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The CIVICUS World Assembly is a place for strengthening the
rights of people around the world, to “exist, express and
engage.” It involves the civil society, government, business and
media in the processes it takes to make the steps towards this
strengthening. These world assemblies provide a strong forum
where unconnected groups can engage, in open dialogue for the
benefit of civil society. They address a range of problems in
the discussions at these once yearly world assemblies hoping to
come to a decision through discussion and deliberation about
what could be done to fix or improve the problem. In each World
Assembly a series of all assembly discussions take place
throughout the few days, but they also include activities such
as round tables, networking sessions, workshops, formal events
and most recently a new activity being added which are
interactive group discussions. The first CIVICUS World Assembly
was held in 1995 in Mexico City. The fir