Dear Sir/Madam,

I am writing from the Institute of Development Studies, UK to request your

help in disseminating the findings of our 3-year research project on Civil

Society and Governance.  I am attaching a press release about the project

which may be suitable for inclusion in email bulletins/newsletters.

During the course of this three year project, we have amassed a great deal

of information about the nature of civil society in many part of the world.

Any help you can give us in ensuring that this data reaches as many

interested parties as possible, would be very much appreciated.

I realise your list is concerned with civil society-related issues and

projects in the Newly Independent States.  Although our project did not

focus on these countries, I believe your members would find the outputs of

the project interesting from a comparative perspective.

Best wishes,

Karen Ross-Millianos

Karen Ross-Millianos

Research Officer

Civil Society and Governance Programme

Institute of Development Studies

University of Sussex

Falmer, Brighton BN1 9RE

Tel: + 44 1273 877414

Email: K.Ross-Millianos@ids.ac.uk

P R E S S   R E L E A S E

Looking for information on civil society-state relations in a specific

country?  Then look no further.

Funded by the Ford Foundation and based at the Institute of Development

Studies, UK, the Civil Society and Governance Programme

http://www.ids.ac.uk/ids/civsoc is a 3-year research project involving

researchers in 22 countries, spanning 6 international regions: Africa, Asia,

Latin America, Eastern Europe, the Middle East and the US.

Focusing specifically on the interplay between civil society and government,

the objective of the project is to gain a clearer understanding of the

character and functions of civil society, especially its promise and

limitations with regard to promoting good governance and social justice, and

to develop strategies to these ends.

Outputs include draft country reports mapping civil society in each of the

22 countries, and case studies of state-civil society interactions written

by in-country researchers.  Study topics range from the nationwide campaign

to prompt the rewriting of the Thai constitution, to the equally successful

efforts of villagers in India to thwart government backed plans to sell

communal land to private enterprise.

The wealth of evidence covers various thematic sectors, and focuses on

successes and failures, weaknesses and strengths, large episodes and small,

and the activities of everything from single civil society organisations to

alliances of many of them.  Links to other civil society oriented websites

and electronic discussion forums can also be found on the site.  For contact

details for any of the researchers please email the programme administrator,

Julie McWilliam: J.A.McWilliam@ids.ac.uk

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