UNDP Oslo Governance Centre

Democratic Governance Assessments

Reflecting the critical outcome of the Millennium Declaration and the World Summit 2005 which highlighted democratic governance as a requirement for inclusive development and the achievement of the MDGs, countries are increasingly pressed to assess and measure their progress towards democratic governance as both end and means. A direct effect of this encouraging trend, UNDP Country Offices register a rising demand to assist national counterparts develop their capacity to engage in nationally owned and driven democratic governance assessments. In response, capacity development for country-led governance assessments and measurements are a priority in UNDP Strategic Plan for 2008-2011, and they are also a flagship support area for the UNDP Democratic Governance Group (DGG) and its Oslo Governance Centre (OGC), which   has been supporting national initiatives for monitoring and measuring governance focused on the development of national governance indicators since 2003.
Through the Global Programme on Capacity Development for Democratic Governance Assessments and Measurements, UNDP seeks to assist developing countries produce disaggregated and non-ranking governance indicators to enable national stakeholders to better monitor performance in democratic governance reforms. The aim of the Programme, co-ordinated by the Oslo Governance Centre, is to develop the capacities of government, the national statistics office and civil society in the collection, maintenance and analysis of governance related data and to assist the development of an inclusive and consultative framework for the systematic assessment and monitoring of democratic governance goals and targets expressed in national development plans. The Global Programme from 2008 to 2011 is a continuation of the work that formed part of the Governance Indicators Project from 2004 to 2007.

More information can be found on our Democratic Governance Assessments page.

 

For further information please contact:

• Noha El-Mikawy, Ph.D.
  Governance and Poverty Advisor
  Email: noha.el-mikawy@undp.org
  Tel: +47 2306 0823
  Skype: elmikawy
• Lucie Slengesol Senftova
  Research Associate
  Tel: +47 2324 4761
  Email: lucie.slengesol@undp.org