Monday, July 14, 2025

 ECSOC Newsletter: Partnership, Peacebuilding & Progress

 

 

 

The latest issue of ECSOC’s newsletter highlights our commitment to building a stronger civil society. Key features include new MoUs, peacebuilding collaborations, child protection initiatives, and a recap of CSOs Week – 2024.

In this edition, we reflect on ECSOC’s growing impact through partnerships, policy engagement, and sector-wide collaboration. Highlights include MoUs signed with HESPI and NDI, renewed dialogue with the Ministry of Peace, and joint efforts with ACSO to strengthen CSO coordination. We also revisit CSOs Week – 2024, a milestone event that celebrated the sector’s contribution to peace, democracy, and development. Together, these efforts reaffirm ECSOC’s commitment to building a resilient civil society in Ethiopia.

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The Ethiopian Civil Society Organizations Council (ECSOC) hosted a ceremony honoring its outgoing Executive Committee (ExCom) Members.
 
In the recognition ceremony, the Council celebrated the former ExCom’s dedication, hard work, and invaluable contributions to the Council and the broader CSO sector.
 
The event also provided a platform for former ExCom members to share their experiences and inspire the new leadership to continue the important work ahead.
ECSOC’s President Ahmed Hussen, who was also recognized for his role as Vice President during the previous tenure expressed his gratitude for the outgoing leadership’s invaluable efforts and dedication starting from the Council's inception.

Meanwhile, Executive Director of the Council, Terefe Degeti commended the former ExCom members for their determination through challenging times.
Former President of the Council, Dr. Nigussu Legesse thanked ECSOC for the recognition and pledged ongoing support.
On the other hand ACSO's Director General Samson Biratu reiterated the Authority’s commitment to standing by the Council for the betterment of Ethiopia’s CSO sector.
 
የኢትዮጵያ ሲቪል ማህበረሰብ ድርጅቶች ምክር ቤት የቀድሞ ስራ አስፈፃሚ ኮሚቴ አባላቱን የክብር እና የምስጋና ሥነ ስርዓት አዘጋጀ።
 
በእውቅና ሥነ-ስርዓቱ ላይ ምክር ቤቱ የቀድሞ የአመራር አባላት ቁርጠኝነት፣ ታታሪነት እና ለምክር ቤቱ እና ለሲቪል ማህበረሰብ ድርጅቶች ዘርፉ ያበረከቱት አስተዋጾን አመስግኗል። በመድረኩ የቀድሞ ስራ አስፈጻሚ ኮሚቴ አባላት ልምዳቸውን ያጋሩበት እንዲሁም አዲስ በኮሚቴው ለተቀላቀሉ አመራር በቀጣይ የሚጠበቀውን ቁልፍ ስራ እንዲቀጥል የሚያበረታታ ዝግጅት ተከናውኗል።
 
የምክር ቤቱ ፕሬዝዳንት አቶ አህመድ ሁሴን በቀድሞው የስራ አስፈጻሚ ኮሚቴ በምክትል ፕሬዝደንትነት ሚናቸው እውቅና የተሰጣቸው ሲሆን ባስተላለፉት መልዕክታቸው ከምክር ቤቱ ምሥረታ አንስቶ የቀድሞ አመራሮቹ ላደረጉት የላቀ አስተዋጾ እና ያለመታከት ላሳዩት ትጋት ከፍተኛ ምስጋናቸውን አቅርበዋል።
 
የምክር ቤቱ ዋና ዳይሬክተር አቶ ተረፈ ደጌቲ የቀድሞ የስራ አስፈፃሚ አባላት በአስቸጋሪ ጊዜያት ላሳዩት ቁርጠኝነት ምስጋናቸውን አቅርበው በርካታ ስራ ወደፊት የሚጠበቅ መሆኑ በቀድሞ የስራ አስፈጻሚ ኮሚቴ አባላት የተጀመሩ በርካታ ስራዎች በሙሉ የሃገሪቱን የሲቪል ማህበረሰብ ዘርፍ አንድ እርምጃ ወደፊት እንዲራመድ ከፍተኛ አበርክቶ እንደነበረው አስምረውበታል።
 
የቀድሞ የምክር ቤቱ ፕሬዝደንት ዶ/ር ንጉሱ ለገሰ ምክር ቤቱ ላደረገላቸው እውቅና አመስግነው ቀጣይነት ያለው ድጋፍ ለማድረግ ቃል ገብተዋል።
 
በሌላ በኩል የሲቪል ማህበረሰብ ድርጅቶች ባለስልጣን ዳይሬክተር ጀነራል አቶ ሳምሶን ቢራቱ ባለስልጣን መስሪያ ቤቱ ለኢትዮጵያ የሲቪል ማህበረሰብ ዘርፍ እድገት ከምክር ቤቱ ጎን ለመቆም ያለውን ቁርጠኝነት ገልፀዋል።
 
 
  

 
 Experts train participants from local CSOs in Addis Ababa and Oromia on Human Rights-Based Approach (HRBA).
 
The session aims to enhance CSOs' capacity to promote and protect human rights by integrating a human rights-based approach in their programming and activities. By providing a solid understanding of human rights principles and practices, the training ensures that CSOs

 
 
 
The Ethiopian Civil Society Organizations Council (ECSOC) National Dialogue Reference Group held a panel discussion today on "Potential Challenges and Remedies of the Ethiopian National Dialogue."
The panel discussion aimed to foster stakeholder collaboration to share insights and recommendations and explore the feasibility of completing activities within the current timeframe.
The discussion platform also paved the way for the Reference Group to identify potential obstacles leading up to

 
 
The Ethiopian Civil Society Organizations Council (ECSOC) recently facilitated capacity-building training for 20 Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) in the Oromia region.
The training which focused on National Dialogue Agenda Crafting and the role of CSOs mainly focused on boosting the active participation of CSOs in the National Dialogue Process.
CSO representatives at the training were able to enhance their understanding in the nature