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Civic engagement in the PSIA

Poverty and Social Impact Analysis (PSIA) is an important ex-ante analytical process that reviews anticipated impacts of specific policy reforms on poverty reduction and social progress. The use of PSIA is one tool for promoting increased engagement and stakeholder ownership. Although PSIAs can be used to help prevent and mitigate (both ex-ante and ex-post) some of the impacts on a country’s development progress from specific policy reforms, very few of them have engaged civil society. This has heightened the need for supporting civil society to become effective partners in the decision making process to ensure the full dimensions of the policy shifts are understood for different groups.

UNDP has commissioned a draft paper Civil Society Engagement in PSIA Processes: A Review, which confirmed that civil society organizations have only been minimally engaged in PSIA processes and in places where they have been active, their influence on policy has been limited. In response, UNDP developed a Toolkit to offer guidance to CSOs on how to determine the entry points and strengthen their role in the PSIA process.

These initiatives are meant to provide civil society and other actors in PSIA processes with the most relevant procedures, guidelines and examples related to undertaking assessments, with the main focus on outlining civil society’s roles in varying respects. Its three main objectives are:

· Promote greater understanding and achievement of PSIA objectives on the part of civil society;

· Encourage more systematic and beneficial engagement of civil society in contributing to improved PSIA processes; and

· Create a set of tools and methodologies that will enable civil society to participate effectively in PSIA processes.

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In consultation and support of the Turkish International Cooperation and Development Agency (TIKA), UNDP BRC hosted a Regional training in November 2007, to address above mentioned objectives. The training in Istanbul brought together 20 representatives from civil society organizations/independent think tanks/research institutes, UNDP staff and government officials from 5 countries.

The main objectives of the workshop were as follows:

· strengthen awareness and promote achievement of PSIA objectives;

· provide capacity development;

· gain comments from participants on content of the toolkit and;

· build up the network of practitioners

Focus areas MDG, Human Development, and poverty monitoring Private Sector Trade Civic Engagement Search go advanced search Contacts Mr. Geoff Prewitt, Poverty Reduction and Civil Society Advisor	Civic engagement in the PSIA Poverty and Social Impact Analysis (PSIA) is an important ex-ante analytical process that reviews anticipated impacts of specific policy reforms on poverty reduction and social progress. The use of PSIA is one tool for promoting increased engagement and stakeholder ownership. Although PSIAs can be used to help prevent and mitigate (both ex-ante and ex-post) some of the impacts on a country’s development progress from specific policy reforms, very few of them have engaged civil society. This has heightened the need for supporting civil society to become effective partners in the decision making process to ensure the full dimensions of the policy shifts are understood for different groups. UNDP has commissioned a draft paper Civil Society Engagement in PSIA Processes: A Review, which confirmed that civil society organizations have only been minimally engaged in PSIA processes and in places where they have been active, their influence on policy has been limited. In response, UNDP developed a Toolkit to offer guidance to CSOs on how to determine the entry points and strengthen their role in the PSIA process. These initiatives are meant to provide civil society and other actors in PSIA processes with the most relevant procedures, guidelines and examples related to undertaking assessments, with the main focus on outlining civil society’s roles in varying respects. Its three main objectives are: · Promote greater understanding and achievement of PSIA objectives on the part of civil society; · Encourage more systematic and beneficial engagement of civil society in contributing to improved PSIA processes; and · Create a set of tools and methodologies that will enable civil society to participate effectively in PSIA processes. UNDP RBEC In consultation and support of the Turkish International Cooperation and Development Agency (TIKA), UNDP BRC hosted a Regional training in November 2007, to address above mentioned objectives. The training in Istanbul brought together 20 representatives from civil society organizations/independent think tanks/research institutes, UNDP staff and government officials from 5 countries. The main objectives of the workshop were as follows: · strengthen awareness and promote achievement of PSIA objectives; · provide capacity development; · gain comments from participants on content of the toolkit and; · build up the network of practitioners	Country Offices Poverty Reduction Pages Albania Armenia Azerbaijan Belarus Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Georgia Kazakhstan UN administered Province of Kosovo Kyrgyzstan Lithuania Macedonia FYR Moldova Montenegro Poland Romania Russian Federation Serbia Tajikistan Turkey Ukraine Uzbekistan Events Workshop : Advancing Youth Inclusion, Civic Engagement and Volunteerism towards Achievement of MDGs - Kiev, 1-2 July 2008 Business Opportunities in South East Europe- Vienna, 22 November 2007 Localizing the MDGs: The role for local leaders and using disaggregated data for local development Sub-regional CoP meeting on Human Development and Social Inclusion Global Meeting of Growing Sustainable Business Initiative- Vienna, 16-20 October 2007 [ more events ] Publications World Trade Organization. Notes on the content and process. Handbook in Russian Social Enterprise: A new model for poverty reduction and employment generation Social Exclusion and Integration in Poland: an indicators-based approach Assessment of the Impact of Potential Free Trade Agreement between EU and Georgia The MDGs as a Communication Tool for Development [ more publications ] Links Global Policy Forum UN Non-governmental Liaison Sevice UNDP CSO Division UNDP Global Private Sector Partnership UN Global Compact [ more resources ]
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