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Elisa Peter

Elisa is the Director of Civitates, Europe’s leading philanthropic initiative to strengthen democracy and protect civic space. Elisa’s career spans the intergovernmental, non-profit and philanthropic sectors. She has led global advocacy campaigns to foster transparency, accountability and good governance, leveraging the power of national and local OGP processes, including in the extractives sector. She has served as a Senior Policy Advisor at The Elders and led the United Nation’s Non-governmental Liaison Service to support the participation of people in UN deliberations. Elisa served as an elected civil society OGP Steering Committee member in 2017- 2020.

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Covid-19 and the Shrinking Space for Dissent

Activists in developing countries are seeing civic space shrink as the pandemic takes hold This article was first published by Apolitical. Click here to read the original article. On 15 March, a group of civil society activists peacefully gathered in Niger’s capital,…

Le visage violent de la grande corruption

English Version » Exposer la corruption a toujours été un travail dangereux. Dernièrement, il est devenu encore plus dangereux, surtout pour ceux d'entre nous qui visent l'une des industries les plus corrompues - celle de l’exploitation du pétrole, du gaz…

The violent face of grand corruption

Version Française » Exposing corruption has always been a dangerous job. It’s about to become even more dangerous, especially for those of us targeting one of the most corrupt industries - oil, gas and mining. A high-stakes sector, it is…