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The congruence of G8 Summit in Scotland, the UN World Summit + 5 and WTO Ministerial Meeting in Hong Kong and the revisions of Beijing + 5 and Cairo + 5 led to 2005 being seen as a landmark year in relation to the 2000 Millennium Declaration and the fight against poverty, injustice and exploitation and men and women's rights violations. It was in this context that the Global Call to Action against Poverty (GCAP) was established in September 2004 as a means for a joint mobilization and collaboration for the year 2005. One year after the Johannesburg consultation in September 2004, the Global alliance and the national campaigns are confronted with the decision of whether to continue their cooperation beyond 2005 and if so, how to frame a possible next phase (2006-2007) of the call. 2005 is coming to an end, and with it, the global policy platform, global structures and days for global mobilisation days agreed in Johannesburg, September 2004 have expired. TWO EXTERNAL RESEARCHERS are therefore being sought, to carry out a comprehensive review of the campaign to date, with a view to developing a report that will inform further dialogue on the future of GCAP.

SOURCE: Civicus

The congruence of G8 Summit in Scotland, the UN World Summit + 5 and WTO Ministerial Meeting in Hong Kong and the revisions of Beijing + 5 and Cairo + 5 led to 2005 being seen as a landmark year in relation to the 2000 Millennium Declaration and the fight against poverty, injustice and exploitation and men and women's rights violations.

It was in this context that the Global Call to Action against Poverty (GCAP) was established in September 2004 as a means for a joint mobilization and collaboration for the year 2005. The call focused its global efforts around the coordination of three days of mass mobilisation and policy influence under the symbol of the white band on July 1st, September 10th and December 10th. National and regional GCAP processes also developed their own mobilization and political influence strategies in the lines of GCAP global demands. Many specialist groups such as the Feminist task force of GCAP used other global processes such as Beijing plus 5 to make linkages between GCAP demands and their own agendas.

One year after the Johannesburg consultation in September 2004, the Global alliance and the national campaigns are confronted with the decision of whether to continue their cooperation beyond 2005 and if so, how to frame a possible next phase (2006-2007) of the call. 2005 is coming to an end, and with it, the global policy platform, global
structures and days for global mobilisation days agreed in Johannesburg, September 2004 have expired.

TWO EXTERNAL RESEARCHERS are therefore being sought, to carry out a
comprehensive review of the campaign to date, with a view to developing a report that will inform further dialogue on the future of GCAP. This report will provide a critical analysis of both the past history and present circumstances of the campaign, as well as
practical proposals for the next steps. The review process will draw on national and regional consultative meetings, a widely distributed consultative questionnaire, key supporting documents as well as informational interviews with significant GCAP informants as well as with those organizations, individuals and networks who are not GCAP supporters yet. The report will also include a comprehensive financial report of GCAP's expenditures and funding.

OBJECTIVES:

- To provide GCAP with an independent and rigorous assessment of the accomplishments and challenges of the campaign
- To collect experiences, generate preliminary lessons and provoke ideas and recommendations for the future of GCAP, which may include re-inventing the call beyond 2005, and especially over the next two years (2006-2007)
- To provide a comprehensive analysis of GCAP's finances.

With an understandably short time frame, the study will be steered more towards capturing results though there will also be room to make comments and learn about processes, activities and actions. Questions that will inform what we could do differently could include; which ways of working should GCAP maintain? What should global GCAP not do since others are taking care of it? Is there GCAP policy objectives
that need to change?

The findings of the review will be instrumental in making decisions about the way forward and in particular preparing for the next global International Facilitation Group meeting in March 2006, in Beirut.

PROCESS:

The overview will be done by 2 external consultants (one to focus on the qualitative aspects of the campaign and the other on the financial aspects) The process will take 30 working days, starting at the beginning of January 2006, and a draft report is expected for
initial review by the GCAP co-chairs by THE 8TH OF FEBURARY 2006. The final report will be circulated to GCAP members by the 20TH of February 2006. In carrying out their tasks, the researchers will work closely with two internally appointed GCAP informants. Monitoring and support of the whole exercise will be provided by the GCAP beyond 2005 Steering Committee.

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