Iniciativa Ciudadana y Desarrollo Social

This grant would allow the Iniciativa Ciudadana y Desarollo Social (Incide) to keep its database on the access, availability and quality of basic public services updated, improve public access to online data, and develop special thematic reports on core services. The funding will also permit Incide to develop an outreach strategy to strengthen dissemination of its work, and create a sound strategic plan to move the Social Policy Observatory out of Incide and to be hosted by an academic institution.

The mission of Iniciativa Ciudadana y Desarrollo Social (Incide) is to encourage participation of civil society organizations in policy debates, especially those related to economic and social human rights. In practice, the realization of such rights must result in effective access to, and improved quality of, basic services such as health, education, food, housing, employment, and a safe environment. Previous Hewlett Foundation support has enabled Incide to develop and nourish an online Social Policy Observatory that presents and organizes the regulations, policies, and data of social programs to assess the access, availability, and quality of basic public services—information that is key for human rights and budget watchdogs. This renewal grant will allow Incide to keep its database updated, improve public access to online data, develop special thematic reports on core services, and develop an outreach strategy to strengthen dissemination of its work.

INCIDE is made up of prestigious Mexican civil society and academic leaders committed to encouraging participation of civil society organizations in policy debates, especially those related to economic, social, and human rights. The realization of such rights should result in effective access to and improved quality of basic services such as health, education, food, housing, employment, and a safe environment. Hewlett Foundation support has enabled INCIDE to develop an online Social Policy Observatory that presents and organizes social programs’ regulations, policies, and data to assess the access, availability, and quality of basic public services.