28-29 November 2024
As part of the CSSR outreach, the Deputy Special Envoy Najat Rochdi held four group meetings on 28 and 29 November 2024 with Syrian civil society organizations in Paris. DSE Rochdi met with...
16 Sep 2024
The OSE-Syria Civil Society Support Room (CSSR) conducted in September 2024 a comprehensive survey to identify the priorities and recommendations of Syrian civil society members and inform the CSSR...
23 Oct 2024
During the Security Council session chaired by Switzerland in October 2024, one CSSR participant delivered the attached statement.
23 Oct 2024
On 23 October 2023, the Swiss Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York hosted a roundtable focused on the role of Syrian civil society in the peace process in Syria. Attended by members...
10-11 October 2024
As part of the CSSR outreach in 2024, the Deputy Special Envoy Najat Rochdi held two group meetings on 10 and 11 October with Syrian civil society organizations based in Germany. The meetings...
26-27 June 2024
On 26 and 27 June 2024, swisspeace and OSE-Syria engaged through digital means with around 50 Syrian civil society youth actors based in different areas insides Syria and in neighboring countries....
22-23 May 2024
The OSE-Syria Civil society Support Room (CSSR) under the leadership of DSE Najat Rochdi conducted a regional outreach mission with Syrian civil society to Türkiye from 22 to 23 May 2024 in...
28-30 April 2024
15 Civil Society Support Room participants, including 9 women, have been invited to participate in the Day of Dialogue (DoD) from 28-30 April in Brussels, as part of the Brussels VIII Conference on...
6-7 March 2024
As part of the regular outreach activities conducted by the Office of the Special Envoy in Syria through the Civil Society Support Room, a regional outreach mission was held in Istanbul on March 6,...
13 Feb 2024
As part of the Civil Society Support Room (CSSR) outreach in 2024, a regional consultation led by the Deputy Special Envoy Najat Rochdi was organized on 13 February in Berlin with Syrian...
5 Dec 2023
On 5 December 2023, UN Special Envoy for Syria Geir O. Pedersen and his Deputy Najat Rochdi convened a digital townhall meeting open to all Civil Society Support Room (CSSR) participants to respond...
12 Dec 2023
OSE-Syria convened a small group of Syrians civil activists (13) living in Switzerland or in nearby France in an in-person meeting in Geneva on 12 December 2023 to exchange on recent development in...
20-21 September 2023
The OSE-Syria Civil Society Support Room (CSSR) conducted a regional outreach mission with Syrian civil society from 20-21 September 2023 in Istanbul, Türkiye. The regional visits aim at having...
2-4 May 2023
The Civil Society Support Room (CSSR) Thematic Working Group (TWG) on ‘Protection Priorities for Syrians’ was established in October 2022. The purpose of the group’s creation was to leverage the...
2-4 May 2023
The Civil Society Support Room (CSSR) Thematic Working Group (TWG) on ‘Local Governance and Decentralisation’ was established in September 2022 to leverage Syrian civil society’s broad range of...
14-15 June 2023
Joint TWG Statement at the ministerial meeting by a TWG participant – 15 June 2023 Remarks of the Special Envoy for Syria, Mr. Geir O. Pedersen at the 7th Brussels Conference – 15 June 2023:...
7-8 February 2023
Mission Summary The OSE-Syria Civil society Support Room (CSSR) conducted a regional outreach mission with Syrian civil society to Iraqi Kurdistan, on 07 and 08 February 2023 in Erbil. These...
6-7 November 2022
Mission Summary After two-years of remote engagement with Syrian CSSR interlocutors based in Jordan, owing to COVID-19 travel restrictions, the UN Office of the Special Envoy for Syria (OSE-Syria)...
18-20 July 2022
Mission Summary The OSE-Syria Civil society Support Room (CSSR) conducted a regional outreach mission with Syrian civil society to Türkiye from 18 to 20 July 2022 in Gaziantep. These regional visits...
13-15 June 2022
Mission Summary After two-years of travel restrictions due to COVID-19, the UN Office of the Special Envoy for Syria (OSE-Syria) conducted a first regional outreach mission to Beirut from 13 to 15...
27 Feb - 2 Mar 2022
Executive Summary Following months of online collaboration, CSSR participants of the Thematic Working Groups (TWG) on “Civic Values and Civil Society Space” and “Economy, Development and Early...
27 Apr - 5 May 2022
Executive Summary On the margins of the Brussels VI Conference on Supporting the Future of Syria and the Region, the UN Office of the Special Envoy for Syria (OSE-Syria) and the European External...
21-29 June 2021
Executive Summary The OSE-Syria Civil Society Support Room (CSSR) organized virtual regional consultations with Syrian civil society from 21 to 29 June 2021. The Regional Consultations were held in...
23-30 March 2021
Executive Summary On the margins of the Brussels V Conference on Supporting the Future of Syria and the Region, which took place on 29 and 30 March 2021, the UN Office of the Special Envoy for Syria...
15-17 December 2020
Executive Summary The UN Office of the Special Envoy for Syria (OSE-Syria) convened virtual follow-up Civil Society Support Room (CSSR) consultations between December 15th and 17th 2020 with...
2-11 June 2020
Executive Summary Virtual consultations were held with two groups of civil society interlocutors (50 participants) in June 2020. Group 1 reviewed the CSSR process (including the CSSR’s civic and...
6-11 May 2020
Executive Summary Virtual Amman Civil Society Support Room (CSSR) consultations were held on 6 and 11 May 2020. Participants discussed the role of the CSSR, its civic and social values, and future...
25-29 June 2020
Executive Summary On the margins of the fourth Brussels Conference on Supporting the Future of Syria and the Region, which took place from 22 to 30 June 2020, the UN Office of the Special Envoy for...
23-25 February 2020
Executive Summary The new UN Special Envoy for Syria (SE), Geir Pedersen, recently reiterated his commitment to continuing to consult widely with Syrian civil society through the Civil Society...
23-25 January 2020
Executive Summary The Office of the Special Envoy for Syria (OSE-Syria) convened consultations of the Civil Society Support Room (CSSR) in Geneva between 23 and 25 January 2020. In this period...
3-6 March 2020
Executive Summary Regional Consultations in Beirut from 5 to 6 March 2020 with 32 participants based in Lebanon and Syria reviewed the CSSR’s roles, vision and mission; discussed its underpinning...