How can a civil society organization participate in OAS-related activities?
To participate in OAS activities, CSOs must meet certain characteristics, which, far from being obstacles to their participation, help make their role more substantive, prominent, and relevant. Among those characteristics which a participating CSO must identify are its type of organization, its main areas of expertise, the type of work it conducts (academic, political, promotional), and its size and background, among others. “A vibrant civil society must comply with a number of essential functions, among them: to serve as a counterweight to the power of the State; to educate citizens on public policies, civil rights and duties; to contribute to develop a culture of tolerance and diversity; to contribute to the formation of new leaders; and to monitor the government’s performance and offer recommendations for its development,” explained Jorge Sanin, Coordinator of Civil Society Activities at the OAS. A decade after the adoption of the institutional policy that regulated the participatio
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