TAI Training:
Capacity Building
Four Pillars
Acc
ess
to
Just
ice
Acc
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to
Info
rmat
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Pu
blic
P
arti
cip
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n
Cap
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y B
uild
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Capacity BuildingCapacity Building
Enhances:
1) The government’s ability to provide access
2) The public’s ability to demand access
3) The environment for media and CSOs
Valuing Capacity BuildingValuing Capacity Building
TAI Assessment StructureTAI Assessment Structure
Constitutional Law
Case Studies
Access to Information:
27 indicators
Public Participation:31 indicators
Access to Justice:
33 indicators
6 constitutional law indicators applied once per assessment
+General Law
16 general law indicators applied once per assessment
+
Capacity Building:
12 capacity building
indicators applied
once per assessment
Poverty Case StudiesPoverty Case Studies
Captures the concerns of the poor
Provides insights into capacity building
Poverty-sensitized indicators
Number of Case StudiesNumber of Case Studies
Prescriptive Case Types
Case Types at Researchers’
Discretion
Total Minimum
Cases
Access to Information 4 4 8
Public Participation 3 3 6
Access to Justice 3 1 4
TOTALS 10 8 18
Capacity Building IndicatorsCapacity Building Indicators
Does the legal
system support
freedom of the
press?
Are the laws for
media
organizations
and CSOs
equally
enforced?
Is there free
legal aid?
Do laws create
an enabling
environment for
CSOs?
Are public
school teachers
given resources
on access
rights?
Valuing Indicators: A2IValuing Indicators: A2I17. To what extent does the law require the government to offer the public technical assistance, guidance or training on how to access and use the selected information type?
Valuing Indicators: PPValuing Indicators: PP74. To what extent does the agency that leads the selected decision-making process have staff explicitly responsible for public participation?
Valuing Indicators: A2JValuing Indicators: A2J
127. How clearly and easily accessible are the public guidelines on how to use the forum?