Governance and Human Rights
Good governance — encompassing accountability, transparency, rule of law, participation, and inclusive institutions — is foundational to sustainable development. RMI provides governance and human rights research, evaluation, and advisory services for UNDP, UNODC, European Union, bilateral donors, and civil society organisations across the region.
Governance deficits — corruption, weak accountability systems, limited citizen participation, and institutions that fail to protect human rights — undermine development outcomes across every sector. Effective governance consulting requires both technical knowledge of institutional systems and deep contextual understanding of the political economy dynamics that shape whether formal governance frameworks translate into real accountability and protection of rights in practice.
RMI provides the following consulting services to regional bodies, UN agencies, donors, INGOs, NGOs, and government ministries:
- Governance assessments for national and sub-national government
- Corporates board evaluations
- Sector performance evaluations
- National Strategy evaluations
- Public Financial Management (PFM) diagnostics (PEFA methodology)
- Anti-corruption programme evaluations
- Access to justice assessments
- Electoral observation and electoral process evaluations
- Human rights monitoring studies and surveys
- Civil society organisational capacity assessments
- Decentralisation programme evaluations
- Social accountability mechanism assessments
- Open government partnership commitment evaluations
- Land governance assessments (LGAF methodology)
