Civic Space Monitoring Tool: Understanding what is happening in civic space at local and national level

This tool will assist you in analysing different dimensions of civic space at local and national level. It provides a monitoring framework to understand what is happening in civic space, track trends and highlight priority areas that need addressing. This analysis can be used to inform decision-making, strategy definition, programming and risk management on the issues related to civic space. This tool does not attempt to quantify the performance of civic space in various dimensions, but does attempt to bring some structure to the collection of qualitative and perception-based assessments. The tool can be used on its own or alongside risk analysis tools., You can use this tool to facilitate discussions or workshops which offer participants a safe-space to reflect on the trends and dimensions of civic space. As such, the goal of this tool is not to reach a consensus on the rating of civic space dimensions. The categories are indicative rather than absolute, there may be different ratings given to each dimension by different participants in the room. In the end, the value lies in kickstarting conversations which help to create a deeper understanding on the diversity of dimensions and narratives within and about civic space. The tool can help explore whether different groups in society are affected differently by what is happening in each dimension.