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Citizen Engagement: A Game Changer for Development | WBGx on edX | Course About Video

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Learn about citizen engagement and critically analyze how it can be leveraged most effectively to achieve development results.

Take this course free on edX: https://www.edx.org/course/citizen-engagement-game-changer-wbgx-ce01x#!

ABOUT THIS COURSE
Government works best when citizens are directly engaged in policymaking and public service delivery.

This social sciences course explores citizen engagement and the role citizens can play in actively shaping public policy.

Throughout the course, you will learn about cutting edge research and theories related to citizen engagement, and examples of ways citizens and governments are working together in new ways to improve their societies.

This course was developed in partnership with many individuals and organizations. We have partnered with top experts from a wide range of fields and countries to present this course, creating a truly global faculty.

We have also partnered with 4 leading institutions – the London School of Economics, Overseas Development Institute, Participedia and CIVICUS – who have taken leading roles in the development of each week’s content.

WHAT YOU'LL LEARN
What citizen engagement is and why it matters
The role that citizens can play in actively shaping public policy
How engaging citizens can improve public service delivery
The impact of recent innovations in information and communications technology

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