Mainstreaming Citizen Engagement in the Middle East and North Africa Region : A Briefing Note
This brief provides an introduction to the issue of citizen engagement (CE) as well as the piloting of the agenda in the Banks Middle East and North Africa (MNA) region. The objective is to develop sustainable country systems for CE. It includes pa...
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| Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2015
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/09/18728801/mainstreaming-citizen-engagement-middle-east-north-africa-region-briefing-note http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22605 |
| Summary: | This brief provides an introduction to
the issue of citizen engagement (CE) as well as the piloting
of the agenda in the Banks Middle East and North Africa
(MNA) region. The objective is to develop sustainable
country systems for CE. It includes participation of
citizens in all spheres of development, whether the making
of policies and decisions that affect citizens, the
formulation and execution of budgets, or delivery of public
services. At the policy, program, and project level, CE work
includes strengthening government-citizen interaction and
results through citizen-beneficiary consultation,
participation, and collaboration in all aspects of projects,
programs, or policies. As part of its new strategy, the
World Bank Group (WBG) has committed to mainstreaming CE in
country engagements and operations to achieve improved
development results through participatory planning,
management and monitoring, participatory budgeting, and
grievance mechanisms. Citizen movements globally and in MNA
have mobilized to demand greater voice and participation in
decisions affecting their lives in places where they are not
heard or given opportunities to engage. CE brings dividends
at the national and subnational, as well as project levels.
The WBG is developing a strategy to scale up the use of CE
principles, mechanisms, and processes in its engagement with
non-state actors, as well as with government counterparts. |
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