FICS and partners on foreign policy and civic space
UK-based thinktank the Foreign Policy Centre published a special report in Autumn 2021 examining the UK foreign policy’s stated commitment to open societies and being a ‘force for good’.
Rethinking civic space in an age of intersectional crises: a briefing for funders
Authors Ben Hayes and Poonam Joshi summarise the key findings of the FICS 2019 strategic review, which sought to elaborate a strategic framework
Civic space: what environmental funders need to know
This briefing paper summarizes how the closing of civil society space is impeding environmental and conservation initiatives around the world, the drivers behind these increased restrictions, and how funders are starting to address these challenges
What is closing space grantmaking?
In Spring 2018, FICS published a paper that grouped strategies to support civil society into two broad categories: resistance and resilience.