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The Promoting Learning through Citizen Leadership project between PRIA, India, POLIS, Brazil and ACCEDE, South Africa |
In 2009, a comparative research project between three IBSA research institutions; PRIA, India, POLIS, Brazil and Accede, South Africa, incorporating the DRC partners in each country. The project was funded by the Ford Foundation, India. The project investigated how citizen leadership contributes to making local government more accountable. The project has generated research publications and networks as well as a resource book. The project ended with an international conference in Delhi in December 2009. The Final Outcome of the Project
Fieldwork Trips The Citizen Leadership programme has concluded the fieldwork trips to India (February) and Brazil (March/April). Both trips provided an invaluable learning experience for the researchers from the visiting countries. The India fieldtrip. The photos in this selections were taken in Delhi while visiting a community organisation called Parivathan. The organisation is involved in helping poor communities access their rights through the Right to Information Act. Women volunteers ( pictured in their meeting room) visit houses on a door to door basis providing poorer households with information on how to access services and other basic rights. The Final Outcome of the Project
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