Data Collection and Analysis of Legal Framework
In 2004, the newly established South Asia hub of the Electoral Process and Information Collection Project and partners of the South Asia Programme collected and analysed data on the legal frameworks of Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Maledives.
Partner: Centre for Study of Developing Societies in Delhi, India.
External Environment and Internal Party Management
The South Asia Programme is to organize a dialogue meeting and to commission case studies from the region on internal party management, with special emphasis on the election of the party leadership, funding, and the inclusion of women in the party ranks and on party candidate lists. In 2005, a workshop will be convened with the authors of the case studies, civil society monitoring groups, political parties and party organizers in order to discuss ways of increasing participation and accountability.
Partners:
- Centre for Policy Alternatives, Sri Lanka
- Centre for Alternatives, Bangladesh
- Centre for Civic Education, Pakistan
- Centre for the Study of Developing Societies/Loknitti, India
- Institute for Integrated Development Studies, Nepal
