Engage and Monitor for Change
Goals:
EPF’s Engage and Monitor for Change program fosters the active and informed participation of Georgian community groups, CSOs and media outlets in the political and economic decision-making in their regions by building capacity among civic groups, encouraging monitoring and evaluation of policy reforms and facilitating public discussions, debates and network building. EPF also provides targeted small grants to unite less experienced organizations with more developed CSOs in project development and implementation and conducts grant competitions in civic monitoring of various sectors.
Impact:
The concept of participatory civic monitoring emphasizes the process by which primary stakeholders at the local level actively engage in monitoring the government’s commitments to the reform process and public service delivery and become engaged in identifying or taking corrective actions. Through this process, EPF builds the capacity of local people to analyze information and catalyze commitment at the local level. Since the program’s inception in 2007, EPF has awarded over $230,000 to eleven local organizations to engage in civic monitoring through two targeted grant competitions. EPF will award more grants in 2009 to foster community engagement through two more targeted grant competitions.
Related Documents and Learning Resources
Engage and Monitor for Change (2.78 MBytes)Fundraising Needs Assessment (680.84 KBytes)EPF Workshop on Civic Monitoring eng (34.1 KBytes)EPF Workshop on Civic Monitoring geo (59.61 KBytes)Toolkit for CSOs (427.14 KBytes)Civic Advocacy and Civil Disobedience (392.27 KBytes)Relations between Parliament and Civic Groups (1.53 MBytes)Monitoring of Elections (In Russian Language) (272.31 KBytes)Report on Civic Monitoring of Courts (512.2 KBytes)Citizens Jury Handbook (610.33 KBytes)Civic Monitoring Know How (In Russian Language) (143.32 KBytes)
2010 Small Grant Competition to Empower Citizens through Participatory Civic Monitoring and Advocacy (8.62 KBytes)
2010 Small Grants Competition to Empower Citizens through Participatory Civic Monitoring and Advocacy
The winners of the 2010 competition for small grants
Grant Competition: Open Door
The winners of the grant 2010 Grant Competition
