Civil Society and Governance Programs

Overview

Working with citizens, government and private sector institutions to strengthen leadership and transform lives.

The number of countries labeled as free in 2006 stood at 90, representing only 47 percent of the global population. Despite significant global developments, the majority of the world’s population faces serious development issues and lack of equal opportunities. This holds especially true for members of the poor and marginal communities.

World Learning’s Civil Society and Governance programs connect local communities with public and private sector institutions to promote citizen action for good governance and pro-poor policies at the local, national and global levels.

A progressive development framework encapsulates issues of poverty, human rights abuses, conflict, poor service delivery, weak governance, and social inequalities. To effectively address this diverse set of problems requires the cooperation of government and civil society institutions. World Learning draws on its 75 years of involvement in culturally and politically diverse communities throughout the world to strive for a more fully engaged and active citizenry. By providing education, policy advocacy awareness, training, technical assistance, and small grants’ support we help people build a better future.

Our Civil Society and Governance programs are most often implemented in transitional countries that face post-conflict, post-communist and democratic governance challenges. We have built the capacity of over 10,000 civil society and governance institutions and NGO coalitions to strengthen the ability of these institutions to serve thousands of communities and citizens.