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Bellagio
Innovations in Governance & Transparency
Lalanath de Silva
Director TAI
World Resources Institute
Washington DC, USA
The Access Initiative 2008
International Commitments
2002 - WSSD Plan of
Implementation
1992 – Rio Declaration
Principle 10..…
Inclusive
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Transparent
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Accountable
TAI’s strategy is to…
CSO teams
Laws, practices
and institutions
TAI network governance
Secretariat - WRI
Core Team (6)
National CSO Coalitions (>45)
TAI Assessment Framework
Access to
Information
Law
Effort
Effectiveness
Public
Participation
Access to
Justice
Capacity
Building
What the Toolkit enabled…
• Coalition Building
• Status & Gaps
• Dialogue with Government
• Advocacy
Lessons
What &
isChallenges
Missing
• Toolkit Issues
• Improve Toolkit
• Assessments
• Advocacy Tools
• New Partners
Change
• Learning
• Ownership
• Community of
Practice
• Decentralized
Governance
TAI Assessment Toolkit
Categories
• Access to Information
• Public Participation
Indicators
• Access to Justice
• Scope
• Capacity Building
• Quality
Approach
• Law
• Effort
• Effectiveness
• Timeliness
• Inclusion
Freedom of Information Laws
Access Law & Practice Rankings
The Access Movement