Home » News » ICNL’s President Discusses Trends Affecting Civil Society with Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
Home » News & Announcements » ICNL’s President Discusses Trends Affecting Civil Society with Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
ICNL’s President Discusses Trends Affecting Civil Society with Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
PUBLISHED: AUGUST 12, 2011
ICNL’s President and CEO, Doug Rutzen, participated in the closing plenary of InterAction’s Forum 2011. Dr. Muhammad Yunus, Grameen Bank founder and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, provided the keynote address with a discussion on NGOs in today’s world and the pressures on civil society. He then joined a panel of experts, including Mr. Rutzen; Ingrid Srinath, secretary general of CIVICUS; Ken Wollack, president of the National Democratic Institute; and Stacy Rhodes, chief of staff and chief of operations of the Peace Corps. Sam Worthington, InterAction’s president and CEO, moderated the panel, entitled “Shaping and Protecting the Environment to Do Our Work.”
During the discussion, Mr. Rutzen talked about three global trends affecting civil society: the increasing restrictions countries place on NGOs accepting foreign funding; the squeezing of the civic space around advocacy; and the threat to the existence of civil society in various countries around the world.
To provide the best experiences, we use technologies like cookies to store and/or access device information. Consenting to these technologies will allow us to process data such as browsing behavior or unique IDs on this site. Not consenting or withdrawing consent, may adversely affect certain features and functions.
Functional
Always active
The technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of a specific service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user, or for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network.
Preferences
The technical storage or access is necessary for the legitimate purpose of storing preferences that are not requested by the subscriber or user.
Statistics
The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for statistical purposes.The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for anonymous statistical purposes. Without a subpoena, voluntary compliance on the part of your Internet Service Provider, or additional records from a third party, information stored or retrieved for this purpose alone cannot usually be used to identify you.
Marketing
The technical storage or access is required to create user profiles to send advertising, or to track the user on a website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes.