The paper aims to empower CSOs, activists, donors, researchers and others to counter restrictions to international funding and advocate for a more enabling environment for CSOs' activities and impact.
The summary report identifies some areas of concern that will need further attention in the region, including the over bureaucratisation of the administrative procedures or the high levels of responsibilities for organizers.
How do you have to plan and prepare to monitor an assembly? What do you need to observe when you are there? What do you do with the information you gather through first-hand observation? How do you deal with the media?
The monitoring reports explore the role of civil administration, policing, criminalization of protesters, as well as the overarching issue of accountability manifesting in all of these aspects.