Inaugural Ceremony of Civil20 India
16th January, 2023
Inaugural Ceremony (Virtual) of C20 India (16 January, 2023)
Honoured to Host Preparatory Workshop for Civil 20 India 2023 with Rambhau Mhalgi Prabodhini and Gandhi Darshan Smriti
It was our honour to organise the preparatory workshop for Civil 20 India 2023 by Rambhau Mhalgi Prabodhini and Gandhi Darshan Smriti.
The workshop set up the stage for a successful conference!
The workshop set up the stage for a successful conference!
“G20: C20 India meetings to commence with the spirit of ‘You are the Light’”
Civil20 (C20) is an engagement group that comes under the umbrella of G20 groupings. The group provides a platform for civil society organizations to communicate their concerns and aspirations to the G20 leaders. The group is uniquely structured in a way that it engages more than 800 civil societies representatives across the globe, imbibing the principles of G20.
Presently, civil society organizations are one of the most effective tools for implementing social change. They are well-connected with the masses and try to bridge the gap between citizens and government.
India is holding the presidency of G20 this year and has planned the C20 group inception conference at Nagpur, Maharashtra on 21-22 March 2023. Moreover, the C20 Summit is to take place in Jaipur, Rajasthan on 30-31 July 2023.
The group has been recognized as a G20 engagement group since 2013. They play an instrumental role in explaining complex issues to the citizens and providing expertise on various issues to the G20 members. In addition, one of the key functions Civil Society Organizations (CSO) undertake is that they help the G20 group to strike a balance between the economic interests of a country and the interests of the citizens.
The C20 group works on the principles of global character, transparency, independence, collaboration, human rights, gender equality and women’s empowerment, inclusiveness, continuity, and predictability.
How does the C20 work?
Similarly to the G20, C20 Steering Committee (SC) facilitates dialogue and coordination between civil society organizations from the current, previous, and following G20/C20 host countries. The group works in the format of a Troika and consists a Sherpa, whose responsibilities include facilitating fluent and effective dialogue between C20 Working Group Chairs, mainstreaming and developing appropriate areas of work with the C20 Chair and Co-Chair, etc.
The C20 steering committee further ensures that the C20 is an open and diverse environment that facilitates the transmission of a broad range of civil society perspectives to the G20. Under its umbrella, the C20 has several working groups that discuss and develop policy papers that are aimed at generating specific recommendations and policy proposals.
Civil20 India 2023
The Civil20 India is to be chaired by spiritual leader Mata Amritanandamayi Devi, Founder of Mata Amritanandamayi Math. The steering committee of Civil20 India had its first meeting on 27 December, 2022 and took steps towards a successful and inclusive summit.
C20’s logo was unveiled with the tagline, ‘You are the Light.’ Further the logo of C20 symbolize the flame of hope, self-motivation and selfless services.
Source: https://newsonair.com/2022/12/28/c20-india-meetings-to-commence-with-the-spirit-of-you-are-the-light/
“All you need to know about Civil20 India, group headed by ‘Amma’, its link to G20”
C20 is an official engagement group of the G20 that aims to bring a perspective from civil society organisations from around the world to the forum’s heads of state.
New Delhi: With India taking over G20 presidency earlier this month, the official engagement group of the forum – Civil20 India – also launched its logo and tagline Monday ahead of its upcoming meetings.
The appointed Chair for this term, Mata Amritanandamayi, a spiritual leader from India, released a message on the occasion, praying that the venture will provide “a transformation in human minds”.
In a video message uploaded on the Twitter handle of Civil20 India 2023, Mata Amritanandamayi, famously known as Amma, also revealed the significance of the logo – “To illuminate the world and all the sentient things in it”.
The tagline – ‘You Are The Light’ – is meant to be a call to “every member of the civil society to come together, make their own paths, find solutions and resolve issues through collective effort”.
The message is vastly different from the tagline of the previous edition – ‘Listening to the world’, which reflected that countries were still reeling from the aftermath of the global pandemic with Indonesia choosing its G20 Presidency theme to be “Recover Together, Recover Stronger”.
C20 for G20
Civil Society 20 or C20 is one of the eight official engagement groups of the G20 forum since 2013. A 2019 document, listing out its principles, described it as a platform for civil society organisations around the world to bring forth a non-government and non-business voice. The C20 aims to bring a perspective from civil society organisations from around the world to the G20 heads of state.
