ANGOC joins the steering committee of the International Forum on Capacity Building (IFCB).

IFCB is a multi-stakeholder gathering where Southern NGOs engage Northern NGOs and donors in debate and innovation that shape conceptual approaches, policies and practices for future capacity building.

Specifically, the Forum will attempt to:

• Facilitate information sharing and cooperation within and across constituencies on policies, programs and innovations in capacity building of Southern NGOs (SNGOs).

• Promote dialogue at a national, regional and international levels among SNGOs, their counterpart Northern NGOs (NNGOs) and donors so that their policies, practices and programs on capacity building will be informed and influenced by voices and experiences of SNGOs.

• Support emerging capacity building initiatives to address priority needs of SNGOs� capacity building� with a view to promote learning about innovations.

• Promote an enabling environment for more effective response to capacity building of SNGOs.

The Forum will focus on capacity building priorities of Southern NGOs with a view to enhance their contributions toward addressing issues of poverty, marginalization, democratization, strengthening of civil society, human rights and sustainable development.

The primary strategy of the Forum will be to build on existing initiatives and to enable its partners to undertake efforts appropriate to decentralized geographical and thematic priorities.