The LEAD Project Foundation
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The Leadership, Empowerment, Advocacy and Development Project. The LEAD Project develops partnerships between State and Local Governments, Civil society and the Private Sector to improve governace, accountability and service delivery. Citizen Engagement(.Aligning government, business and civil society for development.)
Social accountability relies on civic engagement, whereby ordinary citizens participate directly or indirectly in holding providers to account.
"Raising poor citizens' voice through the ballot box and widely available information can increase their influence with policy makers and reduce the diversion of public services to the non-poor for political patronage"-WDR
Citizens want to work with government to improve their lives.
They're seeking deeper engagement to be included in decisions that affect their lives
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They want government that is open, inclusive and responsive
Citizen Engagement is critical to improving policy making and service delivery...
"Participation is essential for democratization because it is through this participation that citizens develop a voice, expand political space, and foster government accountability."-NDI
Government works best when citizens are directly engaged in policy making and public service delivery.
When Government, Civil society, Private sector, jointly work together, there will be greater impact on development.
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