Counterpart responses

Publication date: Wednesday 28 September 2005

Hivos and its partners have ample experience working towards increasing citizen participation aimed at improving government responsiveness to civil society, through diverse initiatives combating corruption, enhancing accountability and transparency of government, etc. A number of participating partners were asked to reflect on the following questions:

What are the particular preconditions in your country that enable or obstruct civil society building strategies of your organisation?

Based on your experiences, how do initiatives and strategies of your organisation contribute to improving the responsiveness and performance of the state?

Responses were received from organisations working in Kenya (2), Uganda, Nicaragua, Bolivia, Nepal and Iran (downloaded below).

By analyzing a number of their case studies, coming directly from CSO practice, and exploring outcomes of research in this field, we aim to generate lessons for civil society building efforts under adverse political conditions and identify what different stakeholders can contribute to this process.