Participation in policy processes
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- Pressing the Egyptian government for more political space for civil society
- ( M. Tadros / Institute of Development Studies, Sussex, UK , 2009)
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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 au...
Engaging with the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child 2009
- ( F. Sheahan / Plan International , 2008)
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Civil society organisations can play an important part and bring value to the work of the African Committee on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACERWC) in its mission to promote and p...
- Understanding feminist movements
- ( S. Batliwala / Association for Women's Rights in Development , 2008)
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How can an understanding of feminist movements in the current global context be achieved? This document presents 10 case studies from different regions of the world that have mobilized women t...
- Civil society participation in Poverty and Social Impact Analysis
- ( K. Bird;S. Busse;E. Mendizabal / Regional Bureau for Europe and the CIS, United Nations Development Programme , 2007)
- Poverty and Social Impact Analysis (PSIA) is widely used as an analytical tool in policy-making processes. However, there is a concern about the lack of involvement of civil society in the design, for...
- How effective is civil society engagement in PRSP process?
- ( Z. Curran / Overseas Development Institute [ES] , 2005)
- This synthesis study looks at civil society’s participation in the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) process. Taking the examples of Bolivia and Tanzania, the study looks in more detail at...
- Guide to advocacy campaigning using mobile phones
- ( M. Stein / MobileActive.org , 2007)
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Speed is often critical in an advocacy campaign and mobile phones allow the rapid dissemination of messages to a network of supporters with specific calls for action. In the developing world, where...
- Community based planning and the Integrated Development Plan (IDP) in South Africa
- ( I. Goldman;S. Chimbuya;K. Muthala / Khanya-aicd , 2005)
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Community-based planning (CBP) is a specific form of ward planning involving all people in a ward which has been designed to promote community action and make the Integrated Development Plan (IDP) ...
- Civil society involvement in the Commission on AIDS in Asia
- ( Health and Development Networks , 2009)
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The Commission on AIDS in Asia (CAA) was an independent body established in 2006. Over a period of 18 months, the Commission conducted a thorough analysis of the developmental consequences of the A...
- The Chinese environmental movement: a comparative study of two cities
- ( L. Xie;P. Hob / Conservation and Society , 2008)
- This article analyses the characteristics of the Chinese environmental movement in terms of their organisational development and strategies. A comparative study of two Chinese cases - Shanghai and Xia...
How does aid and foreign policy impact on civil society in Afghanistan?
- ( J. Howell;J. Lind / Centre for Civil Society, LSE , 2008)
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Afghanistan has become the first theatre in which the USA’s seemingly contradictory goals of the War on Terror and the promotion of liberal democracy and free markets are being played out to ...