Under the umbrella of the G20, C20 engages more than 800 civil societies, representatives, and networks of various countries, including organisations from countries who are not G20 members, to ensure that “people across all strata of society” are heard at the G20 Leaders’ Summit.
The group aims at protecting the environment, promoting social and economic development and human rights.
They represent global organisations and also bring together coalitions of NGOs from under-represented regions. As the G20 Presidency rotates, so does the leadership of engagement groups who are led by organisations from the local civil society. The host government of the G20 usually invites organisations from the country to form the engagement groups.
The most recent forum took place in Bali, Indonesia from 5-7 October. The Chair for the previous edition of C20 was Sugeng Bahagijo, executive director of International NGO Forum on Indonesian Development. He passed on the baton to India after hosting more than 50 discussions, meetings, seminars, policy dialogue and consultations. The Coordinator of International Financial Institutions (IFIs) of Oxfam India, Arjun Phillips, was also part of the Indonesia leg of C20.
Structure & workings of C20
The C20 has a steering committee that follows a troika structure which allows for dialogue and coordination between the lead civil society organisations from the current, previous and following G20/C20 host countries.
According to the C20 Indonesia 2022 website, the C20 Chair and Co-Chair are responsible for facilitating the C20 process, whose appointments each year are prerogative of the civil society in the host country.
Aiding the C20 Chair and Co-Chair are the C20 Sherpa, the C20 Steering Committee and the International Advisory Committee, completing its leadership structure according to the C20 principles.
India assumed the presidency of the G20 for a year starting December and will end its term on 30 November next year. The country is expected to host more than 200 meetings across the country, an endeavour that will involve work by ministerial meetings, working groups, and engagement groups in advance.
Who is the C20 India Chair?
Mata Amritanandamayi, the 69-year-old founder of the famous Mata Amritanandamayi Math, was appointed as the Chair for C20 India by the Modi government in October. The spiritual and charitable organisation has its headquarters in Kerala.
Upon accepting her role as Chair of the engagement group, Amma had expressed her appreciation for the Indian government for arranging such a high-level representation of the voices of the common people, The Hindustan Times reported.
“Hunger, conflict, extinction of species, and environmental destruction are the most important issues facing the world today. We should put in sincere effort to develop solutions,” Amma had said in the initial C20 online meeting.
According to her, the need of the hour is integrated effort and creating innovative methods of predicting environmental catastrophes.
Source: https://theprint.in/india/all-you-need-to-know-about-civil20-india-group-headed-by-amma-its-link-to-g20/1272700/
“Logo of Civil-20 India 2023 released with tagline ‘You are the Light'”
The logo of Civil-20 (C-20), an engagement group of G-20, has been released with the tagline ‘You are the Light’.
By India Today Web Desk: The Civil-20 (C-20), an engagement group of the Group of Twenty or G-20, released its logo and tagline for the 2023 period on Monday. The logo of C-20 has been released with the tagline ‘You are the Light’.
The Civil-20 engagement group takes up issues related to civil society organisations and development. For the next few months, discussions and seminars will be held at different places in India on the same, followed by a summit.
At this summit, a policy document will be issued on the issues of status and development of citizen organisations.
What Civil-20 logo represents?
Civil organisations in India and in other G-20 countries will participate in Civil-20 conferences in India. The logo of Civil-20 depicts a beam of light, which implies that society moves with its autonomous power and creates its own path.
Spiritual leader Mata Amritanandamayi Devi is the Chair of the Civil-20 India 2023.
Source: https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/logo-of-civil-20-released-with-tagline-you-are-the-light-2311552-2022-12-20
“जारी हुआ सिविल-20 का लोगो, ‘You Are The Light’ रखी गई टैगलाइन”
सिविल 20 का लोगो जारी हो गया है, इसकी टैगलाइन ‘यू आर द लाइट’ रखी गई है. सिविल20, G-20 का एक इंगेजमेंट ग्रुप है, जो सिविल सोसाइटी संगठनों और विकास से जुड़े मुद्दों को उठाता है.
‘यू आर द लाइट’ की टैगलाइन के साथ सिविल 20 का लोगो जारी हो गया है. सिविल20, G-20 का एक इंगेजमेंट ग्रुप है, जो सिविल सोसाइटी संगठनों और विकास से जुड़े मुद्दों को उठाता है. अगले कुछ महीनों तक भारत में इस पर अलग-अलग स्थानों पर चर्चा, सेमिनार आयोजित होंगे.
