To systematically assess national level governance of access to information, participation and justice in development decisions that affect the environment.
Objectives:
To systematically assess national level governance of access to information, participation and justice in development decisions that affect the environment.
Geographical Spread:
Assessments conducted by research teams in nine pilot countries: Chile, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Mexico, South Africa, Thailand, Uganda and the United States.
Key areas/components:
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Developing an understanding of the three access principles: Access to Information, to Participation and to Justice.
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Analyzing the findings from national assessments of public participation systems conducted by coalitions of NGOs in the nine countries.
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The study was designed in four major parts in order to capture:
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The Legal Framework in place
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The practices in access to different types of information & participation in diverse decision making processes & the general conditions for informed participation such as media attention to environmental issues.
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Capacity building efforts.
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Conditions for NGOs
Key outputs:
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Identification of common trends in the development of legal frameworks.
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Findings based on assessment of public participation practices of selected case studies in the pilot countries.
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Summary of strengths & weaknesses in the national level implementation of the three principles.
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A systematic framework designed to synthesize lessons learned from the study so as to collate a comprehensive portrait of access conditions in the pilot countries.
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Assessment and ranking of international institutions on their performance at implementing the access principles.
Year/Period:
2002
Client:
World Resources Institute, USA