Civil Society

Radical generosity may be the best tool we have to draw us back from a dangerous precipice. — Reading through this article by Jonathan Haidt in The Atlantic this past week–Why the Past Ten Years of American Life Have Been Uniquely Stupid– it was difficult not to feel utter despair. So much of it resonated: the state of our discourse and how badly it has devolved in recent…

By Radka Bystricka — What Civil Society in Central and Eastern Europe Needs Now By Radka Bystricka Radka Bystricka is Executive Director of Sdružení VIA, a Czech nonprofit that helps Czech NGOs with digitalization and technology and provides them with tools and knowledge needed to successfully function in the digital world. On March 24, TechSoup Global Network representatives Radu Motoc from Asociatia Techsoup in…

When we consider the efforts of the coalition of civil societies to prevent the forced evictions that accompanied the 9th October 2016… — When we consider the efforts of the coalition of civil societies to prevent the forced evictions that accompanied the 9th October 2016 announcement by the Lagos State Governor to demolish all structure in informal settlements along the state waterfronts and creeks, to address security concerns, we are tempted to question…

That suggests there’s significant enforcement firepower lurking in the EU’s (still not yet adopted) Artificial Intelligence Act — assuming… — The European Union’s planned risk-based framework for regulating artificial intelligence includes powers for oversight bodies to order the withdrawal of a commercial AI system or require that an AI model be retrained if it’s deemed high risk, according to an analysis of the proposal by a legal expert.

Written by Natasha Joshi. This article was first published in Bolti Bandh’s The Unheard Table Book, March 2021. — Written by Natasha Joshi. This article was first published in Bolti Bandh’s The Unheard Table Book, March 2021. Twenty-seven thousand years ago, homosapiens won over the neanderthals, and emerged as the modern human species not because we had bigger brains or made better tools — evidence reveals Neanderthals did better…

“Community organizing is building democratic civil society in Europe. In an era of intersecting and intensifying crises, it is a proven… — (Opening paragraph of The Power of Organizing, a new study published by the European Community Organizing Network, ECON) EDITOR’S NOTE: When we planned the event, it was nearly impossible to imagine that just days before the public launch of our new study on the practice of community organizing a new…

Ukrainian civil society received a significant boost in 2014, when the need for charitable assistance increased sharply during the… — Ukrainian civil society received a significant boost in 2014, when the need for charitable assistance increased sharply during the Revolution of Dignity as well as after the occupation of Crimea and the start of the war in eastern Ukraine. NGOs and charitable foundations have since proven to be an effective…