About CIVIC
Our Vision
CIVIV envisions a world where communities lead solutions, and global collaboration drives impact, where civil society, governments, and innovators work together to build more equitable, inclusive, and sustainable development systems.
Our Mission
CIVIC: The Civil Society and Social Innovation Alliance is the World Bank Group’s new dedicated global financing and support facility designed to systematically engage civil society and social economy actors. It connects local changemakers to resources, policy pathways, and partnerships, harnessing grassroots innovation to address urgent development challenges and support the WBG’s mission to end poverty on a livable planet. As the central hub for civil society engagement, CIVIC bridges community-driven solutions with national systems and global agendas, helping them scale and transforming how the WBG partners with civil society.
Our Values
People-Centered Development
Elevating the voices, leadership, and solutions of those closest to the challenges.
Collaboration & Co-Creation
Bringing together governments, CSOs, innovators, and donors to jointly design solutions and policy pathways.
Innovation for Systems Change
Backing scalable social innovation—not just as projects, but as models that shape and strengthen public systems.
Transparency & Accountability
Championing open governance, trust-building, and responsible stewardship of resources.
Inclusion & Equity
Ensuring communities, youth, women, and marginalized groups are integral to decision-making and development outcomes.
The CIVIC Approach
CIVIC delivers impact through four interconnected functions:
Convene
We bring together civil society, governments, philanthropy, private sector, and multilateral actors to build trust, align priorities, and shape development agendas together.
Catalytic Grantmaking
Through our Multi-Donor Trust Fund and across four thematic platforms, we finance civil society-led solutions and support coalitions that on-grant to local organizations.
Multistakeholder Dialogue & Governance
We embed civil society into policy and operational processes via the Partnership Council, Thematic Advisory Groups, and Country Compacts.
Knowledge & Learning Platform
We connect South-South and global knowledge, strengthen capacity, and turn local innovation into models that inform policy and World Bank operations.
Scaling Pathway
CIVIC helps successful local ideas scale sustainably by integrating civic innovators into financing pathways and institutional systems.