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Strengthening a responsive, diverse and democratic civil society in Myanmar

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This page includes the details of the EU-funded project 'Strengthening a responsive, diverse and democratic civil society in Myanmar'. You can also download key resources related to the project at the foot of the page.

Project title: Strengthening a responsive, diverse and democratic civil society in Myanmar

Project period: 1 March 2016 – 29 February 2020 (48 months)

Project budget: € 2,300,000 (€ 1,725,000 from EU, € 575,000 from other sources)

Consortium members: Action Aid Myanmar (AAM), Phan Tee Eain (PTE), Capacity Building Initiative (CBI)

Main target groups: 83 CSOs, 10 networks, 6 state governments

Coverage: All 14 states and regions of Myanmar

Overall objective: To build a more equitable, democratic and just society in Myanmar.

Specific objective: CSOs from rural and ethnic areas and the networks that represent them, are effectively contributing to the formulation and implementation and monitoring of public policy and programming at township, state/regional and national level.

Result/Outcome 1: Strengthened organisational and technical capacity of CSOs in rural and ethnic areas to actively participate in local governance processes and policy dialogue with Local Authorities (LAs).

Main activities

  • Organisational capacity assessments
  • 46 days of training to 83 CSO
  • Peer support session
  • Strategic planning workshops
  • Sub-grants
  • Advocacy campaigns.

Result/Outcome 2: Strengthened organisational and technical capacity of CSO networks to collectively undertake evidence-based advocacy and campaigning work and monitor government implementation and spending.

Main activities:

  • Network capacity assessments
  • 56 days of training to 10 networks
  • Stakeholder meetings
  • Strategic planning workshops
  • Sub-grants
  • Advocacy campaigns.

Result/Outcome 3: Enhanced communication and cooperation between CSOs, the media, and national, regional/state, township and local authorities in public policy processes.

Main activities:

  • 5 days of training to 100 community journalists
  • Training of village tract and township authorities
  • Preparation of 284 village tract and 6 township development plans
  • Establishment of CSO Platforms
  • Service provider forums
  • Research papers.
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Logos of some of the partners in the project