Many CSOs from around the world, while supporting the largest ever replenishment - $93 billion for the IDA 20 cycle (July 2022-June 2025) –called for International Development Association (IDA) to establish a civil society organization (CSO) window for funding independent monitoring by local CSOs during the IDA funded project liefecycle…...
International Encyclopedia of Civil Society: Advocacy
Civil society advocacy includes influencing decision-makers, media outreach, citizen education, and various forms of civic engagement. It has grown strongly in recent decades, not least because of the increasingly multifaceted nature of politics in today’s cosmopolitan world, which makes it difficult for a small number of political parties to adequately…...
Improving Transparency and Effectiveness of Public Procurement in Ukraine through Cooperation with Civil Society
This report reviews social accountability work of 19 CSOs working in many VDCs (Village Development Committees) in 25 very different Municipalities and Districts of Nepal, using 15 different kinds of social accountability mechanisms in three themes. The report is intended to stimulate thought about how social accountability works in practice…...