May 28 - June 1, 2012
May 27 - May 31, 2013

Good Governance and Social Accountability Tools 

What you can expect

Good governance lies at the heart of what affects most citizens on a daily basis – access to health care, housing, roads, education and job opportunities. Yet around the world many citizens feel powerless to influence government decisions let alone effect change. Social accountability refers to the range of approaches that enable citizens to work with governments in a meaningful, productive and effective way. This one-week course focuses on developing the knowledge and skills you need to strengthen citizen involvement in the oversight of government, and to improve accountability and practice at the local, regional and national levels.

Facilitator: To be confirmed

Personal benefits

  • Learn the history of social accountability, principles and rationale
  • Build practical skills in the use of social accountability tools and methods such as participatory budgeting and expenditure tracking, social audits, citizen charters and community report cards, right to information and other performance monitoring tools
  • Identify the characteristics of an enabling environment for citizen engagement
  • Identify ways to use social accountability tools in advocacy to make the case for change

Organizational benefits

  • Build accountability into future projects and programs
  • Develop ability to assess government schemes and programs to ensure the quality of public service delivery to all citizens

Who is best suited for the program?

This course is designed for practitioners in civil society organizations and social movements, as well as the staff of government ministries and development agencies engaged in advocacy, governance and accountability work. The course is designed to complement the Certificate in Advocacy and Citizen Engagement, but will be useful to a wide range of civil society leaders interested in issues of accountability. 

 


 

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