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START: 08-10-2019
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Save the date: New roles of CSOs for inclusive development closing conference

INCLUDE will, for the last time the research programme ‘New Roles of CSOs for Inclusive Development’, bring together a range of researchers, MFA policymakers, civil society representatives from the global North and South. The closing conference will focus on co-creating the knowledge on advocacy that has come out of the eight research projects with civil society experts. New Roles of CSOs for Inclusive Development investigates the assumptions ...
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