.

Getting civil

society to ocus

on the numerousthings they have

in common

and to learn

to respectully

disagree on the

ner points o

diference proved

harder than

hoped or.

CIVICus VALuesJustice and Equality

CIVICUS believes in the equality and dignity o every person.ReciprocityCIVICUS exists to ensure that people treat one another with the respect with which they themselves wish to be treated.

KnowledgeCIVICUS recognises that to increase its global awareness o civil society and beore it can assist or take action, it needs to ormalliances with other concerned bodies to increase its inuence and knowledge.

VisionCIVICUS is realistic about conict in today's world, but remains optimistic that most people, organisations, governments andbusinesses will work together or the benet o all.

Principled CourageCIVICUS will always promote civil justice and pledges to act in a manner that honours the principles o democratic civil society.


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Letterfrom IngrId srInAthCIVICUS Secretary General (rom August 2008)

2008 was, in multiple ways, a watershed yearor CIVICUS. Not only did it mark the transition

in leadership rom Kumi to mysel, it was also the

year that CIVICUS adopted its new Strategic Directions and the year

that global crises nally culminated in a nancial and economicmeltdown which poses the most severe threats and challenges tocivil society at all levels.

Thanks to Kumis incredible work over the past decade and his

graciousness and generosity during the handover, the leadershiptransition at CIVICUS was a streamlined and seamless process. Theunstinting support rom Board Members and sta ensured weachieved a balance o continuity and change. Moreover CIVICUS

members, partners and well-wishers around the world enabled thehandover with warmth, aection and patience. To each o you, mypersonal gratitude.

A two year process o strategy review and reormulation cameto a close in 2008 with the ormal adoption o the new Strategic

Directions (SDs) at the World Assembly in Glasgow in June. Thestrategy development was inormed by exhaustive consultationswith members, partners, Board and sta (past and present). The

new SDs place clear emphasis on protecting the rights o civilsociety wherever it aces threats, acilitating the sharing o bestpractice across civil society, especially in the area o accountability,and building civil society capacity to inuence policy at all levels

through promoting participatory governance. They provide theramework or all CIVICUS operational planning with regard toprogrammes but also inorm the organisation structures and

policies in operational areas. And, perhaps most importantly, enjoinCIVICUS to evaluate its actions through the lens o our values,leading by example across all our activities, internal and external.

The Operational Plan (OP), developed by sta and approvedby the Board in January 2009, translates the SDs into concreteorganisational deliverables up to 2012 or every team and individual

at CIVICUS. Together with the Impact, Planning and LearningFramework under development, the OP permits you and us toevaluate ongoing progress towards our goals.

The timing could not be more apposite. As ood,energy and climate crises converged, the nancialand economic meltdown threw into sharp relie the

root causes o structural decits in voice, assets, and

inuence. They demonstrated with unprecedented claritythe undamental inter-connectedness o peoples everywhereand our connection as a species to our planet and its other

inhabitants. Civil society in its widest sense, and CIVICUS inparticular, ended 2008 conronted by strong challenges to ourrelevance, legitimacy and capacity to cope with the onslaught o the

crises and need to ensure that responses to them are ounded onprinciples o equity, justice and democratic governance.

2009 will call on civil society to respond with greater cohesion,purpose and resolve than ever beore. CIVICUS will need your input,collaboration and solidarity to play its role in making sense o the

complexities, convening across silos o expertise and outreachand ampliying the voices o the dispossessed and marginalised inshaping the better world that may nally be within our grasp.

Regards,

One o the many discussions between Kumi and

Ingrid during the transition in CIVICUS leadership.

2008 was, in

multiple ways, a

watershed year

or CIVICUS.

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"2009 will call on civil

society to respond

with greater cohesion,

purpose and resolve than

ever beore.


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CIVICus strAtegIC dIreCtIons 2008-2012

In 2008, CIVICUS adopted its new 5-year Strategic Directions. The CIVICUS Board o Directors had taken the lead in mapping the state o civilsociety and in consulting with the CIVICUS members, partners, allies, critics and other stakeholders. The ndings suggest that the growth ocivil society in scale and importance over the last two decades has also increased its vulnerability. There is an increasing challenge or civil

society rom three directions:

1) internally through the risk o losing public trust;2) externally through political threats to its right to exist; and

3) through the general threats that ace humankind as a whole such as the impact o climate change, violent conicts, poverty andinequality.

Recognising the challenges civil society aces and in support o CIVICUS mission as well as taking into account an assessment o theorganisations strengths, uniqueness and other eatures, the organisation has adopted three mutually reinorcing Strategic Directions and key

programmatic approaches to guide its work over the next ve years (2008-2012).

strAtegIC dIreCtIon 3Strengthening civil societys ability to

inuence the policies and practices

o governments, international

institutions and the private sector

strAtegIC dIreCtIon 2Strengthening good practice within

civil society

strAtegIC dIreCtIon 1Protecting the rights o civil society

actors

CIVICus ApproAChesKnowledge generation and analysis

Communication

Convening and multi-stakeholder engagement

Advocacy

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"The growth o

civil societyin scale and

importance

over the last

two decades

has also

increased its

vulnerability.

CIVICUS staf discuss how to operationalise the2008-2012 Strategic Directions during a retreat.


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CIVICus worKIn 2008

the previous CSI phase. The major goals were tostreamline the CSI methodology and render it moreuser-riendly, and to decrease the resources and

time needed or implementation while preserving therichness o the original CSI approach.

Trained45partnercountries,outofatotalof55inthe

new phase, or the new phase o implementation o theproject rom July to December. A total o 5 three-day training

workshops, covering the action and research components on therevised CSI methodology, were held in three languages.

Communicationandevents:

- Launched Volume 2, Global Survey o the State o Civil Society:Comparative Perspectives in Johannesburg on 24 February.

- Hosted two workshops during the 2008 CIVICUS World

Assembly: CSI or Action where past-phase partners sharedsigns o impact o the CSI in their countries; and The Revised

CSI Methodology, attended by over 70 people, in which theresearch team presented the revised CSI methodology to be

used in the new phase o implementation.

Year ahead

In 2009, CSI will nish training all partners in the new phase,including the Asia Pacic and Arabic-speaking countries and it is

expected that the publication o the rst country outputs or thecurrent phase o implementation will be received. In addition theCSI will carry out an impact assessment on the rst CSI phase (2003-2006).

With the adoption o the new Strategic Directions, CIVICUShas started reviewing its current programmes so that they aremaximally aligned with the organisational priorities as expressed in

the Strategic Directions. Currently, CIVICUS activities are managedwith the ollowing understanding:

AllprogrammescontributetothethreeStrategicDirections

SomeprogrammescontributeprimarilytooneormoreStrategic

Directions, as identied below

CIVICUSasaconvenerandanetworkfacilitatorprovides

the organisation with a orum to promote all three StrategicDirections.

CIVICus progrAmmes

The Civil Society Index (CSI) is a participatoryneeds assessment and action planning

tool or civil society. It is implemented at

the country level by prominent civil societyorganisations, which take responsibility or co-

ordinating input rom a wide range o civil society and other

perspectives. Using a structured methodology, civil society actorsassess the state o civil society in their national context. Based on

this assessment, they are then able to develop action plans in orderto strengthen civil society and its role in development and good

governance. Because o CSIs nature as a knowledge-generationprogramme, it serves all Strategic Directions by providing otherCIVICUS programmes with key background inormation and analysis

at the country level.

Main activities in 2008

RedesigneditsmethodologybetweenFebruaryandAugust,

in conjunction with the Centre or Social Investment at the

Heidelberg University and based on recommendations ollowing

CIVIL soCIety Index (CsI)

pArtnershIpwIth undp

During 2008, CIVICUS explored partnering with the UNDevelopment Programme (UNDP) to strengthen supportor the CSI and establish a consortium o partners interested

in the programme. In September 2008, a memorandum ounderstanding was signed by CIVICUS and UNDP.

