ECOWEB works for the effective participation of the vulnerable and marginalized sectors in governance from local to national level. Capacity enhancement of community-based groups and local partners is being endeavored to effectively engage the government agencies through their designated representatives. ECOWEB facilitates effective people’s participation in development and land use planning, budgeting, monitoring and evaluation of government programs.
Capacity building of the Indigenous People groups/communities; Internally Displaced People; small farmers, fisherfolks and the rural poor; persons with disability; informal sector and urban poor, among others for their effective engagement with the local and national governments is a concern of this program. The cooperation and collaboration of women and men in a way that addresses power imbalance is being endeavored to have an effective lobby for making government policies and programs inclusive and responsive to the issues and concerns of the poor, marginalized and vulnerable.
Through this program, it is also aimed that local groups and institutions can be more capacitated to sustain their own development and peace initiatives while influencing policies, systems and structures at various level towards making governance more gender responsive, inclusive, peace-enabling, culture-sensitive, transparent, accountable and facilitative of sustainable development.
