Legal Frameworks for Citizen Participation: Regional Reports

These documents are the result of a systematic research project carried out by LogoLink in 15 countries to investigate whether and how do legislation and policy-making provide new opportunities for citizen participation in different contexts.

The common thread among these reports is that they all focus on the same set of questions: are legal frameworks sufficient to enable citizen participation? Which aspects and elements of these frameworks contribute to better engagement of citizens in local governance processes?

The reports provide an overview of the legal frameworks in each country and regional contexts, including historical background and legal frameworks at the constitutional, national and local levels.

Regional Reports:
Southeast Asia: - Joel Rocamora - IPD - 19th March 2003
East Africa: - Jonathan Gaventa - IDS - September 2002
East Africa: A Comparative Analysis - Nyangabyaki Bazaara - CBR - 14th October 2002
Latin America: - Nelson Saule, Júnior, Alejandra Meraz Velasco and Zuleika Arashiro - PÓLIS Brazil - 26th August 2002
APPENDIX - Legal Framework - Bolivia -Popular Participation Law N.1551/94, modified by Law 1,702/96.
South Asia (India, Nepal, and Bangladesh) - Manoj Rai - PRIA
Report on Frameworks for Citizen Participation in Local Governance in the North (Industrialized countries) - Emma Williams - IDS - 15th August 2002


Research Reports

More LogoLink Resources translated into Bahasa!

Legal Frameworks for Citizen Participation now in Bahasa

Marcos Legales Para La Participación Sínteses

Citizen Participation in Local Governance: Experiences from Thailand, Indonesia and the Philippines

Translation of the South Asian Report on Legal Frameworks for Citizen Participation

Publications on Legal Frameworks for grassroots organisations, South Asia

Legal Frameworks for Participation regional reports

Legal Frameworks for Citizen Participation: Regional Reports

Annotated Bibliography on Citizen Participation and Local Governance

Workshop Documents

 Topic Guide from the international conference on Resources, Citizen Engagement and Democratic Local Governance

 Participants' write-ups from the international conference on Resources, Citizen Engagement and Democratic Local Governance

Conference Papers from the international conference on Resources, Citizen Engagement and Democratic Local Governance

 Workshop Proceedings from the international conference on Resources, Citizen Engagement and Democratic Local Governance

Citizens' Participation in Local Urban Bodies Policy Papers by PRIA, India

Participatory Planning workshop proceedings

Participatory Planning workshop case studies

Participatory Planning Topic Pack


 

Working Papers

Resources on decentralised service delivery now online

Resources, Citizen Engagment and Democratic Local Governance: A Background Paper

Marcos Legales y Políticas Para las Participación Cuidadana en Gobiernos Locales

Perspectivas del la Pomoción del Desarrollo Local-Municipal: El caso boliviano

 Desarrollo y Perspectivas del Asociativismo Municipal en Bolivia

 El Control Social en Bolivia: Una reflexión sobre el Comité de Vigilancia, el Mecansimo de Control Social y demás formas de control social

Towards Participatory Local Governance: Six Propositions for Discussion

Hacia una Gestión Participativa de los Asuntos Públicos Locales: Seis Propuestas para la Discusión

     

Coord. group:
PÓLIS

Latin America:
PÓLIS

North America:
DDC

SouthEast Asia:
IPD

South
Asia:
PRIA


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