Angolan Citizens' Participation Initiative

摘要

The Angolan Citizens Participation Initiative (IPCA1/ACPI) was a 20-month program designed by Americas Development Foundation and funded under USAID Cooperative Agreement 690-04-00025. The Initiative took place in fourteen communities of the Planalto region in Angola. Activities contributed to participatory local development while building citizen participation and fostering productive engagement between communities and local government. From February 2005 through September 2006, IPCA/ACPI worked closely with fourteen communities to develop effective approaches to citizen-based local development. The Initiative had three key components: citizens meetings to define local priorities and elect representative Community Development Groups (CDGs), which were trained as effective interlocutors with government and project managers; promoting dialogue and partnerships between communities and local government; and implementing local development projects responding to priorities identified by participating communities.