Partners Senegal

In order to strengthen democracy and citizen participation the Centre will offer a range of skills and services to:

• Promote in-country training and trainer expertise to increase citizen participation, build consensus, and manage disputes that are inherent in a democratic system.
• Provide change and dispute-management services (e.g. mediation, facilitation of dialogues, conciliation and cooperative planning services) to help communities, government and business leaders resolve contentious local issues.
• Encourage new public policies using citizen-participation processes to build “bottom-up” support for reform initiatives, laws on mediation, and civil society reforms.
• Promote democratic development through programs utilizing change and dispute-management skills that lead to results such as improved governance, strengthened civic leadership, and more effective and sustainable institutions.
• Improve civil-military relations through dialogue and collaboration between the two groups to help West African nations to develop security sectors that serve to protect the interests of their people.