Establishing trust between people is a key ingredient in development programming. Yet, trust is seldom measured as its mercurial nature makes it challenging to define. Chemonics’ new whitepaper proffers a set of principles to help development, and in particular, governance specialists, develop a definition of trust that reflects their project's unique conditions and objectives to guide decision making and programming.
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Chemonics’ Democracy and Governance Practice analyzed information from five Chemonics-implemented USAID projects on how global colleagues understand and operationalize people-centered justice (PCJ) in different contexts.
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Supporting Mozambican citizens to participate in policymaking and the design of public services can improve the effectiveness of state systems and services.
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The Security Sector Governance final report summarizes the achievements and outcomes of the six-year program and links the reader to related resources.
Resource - Project Report
This series of technical briefs provides an overview of the Nigeria SACE Program's approach and the tools used to put it into action. It also describes prospects for sustainability and lessons from project implementation.
Resource - Technical Brief
Bill Clay is a political and civil society organizer with more than twenty years of experience managing complex national and international development projects focused on parliamentary capacity building, media, and elections. He is currently the team…
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What is the most effective way to strengthen accountability in our development work? Sarah Nugent shares a promising approach that enables civil society to circumvent political barriers and create power: clusters.
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SACE used a Collaborating, Learning, and Adapting (CLA) approach, along with an evidence-based, inclusive methodology to civil society strengthening to promote democratic reforms and good governance.
Resource - Fact Sheet
USAID launched the Strengthening Somali Governance (SSG) project in 2014 to support the development of more effective and accountable Somali government institutions.
Resource - Project Report
Somalia is taking steps toward re-establishing governance with effective and accountable government institutions.
Project Page
From preserving natural resources to protecting citizens' rights, Justin Cagaoan shares three case studies of civil society organizations creating change.
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Democracy and civil society experts from Indonesia, Nigeria, and the Philippines share challenges and best practices working on complex civic engagement and environmental issues.
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