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  Making a difference: a guide to evaluating public participation in central government

  Involve, 2007

  This document discusses guidelines for evaluating public participation in central government. Although it refers to the UK government, it is useful for all participation evaluations.
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  Monitoring government policies: a toolkit for civil society organisations in Africa

  International Budget Partnership, 2007

  How can civil society organisations monitor government policies? This toolkit, which is directed towards civil society organisations (CSOs) in Africa, explores ways of working for change by monitoring government policies.
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  Valley of darkness: gold mining and militarisation in Burma’s Hugawng Valley

  Kachin Development Networking Group, 2007

  The remote and environmentally rich Hugawng Valley in Burma’s northern Kachin State is internationally recognised as one of the world’s hotspots of biodiversity.
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  Critical review of the African Peer Review Mechanism process in Rwanda

  Africa Governance Monitoring and Advocacy Project, 2007

  This report analyses to what extent the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) in Rwanda respected the criteria of effectiveness and credibility defined by the founding documents of the APRM.
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  How local government works: handbook series for community-based organisations

  Institute for Democracy in South Africa, 2007

  There are three main reasons to have a good knowledge of local government. The first and most important reason is to ensure that, community-based organisations (CBOs) can have a say in and contribute to local government. The second is to ensure that the programmes of local government reflect the input that CBOs have made. Finally, knowledge is required to hold local governments to account.
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  Who should be included? non-citizens, conflict and the constitution of the citizenry

  Centre for Research on Inequality, Human Security and Ethnicity, CRISE, Oxford University, 2006

  This article explores how citizenship is constructed in ethnically diverse societies.
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  Organisational learning in civil society: influences of culture, relational dynamics and informality

  International NGO Training and Research Centre, 2007

  If organisational learning is to be effective, Non Governmental Organisations (NGOs) need to understand the motives, the means and the opportunities for their own and their partners' learning.
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  Managing by influence for the common good: India’s SAMBANDH Network

  Organizing for Development, 2005

  This paper reviews the institutional design of a network of NGOs in Northern India and analyses the reasons for its success.
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  UNDP and civil society organisations: a toolkit for strengthening partnerships

  United Nations Development Programme, 2006

  This toolkit is aimed at providing practical guidance and essential information in forging partnerships with civil society organisations (CSOs).
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  Towards a people-driven African Union: current obstacles and new opportunities

  Africa Governance Monitoring and Advocacy Project, 2007

  The African Union has already developed a reputation for charting an ambitious pan-African state-building project, yet very little is understood by policy-makers or citizens of how African countries prepare for the summits and their related ministerial meetings, and how they implement decisions and resolutions made in these fora.

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