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The Oslo Governance Centre [OGC] was established in 2002 as part of UNDP's global policy network for democratic governance. The overarching purpose of the work of the OGC is 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, to provide policy guidance and technical support to the more than 130 UNDP Country Offices around the world. It also involves close partnerships with leading policy and research institutions in different parts of the world. Read more


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India Country Assessment: The Asia-Pacific Rights and Justice Initiative
This report presents the findings of an assessment of two projects supported by DGTTF, ‘Access to Justice by Poor and Disadvantaged People’, and ‘Legal Empowerment Through Community Radio’ conducted in April and May 2009. The assessed results based on the criteria of effectiveness, sustainability, relevance and strategic positioning, efficiency, political economy, and codification of lessons learned and tools Read More...

Regional Assessment: The Asia-Pacific Rights and Justice Initiative
This report presents the assessment findings of the Asia-Pacific Rights and Justice Initiative (AP-A2J) conducted over April and May 2009. The assessment is part of a UNDP effort to respond to one of the recommendations of the global DGTTF 2008 Evaluation that highlighted the need for UNDP HQ, regional and country offices, and donors to learn more from successful and unsuccessful projects. Read More...

Cambodia Country Assessment: The Asia-Pacific Rights and Justice Initiative
This report presents the findings of an assessment of the project ‘Access to Justice in Cambodia’ conducted in April and May 2009. The assessed results based on the criteria of effectiveness, sustainability, relevance and strategic positioning, efficiency, political economy, and codification of lessons learned and tools. Read More...

Indonesia Country Assessment: The Asia-Pacific Rights and Justice Initiative
This report presents the assessment findings of the DGTTF supported Indonesia project Strengthening Access to Justice and the Rule of Law (A2J Assessment Project). The assessment yielded three significant results; a) the publication of ‘Justice for All?: An Assessment of Access to Justice in Five Provinces of Indonesia’, b) the development of a new initiative between UNDP Indonesia and BAPPENAS for Legal Empowerment and Assistance for the Disadvantaged (LEAD), and c) the development and imminent launch at the policy level of a national access to justice strategy that will be incorporated into the government of Indonesia’s 2010-2014 Mid-Term Development Plan and the action plans of relevant ministries and their sub-national counterparts. Read More...

Mongolia Project Assessment: Integrity in the Health Sector.
The DGTTF-funded pilot project ‘Strengthening Ethics and Integrity for Good Governance in the Health Sector of Mongolia’ was undertaken in the context of broader anticorruption efforts and civil service reform. The project was also a response to an initiative of the Ministry of Health (MoH). It was proven to be strategically well-positioned, and highly relevant, innovative and catalytic, resulting in its replication at the State Specialized Inspection Agency (SSIA) in 2008 and the Independent Anti-Corruption Authority in 2009. Read More...

Sri Lanka Country Assessment: The Asia-Pacific Rights and Justice Initiative.
This assessment was conducted to identify and document the results and impact of the first phase of the Sri Lanka Equal Access to Justice Project (EA2J) which took place from 2004 to December 2007 and addressed legal empowerment and A2J for the disadvantaged using a human rights-based approach. Read More...

27 November 2009
Democratic Governance Reader
A Reference for UNDP Practitioners is intended as a single volume reference tool on UNDP's approach to democratic governance. It is a joint publication of the Oslo Governance Centre, Democratic Governance Group (Bureau for Development Policy) and the Learning Resources Centre (Bureau of Management). Download PDF

1 November 2009
Governance in Conflict Prevention and Recovery:
A Guidance Note

This Guidance Note is intended to support Country Office efforts to engage in governance programming in conflict affected contexts. The note is a joint publication of the Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery (BCPR) and the Democratic Governance Group of the Bureau for Development Policy (BDP) through its Oslo Governance Centre. Download PDF

1 October 2009
Introductory Primer on the Role of Legal Reform in Supporting Civil Society

This Introductory Primer on the Role of Legal Reform in Supporting Civil Society was commissioned by UNDP from the International Centre for Not-for-Profit Law to respond to the increasing demand on UNDP to engage with or advise governments to develop civil society legal frameworks. The primer will guide UNDP in facilitating state-citizen relations through a better understanding of the normative and practical aspects of the often sensitive issue of legal and regulatory framework allowing and governing the establishment of civil society organizations, and their space and scope to function in public life. Download PDF

25 September 2009:
Users’ Guide on Measuring Fragility
The Users’ Guide on Measuring Fragility, jointly produced by UNDP Oslo Governance Centre and the German Development Institute, provides a comparative analysis of cross-country fragility indices - their conceptual premises, methodologies and possible use.
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