Citizens and Democracy

Over the past two decades citizens have begun to explore and develop a multitude of new ways of claiming participation and space within the governance of processes that affect them at global and national level. Civil Society Organisations have emerged as major conduits for people’s interests in ways that complement and interact with formal democratic institutions such as Parliaments. Our work on accountability principles, regulation and self-regulation for CSOs, and on the effectiveness of Parliaments aims to strengthen the democratic power of citizens in national and global governance by ensuring that those who claim to represent and work for them do so effectively and on an accountable basis. 

Our projects on Citizens and Democracy:

• CSO Accountability 
• CSO Self-Regulation
• Parliamentary Oversight Project