PASOS Project
Basic information
- Type: Working Group
- Year established: 2003
- Status: Active
- Thematic area: Advocacy / lobbying, Research
- Summary: The PASOS Project gathers 40 policy research centres from Southeastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia. PASOS members provide advice to regional decision-makers on a wide range of policy areas. The project seeks to increase collaboration, effectiveness at regional information sharing, joint project formulation and implementation, and internal capacity building of its members. Its activities also include developing appropriate standards for public policy research and sharing best practice.
Contact details
- Host organisation: Policy Association for an Open Society
- Acronym: PASOS
- Website: www.pasos.org
- Email: info@pasos.org
- Phone: +420 2223 13644
- Address: Tesnov 3 110 00 Praha 1 Czech Republic
Areas addressed
- Communications / advocacy / fundraising:
- General commitment to transparency
- Lobbying standards
- Governance and Management:
- General commitment to good governance
- Cross-cutting thematic areas:
- Human rights
- CSO collaboration and partnership
- State - CSO relations
Further info: PASOS focuses on raising standards and quality in public policy research and advocacy among its members.
Participation
- Reasons for participation
- Enhancing credibility, quality or reputation
Assessment
The PASOS Project combines aspects of working groups and information services in support of policy research organisations in Central and Eastern Europe, the Caucuses, and Central Asia. It fills an important niche in CSO self-regulation for policy research organisations in the region by seeking to raise standards of research-based policy advocacy in the region. Its efforts to develop standards and promote diversified funding, while still nascent, may contribute to ensuring that the political space necessary for members' work remains open.
