Access Initiative and Citizen Participation
General and particular objectives

General aims:

1. To assess the level of implementation of the Access Principle in Argentina at a Federal level (undertaken by FARN), in the province of Cordoba (undertaken by CEDHA) and in the province of Buenos Aires (undertaken by AMEAI).
   
   
2. To strengthen a network of civil society organizations in Argentina to promote the implementation of access to information, participation and justice.
   
   
3. To encourage public participation in the sustainable development agenda.
   
   
4. To disseminate the results to both public authorities and civil society in order to stimulate dialogue and to identify specific areas, thus improving implementation of systems and processes that protect and promote the exercise of rights of access.
   

Particular aims:

1. To develop indicators to assess public participation in Argentina, based on the methodological framework of The Access Initiative (TAI), while considering local circumstances.
   
   
2. 2. To formulate policy recommendations aimed at strengthening the institutional frameworks and practices of public participation in matters of environmental and sustainable development in the respective jurisdictions.
   
   
3. To create a website to facilitate communication and the dissemination of information on public participation in Argentina as well as the results achieved by the Initiative. The site will be part of the overall FARN website.
   
   
4. To create an Electronic Newsletter to provide information on legal and policy developments regarding public participation, brief case studies on public participation, and other relevant information. The newsletter will contribute to creating and maintaining a network of institutions and individuals involved in issues of public participation