Who We Are

Our Mission & Strategy

What We Do

Our Approach to Social Accountability

Meet The Team

The GPSA Secretariat is a multidisciplinary team that works to implement the GPSA's mission on a daily basis.

Steering Committee

Chaired by the World Bank and composed of a broad and balanced representation of CSOs, donors and governments

Donors

The GPSA Multi-donor Trust Fund has received contributions from multiple donors

Contact Us

E-mail: gpsa@worldbank.org |
Phone: +1 202 458 5721

Grant-Making Process

Our process for selecting which projects and initiatives will be funded | Roster of Experts

Projects

The GPSA supports 33 projects in 25 countries

Where We Operate

Grants to CSOs are available in the 51 countries that have opted-in to the GPSA.  

Global Call for Proposals

First Call | 2nd Call | 3rd Call

Country Call for Proposals

Dominican Republic 

Current Partners

The GPSA Partnership includes more than 300 organizations 

Global Partners Forum

2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017

Peace-Building Partnership

A 12-month pilot implemented in an initial group of four countries: Nepal, Tajikistan, Niger and Guinea

Water Partnership

WPP–GPSA cross-collaboration

Knowledge & Learning

Knowledge & Learning is at the core of the GPSA. 

Resources

We tackle relevant topics within social accountability through our resources and events. 

Events

Upcoming Events | Past Events 

News

Keep up-to-date with the GPSA. 

Newsletter

Find our monthly newsletter here. 

Events

Upcoming Events | Past Events

Resources

The GPSA resources include dissemination notes, reports and working papers and deal with a range of topics in the field of social accountability.

Notes
Notes

GPSA Notes are short resource pieces, meant to inform practitioners of social accountability  as well as uninformed audiences about a successful approach or lesson learned.
Reports
Reports

Reports provide a summary and reflections on main GPSA events, such as the Forum, BBLs, and the GPSA in general.
Working Papers
Working Papers

Working Papers are generally pieces of research work commissioned to an academic/researcher. It can cover a range of topics relevant to GPSA themes and approaches, focusing on policy.
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May 21, 2018
Guía de Aplicación de Gobernabilidad Corporativa para Las Empresas Urbanas de Água Potable y Saneamiento en América Latina
What happens when water companies apply principles of transparency and corporate governance?
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May 21, 2018
Citizen Engagement in the Water Sector
The product entails a review of water operations in order to identify the extent to which citizen engagement and social accountability approaches are integrated in the sector
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May 21, 2018
Water Sector Note
In order to address challenges in service delivery in the water sector there is a need to focus on governance and accountability structures in the sector
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May 27, 2016
GPSA in Review
GPSA in Review  May 2016
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May 26, 2016
Compilation of Case Studies
Compilation of Case Studies presented at the GPSA Forum 2015, “Social Accountability for Citizen-Centric Governance: A Changing Paradigm”
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April 19, 2016
Learning Note #12
'Learning Journeys' For Adaptive Management - Where Does It Take Us?
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January 19, 2016
Learning Note #11
The Knowledge Platform: Where We Are and What We've Learned
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January 06, 2016
BBL Summary Note
Learning in Social Accountability: Reflections from GPSA’s Brown Bag Lunch Seminars
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December 22, 2015
Learning Note #10
Taking Accountability to Scale: A Discussion of Collaboration Between GPSA-Supported Projects and Accountability Institutions
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December 22, 2015
Learning Note # 9
Does collaboration with civil society strengthen accountability institutions? An exploration
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October 02, 2015
Are We Ready for Strategic Social Accountability?
In the GPSA, we - the grantees, partners and staff - have been discussing a lot recently about the extent to which the social accountability field is ready to think politically and...
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September 18, 2015
Working Paper Series
Working Paper #2: Navigating the Future: Making Headway on Sustainability for Social Accountability Organizations
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September 18, 2015
Learning Note #8
How are GPSA's Partners Thinking about Scale and Trying to Achieve It?
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September 18, 2015
Learning Note #7
Supporting Politically Smart Social Accountability
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September 18, 2015
Working Paper Series
Working Paper #3: A Collective Action Approach against Corruption - The Case of the Dominican Republic
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September 18, 2015
Working Paper Series
Working Paper #1: Social Accountability: What Does the Evidence Really Say?
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September 18, 2015
Learning Note #6
What Next for Strategic Social Accountability?
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September 18, 2015
Learning Note #5
Adaptive Learning
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September 18, 2015
Learning Note #4
Picking Partners and Allies that Bolster Your Social Accountability Efforts
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September 18, 2015
Learning Note #2
Strategies that Harness the Context to Generate Social Accountability
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September 18, 2015
Learning Note #3
Responsive and Multi-pronged Strategies
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September 18, 2015
Learning Note #1
Creating Space for Social Accountability: The Global Partnership for Social Accountability
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August 06, 2015
NEW: BBL Brief Write-Ups, for those who missed an event.
The GPSA organizes monthly lunch time events, so-called Brown Bag Lunches, held at World Bank HQ showcasing research and practice. Events are webcast, recorded and documented. BBL...
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January 27, 2015
Social Accountability Research Workshop Summary
The workshop was organized to convene social accountability academics and researchers on their current and upcoming research themes and initiatives.
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