2008 saw CIVICUS' Civil Society Index launch

Volume 2, Global Survey o the State o Civil

Society: Comparatice Perspectives.

CSI has impressiveollow up in

putting civil

society on the

agenda o regional

development and

political change in

Ukraine.

- CSI partner in the

Ukraine


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Civil Society Watch (CSW) aims to mobilise

quick, principled and eective responses toevents that threaten civil societys undamental

rights to collectively assemble, express, associateand organise throughout the world. The CSW is closely aligned withthe Strategic Direction 1.


ConductedthepilotphaseofanEarlyWarningSystemprojectto

predict and pre-empt systemic threats to civil society emergingthrough legislation, ofcial policies or restrictive practices on the

ground. Local partners in seven countries - Ethiopia, Kazakhstan,Lebanon, Philippines, Solomon Islands, United States and Vietnam

- participated. Laidthegroundworkforacivilsocietynetworkingandknowledge

sharing project to exchange and promote best practices onworking in restrictive environments in the Eurasia region.

Undertookactivitiestoprotecttherightsofcivilsocietyactors

including analysis o restrictive NGO legislation in Ethiopia, Jordan

and Uganda, submissions to the UN Human Rights CouncilsUniversal Periodic Review Process on reedoms o association

and assembly in Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan, press

statements on assassination o human rights activists inthe Philippines and targeting o civil society members in

Pakistan, a campaign to highlight patterns o restrictionsand cases o activists detained because o their work

in China, India, Iran, Syria and Uzbekistan, and a actnding mission to Zimbabwe on repression o civilsociety reedoms.

CIVIL soCIety wAtCh (Csw)

pArtICIpAtorygoVernAnCe (pg)

Year ahead

In 2009, CSW plans to build on the work begun in 2008 and extendthe Early Warning System project to 14 countries, strengthen theEurasia network to protect civil societys rights with particular ocuson Belarus, Kazakhstan, Russia, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, along-

with regular highlighting o threats to civil society around the worldas and when they arise.

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As a novel threat

detection system,

the CSW Early

Warning Systemwill certainly

evolve to become

one o the most

useul tools or

strengthening

civil society in the

uture.

- Development Services

Exchange, SolomonIslands

Children smile or the camera during a

CSW act-nding mission to Zimbabwe

in December 2008.

CIVICus progrAmmes (ContInued)

Participatory Governance (PG) works tobuild the capacity o targeted Southern-

based civil society and government actors to

promote participatory and accountablegovernance o public institutions at local and national levels.

Its multi-dimensional capacity-building strategy ocuses on i)generating and sharing knowledge and learning; ii) helpingtargeted practitioners acquire practical skills and tools; iii) buildingbridges between civil society and government actors and an

active community o practice among participatory governancepractitioners; and iv) promoting innovation in participatorygovernance practices. PG is one o CIVICUS current interventions or

the Strategic Direction 3 at the country level.

Main activities in 2008:

ConvenedaglobalconferenceentitledHowtoBuildPoliticalWill or Participatory Governance? on 16-18 June 2008 in

Glasgow. A rich body o knowledge was generated including theidentication o key reasons or political wont and explorationo strategies and tools that have proved successul in buildinggenuine political will or participatory governance. A publication

on the same topic is being developed (to be published in late2009).

Supportedskills-buildingworkshops,organisedbythe

programme partners CLUSA in Ghana, Idasa in South Arica,


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Polis in Brazil and PRIA in India, each attended by 25-40 targetedparticipatory governance practitioners rom 3-4 neighbouringcountries. To promote continued learning and practical skills,

the workshops were ollowed by the establishment o regionalnetworks, provision o mentoring services by the partner

organisations to a select group o workshop participants, andsmall grants to strategically selected innovative participatorygovernance projects.

Workedtodevelopanonlineresourcecentre(tobeocially

launched in the second part o 2009) to acilitate greater accessto participatory governance resources and provide a orumor practitioners worldwide to engage in inormation sharing,

peer-learning and joint action. More than ty cutting-edgeapproaches/tools will be included in the online toolkit which hasbeen developed in collaboration with a network o specialistsrom dierent parts o the world.

Year AheadIn 2009, PG will expand the skills-building programmes to threemore regions (South-East Asia, Central America, and the MENAregion), launch the publication "From Political Won't to Political

Will: Building Support or Participatory Governance" and theonline resource centre PGExchange, and operationalise a globalcommunity o practice on participatory governance.

LegItImACy, trAnspArenCy& ACCountAbILIty (LtA)

standards o conduct in all aspect o their work. LTA isan evolving programme closely aligned with StrategicDirection 2.


MadeplanstoengageCIVICUSprogrammestodeveloptwo communities o practice: i) with the Afnity Groupo National Associations (AGNA), a collective o 56 national

associations, to assist in developing, maintaining or enhancingthe legitimacy, transparency and accountability o members andii) with CSW to sensitise CSOs on responsibilities in regard to their

existence in environments that are associated with threats to civicspace.

PresentedLTAtotworegionalgroups:PromotingCSOLegitimacy,

Independence and Credibility an East Arican RegionalConerence rom the 3rd to the 5th o September and a regionalmeeting o social welare organisations or children, Play Soccer, in

November in Johannesburg, South Arica.

Conceptualisedane-forumasthemediumforthediscussionof

common issues and presentation o innovative solutions by thecommunity o practice. The e-orum will be active ollowing thecommunity o practice workshops in September 2009.

Convenedanadvisorygroupcomprisingofeminentscholars,

practitioners and stakeholders who have extensive knowledgeand experience on matters related to civil society legitimacy,

transparency and accountability.

Year Ahead

LTA aims to develop a platorm that is exible to promote cross-learning and eective communication between CSOs and their

constituents but robust enough to allow or CIVICUS to assist inbuilding sustainable capacity where it is needed. In order to achievethis, LTA aims to create ve communities o practice around CIVICUSprogrammes in order to increase awareness o LTA issues.

Legitimacy, Transparency and Accountability(LTA) aims to enhance the credibility o civil

society organisations (CSOs) by strengthening

internal mechanisms or legitimacy, accountabilityand transparency. LTA works with members, partners and otherallies to support initiatives to maintain and when necessary toimprove the accountability, transparency and legitimacy o CSOs

and to encourage and support CSOs to comply with the highest

Participants engage with the

proceedings during a Participatory

Governance in Glasgow in June 2008.

LTA works with

members, partners

and other allies

to encourage and

support CSOs to

comply with the

highest standards

o conduct in all

aspect o their work.


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In the light o GCAP becoming a separate

legal entity rom CIVICUS (see below), in2008 CIVICUS also embarked on developing a

programme o work on development eectivenessand cooperation. The main ocus o this new programme is to

increase the engagement o civil society in the developmenteectiveness arena. DEC will have strong resonance with all o theStrategic Directions.


ActivelyengagedintheOECD3rdHighLevelForumonAid

Eectiveness (HLF3) in Accra, Ghana, in September as parto the aid eectiveness CSO International Steering Group

(ISG) process. CIVICUS main contribution to the ISG was indeveloping communication together with the members o thecommunications working group.

ContributedtotheCSODevelopmentEectivenessprocessas

an active participant in a dedicated CSO-led process called theOpen Forum or CSO Development Eectiveness. The Forum was

ormally acknowledged in the Accra Agenda or Action, endorsedat the HLF3 in Accra. The Open Forum is headed by a Global

Facilitation Group (GFG) composed o 25 member organisations,led by a Consortium o six GFG member organisations, includingCIVICUS. CIVICUS' mandate is the outreach to and mobilisation oInternational CSO networks and international non-governmentalorganisations (INGOs).

