Power, Participation, & State-Based Politics:
An Evaluation of the Ford Foundation's Collaborations that Count Initiative
Full Report
Applied Research Center
In 1998,the Governance and Civil Society Unit of the Ford Foundation embarked on a six-year initiative called Collaborations That Count: Working for Democracy in Devolutionary Times, designed to encourage collaboration between civil society groups working on public policy issues. Collaborations that Count (CtC) was a response to the devolution of federal funds and decisionmaking authority to the state and local level.
This report is the culmination of a two-year participatory evaluation process conducted by the Applied Research Center (ARC). It provides an account of the CtC experience, identi€es areas in which the 11 statewide collaborations succeeded, and draws attention to ways in which support to collaboration might be more effectively provided in the future.
More information at www.arc.org/Pages/pubs/collaborations.html
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