Global Partnership for Social Accountability
The World Bank Board of Executive Directors approved the creation of the Global Partnership for Social Accountability (GPSA) in principle. The Bank’s Board will review operational details of the proposed Partnership in June 2012.
The proposed GPSA aims to provide strategic and sustained support to beneficiary groups and CSOs in developing countries that are working with their governments, to achieve greater transparency and accountability, and achieve stronger development results.
The GPSA would contribute to country-level governance reforms and improved service delivery by (a) generating knowledge, networking and financing to build civil society’s capacity to engage in evidence-based social accountability; (b) supporting Bank teams and government counterparts in embedding social accountability more strategically in their programs; and (c) scaling up the Bank’s engagement in this area by drawing on the experience, knowledge and resources of external partners.