The National Forum of Civil and Civic Awakening (, FONEC) was a political party in Benin.
History FONEC was established in late 1995.Interview with FONEC president Yacoubou Touré Jolome, 24 June 2009 In the 1996 presidential elections, it supported the victorious candidate Mathieu Kérékou.
The party later joined the Suru Alliance to contest the 1999 parliamentary elections, alongside the Union for Democracy and National Reconstruction (UDRN), the Forum for Democracy, Development and Morality (FDDM) and the Union for Homeland and Progress (UPP).Machioudi Dissou (2002) Le Bénin et l'Épreuve Démocratique: Leçons des élections de 1991 à 2001 Editions L'Harmattan, p75 The alliance received 1.5% of the vote, winning a single seat taken by the UPP's Gado Girigissou.Proclamation of the definitive results of the legislative elections of 30 March 1999 Constitutional Court
It was part of the Union for Future Benin for the 2003 elections.
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