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Europe and CIS

To a large extent, the demand for democratic governance assessment initiatives in Central and Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States is driven by the political dynamics of the enlargement of the European Union (EU). Countries sometimes measure governance with a view toward the EU accession criteria.
 
At the same time, demand is increasing among citizens to strengthen democracy within their countries. Assessments are viewed as one tool for remedying what many perceive as a growing disinterest and resistance to national and regional politics and politicians.
 
In response, Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union have become the home of a plethora of innovative and local solutions for measuring governance. Such home-grown solutions have sprung from the needs of governments, think tanks, research institutes and NGOs to strengthen the use of evidence in decision making, and to make this process more inclusive.
 
 
These pages seek to provide guidance to many of these existing initiatives for measuring democratic governance within Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. They do so with a view to offer guidance to existing data, to overcoming particular regional challenges, and to the methodology and process of conducting a governance assessment.
 

UNDP supported initiatives in Eastern Europe and CIS

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Examples of Regional Initiatives

Saint-Petersburg Center for Humanities and Political Studies-Annual Report

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Supervision of the Execution of Judgments of the European Court of Human Rights

The European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) is the only example at international level where there is a systematic control of the execution by the State concerned of the decisions of the treaty...

Racism and Intolerance

ECRI is an independent human rights monitoring body of the Council of Europe composed of independent experts from all 45 Council of Europe member States.   ECRI monitors phenomena of...

Media and Access to Information in Southeast Asia

In its work area on "Culture, democracy and development", and going back to the 'New Information Order' and the struggle for the right to inform and be informed in the 1970s, the...

Latinobarometro

Latinobarómetro nació en 1988 con un estudio piloto en cuatro países del Cono Sur Argentina, Brasil, Uruguay y Chile, sobre las bases sociales de las nuevas democracias. Debido...

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Organizations

Public Eye Newspapers

Public Eye Newspapers consists of print and online publications. The newspaper is founded and exists for the following objectives: - to serve as an independent forum for sharing of opinions; - to...

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

UNDP is the UN's global development network, an organization advocating for change and connecting countries to knowledge, experience and resources to help people build a better life. UNDP is on...

1. National Accountability Group, SL

The Vision is to have a country in which local and national government are accountable to the people, budget allocation, resources management and public expenditure are open and transparent, and...

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Anti-Corruption Practitioners Network

The network is committed to the fight against public corruption in the Eastern European and the CIS countries. Members include practitioners and experts working in state institutions or international organizations. The network's online workspace contains information provided by the members and allows for collaboration to meet operational objectives.

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