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Vlatko Dekov, Irena Cvetkovic, Vanja Dimitrievski
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Background
Community Monitoring and Advocacy: An Introduction to the Idea and Concept Community Monitoring and Advocacy methodology (CMA), in its broadest sense means an active involvement of a given community in the monitoring of the work public services of concern to the respective community. At the same time, it is expected that the data collected through the process of monitoring should instigate a process of social change among the monitored services. Community monitoring is more than just a collection of research data. Its primary intent is to serve in the advocacy for social change, as a key strategy in protecting democracy, pushing the requirements of citizens in stepping up for their rights before the state bureaucracy. Community monitoring and advocacy was used for improvement of the quality of treatment in drug dependence treatment programs in Skopje (the capital of Macedonia), financed by the State Budget. The community monitoring and advocacy activities started in December 2011 and ended in June 2014. |
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