CSO Conversations: Engaging Communities for Effective Climate Solutions Read more about CSO Conversations: Engaging Communities for Effective Climate Solutions
Michelle Ann Ramirez Keywords civil society participation CSOs Read more about Michelle Ann Ramirez Mitch provides strategic operational support and innovation, particularly for SARD, and serves as the NGOC’s focal knowledge products and services. Prior to joining NGOC, Mitch served as an ADB consultant to design and implement capacity development initiatives on knowledge management and Futures Thinking and Foresight for RMs and DMCs. Mitch has almost two decades of experience in policy, KM, capacity development, and CSO engagement, especially in fragile and conflict-affected areas.
Making All Voices Count: A Grand Challenge for Development Read more about Making All Voices Count: A Grand Challenge for Development Committed to the values and principles of open government, the Making All Voices Count (MAVC) initiative bridges the top-down and bottom-up approaches in connecting governments with their citizens; brings civil society organizations together to enable, amplify, and channel citizen voices to secure government accountability and responsiveness; and harnesses technology to create and support change. This presentation features projects that MAVC has supported to promote effective and accountable governance.
Contracting Local Non-Government Organizations Read more about Contracting Local Non-Government Organizations This presentation gives an overview on how ADB engages local non-government organizations (NGOs). It also tackles the common difficulties faced in the process of contracing local NGOs.
Civil Society Organization Participation in Ensuring Proactive Disclosure of Data Read more about Civil Society Organization Participation in Ensuring Proactive Disclosure of Data Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) can participate to determine priority data that will be provided by the government, resulting to a more responsive data provision. Increasing the capacity of CSOs to use open data and improve the quality of service information to the government also boosts the confidence of CSOs.