Social nd Economic Development of Albania (CESEDA)

摘要

Conducted through the USAID Global Development Alliance with funding provided by USAID Albania and World Learning private funds, the Communities Engaged in Social and Economic Development Project (CESEDA) was initiated to expand participation of rural and poor communities in implementation and revision of the National Strategy for Social and Economic Development (NSSED). The project two year project was conducted by World Learning in partnership with the Institute for Development Research and Alternatives. CESEDA included three major components community empowerment, government policy feedback, media-based public awareness. The project worked in four rural communes 1 in central Albania: Baldushk Commune, Golem Commune, Gose Commune, and Petrele Commune. Nearly 2,500 residents of these communes participated directly in the project through report card meetings, meetings with commune officials, and project work groups. These citizens held 99 meetings with local government officials and completed 58 projects designed to improve government services that they themselves had identified as priorities. In addition, CESEDA linked rural citizens with national level government through regular reports as well as group meetings. To raise awareness about the NSSED, CESEDA commissioned a documentary which was then aired on television.