Commonwealth Foundation's Citizens and Governance Resources

The Commonwealth Foundation aims to promote increased participation in decision-making at local, national, regional and international levels, by citizens and their organisations.

The Commonwealth Foundation provides a number of resources on Citizens and Governance which offer practical guidance on ways of enhancing the participation of citizens in governance.

The online resources include a range of publications, discussion papers and reports:

• 'The CHETNA Experience' examines the empowerment of disadvantaged women, adolescents and children.
• 'Global Synthesis' identifies ways to strengthen, promote, encourage and catalyse the wide variety of initiatives taken by citizens to address issues and problems in their everyday lives.
• 'Wordbank' provides a range of definitions and a collection of proverbs and sayings relating to governance themes.
• 'Thinking about Governance' explores a range of thinking on government and governance, and the stakeholders or partners in it.
• Multi-Sectoral Partnerships for Development and Democracy - case studies summarises ten multi-sector dialogues held around the Commonwealth.

Follow this link to the Commonwealth Foundation's Citizens and Governance publications (opens in a new browser window)

For further information

Contact	:	Commonwealth Foundation
Address	:	Marlborough House, Pall Mall, London, SW1Y 5HY, United Kingdom
Phone	:	+44 (0)20 7930 3783
Fax	:	+44 (0)20 7839 8157
Email	:	geninfo@commonwealth.int

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