Year Ahead

INGOs and International CSO networks involved in the Open Forumwill gather evidence on the specic contribution o InternationalCSOs and their networks to development eectiveness; contribute

to the development eectiveness principles and the politicalstrategy o the Open Forum by deending collectively the CSOs'

global space occupied by these INGOs and networks.

ImpACt, pLAnnIngAnd LeArnIng frAmeworK(IpLf)In 2008, CIVICUS embarked on a journey o building an Impact, Planning and Learning Framework (IPLF). IPLF is primarily intended

as a tool to help CIVICUS monitor the progress o implementation and impact o our work under the Strategic Directions 2008-12. It was also designed to acilitate the process o collective learning, by way o strengthening the organisational system in

programme monitoring and evaluation as well as organisational development matters.

The work began by developing a concept paper that provides the current sketch o the organisational situation in CIVICUSregarding learning, monitoring and evaluation and oers suggestions as to how an IPLF could be created. This rst phase

was carried out by engaging external consultants and orming a sta reerence group.

One o the key ndings rom this phase was that CIVICUS should work on the systems design or IPLF, including

identiying the various rhythms or planning, monitoring, evaluation and reporting, and oering guidance on howthese can be structured to maximise learning. In 2009, the work will continue by hiring an IPLF Manager who will beresponsible or leading this process o building and constantly upgrading the organisational ramework.

The aid system should not be a pyramid, but a circle, with

donors and beneciaries engaging on the same level

- CIVICUS helped organise a photo essay on aid

efectiveness during the HLF3 in Accra, Ghana.

deVeLopment effeCtIVenessAnd CooperAtIon (deC)

CIVICus progrAmmes (ContInued)


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VOLUNTEERING AND

SOCIAL ACTIVISM

Pathways for participation inhuman development

Internationalssociation forolunteerEffort

"Volunteerism is a key strategy or

creating a global community o

inormed and active citizens.

- Karena Cronin, United Nations volunteer with CIVICUS

The purpose o CIVICUS representation at theUnited Nations in both Geneva and New York is

to enhance the space and impact o civil societyin decision making processes. In particular, during2008 the ocus continued to be: i) enhancing civil

society space and participation at the UN with particularregard to the participation o women, gender minoritiesand southern civil society in a human rights ramework, ii)UN democratisation and the implementation o the Millennium

Development Goals.


EngagedonavoluntarybasiswithanewrepresentativeattheUNinGeneva,RenateBloem,formerPresidentof

CONGO in June.

NetworkedwiththeUNNGOCommunityinNewYorkandGeneva,aswellasaroundtheworldwithwhom

CIVICUS maintains regular contact, including attendance at meetings and participation in joint initiatives.

SecuredtheUNDepartmentofPublicInformation(DPI)NGOexecutivecommitteesparticipationattheWorld

Assembly 2008 in Glasgow, as well as CIVICUS participation at the DPI NGO Annual Conerence in Paris, includingthe Civil Society Watchs workshop on threats to civil society and interventions by our Secretary General.

Participatedincivilsocietyco-ordinationmeetingsattheUNMissionandtheUNEconomicandSocialCouncil

(ECOSOC) Spring Meetings with the international nancial institutions, including various UBUNTU meetings onnancing or development and on taxation o international nancial transactions.

EngagedinthepreparatoryprocessandthenaleventoftheDurbanReviewConferenceonracism,racial

discrimination, xenophobia and related orms o intolerance.

Deliveredstatements,preparedreportsandorganisedside-eventsduringkeyUNmeetingsontheUniversal

Declaration o Human Rights at 60, on civil society under threat, on human rights education and human rightsdeenders.

Year Ahead

The US nancial implosion occurred in the midst o the UN High-level meeting on the MDGs and took all

development discussions to another level o magnitude and most immediately to the General Assembly InteractivePanel on the nancial meltdown. Working to ensure that the voices o civil society and citizens rom around theworld are heard in discussions on the impact o this crisis and ways orward will be a priority or CIVICUS UN in the

year ahead.

CIVICUS engagement with the UN in New York and Geneva is spearheaded by voluntary representatives. CIVICUS

thanks these hard-working individuals or their dedication to CIVICUS and civil society.

CIVICus Atthe un

CIVICUS, in partnership with the

International Association o VolunteerEort (IAVE) and United Nations Volunteers

(UNV), undertook a number o activities toraise awareness about the diverse contributions o

volunteerism to civil society and citizen participation.


InOctober,thethreeorganisationspublishedadiscussion

paper entitled, Volunteering and Social Activism: Pathways orparticipation in human development. The paper explores the

role o volunteering and social activism in ostering peoplesparticipation in social change and human development. A

geographically diverse range o over 100 volunteer-involvingorganisations rom the CIVICUS, UNV and IAVE networks

contributed to the research project. The paper is available inmultiple languages on World Volunteer Web, a clearinghouse orinormation and resources on volunteerism.

Aselectgroupofparticipantshelpedtohighlightthekeyndings

o the paper at the 20th IAVE World Volunteer Conerence as well

as the 8th CIVICUS World Assembly.

Year Ahead

CIVICUS is currently renewing its partnership with IAVE and UNV,and jointly identiying activities to undertake in the lead up to

the International Year o the Volunteer + 10 (2011). As part othis process, CIVICUS will be exploring options or integratingits volunteerism work into new and existing programmes andoperations, including the development o a Volunteer Programme

and Management Scheme.

Renate Bloem, CIVICUS' new representative

to the UN in Geneva.

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"In addition to its programmatic work, CIVICUS aims to bringtogether the many voices o civil society in order to exchangeknowledge, build best practices and develop strategies or

enhancing the sector. In this role as a convener, CIVICUS hosts the

World Assembly and acilitates several networks o civil societyorganisations and activists. The ollowing provides highlights onthese activities rom 2008.

Atotalof789delegatesattendedfrom102countries.Southern

participation was enhanced through bursaries. Key nationaland international government and multilateral institution

representatives also participated (e.g. DFID, the World Bank, and

UN agencies).

SomeofthespeakersatthisyearseventincludedSharanBurrow,

President o the International Trade Union Conederation; SalilShetty, Director o the UN Millennium Campaign, Pascal Lamy,Director General o the World Trade Organisation; Jose Miguel

Insulza, Secretary General o the Organisation o AmericanStates; Douglas Alexander, UK Secretary o State or InternationalDevelopment; David Nussbaum, CEO o the Worldwide Fund

WWF; and Ela Bhatt, a ormer member o the Indian parliamentand a member o The Elders.

Inaddition,asecondsuccessfulYouthAssemblywasheldwith

198 delegates, 72 rom developing countries. 117 o the youthdelegates joined the World Assembly. They played a large part inthe march and rally held to commemorate the 60th anniversary

o the Universal Declaration o Human Rights and led o by MaryRobinson, Former President o Ireland and UN High Commissioneror Human Rights.

Evidenceofconcretepartnershipsandworkstreamsresulting

rom the World Assembly, both South-South and South-North,is strong. Two Innovation Awards, arising out o World Assembly

participation in 2007, were presented to a Scottish-South Aricanproject on the MDGs, and a human rights education project in theNiger Delta region.

Year Ahead

In 2009, CIVICUS will be preparing or the next series o WorldAssemblies to be held in Montral, Canada, rom 2010 to 2012.

The rst o the series will be on 20-23 August 2010. Please visitwww.civicusassembly.org or inormation on the programme and

registration. We hope to see you there!

CIVICus AsAConVenerAndnetworKfACILItAtor

worLd AssembLy

The CIVICUS World Assembly serves as aprimary venue or civil society practitioners,

researchers, activists, concerned businessleaders and representatives rom governments

and development agencies to share ideas and experiences onstrengthening citizen participation and to engage with donors andgovernment representatives.

