The extent to which civil society is able to impact on the social and policy arena, according to internal and external perceptions.
Armenia Case Study: Impact of Environmental Organisations on Policy Change
As part of the CSI project in 2008-2010, the CSI Partner in Armenia, Counterpart International, has published a case study on the Impact of Environmental Organisations on Policy Change in Armenia. The study looks into the lobbying and campaigning activities of the environmental CSOs in order to get their issues on the decision makers’ agendas. Armenian CSOs’ relationship with government entities has improved through this lobbying and government increasingly solicits CSOs’ input on various policies that have environmental implications.
The study found that environmental CSOs have a wide range of partners they work with in Armenia and abroad and this has given them the ability to lobby and campaign for policy change with more support. In order for the CSOs to be more effective, it was found that it was imperative that they use a proactive strategy and not one that is reactive to the policies already implemented.
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