Enabling Citizens for Demanding Accountability through Social Audit

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• Focus was on educating, sensitizing and enhancing capacities of the elected representative's vis-à-vis their roles and responsibilities in implementation of selected developmental programmes. Making them aware of importance of social audit and how to facilitate the process.
• Empowered Gram Sabha/ Social Audit Forum/ Ward Committee to voice their concerns, demand accountability and get  engaged with NGOs/CBOs/CSOs/ Citizen Collectives/ Social Audit Forum/ Vigilance and Monitoring Committees. 
• Facilitated the social audit process with thematic focus on selected developmental programmes in district and blocks

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• Capacity building of 16 Animators and 3  CSO's on social Audit process.
• Informed Mandate among Gram Sabha members on Provisions of NREGA , concept & process of  Social Audit and their role and responsibilities. 
• Capacity building of Panchayats to lead local developments in their areas in collaboration with local administration and the civil society. 
• Initiated dialogue, sharing of experience and also to discuss issues of devolution, capacity and practical challenges in implementing Centrally Sponsored Schemes through panchayats among various development actors. 
• Formation and Capacity building of V& M committee of 12 panchyats. 
• Facilitate the complete process of social audit in one panchayat. 
• Formation of Social Capital and pool of resource on social audit  in the process

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