Our Beneficiaries

The CSIG will provide awareness raising and training to the general public, to promote and raise awareness of human rights, recognising a spectrum of specific needs, including:

• international and regional human rights instruments (such as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) and subsequent declarations and conventions; the European Convention on Human Rights);

• ethical / democratic governance and civic engagement;

• mechanisms for rights enforcement at national and global levels; and

• rights advocacy and protection strategies.

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Most of our training and awareness raising will be delivered remotely, although where there is
demonstrated need and it is affordable, CSIG will facilitate a face-to-face format (e.g. town hall-style
meetings).

CSIG will aim to reach these Beneficiaries through the offer of a range of training programmes, both:

• GENERIC – to cover a range of development-related subjects, for leaders across different sectors; and

• BESPOKE – tailor-made to meet a specific client Beneficiary’s requirements.

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These may be delivered remotely or face-to-face, according to client requirements. Courses will be
professionally accredited where required.

CSIG also intends to offer Beneficiaries Conferences, Seminars and Colloquia programmes (e.g. for Masters and PhD programme students). As CSIG establishes itself, and where practical, such training will be complemented and supplemented by the provision of mentoring and advisory services (e.g. to support
leaders undertaking organisational cultural change; and to promote respect for human rights within
corporations).

The CSIG will work with partners and clients to identify what is best for them in terms of leadership strengthening and governance programming; and assist them in ensuring programme effectiveness and impact from their work.

The CSIG will seek to ensure local ownership of change programmes but also will provide relevant targeted interventions in country and/or remote mentoring, both short and long term.

The number and type of interventions will vary, according to the client Beneficiary’s scale and nature of operations (e.g. a CSO, state government institution, or international organisation), specific requirements and risk (including where CSIG personnel might be requested to work in an unstable or fragile region or environment).

Typically, CSIG will offer in-country interventions at ‘key stages’ of programmes (e.g. for assessment of needs; the building of representative teams; policy and strategy debate amongst stakeholders; appraisals, and monitoring and evaluation). CSIG will adapt approaches to circumstances, to provide innovative solutions (e.g. meetings held in a neutral area/country, or virtually) as necessary. The CSIG will not use any support model which would involve expatriate staff taking on work best done by local staff.

The CSIG will seek to provide direct support interventions where needed and operationally practical, (e.g. to help build the leadership of CSOs operating at a local/sub-national level, or legitimate media bodies seeking accountability from government) and will support collaborative relationships between communities, businesses and governments in planning for sustainability. Where CSIG cannot provide support directly to communities, CSIG will aim instead to affect positive impact indirectly, through leadership and governance interventions.

The CSIG’s wider membership – from different cultural backgrounds, ethnicities, professional and academic contexts and at different career stages – all may be Beneficiaries of opportunities for networking, debating and training. Fellows and Researchers may benefit from paid work; Researchers and Interns may benefit from research opportunities aimed at advancing their career. All attendees of professional credential programmes, from the CSIG’s own wider membership or beyond – may be Beneficiaries of these kinds of career-enhancing training and development, and of its certification.