SCIL’s primary goal is to empower civil society organizations and networks to effectively contribute to strengthening democratic processes and poverty reduction in Lesotho. Among SCIL's objectives is to promote and sustain civil society organizations (CSOs) through effective grants management for community advocacy, capacity building and strengthening of development initiatives. During the inception phase, SCIL will carry out preliminary mapping and capacity assessment of CSOs and network organizations to facilitate the development of a robust capacity building strategy. SCIL offers training workshops, mentoring, consultation forums, cross visits and exchange programmes, attachments/internship programmes, IT approaches to development, technical assistance (i.e. small grants for CSOs) and consultancies.
