Zimbabwe Europe Network

The Zimbabwe Europe Network (ZEN) was launched in October 2008 to ensure that the EU and its member states stay engaged on Zimbabwe and that the perspectives and recommendations of Zimbabwean civil society shape its future policy decisions. This is done through more sustained, collective and unified efforts directed at the EU and its members states, to ensure progressive policies and actions on Zimbabwe, to maintain and scale up support for humanitarian assistance and to inform and influence EU and member states assistance for a post-crisis transformation and recovery process that is led by Zimbabweans.

ZEN is a network of European secular, faith-based and developmental organizations with programmes of support and/or presence on the ground in Zimbabwe. The network seeks to bring the demands, views and aspirations of Zimbabwean civil society into European policy formulation on Zimbabwe. This is done through input from a civil society reference group in Zimbabwe which is regularly consulted and acts as a resource base to inform ZEN policies. ZEN emphasizes that the resolution of the Zimbabwean crisis must be led by Zimbabweans themselves.

From the beginning Zimbabwe Watch has been actively involved in ZEN, acknowledging the importance of an effective lobby at the European level and the need for common positioning among European organizations working in/on Zimbabwe.

Visit the website of ZEN at www.zimbabweeurope.org