Main activities or 2008

The2008CIVICUSWorldAssembly,heldfrom18-21Juneatthe

Scottish Exhibition and Conerence Centre, was the third and lastin the Glasgow series. CIVICUS and the World Assembly team

would like to thank our Scottish partners, SCVO, or theirexcellent hosting o this event and or the close ties orged

between our two organisations over the past three years.

TheWorldAssemblycentredonthethemeActing

Together or a Just World with a ocus on People,Participation and Power. This was discussed in 4

plenaries, 2 mini-plenaries, 30 workshops and 10break-out sessions. Delegate participation

was central and included break outsessions, 4 live BBC radio programmes and

ormal and inormal networking sessions.

Pascal Lamy, Director General o the World Trade

Organisation (WTO) responds to a question rom

the audience during a session at the 2008 World

Assembly.

The next World

Assembly will be

on 20-23 August

2010 in Montreal

Canada. We hope

to see you there!


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gender equALIty teAm2008 was a year o growth and expansion or theCIVICUS Gender Equality Team (GET). GET is an all-

voluntary team o CIVICUS sta, volunteers and interns,as well as Board members, which seeks to integrate aocus on gender equality throughout CIVICUS.

At the 8th CIVICUS World Assembly, GET convened a groupo leading womens rights and gender equality advocates.

The constructive eedback shared at this meeting inormedGETs priorities or the remainder o the year. For example, GET

participated in CIVICUS strategic planning processes or 2009-2012 and ensured that gender equality issues were discussedthroughout. GET also conducted several sta sensitisation campaigns,

and held a day-long sta workshop to urther explore the relevance ogender and power to our personal lives, our programmatic work, and toglobal civil society more broadly. Following this, GET members assisteddepartmental managers in assessing their work and identiying ways

o integrating gender equality into their plans. This process resulted invery real and achievable targets that go beyond viewing gender equalitymerely in terms o equal numbers o men and women.

Next year, GET will ocus on developing new and sustainableinstitutional structures, as well as increasing its gender expertise so that

CIVICUS can strengthen its commitment to advancing gender equality.This will be closely linked with the work o Impact, Planning andLearning Framework.

The CIVICUS GET team

AffInIty groupof nAtIonALAssoCIAtIons (AgnA)

The Afnity Group o National Associations(AGNA) convenes national associations o

civil society organisations to enhance their

eectiveness by i) convening members to shareexperiences about their work and engagements and adoptcollective responses to common challenges, and ii) acilitatingdiscussions and mutual learning on how to run national associations

eectively.


LaunchedtheAGNAresourceguide;Howtoestablishand

run a National Association, which gathers the knowledge andexperience o AGNA members on the actors to consider whenestablishing a National Association (part 1) and resources orestablished National Associations on securing their legitimacy,

accountability and transparency, among other issues (part 2).Members have indicated that the guide makes their work moreeective.

Peer-learningexchangevisitswereconducted,inparticular

between the Independent Sector (IS) USA and the ChineseAssociation or NGO Cooperation (CANGO) China, to provide

space or AGNA members to learn rom each other, exchangeexperiences and identiy joint solutions to common challenges.

Organisedaworkshopatthe2008CIVICUSWorldAssemblyto

bring together representatives o national associations. Threejoint research papers were presented by members: ANGOA (NewZealand) and DES (Solomon Islands) on National Associations

experiences in improving the terms o engagement withgovernment: Pacic experiences, OFOP (Poland) and SCVO(Scotland) on National Associations as initiators o establishing

and improving the standards o Public consultations, and CEMEFI,POJAJU and ANONG on Incidence in public social policies onational associations in Mexico, Paraguay and Uruguay.

Representatives o national associations o civil

society organisations discuss engaging withgovernments during the 2008 World Assembly.


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OrganisedtheAGNAannualgeneralmeetingtoprovidean

opportunity or AGNA members to meet ace-to-ace to addresschallenges acing national associations, discuss areas o progress

and identiy priorities or the coming year.

Year ahead

AGNA will continue its activities into 2009 to promote networkingand knowledge sharing and create opportunities or joint action

among AGNA members. In particular, AGNA will be working withCIVICUS LTA programme to increase the knowledge base o AGNAmembers on those issues.

Year ahead

The role o the secretariat will be urther dened in light o theAccountability Charter Company becoming a registered companyin the UK. I n addition, the long-term uture o the IANGO Workshopwill be examined ater the 7th annual workshop in Barcelona in

May/June 2009.

InternAtIonAL AdVoCACyngos networK(IAngo)

CIVICus AsAConVenerAndnetworKfACILItAtor (ContInued)

gLobAL CALLto ACtIonAgAInst poVerty (gCAp)

"

"Our national

association has very

limited resources

to carry out in-depth research and

analysis and the

AGNA meeting and

workshop lled an

important gap in

this respect.

- A representative romANGOA-New Zealand on

the AGNA workshop

Delegates listen to a discussion with The Elders during the 2008

CIVICUS World Assembly in Glasgow.

To fnd out more about CIVICUS' work, including its

programmes, and its activities as a convenor and

acilitator, visit www.civicus.org.

As a growing alliance o trade unions,community groups, aith groups, women

and youth organisations, NGOs and othercampaigners working together across more than

100 national platorms, GCAP is calling or action rom the worldsleaders to meet their promises to end poverty and inequality. Inparticular, they demand solutions that address the issues o public

accountability, just governance and the ullment o human rights,trade justice, a major increase in the quantity and quality o aid andnancing or development, debt cancellation and gender equality.During 2008, CIVICUS continued to host the global secretariat o the

GCAP.

Main Activities in 2008

GCAPcoalitionsaroundtheworldbroughttogethercitizens

rom diverse organisations and social groups to call or an end to

poverty and inequality.

WithafocusonindividualsandgroupsTakingAction,people

rom 131 countries were involved, an increase in the number ocountries rom 2007.

CoalitionscametogetheraroundtheInternationalDayforthe

Eradication o Poverty, or which almost 117 million people weremobilised around the globe setting a new world record.

The annual IANGO Workshop creates a spaceor leaders o IANGOs to engage in reection,

learning and strategic thinking with the aim o

enabling action on common challenges and opportunities. Onetangible output is the International NGOs Accountability Charter,which sets a common code o conduct or organisations that worktransnationally on the protection and promotion o public goods.

The Accountability Charter has an independent website at www.ingoaccountabilitycharter.org. CIVICUS unctions as the

secretariat or the annual Workshop and the Charter.

Main Activities in 2008

TheAccountabilityChartersmembersincreasedto 64.

TheAccountabilityCharterCompanybecame

a registered company in the United Kingdom inFebruary.

The6thannualIANGOworkshopwassuccessfully

held rom 1-3 June in Berlin.


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GCAPalsocametogetheraroundkeymomentsin2008andwas

prominent as a orce denouncing the lack o political action toaddress the three main crises devastating poor people in the year;

the ood, uel and nancial crises.

12Povertyhearingswereheldatthenationallevelthroughout

2008 and ed into a global poverty hearing, held in New Yorkaround the UN High Level Event on the MDGs. This brought thevoices o those living in poverty to the global decision makingstage.

CIVICus CommunICAtIons

CIVICUS communication department is ocused on three objectives, i) enhancing the image and brand o CIVICUS as a whole, ii)

providing support to CIVICUS programmes and iii) enhancing the inormation exchange on civil society issues with members, partners,and civil society practitioners.


Reachedover70,000individualsubscriberswiththeweeklye-newsletter,e-CIVICUS,coveringabroadrangeofissuesaectingcivil

society.

LaunchedanewCIVICUSwebsite(www.civicus.org)inJuly,whichaddressedmanyofthetechnicalissuesoftheformerwebsite.

Engagedwithlocalandforeignmedia,improvingthecoverageandproleofCIVICUSasawhole,aswellasthatofindividual

campaigns and civil society more broadly.

ProducedCIVICUSprintedandmultimediamaterials,includinganinteractiveWorldAssemblyCD-ROM,andprogramme-specic

brochures.

