Visit Reports
- Meeting of the CI Council
London, February 10-11, 2016
- Strategic Planning Meeting of SSNC
Stockholm, October 05-09, 2015
- Visit to Brazil
November 14-21, 2015
- Civil Society Programme for ADB’s Annual Meeting
Baku, Azerbaijan, May 01-05, 2015
- Meeting of the Third Ad hoc Expert Group on the UNGCP
UNCTAD at Palais des Nations, January 21-24, 2015, Geneva
- SSNC Report
Stockholm (Sweden), January 18-21, 2015
- GPSA Global Partners Forum
Washington DC, May 13- 16, 2014
- Partnership for Development Knowledge Conference
Sana’a, Yemen, March 03-07, 2014
- Methodology Training Course on Social Accountability Tools
Uganda & Kenya, July 07-15, 2013
- Visit of officials from Swedish Society for Nature Conservation (SSNC)
Jaipur, India, June 03-05, 2013
- World Bank ‘Supervision & Orientation Mission’ to ANSA Arab World
Cairo, Egypt, May 25-30, 2013
- Various meetings at USA
Washington DC & Portland (Oregon), April 07-14, 2013
- International Expert Group on Financial Services
London, January 30-Februray 03, 2013
- Various meetings of Consumers International
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, March 5-9, 2012
- Community Score Card Piloting in Nepal: Orientation cum Training
Katmandu, Nepal, November 13-18, 2011
- Brief Report of the ITP on ‘Decentralization and Good Governance with Gender Perspective’ 2011
Sweden, September 19 – October 14, 2011
- Workshop on Advocacy and Negotiation Skills
Dhaka, Bangladesh, May 22-25, 2011
- Phase IV of ITP
Cambodia, May 05-14, 2011
- 19th Consumer International’s World Congress
Hong Kong, May 03-07, 2011
- Strengthening Institutional Capacity on Sustainability Criteria for Bio-Energy
Katmandu, Nepal, April 19-21, 2011
- Action Learning to Implement Social Accountability in Monitoring the Performance of Government of Vietnam
Oxfam GB, Hanoi, Vietnam, March 01-03, 2011
- CI’s Core Group Meeting on ‘Financial Services
London, November 29-30, 2010
Influencing Policies to Improve Outcomes through Social Accountability Approaches: Field Experiences from India
Washington DC, June 02-03, 2008
George Cheriyan Director, CUTS Centre for Consumer Action, Research & Training (CUTS CART) attended the Demand for Good Governance (DFGG) Summit organised by the World Bank in Washington DC on June 02-03, 2008. He made a presentation on ‘Improving Public Expenditure Outcomes through Social Accountability Approaches: Field Experiences from Rajasthan, India’ in the BBL event organised by the World Bank, on June 04, 2008. These initiatives have paved the way for the institutionalization of demand side accountability approaches in some World Bank projects and State Government programmes to improve service delivery, governance and anti-corruption in the South Asia Region. The discussants and participants appreciated the initiatives made by CUTS.
The event started with introductory remarks by Parmesh Shah, Lead Rural Development Specialist (SASDA); and chaired by Adolfo Brizzi, Sector Manager (SASDA). The discussants were Robert S Chase, Lead Social Development Specialist, SDV; Bhuvan Bhatnagar, Senior Social Scientist, EASSO; and J V R Murty, Water Institutions Development Specialist, ETWSA.
The detail of the event is available at: http://info.worldbank.org/
Genuine Demand with Social Accountability
Paris, November 01-02, 2007
George Cheriyan, Director, CUTS Centre for Consumer Action, Research & Training (CUTS CART) attended a two-day workshop on ‘Generating Genuine Demand with Social Accountability Mechanisms’, organised by the Communication for Governance & Accountability Program (CommGAP) of the World Bank in Paris, during November 01-02, 2007. He presented a paper on ‘Analysing the Public Sphere/Political Context: Learning from India’.
The workshop drew lessons from the experiences of practitioners, researchers, government officials and policymakers from around the world in using various Social accountability tools. Practitioners from around the world using various SAc tools in their countries; leading scholars and researchers in the fields of communication, political science, social development, social marketing, media development, and governance; and representatives from developing country governments and donor organisations participated in the workshop.
The detail of the event is available at: http://siteresources.worldbank.org/