With funding from USAID, Internews is leading a seven-member consortium to implement the Enabling and Protecting Civic Space (EPCS) INSPIRES project. INSPIRES will increase knowledge and capacity to respond to growing restrictions on democratic freedoms of association, assembly, and expression. With civic space shifting rapidly around the globe, faster and more potent interventions are critical for bolstering local civil societies.
INSPIRES will produce innovative learning on civic space dynamics and interventions in three areas:
01. forecasting
Conducting analysis through machine learning to deepen understanding of civic space drivers and inform programmatic priorities for civil society.
02. Prevention
Testing programmatic interventions to boost civil society resilience to closing space threats.
03. Response
Empowering local partners to address civic space shifts through flexible response support.
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INSPIRES is the culmination of an extensive co-creation process under the Broad Agency Announcement for Adapting USAID’s Democracy, Rights, and governance (DRG) Programming to Better Address Global Trends and Challenges, specifically with regard to Enabling and Protecting Civic Space. Internews is the prime implementer of the Consortium, which consists of six additional partners who are leaders and innovators in their fields: The International Center for Not-for-Profit Law (ICNL), DevLab@Duke, PartnersGlobal, Results for Development (R4D), CIVICUS, and ZINC Network.
