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NGO Capacity Development by the Core Group
In 2020, PILnet and the Core Group members:
Co-organized two capacitydevelopment workshops (July
and September 2020) with
UNHCR and TrustLaw to build
awareness around the Pledge
and the potential of pro bono
to strengthen legal assistance
efforts.
Developed a range of tools to
support
refugee-led
organizations and NGOs to
develop and pitch pro bono
projects in consultation with
UNHCR and TrustLaw.
Undertook
substantive
outreach with refugee-led
organizations and NGOs prior
to
and
following
these
workshops to support these
civil society actors to develop
pro bono projects to pitch.
In October 2020, nine RLOs/NGOs successfully pitched 15 pro bono projects to
private sector law firms at a virtual Asia Pro Bono Roundtable. Joining the
Roundtable were 46 private sector representatives, including law firms that
had signed on to the Pledge as well as new private sector partners.