Year ahead

2009 will see the development o a comprehensive CIVICUS communication strategy in order to improve the CIVICUS brand and theability to reach out to broader civil society. Key activities or the new year include improving the navigation and inormation availableon the CIVICUS website, updating and improving the content and ormat o e-CIVICUS and embracing new media and social networkingplatorms such as YouTube, Facebook and Twitter.

GCAP campaigners take to the streets.

Year ahead

Much o 2008 was spent developing the structure orGCAP to become more independent, streamlined andaccountable, through a process o ormalising a newentity, the GCAP Global Foundation (to be registered as an

independent not-or-prot organisation in the Netherlands),and the election o a new governing body, the GCAP GlobalCouncil. As o May 2009, GCAP will have secured an autonomous

legal registration and thus become independent o CIVICUS.

"

"

You can visit

CIVICUS at

www.civicus.org,

on Facebook

and on YouTube!


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"

"

"

"

CIVICUS Membership is open to civil society organisations,

oundations and individuals rom across the spectrum and diversityo civil society.

During 2008, CIVICUS represented a wide inuential network o civil

society organisations and networks including large global INGOs,national, regional networks and grassroot CSOs centred around

particular thematic areas, such as gender, climate/environment,poverty, governance and accountability, rom 110 countries romthe global North and South.

All members join in solidarity with other like-minded people andorganisations by supporting CIVICUS' mission, vision and values. As

such, members join as a show o support and based on a desire tojoin an alliance that helps:

Protect the rights o civil society, promote good practice among

civil society organisations and increase the infuence o civil

society with local, national and i nternational governments and

institutions.

CIVICUS and its activities provided added value to members in 2008

in the ollowing ways:

Sensemaking: CIVICUS helped to monitor and make sense o

the complex global civil society or its members through ourelectronic newsletters and other communications.

Convening: CIVICUS brought together members romdiverse regions and sectors to share k nowledge, good

practice and experiences, primarily during the 2008

World Assembly and several members' meetings.

Space-providing: CIVICUS helped provide a space

or its members to be heard on the global stage byorganising side events and incorporating memberviews into its representations at internationalorums.

CIVICUSaimstosensetheneedsofitsmembers,servetheir

interests, reect their views in its public stances and programmepriorities and remain accountable to them. Accordingly, in 2008,

CIVICUS adopted new Strategic Directions that seek to maximise

membership involvement and position members at the centre oCIVICUS.

Looking ahead to 2009, the economic crisis has aggravated pre-existing human rights problems and now more than ever we seek

the voice o our members to ensure the empowerment o peoplewho can not speak or themselves. As a result in 2009, we aim toengage members urther in conversation through new tools, such

as social networking platorms, to ensure participation, networking,sharing and dialogue.

CIVICus membershIp

CIVICUS staf assist new members during the 2008

CIVICUS World Assembly.

During our struggles in the coups that Fiji has

aced, the global brotherhood and solidarity

gave us hope when all looked bleak.

I salute the organisation or representing the

people in the many global discussions that

we cannot be physically involved in and or

keeping us updated on decisions made as well

as commentaries that help us in developing

advocacy and action on the ground. I salute the

passionate people involved in this organisation

or keeping us inspired. I hope many more

successes come to CIVICUS and civil society

sector around the globe as we struggle or

human dignity.

- Sashi Kiran, Founder/Director, Foundation orRural Integrated Enterprises N Development, Fiji

Thank you or

sending us all the

useul inormation

about various

events. Thank you

or enlightening usabout issues rom

around the world

and thank you or

letting us share ours

with you. Be always

one o the rst and

best.

- Nigar Mammadova,

Economic Research Center(ERC), Azerbaijan & CIVICUS

member


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Percentage o CIVICUS Members per region

CIVICUS members make new riends and greet oldones during a members' networking lunch at the

2008 CIVICUS World Assembly.

membershIpbyCountryAndregIon

In 2008, CIVICUS had members rom 110 countries in all regions o the world. The ollowing map and

chart illustrate this spread o membership.

27%

Arica (Sub-Saharan)

5%

North Arica &

the Middle East

24%

Asia & the Pacifc

14%

North America

22%

Europe

8%

Latin America & the Caribbean Countries with members

Countries without members

"

"CIVICUS or me is an

inspiration and an

encouragement or

my work.

- Pastor Deo GashagazaExecutive Director o PrisonFellowship Rwanda &CIVICUS member

f o r

In 2009, CIVICUS is launching the One or One campaign with the goal o

having at least one CIVICUS member in every UN member state. Are we

looking or you? Find out at www.civicus.org/1-or-1-campaign.

Find out! visit www.civicus.org/1-for-1-campaign


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$3,500,000

$3,000,000

$2,500,000

$2,000,000

$1,500,000

$1,000,000

$500,000

2005

$0

2006 2007 2008

CIVICUS has achieved a steady increase in grant incomeover the past our years. From 2007 to 2008 there has

been a 27% increase in grant income, amounting to

an increase o USD 668,214. Own-earned income isalso growing in absolute terms rom year to year. Itremains a small but airly consistent proportion

between 5 and 8% - o total income in any given year.In 2008 it amounted to 5.6% o total income or theyear. See Table 1 above.

AggregAted expensesOn behal o the Board, the Treasurer is pleased to present theAggregated Financial Statements or CIVICUS or the year to 31December 2008 and our observations on them.

AggregAted InCome

reportofthe boArdtothe membersAnd supportersof CIVICus

Non-recurring income; concert & Thinker's ForumRestricted GCAP grant incomeUnrestricted CIVICUS own-earned income

Restricted CIVICUS grant income

Income Analysis 2005-2008 : Where the money comes rom

In the past two years between 60-65% o expenses have been

incurred on Implementation Programme activities. A urther 15%represents the actual cost o CIVICUS Convening and Outreachactivities within civil society. By Convening and Outreach

programmes we mean the Communications and Membershipunctions and the World Assembly programme. The remaining20-25% covers the costs o Governance, Management andRepresentation and Support services to the organisation itsel.

These are expenses associated with the Board unction, theSecretary Generals representational work and costs o her supportsta and Resource Mobilisation, Finance and AdministrationSupport services. See Table 2 above.

$3,500,000

$3,000,000

$2,500,000

$2,000,000

$1,500,000

$1,000,000

$500,000

2005$0

2006 2007 2008

Non-recurring income; concert & Thinker's Forum

Implementation Programmes; GCAPGovernance, Management and Representation, Support Services

Convening and Outreach ProgrammesImplementation Programmes; CSI, CSN, CSW, DEC, LTA, PG

Expenses Analysis 2005-2008: How the money was spent

1 As a result o the growth o the programme GCAP will have established, during the course o 2009, itsel as a separate, stand-alone

legal entity and so, or uture comparative purposes, this report shows their nances separately.

A delegate's bag hangs on a chair during the

2008 World Assembly in Glasgow.


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AggregAted InCome stAtement

Surplus (Defcit) Analysis 2005-2008: Spending within our means

Income

ExpensesSurplus (Decit)

CIVICUSrecognisesown-earnedcashasown-earnedincomeat

the time o receipt.

CIVICUSrecognisesgrantincome,i.e.regardsgrantcashasactual

income, NOT at time o receipt but ONLY as the cash is actuallyspent.

AnyunspentgrantcashheldbyCIVICUSatthecloseofanancial

year is treated as deerred income i.e. uture income.

DeferredincomebecomesactualincomeONLYonceCIVICUShasullled the terms o our grant agreement i.e. spent the money as

promised in our grant proposal.

Inprinciplethismeansthatgrantincomeandexpensesshouldbe

equal in each and every year.

AnysurplusontheAggregatedIncomestatementwillnormally

represent own-earned unds or that year which have not beenused within the same nancial year and they are taken to reserves.

