Local organizations, built to last
CAYO and the Civil Society Resource Center held a capacity-building training for emerging civil society organizations, as part of their joint work with Agence Française de Développement.
Strong communities need strong local organizations, especially those led by young people and women.
Empowering Civil Society Groups for Social Justice and Resilience
The Capacity-Building Training for Emerging CSOs brought emerging civil society organizations together with the Civil Society Resource Center (CSRC) and CAYO. The banner behind the participants names the project it belongs to: Empowering Civil Society Groups for Social Justice and Resilience.
CSRC and CAYO implement that project together, with support from Agence Française de Développement (AFD). Its first phase is completed. The second phase is ongoing through January 2027.
The training is part of a wider commitment. Through Collaboration Over Competition, one of CAYO’s flagship initiatives, we promote partnership, collective action and resource sharing among local civil society organizations, especially youth- and women-led ones.
Local organizations know their communities, and they remain when a project ends. Strengthening them is how results outlast any single grant, and how CAYO intends to grow: one local partner at a time.
About the photograph. It shows participants at the training under the CSRC and CAYO banners. We name no participant here without their consent.
At a glance
- Project
- Empowering Civil Society Groups for Social Justice and Resilience
- Partners
- Agence Française de Développement (AFD); Civil Society Resource Center (CSRC)
- Implemented by
- CSRC and CAYO
- Status
- Phase II ongoing through January 2027; Phase I completed
- Flagship initiative
- Collaboration Over Competition
Programme
Capacity support and shared resources for local civil society organizations.
Stronger together, region by region.
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