- How can SADC national committees become platforms for participatory policy-making?
- O. Nzewi (ed); L. Zakwe (ed) / Centre for Policy Studies, South Africa, 2009
- SADC National Committees (SNCs) are a statutory implementation organs of SADC (Southern African Development Community) for national input in the formulation of regional policies and the co-ordination and implementation of these progra...
- Good governance and social accountability in Africa: what can be learned?
- M. McNeil (ed); C. Malena (ed) / World Bank Institute, World Bank, 2010
- Accountability is the cornerstone of good governance. The combined effects of the global economic crisis, climate change and influence and power relationships between the developed and developing worlds require African countries to re...
- 'Communication for empowerment' for democratic governance and social accountability
- E. McCall (ed); B. Jallov / UNDP Oslo Governance Centre, 2010
- This paper highlights the importance of communication as a tool and a methodology that can make development strategies more effective, sustainable, and pro-poor and gender-sensitive. Communication has the power to change societi...
- What is the extent of women's participation in Sierra Leone?
- C. Castillejo / Fride, 2009
- Gender relations in Sierra Leone are extremely unequal and Sierra Leonean women face high levels of exclusion, violence and poverty. In this context, this paper will seek to explore the extent to which women in Sierra Leone are a...
- How can the news media aid governance reform?
- P. Norris (ed) / World Bank, 2010
- News media have contributed to the improvement of governance in several countries through their ability to expose corruption. This book contributes to the awareness of the potential contributions of independent news media to governanc...
- Was South Africa committed to the APRM?
- N. Mbelle / Africa Governance Monitoring and Advocacy Project, 2010
- This report reviews the process of implementing the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) in South Africa. It focuses on the national process leading to the adoption of a country self-assessment and on the roles of the various stakehol...
- 2010: Assessing global freedom
- A. Puddington / Freedom House, 2010
- In a year of intensified repression against human rights defenders and democratic activists by many of the world’s most powerful authoritarian regimes, this index from Freedom House unsurprisingly asserts to have found a continu...
- Localis (http://localis.org.uk/)
- Localis is an independent think-tank based in Westminster, dedicated to issues related to local government and localism. Since its formation it has produced research on a variety of issues including housing, the reform of regional government, innovation in services and local government finance.
- Strengthening participatory democracy in Mozambique
- L. de Brito (ed); G. Mbilana (ed); C. Roque (ed) / Open Society Institute and Soros Foundations Network, 2009
- The quality of governance is a major determinant for the success or failure of nations. This report uses data from interviews and literature reviews to examine the health of Mozambique’s democracy and the quality of political pa...
- Is devolving power to local authorities the way forward?
- T. Shakespeare / Localis, 2010
- This report is a contribution to the debate on the future of local government performance and assessment. In it the author outlines the possibility of reducing the burden of inspection on councils, while simultaneously increasing...
- Empowering Maasai women in Tanzania
- Maanda Ngoitiko 2010
- Maasai women are among the poorest and most marginalised groups in Tanzanian society. A local women-led organisation – the Pastoral Women’s Council – works to improve the lives of Maasai pastoralist women and childre...
- Pressing the Egyptian government for more political space for civil society
- M. Tadros / Institute of Development Studies UK, 2009
- The focus of this paper is on the top-down introduction of advocacy in the Egyptian context in the 1990s as part of the bid to promote democratisation in the Arab world. The paper argues that in authoritarian contexts, participatory a...
- Postwar reconstruction: enhancing people-led processes
- F. Galtung; M. Tisne / Tiri, 2009
- In nations emerging from war, the immediate postwar period rarely lives up to the hopes and expectations of the country’s citizens or the international community. An upsurge in corruption and a lack of accountability, which freq...
- How can organisations ensure their SHRH interventions are effective?
- J. Leerlooijer; et al. / World Population Fund, 2009
- Worldwide, extensive experience, evidence and information is available showing what works and what does not when implementing sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR). This tool attempts to document the most importance evidenc...
- Conceptualisation and practice of farmer-led innovation
- S. Rai; P. K. Shrestha / Promoting Local Innovation, 2006
- The Guidelines to Participatory Innovation Development (PID), as a resource manual, is an attempt made by Practical Action Nepal under PROLINNOVA Nepal Programme from which relevant practical mechanisms can be derived to render existi...
- Examining public opinion through national surveys: the case of Solomon Islands
- Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands, 2006
- The people’s survey (the “Survey”) was conceived as one of the components of the Regional Assistance Mission to the Soloman Islands (RAMSI). A performance framework (the “Framework”) was established that ...
- Preventing severe acute malnutrition through community-based management
- World Health Organization, 2007
- Severe acute malnutrition remains a major killer of children under five years of age. This report advocates the community-based approach, which involves timely detection of severe acute malnutrition in the community and pr...
- Guidance for NGOs on human rights work in the Middle East and North Africa
- A. Bendrif; S. al Karaguly; M. Laghzaoui; et al. / Network Learning, 2009
- The international human rights system has been slow to develop in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. However, non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and civil society organisations (CSOs) can play an important role advocat...
- Strengthening community radio initiatives
- R. Mainali; Y. Chapagain; B. Subba / Nepal Forum of Environmental Journalists, 2009
- The success of a community radio depends on the consistent, honest and cooperative behaviour of those involved in running it. This manual constitutes valuable information for strengthening community radio initiatives in Nepal, bu...
- Participatory activities on sexual and reproductive health with young people
- International HIV/AIDS Alliance, 2008
- This toolkit is a result of team work between sexual and reproductive health practitioners working with young people in Zambia, Malawi Zimbabwe and Uganda. It is written for anyone who wants to facilitate participatory learning activi...
- Forest Community Research
- U.S. based and focused organisation producing research and materials on community-based management.
- International Network for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ESCR-Net)
- An emerging coalition of organizations and activists from around the world dedicated to advancing economic, social and cultural rights. This website contains four interactive, searchable databases (or directories) of organizations and individuals, projects and activities, regional and domestic case law, and events. Its main goals are: to develop an information-sharing resource on strategi...
- Citizens and Governance Programme, Commonwealth Foundation
- Website of a research project evaluating governance programmes around the world
- Reinventing Social Emancipation
- Website of a muti-regional research project aiming to bring under represented researchers into social science
- Human Rights Center, University of Minnesota
- An online resource center for human rights information and materials.
- Participatory Management Clearinghouse
- The Participatory Management Clearinghouse (PMC) site is a joint initiative of IUCN (The World Conservation Union), the Bureau of the Convention on Wetlands (Ramsar), and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF). This free service provides a platform to showcase the work IUCN and partners do on participatory management of natural resources, including Collaborative Management, Community-Ba...
- Toolkit Citizen Participation
- Online resource guide for those working to achieve better citizen participation in local governance
- SNV
- Dutch development organisation with a focus on governance and resources management
- International IDEA Newlsetter
- International IDEA's online newsletter
- Community-Based Natural Resource Management Network (CBNRM Net)
- Network hub for CBNRM practitioners
