Tirana to host World Bank Forum

Tirana, Jan.12, 2008 — The Civil Society Fund (CSF)is set to help the World Bank promote dialogue and information dissemination among the civil society organisations. The focus of this program for 2009 is civic engagement for improved social accountability. The projects will include the promotion of greater citizen participation and discussion at the national and local level on issues related to control of corruption. Improve public transparency and accountability of development activities, contributing to the enabling environment for good governance; Promote public accountability for improved access and quality of basic services; Empower communities and different groups to exercise the public rights for access to information and governance monitoring; Strengthen accountability mechanisms for advocacy and increased involvement of citizens and civil society to encourage improved performance of public services delivery and policy making-bodies