Conflict, Legitimacy and Government Reform: Equitable Allocation of ...

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Beginning with the creation of ANSA-Africa in 2006, the ANSA
network has grown to include ANSA-East Asia/Pacific and ANSA-South
Asia, along with a Global Partnership Fund housed in ANSA-SA to
promote cross-regional collaboration and foster the development of
ANSAs in additional regions. While their work is varied, the ANSAs are
linked by their common goal of equipping civil society and ordinary
citizens with the skills necessary to play a more active role in bringing
about more accountable governance. The ANSA networks work in a
variety of ways, specifically to:
• Build capacity through training and skills building on social
accountability
• Provide a knowledge platform for dissemination of best-practices
• Facilitate networking and regional exchanges among practitioners
to strengthen capacity
• Provide technical assistance and grants to practitioners engaged in
demand-side governance initiatives
• Conduct and disseminate research on social accountability 22
World Movement for Democracy: The World Movement for
Democracy is a global network of democrats, including activists,
practitioners, academics, policy makers, and funders, who have come
together to cooperate in the promotion of democracy.
The Washington, D.C.-based National Endowment for Democracy
(NED) initiated this nongovernmental effort with a global Assembly in
New Delhi, India, in February 1999 to strengthen democracy where it is
weak, to reform and invigorate democracy even where it is longstanding,
and to bolster pro-democracy groups in countries that have not yet
entered into a process of democratic transition.
22 Taken from the ANSA brochure
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