The Oslo Governance Centre (OGC) works to position UNDP as a champion of democratic governance, both as an end in itself, and as a means to achieve the Millennium Development Goals. This is done through knowledge networking and multi-disciplinary team work, as well as through close partnerships with leading policy and research institutions in different parts of the world.

Our key areas of work include:

• Conducting systematic analysis and reviews of UNDPs governance work around the globe aimed at learning from experiences in the field; 
• Based on the analysis and reviews, contributing to UNDP's programming and policy advisory services at the national, regional and global levels; 
• Supporting countries to conduct nationally owned and driven democratic governance assessments that serve to strengthen democratic governance at the country level. 
• Addressing new and emerging areas of democratic governance and building the capacity of UNDP's front-line staff to address these new challenges.

Social accountability is at the heart of UNDP’s work in democratic governance, and human development. Using examples from different contexts and regions, this guidance note provides an overview of social accountability principles and offers guidance on how to incorporate its practice into programming.

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