अंत में एक शिखर सम्मेलन भी आयोजित किया जाएगा. इस समिट में नागरिकों संगठनों की स्थिति और विकास के मुद्दों पर नीतिपत्र जारी किया जाएगा.
क्या दर्शाता है सिविल-20 का लोगो?
भारत और जी 20 के सभी देशों के नागरिक संगठन भारत में सिविल 20 सम्मेलनों में हिस्सा लेंगे. सिविल-20 का लोगो एक प्रकाश पुंज को प्रतिबिबित करता है, जिसका आशय है कि समाज अपनी स्वायत्त शक्ति से चलता है और अपना रास्ता खुद बनाता है.
आज दुनिया को जैसी समस्याओं का सामना करना पड़ रहा है, ऐसे में नागरिक समाज और सामाजिक संगठाओं को अपने पर विश्वास रखकर आगे बढ़ना होगा. बता दें कि सिविल-20 इंडिया 2023 चेयरपर्सन माता अमृतानंदमयी देवी हैं.
भारत करेगा G-20 शिखर सम्मेलन की अध्यक्षता
बताते चलें कि 1 दिसंबर से भारत ने G-20 की अध्यक्षता ग्रहण की थी. अब G-20 शिखर सम्मेलन का आयोजन भारत की मेजबानी में किया जाएगा. इसमें 19 देश और यूरोपीय संघ शामिल हैं.
Source: https://www.aajtak.in/india/news/story/civil-20-logo-released-tagline-kept-you-are-the-light-ntc-1598015-2022-12-19?utm_source=rssfeed#
“आप ही प्रकाश हो… सिविल 20 का लोगो जारी, जानें क्या है जी-20 से कनेक्शन”
Civil20 India 2023 Logo News : जी20 का एक इंगेजमेंट ग्रुप सिविल 20 संगठन का लोगो जारी किया गया। इस लोगो की टैग लाइन है- आप ही प्रकाश हो। यह ग्रुप सिविल सोसाइटी संगठनों और विकास से जुड़े मुद्दों को उठाता है।
नई दिल्ली : भारत को जी-20 की अध्यक्षता के बाद से देश में जी-20 से जुड़े अलग-अलग कार्यक्रमों का आयोजन किया जा रहा है। इस क्रम में सिविल 20 संगठन का लोगो जारी किया है। सिविल20, जी20 का एक इंगेजमेंट ग्रुप है। यह सिविल सोसाइटी संगठनों और विकास से जुड़े मुद्दों को उठाता है। ग्रुप के लोगो को आप ही प्रकाश हो (You Are The Light) टैगलाइन के साथ जारी किया है।
क्या है लोगो का मतलब
सिविल 20 का लोगो एक प्रकाश पुंज को प्रतिबिंबित करता है जिसका आशय है की समाज अपनी स्वायत्त शक्ति से चलता है और अपना रास्ता स्वयं बनाता है। आज दुनिया को जैसी समस्याओं का सामना करना पड़ रहा है ऐसे में नागरिक समाज और सामाजिक संगठनों को अपने पर विश्वास रखकर आगे बढ़ना होगा।
यह दीप आपके दिलों को प्रज्ज्वलित करे
लोगो जारी करने के मौके पर माता अमृतानंदमयी देवी ने कहा, मैं प्रार्थना करती हूं कि यह संगठन मानवीय मस्तिष्क में बदलाव लाए। यह प्रेम, करुणा और सम्मान की लहर पैदा कर सकते हैं। उन्होंने कहा कि हमारे कहने से अधिक हमारे करने का महत्व है। उन्होंने कहा कि जैसा लोगो में है, यह दीप आपके दिलों को प्रज्ज्वलित करे। यह पूरे संसार को जगमग करे।
अगले कुछ महीनों में होंगे कई कार्यक्रम
अगले कुछ महीनों तक भारत में इस पर अलग-अलग स्थानों पर चर्चा, परिचर्चा, सेमिनार और अंत में एक शिखर सम्मेलन आयोजित किया जाएगा। इस समिट में नागरिकों संगठनों की स्थिति और विकास के मुद्दों पर नीतिपत्र जारी किया जाएगा। भारत और जी 20 के सभी देशों के नागरिक संगठन भारत में सिविल 20 सम्मेलनों में हिस्सा लेंगे।
Source: https://navbharattimes.indiatimes.com/india/civil20-india-2023-logo-launch-with-you-are-the-light-tagline/articleshow/96350212.cms