CD Networks
Capacity.org is more than just a professional magazine. This section of the website provides links to a wide range of organizations and professional networks working in the field of capacity development. The list of organizations presented here will be extended over time. If you wish your organization to be included in this section, please send the link to your website and a brief description (35 words) to editor@capacity.org .
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This centre, based in the University of Victoria, Canada, held a two-day conference in March 2007 to examine how to coordinate interventions, both at the national and international levels. Participants included representatives of governments, international organisations, NGOs and academics. The...
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This unique forum brings together experts on governance, conflict prevention and reconstruction to enhance development effectiveness in ‘fragile states’. The group facilitates coordination between bilateral and multilateral development cooperation agencies and stimulates the sharing of good pra...
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The Chr. Michelsen Institute is an independent, non-profit research institution in policy-oriented and applied development research. Located in Bergen, Norway, its research focuses on accountability in four thematic domains: human rights and transitional justice; political accountability and po...
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This kit is a self-learning course on how to use the citizen report card (CRC). The toolkit, produced in partnership with the Public Affairs Centre (PAC), the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI), can be accessed at the website below.
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Established in 1990, MKSS is a grassroots organisation working in rural Rajasthan. It uses modes of struggle and constructive action to change the lives of the rural poor. For instance, it has taken up issues of land ownership records, land distribution and minimum wages.
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This Mexican applied research institution works to strengthen democracy through efforts to increase government accountability and transparency. The initial steps in this field were started within Civic Alliance - a broad coalition of Mexican NGOs - and the Mexican Academy for Human Rights.
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Working with its partners, disaster survivors, and others, Humanitarian Accountability Partnership – International (HAP) has now completed the HAP 2007 Standard in Humanitarian Accountability and Quality Management as part of its project to prepare a "Manual of Humanitarian Accountabil...
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The ABP works to build the capacity of civil society and legislatures to participate effectively in budget processes in African countries. Over the past four years, the ABP has introduced more than 220 organisations across Africa to budget advocacy work.
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The IBP works with organisations that focus on the impact of government budgets on poor and low-income people in developing countries or new democracies. They aim to make public budget policies and processes more transparent and accountable to the public.
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On 18 October 2006, civil society organisations from 59 countries unveiled the Open Budget Index. This is the first index to rate countries on how open their budgets are to their citizens. The index provides civil society organisations with the comprehensive and practical information they need...