eNews | 21 September 2011 | Visit our website at www.ansa-eap.net
Social Accountability in Action: Shifting Perspectives in Cambodia
A five-part video that tells stories from the social accountability movement in Cambodia is available for viewing on the ANSA-EAP website. Tell us what you think, or share your own story of citizen-government engagements for good governance.
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REDD Lights: Who Owns the Carbon in Forests and Trees?
by Antonio G.M. Lavina and Owen J. Lynch
This paper argues in favor of the ownership by indigenous peoples and local communities of carbon in forests and trees and that such ownership could be the basis of social accountability that should be mainstreamed in implementing what is popularly known as the REDD-Plus mechanism.
ANSA-EAP Co-Facilitates WBI Online Course on Social Accountability Tools
The World Bank Institute (WBI) invited ANSA-EAP staff to deliver the second part of its module on participatory performance monitoring (PPM) last July 3 to 22. Topics included social audit, procurement monitoring and other PPM tools (citizen feedback, citizen jury, integrity pacts, public deliberations, etc.). The module was part of WBI’s online Core Learning Program on accountable governance, focusing on Social Accountability Tools. Around 50 participants from government and citizen groups in Tanzania, Zambia and Malawi participated in the course.
VOICES
Social accountability series by Dr. Antonio G. M. La Viña. The third and fourth installments of Dr. Antonio G.M. La Viña’s series on social accountability, Making social accountability happen, and Social accountability, antidote to corruption are now up on ANSA-EAP’s Voices. In the six-part column series (originally published by Manila Standard), Dr. La Viña talks about the role of social accountability in various governance and development efforts. Dr. La Viña is the dean of the Ateneo School of Government, ANSA-EAP’s host institution, and is a member of the ANSA-EAP Advisory Board.
Missed the first two articles in the series? Visit the following links:
- Social accountability, an imperative (1st article)
- Social Accountability in the MILF Negotiations (2nd article)
Lend your voice: We invite all partners to read, share, discuss, and contribute.
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