Civil Society Festival tomorrow |25 November 2016

To coincide with the second anniversary of the Citizens Engagement Platform, Seychelles (Ceps) in partnership with the Mauritius Commercial Bank (MCB) is organising a CSO festival tomorrow at the Freedom Square from 9am to 6pm.

The official opening will take place at 10am.

The aim of the event is to showcase the work of the civil society sector which is a non-state actor involved in national development, meeting with the citizens and mobile volunteers and celebrate the contributions of volunteers. 

A total of 40 civil society organisations will take part and SBC will broadcast live from the fair and in the afternoon popular artists will perform including Christmas carols. 

The event will include animations, musical performances, exhibitions, Jojo and friends fun stall, recruitment of volunteers and Ceps will also offer a special (CAB) citizens advice bureau service.

Ceps is the only national umbrella organisation for civil society in Seychelles. It has 60 non-governmental organisations as members. They come from a variety of sectors and thus, Ceps has organised them thematically in commissions. There are seven commissions.

Ceps was launched in November 2014 as the national umbrella for civil society organisations. Prior to Ceps’ existence, a national unit for non-government organisations (Lungos) was operational under a liaising role.

 The next major event that Ceps is organsing is the Volunteer’s Award which will be held on December 7 to coincide with International Volunteer’s Day on December 5.