24 May Strengthening the work of four civil society networks on Mexico’s northern border
With the goal of strengthening the work of groups and networks of civil society in northern Mexico, and thereby increasing their influence within their local systems, the first phase of the Project for Strengthening Networks is now underway.
Through the collaboration of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Comunalia and UnidOSC, three community foundations: Fundación Internacional de la Comunidad, in Baja California, the Fundación del Empresariado Sonorense (FESAC), in Sonora, and the Fundación del Empresariado Chihuahuense (FECHAC), in Chihuahua, extended the an invitation to their networks to participate in these first sessions between May 11th and 15th.
In these first gatherings there was a participation of 68 leaders from 62 organizations who make up 27 networks in these three states. With a particular focus on the Solidarity Action Network (ASER) in Baja California; the Baja California Coalition of Organizations for Human Rights; the ImpulsOSC Network of Chihuahua; and Community Network (REDCOSON) of Sonora, these virtual sessions served to carry out the diagnosis and identification of issues to strengthen their respective networks.
In addition, each of the networks had the opportunity to identify their strategic objective and two specific objectives by visualizing a two year strategy to strengthen their capacity to promote incidence local public policies.
Through this alliance between USAID Mexico, UnidOSC and Comunalia is reinforcing the development and articulation processes of networks and groups of civil society organizations in the northern part of the country, to order to increase their influence in human rights and public policies at the state level.
Over the coming months, the networks involved in this initiative will continue with their strengthening process, addressing the findings of the local systems diagnosis to generate a development plan.
The networks represented by the Baja California participants are:
- Acción Social en Red A.C.
- Coalición por los Derechos Humanos en Baja California
- REDUMEX
- ICWMexico
- Tijuana
The networks represented by the Sonora participants are:
- Red Comunitaria Sonora(17)
- CFS
- Obregón
The organizations and initiatives represented by the Chihuahua participants are:
- Asamblea de Organizaciones de la Sociedad Civil de Ciudad Juárez
- Cáritas San Juan Diego
- Centro de Acción DESCA, A.C.
- Centro de Orientación y Apoyo Familiar y Social de Jiménez, A.C.
- Centro para el Fortalecimiento de las Organizaciones Civiles, A.C. Civil (CFOSC)
- Centro para la Profesionalización de la Sociedad Civil, A.C. (CENPRO)
- Club de Leones de Camargo Nueva Era, A.C.
- Consultoría Técnica Comunitaria, A.C.
- Fechac
- Formación y Desarrollo Familiar Integral A.C.
- Ficosec
- Fundación Rotaría de Guerrero, A.C.
- Junta de Asistencia Social Privada del Estado de Chihuahua
- La Gran familia de Gregory, A.C.
- Patronato de la Casa Hogar de Parral, A.C.
- Promotoría Social Personas con Discapacidad, A. C.
- Restaurador Adicción, A.C.
- Sulam El Ascenso, A.C.
- Voluntarias Vicentinas de Chihuahua
And they represent the following networks:
- Red Delicias
- Chihuahua
- Red ROSOCC
- Andrómeda
- PICE
- CONAJAP
- COPREV
- CtrlZ
- FORAC
- ImpulsOSC
- Juárez
- Mujeres
- Parral
- CPC
- Red de cohesión y participación social
- Red de fortalecimiento familiar
- Red Mexiquense de Gobierno Abierto
This Network Strengthening project led by Comunalia, the Alliance of Community Foundations of Mexico, aims to create favorable conditions in the states of Baja California, Sonora and Chihuahua for the development of civil society organizations in that region of the country.