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Tactical Dialogues

Got a question? Got an idea? Need some advice? Want to connect with other people doing human rights work? The New Tactics dialogues area is a collection of featured dialogues and community member blogs, and is the right place for all of those things. Join an ongoing discussion. Start a new one. Agree. Disagree. This is a forum that will help you discover and shape ideas for your work.

Featured dialogues are hosted monthly and focus on a particular tactic or issue-area. These dialogues are led by featured resource practitioners with experience to share. Add updates to past dialogues. Share experiences and ask questions in current dialogues. Save the dates of future dialogues.

Also, take a look at Philippe Duhamel's blog on Liberation through collective strategizing and innovative tactics - interTactica! (en francais)

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Upcoming Tactical Online Dialogues

Título	Teaser	Dates of dialogue
Advancing Children's Right to Education	Join New Tactics and other practitioners for an online dialogue on Advancing Children’s Right to Education from February 15 to 21, 2012. Education is a basic human right, enshrined in law all over the world. Yet, according to the Right to Education Project, 69 million children are still out of school, more than 700 million can't read. Despite these overwhelming numbers, practitioners have developed innovative and successful ways of ensuring that children in their communities have access to education. Access to education is critical in ensuring other rights. In an effort to prevent child exploitation in India, Bachpan Bachao Andolan (BBA) developed Child Friendly Villages in which all children receive compulsory, good quality education, and the voice and opinion of the children are heard and taken into account. In South Africa, Children’s Budget Unit (CBU) of the Institute for Democracy in South Africa (Idasa) has been using national and provincial government budgets as monitoring mechanisms to advance child-specific socio-economic rights such as the right to education. Recognizing that many families in Brazil cannot afford to send their children to school, the Bolsa Escola program of the Department of Education provides families with a monthly stipend so that children can attend school instead of work in the streets. These are just a few of many tactics that have been used to advance children’s right to education.	15 Feb 2012 - 21 Feb 2012
Strengthening Citizen Participation in Local Governance	Join the New Tactics community and LogoLink for an online dialogue on Strengthening Citizen Participation in Local Governance from March 14 to 20, 2012. The involvement of citizens in the political process is an essential part of democracy. Recognizing this, LogoLink, an organization based out of Brazil, has created a network of civil society organizations, research institutions, and governments aiming to increase democracy through greater citizen participation in local governance. Tactics and strategies for increased citizen participation in local governance can be seen around the globe. In the municipality of Nejapa, El Salvador, the municipal government partnered with local NGOs and sought to increase public involvement in local politics, resulting in huge increases in access to potable water, latrines, and electricity for its residents. In India, Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan (MKSS) has been deeply involved in a collective process which has shaped and influenced the Campaign for the Right to Information in India. MKSS makes the case that without access to information and transparency there can be no genuine participation of all members of society, particularly the poor, in democracy. We invite you and your colleagues to share your experiences working to strengthen citizen participation in local governance! Together, we will explore what can be learned from these experiences. This dialogue is an opportunity for those involved strengthening citizen participation in local governments, as well as those interested in it, to discuss these questions and share their experiences and ideas. Join us here on March 14! Interested in participating in this dialogue as a featured resource practitioner? Contact us!	14 Mar 2012 - 20 Mar 2012

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Teaser

Dates of dialogue

Advancing Children's Right to Education

Join New Tactics and other practitioners for an online dialogue on Advancing Children’s Right to Education from February 15 to 21, 2012. Education is a basic human right, enshrined in law all over the world. Yet, according to the Right to Education Project, 69 million children are still out of school, more than 700 million can't read. Despite these overwhelming numbers, practitioners have developed innovative and successful ways of ensuring that children in their communities have access to education.

Access to education is critical in ensuring other rights. In an effort to prevent child exploitation in India, Bachpan Bachao Andolan (BBA) developed Child Friendly Villages in which all children receive compulsory, good quality education, and the voice and opinion of the children are heard and taken into account. In South Africa, Children’s Budget Unit (CBU) of the Institute for Democracy in South Africa (Idasa) has been using national and provincial government budgets as monitoring mechanisms to advance child-specific socio-economic rights such as the right to education. Recognizing that many families in Brazil cannot afford to send their children to school, the Bolsa Escola program of the Department of Education provides families with a monthly stipend so that children can attend school instead of work in the streets. These are just a few of many tactics that have been used to advance children’s right to education.

15 Feb 2012 - 21 Feb 2012

Strengthening Citizen Participation in Local Governance

Join the New Tactics community and LogoLink for an online dialogue on Strengthening Citizen Participation in Local Governance from March 14 to 20, 2012. The involvement of citizens in the political process is an essential part of democracy. Recognizing this, LogoLink, an organization based out of Brazil, has created a network of civil society organizations, research institutions, and governments aiming to increase democracy through greater citizen participation in local governance.

Tactics and strategies for increased citizen participation in local governance can be seen around the globe. In the municipality of Nejapa, El Salvador, the municipal government partnered with local NGOs and sought to increase public involvement in local politics, resulting in huge increases in access to potable water, latrines, and electricity for its residents. In India, Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan (MKSS) has been deeply involved in a collective process which has shaped and influenced the Campaign for the Right to Information in India. MKSS makes the case that without access to information and transparency there can be no genuine participation of all members of society, particularly the poor, in democracy.

We invite you and your colleagues to share your experiences working to strengthen citizen participation in local governance! Together, we will explore what can be learned from these experiences. This dialogue is an opportunity for those involved strengthening citizen participation in local governments, as well as those interested in it, to discuss these questions and share their experiences and ideas. Join us here on March 14!

Interested in participating in this dialogue as a featured resource practitioner? Contact us!

14 Mar 2012 - 20 Mar 2012