eNews | 26 July 2011 | Visit our website at www.ansa-eap.net
ANSA EAP’s VOICES
VOICES, ANSA-EAP’s mechanism for commentary and reflection on social accountability issues is now in blog format. We invite all partners to read, share, discuss, and contribute
- How do infomediaries help communities reach decision-makers? Checkmyschool.org: Bridging Online and Offline Efforts for Solutions to Real-life Problems
- ANSA Global: Lessons on What and How to Learn.
Network Updates
Training on SAc Tools: Community Scorecards and Citizen Report Cards
ANSA-EAP is gathering SAc practitioners and advocates in the areas of procurement, peace and development, education, and extractive industries for a training on social accountability tools from 3 to 7 August 2011 at Holiday Inn Silom, Bangkok
The Mongolia Social Accountability Scorecard
One of the major projects of the Partnership for Social Accountability Network (PfSAN), the Mongolia Conveners’ Group, is the development, testing, and implementation of a scorecard. The scorecard is a social accountability tool that the public can use to assess the delivery of public services. The PfSAN scorecard focuses on health insurance in Chingeltei district
Cambodia: Social Accountability Stories Teaser Video
The four-part video attempts to give a face to the growing social accountability movement in Cambodia. Watch this teaser video for a sneak peek.
ANSA Global in Manila
ANSA-Global was launched last June 27-29. ANSA Global was created to support social accountability in regions where ANSAs are not established by providing project grants to civil society organizations and building capacities and competencies within both state and civil society institutions. ANSA Global also serves as a global connector of the regional ANSA chapters and facilitator of knowledge exchange and peer-to-peer visits so that the different networks can share their experiences and lessons with each other and with other organizations.
The first meeting of the ANSA Global advisory panel was held last June 29, 2011 to provide a clear overview of what ANSA Global is about; to provide information about the specific role of the panel; to seek approval on the value propostion of ANSA Global; and to agree upon a collaborative process for producing a work program covering the next 18 months.
Social Accountability News
Mongolia Passes Freedom of Information Law – The Mongolian parliament passed a Freedom of Information law last June 16, 2011. The law gives every Mongolian the right to “seek information from government institutions and authorities about their activities, human resources, budget, finance and procurement of goods and services with state funds.”
World Bank e-Institute Goes Live – The World Bank’s global online learning platform is now live . The e-Institute , as the learning platform is called, “will offer practitioners a virtual classroom to share high quality learning and knowledge resources”.