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