Community Based Scorecards Arab Governance Week Social Accountability November 26

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Community Based ScorecardsArab Governance
WeekSocial AccountabilityNovember 26 29, Cairo

• Fiorela Shalsi
• National Programme Coordinator
• fiorela.shalsi_at_unwomen.org

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Summary

• CBS Methodology
• CBS implementation in Albania
• Advocacy process through CBS (best practices)
• Findings and outcomes
• Next steps

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1. Community Based Scorecards

• Its a community based monitoring tool
• Hybrid of the techniques of social audit,
  community monitoring and citizen report cards
• Its an instrument to exact social and public
  accountability and responsiveness from service
  providers
• Its a strong instrument for empowerment of
  community in decision making processes.

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Implementation stages
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2. CBS in Albania context
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• Approximately 2,000 participants in approximately
  110 meetings and open forums in seven targeted
  regions
• About 91 of participants were women and girls.

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3. Advocacy through CBSMedia
Political Parties

• Before After

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4. FINDINGS OUTCOMES

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• Core challenges for local women identified.
• Strong advocacy tool
• Empowered and informed voters
• Valuable experience to NGOs
• Culture of an interfacing among women, community
  and local authorities
• Establishment of a new practice, increasing
  accountability and effectiveness of the services
  delivered by the local authorities to the
  community.

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6. Next steps

• Establishing mechanisms of dialogue with local
  government
• Monitoring of the implementation of the jointly
  adopted action plan
• Continuous advocacy with the relevant decision
  makers and public through media
• Institutionalization of the process.

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