[governance] [Fwd: Launch of CSO Net - the Civil Society Network]

[Carlos A. Afonso]

Just received this from Mr Sha.

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Subject: Launch of CSO Net - the Civil Society Network
Resent-Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2010 16:13:59 -0300 (BRT)
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2010 13:50:43 -0400
From: DESA NGO Branch <ngonews at un.org>

Dear NGO Community,

With an increasing number of civil society organizations seeking
consultative status with the Economic and Social Council, the NGO Branch
of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs
(UNDESA), is increasingly being called upon to engage with these
organizations worldwide on a wide range of issues on the United Nation's
development agenda. There is now a growing demand from organizations
from both the developed and developing countries to contribute to the
UN's economic and social agenda, including to the internationally agreed
development goals.

In order to facilitate this engagement and provide a suitable platform
for civil society, I am pleased to announce that UNDESA has launched a
knowledge-based, open networking platform called CSO Net - the Civil
Society Network, which is designed to facilitate interaction among civil
society groups worldwide, Member States and UN system agencies. The aim
is to: share and promote best practices in the field of economic and
social development; establish innovative and collaborative development
solutions; facilitate partnerships among the users of the portal; and
promote interactive discussions through online forums on issues of
immediate relevance to the UN's agenda. This portal can be accessed at
http://www.un.org/ecosoc/csonet.

I invite you to visit the portal and explore ways that your organization
can contribute to and engage effectively with the NGO Branch and the
United Nations system as a whole. The multiple features of the portal
provide numerous tools, sources of information and news about civil
society and the UN that are designed, as much to inform you about the
UN's work, and as much as to highlight and facilitate civil society
contribution to the UN's development goals. We look forward to
reinforcing our partnership with civil society in order to deliver on
our global commitments. To that end, I very much look forward to your
suggestions, feedback and recommendations on the use of this portal and
the way forward.


Yours sincerely,

Sha Zukang
Under-Secretary-General
Department of Economic and Social Affairs
United Nations


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Carlos A. Afonso
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