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03/10/2024

❕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!

16/08/2024

Are you part of a Caribbean-based Civil Society Organization working in communities exposed to natural hazards? 🔥⛈💧You may benefit from our FREE upcoming Community-Based Disaster Resilience Training.

This course will cover the fundamental CDM/CCA concepts- aimed at reducing risk and building resilience at the community level. You will also learn how to effectively engage with national governance mechanisms centred around CDM/CCA policies, frameworks, and plans.

The on-demand learning will be held virtually in September and October 2024. For those based in Trinidad and Tobago we hope that some of you will also become ‘super trainers,’ via our 3-day in-person training event, so that you can become CDM champions at the community level.

Sign up now for this opportunity! https://forms.office.com/r/mnkHx2TYds

Support for the Community Based Disaster Resilience Training for Regional CSOs is provided by the USAID Policy and Regulatory Reform for Resilience (PROSE) Activity. PROSE promotes the advancement of Comprehensive Disaster Management (CDM) and climate resilience across the Eastern and Southern Caribbean region. For more information, please visit https://usaidprose.org/

26/02/2024

If you have not registered for World NGO Day TT 2024, you can still catch up with events by following for updates.

26/02/2024

The Cropper Foundation's CEO Omar Mohammed explains why World NGO Day is important - for T&T and for all local Non Governmental Organisations.

22/02/2024

Mind Yuh Business! Only a few more days until Trinidad and Tobago's 2024 full-day virtual Forum - a day of virtual sharing, learning, and networking towards deeper collaboration and more effective engagement within and beyond the NGO space!

𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐌𝐄: 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐘𝐮𝐡 𝐁𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬! 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐥 𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭

𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞 & 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞: 𝐓𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲 27𝐭𝐡 𝐅𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲; 8:30𝐚𝐦 – 3:00𝐩𝐦.

We have for you:

- Keynote address on Caribbean civil society accountability
- Breakout room workshop on navigating the legislative and policy landscape in Trinidad and Tobago
- Breakout room workshop on CSO media engagement
- Panel discussion on intersectional advocacy with NGO leaders
- NGO showcase! **𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆'𝒔 𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒖𝒃𝒎𝒊𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒘𝒄𝒂𝒔𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌

Check out the full agenda, featured speaker and breakout room posters.

Format: Sessions will be 100% virtual over Zoom – participants will be able to fully interact by activating cameras and microphones during the sessions.

Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZclfu2hqzwsHtJ0f5KCfmBUlVxv_fYC3uML?fbclid=IwAR0UcmjfRVQ5w_Q-z0eT5IY1eyyrK8AbGuibUa8LS8GcfoVrp_eJ9Icz1h0 #/registration

20/02/2024

Mind yuh business!

As civil society, quite a lot of our advocacy revolves around engaging with the State on behalf of our beneficiaries. However, this can be often confusing and frustrating for many CSOs.

To help shed some light on best practice in policy engagement, we are bringing two fantastic speakers as part of our parallel workshop series. In this workshop on 'Influencing Policy Change,' participants will benefit from a how-to conversation on CSO engagement with the Parliamentary process, and a case study on successful CSO co-leadership of a policy development process.

We are delighted to have as our two facilitators:
Chantal La Roche - Director, Legal Services, Office of the Parliament
Kemba Jaramogi - Kemba Jaramogi, Technical Director, Fondes Amandes Community Reforestation Project

Make sure and tune in to benefit from their expertise and experiences!

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

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

08/02/2024

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

06/02/2024

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

04/02/2024

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

We are honoured to have Ms. Roberta Clarke, President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights as our featured keynote speaker for World NGO Day 2024!

An activist for social justice and gender equality, Roberta Clarke has led UN Women Regional Offices in East and Southern Africa, Asia Pacific, the Caribbean and Libya. Prior to her career at the United Nations, she practiced as a lawyer in Trinidad and Tobago. She has been engaged in civil society at the national and international levels including as the Chair, Executive Committee, International Commission of Jurists, President of the Coalition against Domestic Violence, Trinidad and Tobago, and member of the Board of Trustees of The Cropper Foundation.

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

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

31/01/2024

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

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

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: World NGO Day 2024. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.

06/12/2023

05/12/2023

World Soil Day: Maintaining Soil Health in Irrigated Agriculture

Farmers! Check out these tips on how you can maintain your soil health!

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