Mainstreaming Citizen Engagement in the Middle East and North Africa Region

This brief provides an introduction to the issue of citizen engagement (CE) as well as the piloting of the agenda in the Banks Middle East and North Africa (MNA) region. The objective is to develop sustainable country systems for CE. It includes participation of citizens in all spheres of development, whether the making of policies and decisions that affect citizens, the formulation and execution of budgets, or delivery of public services. At the policy, program, and project level, CE work includes strengthening government-citizen interaction and results through citizen-beneficiary consultation, participation, and collaboration in all aspects of projects, programs, or policies. As part of its new strategy, the World Bank Group (WBG) has committed to mainstreaming CE in country engagements and operations to achieve improved development results through participatory planning, management and monitoring, participatory budgeting, and grievance mechanisms. Citizen movements globally and in MNA have mobilized to demand greater voice and participation in decisions affecting their lives in places where they are not heard or given opportunities to engage. CE brings dividends at the national and subnational, as well as project levels. The WBG is developing a strategy to scale up the use of CE principles, mechanisms, and processes in its engagement with non-state actors, as well as with government counterparts.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Bousquet, Franck, Bhatt, Nina, Yamouri, Najat, Agarwal, Sanjay, Grandvoinnet, Helene, Thindwa, Jeff, Fall, Marieta, Singh, Janmejay, Ahuja, Preeti, Manroth, Astrid
Format:	Brief biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2013-09
Subjects:	ACCESS TO INFORMATION, ACCOUNTABILITY, BENEFICIARIES, BENEFICIARY FEEDBACK, BEST PRACTICES, CITIZEN EMPOWERMENT, CITIZEN ENGAGEMENT, CITIZEN PARTICIPATION, CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, CIVIL SOCIETY, COLLABORATION, CONSTITUENCY, CONSTITUENTS, CONSULTATION, CONSULTATIONS, CORRUPTION, EXTREME POVERTY, GOOD GOVERNANCE, INITIATIVE, LEARNING, LIVELIHOOD, LOCAL AUTHORITIES, MEDIA, MONITORING GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE, OUTREACH, PARTICIPATORY APPROACH, PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING, PARTICIPATORY PLANNING, POVERTY REDUCTION, PREPARATION, PROGRAMS, PUBLIC ACCESS, PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, PUBLIC SERVICE, PUBLIC SERVICES, SELF-HELP, SERVICE DELIVERY, SERVICE PROVIDERS, SERVICE QUALITY, SMS, SOCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY, SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, STAKEHOLDERS, TARGETING, TRANSPARENCY,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/09/18728801/mainstreaming-citizen-engagement-middle-east-north-africa-region-briefing-note https://hdl.handle.net/10986/22605
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