Strengthening Accountability Networks among Civil Society (SANCUS)

The proposed action – Strengthening Accountability Networks among Civil Society (SANCUS) – seeks to contribute to greater democratic accountability of public institutions globally, specifically by em- powering civil society to demand systemic change to address accountability and anti-corruption deficits in 16 countries over 36 months. SANCUS Outcomes. SANCUS will produce three concrete outcomes. It first establishes networks of CSOs - within and across countries - to increase public demand for accountability. Building on these networks, SANCUS targets two complementary ‘levers’ of accountability. With the ‘vertical lever’, it mobilises CSOs to demand that specific duty-bearing agencies (e.g. service providers, ministries) be- come more accountable to rights holders. Simultaneously, the ‘horizontal lever’ mounts pressure on democratic check-and-balance institutions (e.g. parliaments or audit institutions) to uphold their man- date to keep those duty-bearer agencies accountable. Value of the contract is EUR 5,264,888.46