Center for Peace and Civil Society (CPCS)
Center for Peace and Civil Society (CPCS) is a non-profit civic
initiative that was established in 2001 and was registered in
2005 at Hyderabad, Sindh, Pakistan. It was established by a
group of scholars and practitioners from diverse backgrounds
ranging from politics to media and academia to writers and intellectuals.
CPCS is an independent think-tank that works for strengthening
the political and civil society based on principles of democracy,
freedom, secularism and social justice. CPCS works with political
parties, youth, women, mass media and other non-governmental
institutions. CPCS has placed a unique example of creativity,
credibility and commitment through civic courage, transparent
practices and highest professional standards.
Vision
Organizations’ Mission/Vision Statement:
“Strengthen citizens and civil society based on freedom,
equality and social justice”. CPCS strives for
- Sustainable democracy and democratic federalism in Pakistan
on the basis of 1940 Lahore Resolution and national autonomy
- Political and Human Rights
- Rule of Law
- Secularism
- Gender Equality
Main Objectives and Aims
- Political and Civic education of youth and women to enhance
their active participation and develop their vibrant political
role in society.
- Organize civic responses through institutional support to
engage civil society in democratic political process.
- Create organized linkages and civic mechanisms to bridge
the gap of political understanding among change actors like
political parties, media , academia and civil society.
- Sensitize citizens to create critical mass to strengthen
strong political and secular society.
- Profess the continuity of arguments and dialogue to rationalize
conflicts and create space to develop strong democratic political
culture in society.
- Create awareness among citizens for political rights through
advocacy, action research and media and develop civic mechanisms
for access to information.
- Promote civil society education and producing quality political
literature through publications.
- To highlight and address public litigation cases through
media, citizens and judiciary.
- Develop policy alternatives from citizen’s perspective
through continuous dialogue and action research.
- Coordinate among local, regional and global civil society
to promote G-lo-calization.
- Conduct qualitative and quantitative research, field/baseline
surveys, external monitoring and evaluation, training and
advocacy programs.
Areas of Expertise
- Research ( Field/baseline Surveys, Verification Surveys,
Action/ qualitative and quantitative Research,)
- External Monitoring and Evaluation of projects and programs
- Strategic Planning and organizational development
- Training and Advocacy
- Research based documentation, reporting and publications.
- Political and civic education
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