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CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation

and National Council for Voluntary

Organisations (NCVO)

welcomes AGNA partners to the London peer-learning exchange

2-3 July 2012

AGNA Peer-Learning Exchange focus on: •An Enabling Legal Environment for Civil Society •Civil society/ Government Relations •Advocacy strategies

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AGNA PEER-LEARNING EXCHANGE

Day 1: Legal Environment and Government Relations

Time Activity Person leading09: 30 – 10:00 Registration

10:00 – 10:30 Welcome and introductions Objectives and outcomes for AGNA peer-learning exchange

Ben Kernighan and Oli Henman: NCVO. Megan MacGarry and Andrew Firmin: CIVICUS.

10: 30 – 11:00 Session 1: Legal Environment Report from Survey responses

David Robinson: ANGOA

11: 00 – 11:30 Status on laws which either enable or prevent civil society input on policy - Discussion

David Robinson: ANGOA

11:30 – 12:00 Lessons from the United Kingdom on Charity Law and enabling legislation

Karl Wilding: NCVO

12:00 – 13:00 Lessons and examples from Japan What can be done to make legislation generally enabling? - Discussion

Yoshi Shiraishi: JAPA David Robinson: ANGOA

13:00 – 14:00 Lunch

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14:00 – 15:00 Session 2: Government/ Civil Society relations State of relations between governments and civil society in AGNA member countries and examples from Ireland and India. Discussion: What works and what are the challenges?

Ivan Cooper: The Wheel Ratna Manjari: VANI

15:00 – 16:30 Developing a Good Practice Guide on government civil society relations and an enabling environment for AGNA members - Workshop and discussion

Oli Henman: NCVO Ivan Cooper: The Wheel

16:35 – 17:00 Wrap-up of discussions and action plans

Megan MacGarry and Oli Henman

17:00 - 18:30

19:00 - 21:00

Return to hotel

Dinner with host NCVO

Ben Kernighan

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Objectives

• Learn from each others expertise• Share case studies and examples from our

different contexts• Create list of best practices and lessons learnt • Focus on way forward and creation of toolkits

or resources for all members• Outcome report for all AGNA post event

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Session leaders

• Session 1: Legal environment: David Robinson, AGOA

• Session 2: Government/ civil Society relations: Ivan Cooper, The Wheel

• Session 3: advocacy strategies: Tim Delaney, National Council of Non-Profits

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