CSO Go

❕Are you a registered NGO/CSO/NPO?
‼️ Have you heard about the EU-funded action IGNITE CSOs (Improving Governance, Networking, and Inclusivity Towards Empowered Civil Society Organisations) we're implementing with our partners Veni Apwann?
Through this project, civil society is leading concrete efforts to enhance the capacities, policy engagement opportunities, and legislative environment for CSOs, to foster a more inclusive, participatory, empowered, and independent civil society in T&T.
We are asking all TT-registered NGOs/CSOs/NPOs to contribute to the process of improving civil society's relationship with the financial sector by completing this important survey, the results of which will help inform our multi-stakeholder approach and actions to:
✅mitigate the adverse effects of bank de-risking of NPOs and
✅develop standardised banking guidelines for NPOs and financial institutions
🙏Please identify a suitable representative to complete.
Click link for survey➡️ https://forms.office.com/r/4c3dM9BHEK
Submissions close: October 18, 2024.
Thank you for supporting this work!

Mind yuh business!

But…It’s all our business! As civil society, most of our work intersects with other issues that often add to the barriers that must be overcome by our beneficiaries. Our Breakout Panel Discussion for focuses on Intersectional Advocacy - A conversation among CSO leaders on the importance of intersectional advocacy in advancing individual and collective impact, and lessons learnt from their experiences in Trinidad and Tobago.

We are bringing to the virtual table four CSO trailblazers and influential voices in advocacy across diverse issue areas:

Dr. Angelique Nixon, Director of CAISO: S*x and Gender Justice, and senior lecturer & researcher at The UWI’s Institute for Gender and Development Studies.

Gillian Goddard, Co-founder of The Alliance of Rural Communities and Convener of the Cross Atlantic Chocolate Collective.

Ozzi Warwick, Chief Education and Research Officer and Treasurer of the Oilfields Workers’ Trade Union (OWTU), and General Secretary of the Joint Trade Union Movement.

Shaleeza Khan-Ali, President of the Islamic Ladies Social & Cultural Association, and Founder of Call To Action for Social Change.

This panel is moderated by Ardene Sirjoo, Communications & Advocacy Lead at The Cropper Foundation.

Online only event. Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZclfu2hqzwsHtJ0f5KCfmBUlVxv_fYC3uML #/registration

Learn more about the event here: www.csogo.tt/ngoday2024

Mind yuh business!
Celebrate World NGO Day with a day of workshops, presentations and like-minded people.

One of our three (3) parallel workshops will be focused on CSOs and the media, and will be led by an icon of Caribbean media, Mr. Julian Rogers. Julian E. Rogers is a Barbados born Caribbean broadcaster, journalist, and media manager with over 50 years experience working at the highest levels of the industry across the region. He is a much sought-after moderator for discussions on regional development subjects and has done so for both public and private sector interests.

A proud graduate of the University of West Indies, he was one of the first to join its communications programme and subsequently served as an advisor in the development of the degree programmes. Rogers is a director of UWItv and of the Media Institute of the Caribbean. Rogers was made a Member of the British Empire MBE) by Queen Elizabeth II on the recommendation of the Government of Barbados for his 50-year contribution to the field of broadcasting.

Online only event. Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZclfu2hqzwsHtJ0f5KCfmBUlVxv_fYC3uML #/registration

Learn more about the event here: www.csogo.tt/ngoday2024