setting the context
United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG), as network of cities, addresses social accountability in the following four areas.
Levels of Citizen Participation
Local Elections
PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING
Participatory Planning
Community based monitoring
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Social Accountability
Accountability
Effective Local Democracy
The UCLG network addresses social accountability through the GOLD report on Decentralization that provides an in-depth look at local elections. The International Observatory of Participatory Democracy (OIDP), the Committee on Strategic Planning, and morever the Social Inclusin, Participatory Democracy and Human Rights (CISDP) committee address participation in the local and regional context.
sphere, for example neighborhood planning processes); participatory budgeting (raising understanding of limitations and timings) and Community-Based Monitoring as analysed in this report.
regional governance. The interest for local and regional leaders can go beyond collecting information and data and result in targeted, effective and relevant political leadership. The report focuses primarily on real findings from real cases.
This short report serves as an introduction to the notion of Community - (add hyphen) Based Monitoring and its particular interest and potential in ensuring effective interaction between citizens and local and
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