What is the Citizenship DRC?
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| Steve Oga Abah in Bayelsa, Nigeria, 2003 (Photo by Georgina Blanco-Mancilla) |
The Development Research Centre on Citizenship, Participation and Accountability (Citizenship DRC) is an international research partnership exploring new forms of citizenship that will help make rights real. It involves a network of researchers and practitioners working with research institutions and civil society organisations located in seven different countries - Angola, Bangladesh, Brazil, India, Nigeria, South Africa and the UK.
The aim of the Citizenship DRC is to increase understanding of how to support the efforts of poor and marginalised groups to define and claim their rights. The network of researchers and activists focus attention on the relationships between poor and marginalised people and the institutions that affect their lives, and how these relationships can be changed.
How we work
In order to gain a critical understanding of the various issues surrounding new forms of citizenship, participation and accountability, the Citizenship DRC works collaboratively with partners from a wide range of civil society and research institutions in seven countries.
The Citizenship DRC organizes its work through three core research programmes. Specific research projects are carried out by individual researchers, country teams or international collaborating groups.
As well as working in their own contexts, participating researchers also come together in international research programme meetings and workshops to share their research experiences and findings.
Publications
The Citizenship DRC activities are beginning to provide important research insights to the field of citizenship, participation and accountability in the development arena, as well as lessons on using research consortia for mutual capacity building, policy influence and partnerships.
The latest End of Phase report provides further detail in each of these areas.