Anydecitwillnormallyrepresentplannedspendingoutof

that part o retained reserves which the Board have deemed are

available or use.

Exception

The Financial Statements or the year to 31 December 2005erroneously treated ALL grant cash received during the year as grant

income or that year itsel, whether or not it was intended or use in2006 and/or thereater. This resulted in an overstated surplus see

Table 3 above - which was then treated as an addition to retainedreserves. These reserves, unlike own-earned income which is

unrestricted when retained, were restricted monies in that they HADto be spent according to the relevant grant terms and conditions.

Net defcit or 2008

As in 2007 and 2006, this decit represents the use o almost all o

the balance o the grant income erroneously taken to reserves in2005.

$3,500,000

$3,000,000

$2,500,000

$2,000,000

$1,500,000

$1,000,000

$500,000

2005

$0

2006 2007 2008-$500,000

Delegates engage in discussion at the2008 CIVICUS World Assembly.


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reportofthe boArd (ContInued)

AggregAted bALAnCe sheet

Assets

In January 2008 CIVICUS legally acquired the property-owing

company Golden Spot which had, up to this point, been heldin trust or CIVICUS by a third party. Golden Spot is the legally

registered owner o the building known as CIVICUS House. Theresult o this is that we are now able, as 100% benecial owner oGolden Spot, to aggregate Golden Spots accounts in with CIVICUS

operational accounts or 2008.

Land and buildings now show on the Aggregated Balance Sheet,

instead o the loan to Property Company as was the case rom 2002to 2007.

Liabilities

Restricted Retained reserves

As at 31 December 2008 the remaining balance is USD 34,189, beingi) an amount o USD 26,833 remaining rom an award to CIVICUS

by Inter American Foundation to und the WA Innovation Awards,and ii) an amount o USD 7,356 in respect o the PG programme.

The Inter American Foundation monies will remain on the books

until we are able to award them to South American winners. The PGamount will be cleared in ull in 2009 it was part o a sub grant toIDASA in 2008 which was retired and reported on in 2009.

Unrestricted Retained reserves

CIVICUS started out 2008 with total unrestricted retained reserveso USD 479,923. The organisations own-earned income reachedUSD 156,144 in 2008. USD 184,602 o the organisations ownreserves was used to ll unding gaps in 2008. This leaves USD452,005 unrestricted retained reserves as at 31 December 2008. Theorganisation has additionally set asideUSD 85,346 in an unrestricted

IT designated reserve undto allow CIVICUS to upgrade its nancialand database computer sotware over a period starting in 2009.

Foreign Currency Translation reserve

The Foreign Currency translation reserve is a balancing amountwhich represents prots/losses on year-end translation o the

Rand denominated CIVICUS Johannesburg balance sheet as at 31December each year into Dollars at the rates applicable at year end.It does not represent a realised prot or loss. CIVICUS has gone romhaving a oreign currency translation reserve o USD 96,192 as at 31

December 2007 to USD (73,841) as at 31 December 2008. This is theresult o the steep all in the value o the Rand between September

and December o 2008, as the economic crisis hit and emergingmarket currencies were battered. However the Rand has recoveredwell in 2009 and i the balance sheet at it stood on 31 December2008 was to be revalued at todays rate the reserve would again bepositive.

Reserves in CIVICUS' Operational Accounts

Restricted retained reservesUnrestricted retained reserves

Foreign exchange translation reserveUnrestricted IT designated retained reserve

$200,000

$100,000

$0

2006 2007 2008

-$100,000

$300,000

$400,000

$500,000

$600,000


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AudIt report

for CIVICus In

south AfrICA

Participants review the CSI toolkit during a

training workshop in Togo in October 2008


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AudIt reportfor goLden

spotIn south AfrICA


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AudIt reportfor CIVICus

Inthe unIted stAtesof

AmerICA

Participants engage in discussion during

the 2008 CIVICUS Youth Assembly.


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JHB

(USD)

Golden Spot

(USD)

WASHINGTON

(USD)

TOTAL

(USD)

JHB

(USD)

WASHINGTON

(USD)

TOTAL

(USD)

ASSETS 2008 2008 2008 2008 2007 2007 2007

Non-current assets 163,934 (17,162) 2,057 148,828 235,906 1,210 237,116

Land and buildings 130,694 130,694

Equipment 18,078 2,057 18,135 18,170 1,210 19,380

Loan to Property Company 147,856 (147,856) - 217,736 - 217,736

Current assets 548,617 398 1,524,032 2,073,046 803,725 863,027 1,666,752

Accounts receivable 49,713 355 312,951 363,019 58,817 56,701 115,518

Accrued Income 5,778 73,469 79,247 - - -

Inter ofce loan account (18,916) 18,916 - 129,105 (129,105) -

Cash at bank 512,042 43 1,118,696 1,630,781 615,802 935,431 1,551,233

Total assets 712,550 (16,764) 1,526,089 2,221,875 1,039,631 864,237 1,903,868

RESERVES AND LIABILITIES

Reserves 159,218 (38,818) 323,370 442,670 575,957 212,825 788,782

Restricted Funds 34,189 34,189 84,194 128,473 212,667

Unrestricted Funds 213,981 (55,029) 323,370 482,332 395,571 84,352 479,923

Foreign currency translation reserve (88,952) 15,111 - (73,841) 96,192 - 96,192

Current liabilities 553,332 23,154 1,202,719 1,779,205 463,674 651,412 1,115,086

Accounts payable 90,259 22,033 209,660 321,952 108,202 49,823 158,025

Deerred Income 423,907 993,059 1,416,966 341,791 595,287 937,078

Provision or leave pay 39,166 39,166 13,681 6,302 19,983

Taxation payable 1,121 1,121

Total reserves and liabilities 712,550 (16,764) 1,526,089 2,221,875 1,039,631 864,237 1,903,868

AggregAted bALAnCe sheetforthe yeAr

ended 31 deCember 2008

The Aggregated Financial Statements which ollow are an aggregation o the Audited CIVICUS Washington Financial Statements and theAudited CIVICUS Johannesburg Financial Statements with its property-owning subsidiary Golden Spot. The audit opinions or each set oFinancial Statements are reproduced on the preceeding pages.

AggregAted fInAnCIAL stAtements


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JHB

(USD)

Golden Spot

(USD)

WASHINGTON

(USD)

TOTAL

(USD)

JHB

(USD)

WASHINGTON

(USD)

TOTAL

(USD)

INCOME 2008 2008 2008 2008 2007 2007 2007

Grants 1,309,941 1,842,809 3,152,750 985,037 1,499,499 2,484,536

Consulting income 47 47 4,822 - 4,822

Allocations 254,237 (254,237) 67,619 (67,619) -

Membership dues 2,611 51,217 53,828 7,177 62,834 70,011

Rent received 53,042 53,042

Other Income 2,539 24,873 27,412 4,566 48,794 53,360Reversal o 2005 provision - concert 22,338 - 22,338

Prot on disposal o assets 242 242

World Assembly registration 1,579 - 1,579

Foreign exchange gain/loss - (4,582) (4,582)

