The International Civil Society Consortium for Public Deliberation (ICSC) is an international, nonprofit network of civic organizations from around the world. The main focus of the ICSC is to enhance cooperation in promoting responsible democratic institutions and public deliberation in Africa, Asia, Europe, the Americas, and the Middle East. The primary goal of the consortium is to enhance international cooperation in promoting responsible, democratic, and widely participatory deliberation over public issues around the world. It is the belief that such deliberation provides the space for diverse views and a laboratory for innovations in addressing the stubborn problems that local communities face. This the consortium believes reinforces democratic progress.

Members of ICSC have been gathering since 1991 under the auspices of the Kettering Foundation. Since then, the network has grown to include civil society activists, researchers, and other academics representing nongovernmental organizations, university departments, foundations, and journals. The current network includes organizations from the following countries: Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Bahrain, Colombia, Ecuador, Egypt, Guatemala, Kosovo/FRY, Germany, Ghana, Hungary, Ireland, Jamaica, Jordan, Kenya, Lebanon, Morocco, New Zealand, Nigeria, Poland, Puerto Rico, Romania, Russia, South Africa, Thailand, Turkey, the United States, Yemen, and Yugoslavia.

Currently, ICSC members regularly participate in exchanges to learn from one another and our website is intended to foster the learning process. We welcome your input and encourage your inclusion in this network of organizations, whose primary goal is to create the space wherein ordinary citizens can engage in public work.

ICSC Contact Information

For general inquiries and/or web site usage you can send an email to contactus@icscpd.org or use the Contact Us form.

For specific inquiries contact one or both of the following administrators:

Foday A. Sulimani, Administrator
International Civil Society Consortium for Public Deliberation
200 Commons Road
Dayton, Ohio 45459
937-428-5345

Ileana Marin, Administrator
International Civil Society Consortium for Public Deliberation
200 Commons Road
Dayton, Ohio 45459
937-439-9800