Background 

• Youth for Social Development (YSD) is an NGO, which has recently started working in the field of governance through research.
• After going through the web-based self-learning course on Citizen Report Cards, the NGO contacted PAC and expressed an interest in carrying out a CRC of public services in Berhampur, a town located in Ganjam district of Orissa.
• While the Public Affairs Foundation (PAF), PAC’s sister organization, has provided the financial support, the technical inputs are being provided by PAC.

Outcome & Current Status

• Two members from YSD visited PAC during the second week of January for a 5-day training programme on all aspects of carrying out a CRC.
• PAC would provide further offsite support at each stage of the CRC, the completion of which is expected to take place by September 2007.