"Forus and the Asia Development Alliance (ADA) are global and regional civil society networks which empower civil society for effective social change. The membership of Forus includes 69 national development platforms from around the world which bring together civil society organisations (CSOs) in their country working on a wide range of thematic areas linked to development.

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Forus and ADA used their positions as global and regional civil society networks to jointly request their national members to submit national case studies to assess the adequacy of the civic space that is available to them in their countries. The report subsequently based on the case studies submitted will raise the awareness of members of the potential of Goal 16 of the 2030 Agenda to be used as a lever for creating greater political space for civil society, and to enable it to contribute more effectively to monitoring and implementing the 2030 Agenda.

Finally the results of these case studies are likely to contribute to the development of new civic space indicators which will measure the efforts of UN Member States to “protect fundamental freedoms” in accordance with international human rights standards and national human rights laws."

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