Relevant Links
CoST stakeholders may benefit from the following external resources:
- Budget monitoring support by the International Budget Partnership. It collaborates with civil society organisations in developing countries to analyse, monitor, and influence government budget processes, institutions, and outcomes. The training is supported by practical materials in a number of languages.
- The Partnership for Transparency Fund is an international non-governmental organisation dedicated to helping civil society play an effective role in the design, implementation and monitoring of national anti-corruption programs.
- Idealist.org provides information for nonprofit organisations including documents on starting and managing an organisation, fundraising, marketing, and using the web.
- Nonprofit Managers' Library is an online library providing a variety of free, 'how-to' management resources.
- UN-HABITAT’s Training and Capacity Building Branch (TCBB) assists local authorities and civil society organisations to build core skills in competencies in diverse areas including leadership, financial management, local economic development, participatory planning and conflict management.
- Lessons can be learned from initiatives such as the EITI and Publish What You Pay where sub-groups have been established to address particular issues and create consensus for greater civil society voice and action.
- NGO/Civil Society web page — Part of the World Bank web site, the purpose of this site is to keep NGOs and civil society groups informed about opportunities for interaction with the Bank. The site also lists links which assist NGOs in networking and communications.
- Benton's Best Practices Tool Kit — This is a searchable directory of tools to help nonprofits effectively use new information technology.