Interest received 33,718 21181 54,899 15,385 9710 25,095

Total Income 1,603,334 53,042 1,685,843 3,342,219 1,108,481 1,548,676 2,657,157

EXPENDITURE

Bank charges 5,147 5,147 4,073 - 4,073

Depreciation 12,988 9,024 948 22,960 12,827 242 13,069

Duplication and Printing 60,763 29,606 90,369 64,519 47,349 111,868

Equipment lease and maintenance 28,811 439 29,250 16,513 - 16,513

Foreign exchange losses (8,463) (1,285) (9,748) 520 - 520

Grants - Pass Through 4,183 41,000 45,183 (62,223) 204,891 142,668

Human Resources 1,150,688 9,336 1,160,024 589,607 795,094 1,384,701

Insurance 6,655 1,286 13,256 21,198 2,057 12,230 14,287

Internet 17,790 10,096 27,886 12,992 25,909 38,901

Legal costs 4,986 4,986 3,535 - 3,535

Marketing and Conerences 59,483 69,802 129,285 21,250 208,199 229,449

Ofce Supplies and other 11,104 33,267 97,751 142,122 8,517 17,339 25,856

Postage and delivery 9,650 14,656 24,306 28,676 11,418 40,094

Proessional Fees 108,198 682,776 790,974 46,853 323,506 370,359

Relocation costs 19,415 19,415 - - -

Rent, water and electricity 48,582 9,456 8,607 66,645 33,950 8,627 42,577

Telephone 86,142 25,728 111,870 55,059 10,857 65,646

Travel 191,958 549,770 741,728 184,051 221,930 405,981

Website Maintenance 16,848 23,250 40,098 7,980 7,351 15,331

Total Expenditure 1,834,928 53,472 1,575,297 3,463,698 1,030,756 1,894,672 2,925,428

SURPLUS/(DEFICIT) FOR THE YEAR (231,595) (430) (110,546) (121,479) 77,726 (345,996) (268,270)

AggregAted InCome stAtementfortheyeAr ended 31 deCember 2008


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JHB

Restriced

FUND (USD)

JHB

Unrestricted

FUND (USD)

JHB FOREIGN

Translation

Reserve (USD)

Golden Spot

Translation

Reserve (USD)

WASHINGTON

Restricted FUND

(USD)

WASHINGTON

Unrestricted Fund

(USD)

TOTAL

(USD)

Balance at 1 January 2007 125,357 253,477 93,348 430,813 128,008 1,031,003

Net (decit)/surplus or the year (64,368) 142,094 - (302,340) (43,656) (268,270)

Fundemental error 23,205 - (23,205) - - -

Adjustment due to oreign translation - - 26,049 - - 26,049

Balance at 31 December 2007 84,194 395,571 96,192 128,472 84,352 788,782

JHB

Restriced

FUND (USD)

JHB

Unrestricted

FUND (USD)

JHB FOREIGN

Translation

Reserve (USD)

Golden Spot

Translation

Reserve (USD)

WASHINGTON

Restricted FUND

(USD)

WASHINGTON

Unrestricted Fund

(USD)

TOTAL

(USD)

Balance at 1 January 2008 84,194 395,571 96,192 128,472 84,352 788,782

Decit on inclusion o the property-owningsubsidiary acquired in January 2008

(54,599)

Net (decit)/surplus or the year (50,005) (181,590) (128,472) 239,018 (121,480)

Adjustment due to oreign translation (185,144) 15,111 (170,033)

Balance at 31 December 2008 34,189 213,981 (88,952) 15,111 - 323,370 442,670

AggregAted stAtementof ChAngesIn reserVes

forthe yeAr ended 31 deCember 2008

notestothe AggregAted fInAnCIAL stAtementsfortheyeAr

ended 31 deCember 2008

Accounting policies

1 Presentation o Aggregated Annual Financial

Statements

The aggregated annual nancial statements havebeen prepared by aggregating the audited CIVICUS:World Alliance or Citizen Participation (Association

incorporated under section 21) Johannesburg ofce

AggregAted fInAnCIAL stAtements (ContInued)

nancial statements, as well as those o its wholly-owned property-owning subsidiary, and the audited US$ nancial statements o

CIVICUS: World Alliance or Citizen Participation Inc WashingtonDC ofce.

1.1 Trade and other receivables

Trade and other receivables originated by the enterprise are treated

as loans and receivables, and are carried at amortised cost.

Zimbabweans participate in discussions about the

crisis in their country during a CSW act-ndingmission in December 2008


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Accrued income thus comprises grants or portionsthereo which are intended or use in the current period,but received ater year end. They are included in income

and brought to account as a current asset.

Deerred income comprises income received in advance o

the period to which it relates, is excluded rom income, and isaccounted or as a current liability.

1.5 Foreign currency translation

All assets and liabilities o the Johannesburg ofce and o itssubsidiary, other than deerred grant income, have been convertedinto US Dollars at the rates applicable at year end.

Grant and consulting income has been converted at the spot rateon the dates o receipt.

Other income and expenditure, including the deerral o grantincome, have been converted at the weighted average rate

calculated or grant income.

Prots and losses arising on translation at year end are taken to a

oreign currency translation reserve.

CIVICus ACCountAbILIty

In June 2006, CIVICUS - together with 10 other leading international NGOs became one o the rst signatories to the International NGOs Accountability Charter (AC), thereby publicly

undertaking commitments to progressively apply all Charter provisions to its policies, operations and programmes. AC provisions range rom outlining the general values and principlesunderpinning international NGOs' approaches to providing very specic guidance on a number o operational and programme issues impacting all areas o signatories work.

As an alliance that is dedicated to promoting citizen action and strengthening civil society, CIVICUS recognises the importance o enhancing the legitimacy, transparency andaccountability o civil society organisations and o leading by example through voluntarily adopting a code o conduct. As the Secretariat o the AC, CIVICUS eels an additional obligationto protect the integrity o the AC and does so by making a concerted eort to ully and systematically align its current practices to AC provisions.

Under the AC, CIVICUS is obligated to include certain inormation within its annual report. The 2008 Annual Report ullls this requirement, except that it does not yet report adequatelyon its environmental impact and human rights impact. Plans are underway to ormulate an organisational policy on the environmental and human rights impacts. This will be ready orreporting during the 2010/11 reporting cycle. CIVICUS' Second Annual Compliance Report, which was published in 2008, can be viewed at:

http://www.ingoaccountabilitycharter.org/cmsles/CIVICUS_INGO_IRF_Compliance_Report.pd

1.2 Cash and cash equivalents

Cash equivalents are short term, highly liquid investments that arereadily convertible to known amounts o cash and are subject toinsignicant risk in change in value.

Cash and cash equivalents are measured at air value.

1.3 Trade and other payables

Trade and other payables are measured at amortised cost using the

eective interest method.

1.4 Revenue

Income rom grants is generally brought to account in the nancialyear to which it relates. All other income is brought to account as

and when received.

Interest is recognized on a time proportion basis, taking accounto the principal balance and the eective rate over the period tomaturity, when it is probable that such income will accrue to thecompany.

notestothe AggregAted fInAnCIAL stAtementsfor

theyeArended 31 deCember 2008 (ContInued)

Delegates listen to a session on People,

Participation and Power: Is Civil Society the

Answer in the Middle East? during the 2008

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"

"Action Aid International

Arican Monitor

Aga Khan Foundation Canada (AKFC)

Amnesty International

Australian Volunteers International (AVI)

Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)

Carnegie UK Trust

Charles Stewart Mott Foundation

Christian Aid

Commonwealth Foundation

Conrad N Hilton Foundation

CordAid

Debt, AIDS, Trade Arica (DATA)

Ford Foundation

Ibis

Institute o International Education

International Development Research Centre/Centre de

Recherches pour le Dveloppement International (IDRC/CRDI)

Inter-American Foundation

International Human Rights Exchange (IHRE), University o

Witwatersrand

Irish Aid

New Zealand Aid

CIVICus donorsAnd supporters

We would like to thank the ollowing organisations or their generous support to CIVICUS mission during 2008:

Norwegian Agency or Development Co-operation (NORAD)

One Campaign

Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (OIF)

Overseas Development Institute (ODI)

Oxam America

Oxam GB

Oxam Novib

Rockeeller Brothers Fund

Sasakawa Peace Foundation

Scottish Council or Voluntary Organisations (SCVO)

Schooner Foundation

Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA)

Tides Foundation

Trcaire

United Nations Democracy Fund

United Nations Development Programme

United Nations Millennium Campaign

United Nations Volunteers (UNV) and UN Online Volunteering

Service

Wallace Global Fund

Wolensohn Family Foundation

World Vision International

We would also like to thank those individuals that generously contributed to our work, either

nancially or through volunteering, as well as all o our members or their continued support.

