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Every Voice Counts (EVC) Community Score Card (CSC) Exchange Visit

Kigali, Rwanda, 18-20th May 2017.

Every Voice Counts (EVC) is a multi-country programme which aims to promote inclusive and effective governance processes in fragile settings. The programme highlights the potential of the Community Score Card (CSC) as a tool towards increasing participation and inclusive governance processes. On the 18-20th May, the EVC programme held a CSC Exchange Visit in Kigali, Rwanda. The purpose of this visit was to exchange knowledge and experience on the CSC approach and implementation between Afghanistan, Burundi, Pakistan, Rwanda, Sudan and Uganda CARE country offices and respective partner staff, sharing lessons learnt and best practices and jointly reflecting on how to address challenges around making CSC more inclusive and effective in generating information and opportunities for evidence-based advocacy.

Five key lessons learned from the visit include:

• Inclusiveness of the CSC can be improved by holding separate meetings with vulnerable groups at the start of the project before the interface meeting to raise awareness of their rights and entitlements
• A program for women and youth is not automatically addressing inclusion
• Linking advocacy interventions to the CSC process requires a set of minimum capacities.
• Need to strategize on how to address the un-met actions even if the CSC process has ended
• Holding public authorities to account is easier when there are certain policies that are keeping them in check. These policies will provide windows of opportunity for our advocacy work.

For full details on the EVC CSC Exchange Visit, see the communique below or contact Lori Cajegas at cajega@carenederland.org.

communique_evc_csc_exchange_visit_2.pdf

• Other CSC Learning Events **

CSC Experts Meeting in Arusha, Tanzania (January 2013)

Ensuring CARE's Governance & Community Score Card (CSC) Work is Gender Sensitive - IMGWE WebEx (November 2013)