CIVICUS
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CIVICUS is an international non-profit organisation focused on civil rights and citizen action. It was founded in 1993 and is based in Johannesburg, South Africa.
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- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 1993
- Location
- Johannesburg, South Africa
- Status
- Active
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- non-governmental organization
- Official name
- World Alliance for Citizen Participation
- Country
- South Africa
- Headquarters
- Johannesburg
- Revenue
- 14644571
- Official website
- civicus.org
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- Commons category
- CIVICUS
- social media followers
- 30825
- short name
- Civicus
- donations
- 50365
- funder
- Open Society Foundations
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CIVICUS is an international non-profit organisation focused on civil rights and citizen action. It was founded in 1993 and is based in Johannesburg, South Africa.
== Foundation == In 1991, an international group of 20 leaders from non-governmental organisations and social movements met to explore how to support citizen participation in governmental decision-making processes. In 1993, a founding board established CIVICUS, with the name derived from the Latin term meaning "of the community".
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