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September 8th, 2010
Prototype Governance Assessment Tool

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CIFOR researchers have produced a prototype, governance assessment tool, for use at local levels (communities, districts, landscapes). A three to five member, interdisciplinary (multi-stakeholder, dual gender) team spends 1-2 weeks in the field, assessing the tool’s 12 indicators of good governance. The tool has three sections: stakeholders and their relationships, access to resources, and structure and function of governance. It is intended to reflect the views of all stakeholders, including marginalized groups (e.g., women, hunters and gatherers, minority ethnic groups). Although the tool could be used as a scorecard, the most appropriate use is for identification of areas of comparative strength and weakness (so as to build collaboratively on strengths and address weaknesses). Read More

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