‘Practical Mechanisms’ Needed to Support Civil Society Covenant

The Civil Society Covenant must come with a set of “practical mechanisms” to enable an equal partnership between government and civil society, according to a new report.

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The Mission Critical report by think tanks New Philanthropy Capital (NPC) and Future Governance Forum, says that “genuinely two-way partnerships” remain unusual, even within regional and local government, and that “too often, the terms of engagement are set by government rather than arrived at together through negotiation”. Read more here.