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society actors, made during an OSCE/ODIHR conference on “Advancing Tolerance and NonDiscrimination through Coalition Building and Co-operation” which took place on 18-19
November 2015, the event will set out to address the following points:
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What are main advantages for creating or joining a coalition? (What is the overall
objective of the coalition? Will the coalition campaign on a particular issue? Etc.);
What are the resources needed to build and/or maintain a coalition and how will
they be acquired? (How much time, money and people will be required?; How will
resources be monitored?; How many people will be needed to accomplish the
coalition goal?; What skills will be necessary and who will provide them?);
What type of the coalition should be built and what is the level of participation by
the individual partner? (Will this be a coalition between civil society,
intergovernmental organizations, government entities, or all of them combined);
What are the tools that ODIHR can use to continue to serve as a platform for
dialogue and information sharing between civil society and governments;
What are the best ways in which ODIHR can organize workshops and trainings on
successful coalition building? These workshops can bring together civil society and
government officials;
What kind of online platform can ODIHR create in order to advance the level of
sharing of best practice projects and information’s among the civil sector?

In order to assist the civil society actors with building, maintaining and expanding their
coalitions, ODIHR will hold a series of events and trainings, which will be organized with the
aim of creating a pool of expertise among the civil society organizations on the topic of
coalition building. Drawn from different content and geographical areas, these organizations
will further disseminate the knowledge that they acquire to their stakeholders, thus creating
a ripple effect and helping to strengthen civil society throughout the OSCE region.
Participants of the 16-17 June event would include:
• Representatives of relevant civil society
representatives
• IGO representatives
• Government officials

organisations

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community

Day 1, Thursday, 16 June
13:00 – 14:00

Lunch
Hotel Thon EU, Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 75, B-1040 Brussels

14:30

Meeting at the entrance of the European Parliament, Altiero Spinelli
Building, Rue Wiertz 60, Brussels (please make sure to bring your ID
cards)
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