Many CSOs from around the world, while supporting the largest ever replenishment - $93 billion for the IDA 20 cycle (July 2022-June 2025) –called for International Development Association (IDA) to establish a civil society organization (CSO) window for funding independent monitoring by local CSOs during the IDA funded project liefecycle…...
Guide for Monitoring Public Procurement: A Tool for Civil Society
Hundreds of millions of people have to pay bribes when using public services. This situation has not improved for more than a decade. There is a strong case for rethinking the current anti-corruption approaches in which funding for anti-corruption and good governance programs is overwhelmingly allocated to government efforts (supply…...
Grassroots Governance Project: Final Report
The Expanded Grassroots Governance project is a development or offshoot of an earlier project implemented by Bantay.ph in two pilot areas: Norzagaray, Bulacan and Bago City (Negros Occidental) in 2015- 2016. The external evaluation of the project concluded that Bantay.ph was able to develop the Grassroots Governance initiative into an…...
The PEACE Project: Promoting Equitable and Accountable Civil Engagement in Myanmar
This report reviews social accountability work of 19 CSOs working in many VDCs (Village Development Committees) in 25 very different Municipalities and Districts of Myanmar, using 15 different kinds of social accountability mechanisms in three themes. The report is intended to stimulate thought about how social accountability works in practice…...
International Encyclopedia of Civil Society: Advocacy
Civil society advocacy includes influencing decision-makers, media outreach, citizen education, and various forms of civic engagement. It has grown strongly in recent decades, not least because of the increasingly multifaceted nature of politics in today’s cosmopolitan world, which makes it difficult for a small number of political parties to adequately…...
Improving Transparency and Effectiveness of Public Procurement in Ukraine through Cooperation with Civil Society
This report reviews the implementation experience and results of the project, Improving Transparency and Effectiveness of Public Procurement in Ukraine through Cooperation with Civil Society, co-funded by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and PTF. The Project was carried out by PTF from the Fall of 2016 through November…...