CIVICUS was an active participant in the Every Human

has Rights campaign. From 2009, this campaign will be

coordinated by CIVICUS.

Requesting

adherence to

human rights in theglobal economy

must be the highest

priority o civil

society worldwide.

-Shulamith Koenig,Founding President,

People's Movement orHuman Rights Learning &CIVICUS member

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The CIVICUS team consists o colleagues drawn rom all over the world, ull-time and part-time, including interns, volunteers and secondees. Listed below are colleagues

who contributed to CIVICUS work in 2008 through a variety o roles.CIVICus teAmIn 2008

Mercedes Alvarez Rudin

GCAP Intern (rom Aug), Netherlands

Tracy Anderson

CSI Research Fellow AKFC (rom Nov),

Canada

Estelle Baker*

Ofce and Human Resources Manager, South

Arica

Carol Baloyi*

Membership Support Ofcer, South Arica

Amy Bartlett*

CSI Programme Ofcer, Canada

Richard Bennett

AGNA Consultant (rom July), UK

Pat Benton

Finance Consultant (until April), USA

Laureen Bertin

WA Ofcer (until July), South Arica

Caitlin Blaser

GCAP Campaign Ofcer, USA

Renate BloemRepresentative to the UN Volunteer (rom

June), Geneva

Marianne Buenaventura*Membership Manager (until Sept), USA

Yosi Burckhardt

CSN Ofcer (Jan to Aug), Norway

Joe Cressy*

Coordinator o the Secretary Generals ofce

(until June), Canada

Karena Cronin*

Volunteerism Special Project Ofcer UNV

Volunteer, USA

Penny Dlamini

Manager in the S ecretary Generals ofce

(rom Aug), South Arica

Joe Donlin

GCAP Volunteer (June to Aug), USA

Clare Doube*

CSW Manager (until April), Australia

Begay Downes-Thomas

GCAP Media Consultant, (Aug to Sept),

Gambia

Sifso Dube

Executive assistant in the Secretary General's

ofce, Zimbabwe

Sinqobile Dube

CSI Support Ofcer, (rom Nov), Zimbabwe

Badumile Duma*

Communications Consultant (rom May),

South Arica

Christal DuPont

GCAP Administrator (Feb to June), Swaziland

Diana Eltahawy

Civil Society Networks Coordinator (until

May), Egypt

Margaret Fish

World Assembly Manager, South Arica

Vicente Garcia-Delgado

Representative to the UN Volunteer, New

York

Beniam Gebrezghi

CSI Senior Programme Ofcer SIDA (untilJune), Sweden

Sarah Gregory

GCAP Outreach and Mobilisation

Coordinator (until April), Australia

Finn Heinrich

PG & LTA Consultant (until June), Germany

Frida Hjalmarsson

GCAP Communications Intern (Feb to April),

Sweden

Micha Hollestelle

Communications Manager (until Jan),

Communications Consultant (Feb to April),

NetherlandsGuy Holloway*

PG Intern, (rom April), UK

Jessica Hume

Membership Support Ofcer (rom March),

Canada

Katsuji Imata*

Deputy Secretary General Programmes,

Japan

Rajiv Joshi

GCAP Consultant (Aug to Dec), Scotland

Nobutu Kakanda

CSW Intern - IHRE (July to Oct), Botswana

Angela Karanja

Intern (March to May), South Arica

Moliehi Khabele

WA Intern (until June), GCAP Administrator

(rom July) Lesotho

Mahi Khalla

PG Senior Researcher (rom July), Egypt

Muelelwa Khosa*

CSI Support Ofcer, South Arica

David Kode

Policy Analyst Intern (until Aug), AGNA

Support Ofcer (rom Sept), Cameroon

Michael Kwenaite

IT Technician, South Arica

Sue Le-Ba

CSI Research Fellow - AKFC (until Nov),

Canada

Precious MagolegoReceptionist (until April), Procurement

Support Ofcer (rom May), South Arica

Carmen Malena

PG Consultant, Canada

Antonella Mancini

GCAP Consultant (rom Oct), England

Kristina MndLTA Consultant (rom Dec), Estonia

Ben Margolis

GCAP Mobilisation Ofcer - Oxam GB, UK

Jacob Mati

CSI Research Ofcer, Kenya

Candace Mickens

Finance Consultant (rom March), USA

Julie Middleton*

CSW Communications Coordinator (until

April), CSW Acting Manager (rom May),

Canada

Dawn Mnisi

Bookkeeper (rom May), South Arica

Tselane Moleba

WA Assistant (Jan to June), South Arica

Lindiwe Moyo

Bookkeeper, Zimbabwe

Nomusa Moyo

GCAP Intern (rom Sept), Zimbabwe

Iran Muti

GCAP Campaign Manager, Pakistan

Eric Muragana*

Communications Ofcer, South Arica

Kumi Naidoo

Secretary General (until July) Honorary

President (rom Aug), South Arica

Rose Ngwenjah

CSI Research Intern (rom June), Cameroon

Adam Ntala

GCAP Intern (rom Sept), DRC

Ciara O`Sullivan

GCAP Media Coordinator, Spain

Anu PekkonenParticipatory Governance Ofcer (rom

January), Finland

Peter PhiriCSI Intern (until Jan), LTA Ofcer (rom

February), Malawi

Mandy PooleAssistant Secretary General Operations,

Ireland

Thabang RabothoCommunications Intern (rom April), South

Arica

Silvia RobledoMembership Support Ofcer (until Jan),

Argentina

Liz RobsonResource Mobilisation Manager, UK

Michael Ruben

CSW Intern - IHRE (July to Oct), USA

Tanzilya Salimdjanova

CSW Ofcer, Uzbekistan

Janine Schall-Emden

CSI Manager (until April), Venezuela

Anupama Selvam*

Membership Support Ofcer (rom April),

USA

Tracy September

WA Support Ofcer, South Arica

Julia Sestier*

Resource Mobilisation Ofcer (until June), CSI

Programme Ofcer (rom July), France

Tebogo Sililo

GCAP Volunteer (until Jan), South Arica

Federico Silva

CSI Ofcer, Italy

Ingrid Srinath

Secretary General Elect (May to July),

Secretary General (rom Aug), India

Helena Suarez

GCAP Web Editor and New Media

Coordinator (rom May), UK

Devendra Tak*

Communications and Media Manager (romNov), India

Nastasya Tay

Media Liaison Ofcer - AVI Volunteer (rom

June), Australia

Mandeep Tiwana

CSW Ofcer (rom May), India

Joyce Tshabalala

Finance Manager, South Arica

Ijeoma Uche-Okeke

GCAP Intern, (rom Nov), Nigeria

Henri Valot

GCAP Organisational Development Advisor

(until May), CIVICUS Policy Advisor (romJune) France

Tamara Walker

Manager in the Secretary Generals Ofce

(June to Aug), USA

Nermine Wally*

CSI Ofcer (rom Sept), Egypt

Budhi Yonanta Bahroelim

GCAP Intern (rom June), Netherlands

* Member o the Gender Equality Team (GET)Home countries o CIVICUS team members


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Physical Address (South Arica):

CIVICUS House

24 Gwigwi Mrwebi Street (ormerly Pim)

corner Quinn StreetNewtown, Johannesburg, 2001

South Arica

Postal Address (South Arica):PO Box 933, S outhdale,

Johannesburg, 2135

South Arica

Tel: +27 11 833 5959Fax: +27 11 833 7997

Address (USA):

1420 K Street NW, Suite 900

Washington DC, 20005

USA

Tel: +1 202 331 8581

Fax: +1 202 331 8774

E-mail: [email protected]

Web: www.civicus.org

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