ANSA-EAP

Network Membership

What We Are

The Affiliated Network for Social Accountability in East Asia and the Pacific (ANSA-EAP) brings together regional and national alliances of citizen groups and governments in the East Asia-Pacific region. It's an open network. It welcomes any group or individual with an interest in social accountability or SA as an approach to good governance.

Membership

ANSA-EAP draws strength from its members. The ANSA-EAP community has three levels of members, as described below:

FRIEND. This is for new members. You can become an ANSA-EAP Friend by completing our application form. As an ANSA-EAP Friend you...

  • Receive special email bulletins about the Network and social accountability issues, activities, and resources in East Asia-Pacific;
  • Get access to all of ANSA-EAP's online and offline knowledge products;
  • Receive endorsement of your SA projects from other members (peer-review);
  • Have full use of all other various interactive features of the ANSA-EAP website; and,
  • Can work with other members through volunteer opportunities with ANSA-EAP Work Teams that will be formed from time to time.

Click here now to become a FRIEND of ANSA-EAP.

ADVOCATE. An ANSA-EAP Friend can choose to participate more actively with the network by becoming an ANSA-EAP Advocate. A member can become an Advocate if he or she --

  • Has stayed active in ANSA-EAP network activities for at least one month;
  • Has ongoing collaboration with other members;
  • Shares materials, resources and opportunities with other members through network channels, such as the website, forums, meetings and other functions; and,
  • Features ANSA-EAP events in organization's events.

In return, an ANSA-EAP Advocate --

  • Receives a special citation as an SA Advocate;
  • Could be invited to participate in ANSA-EAP country and/or regional activities, such as forums and conferences; and,
  • Will be considered for technical assistance and other opportunities from ANSA-EAP.

CHAMPION. This is the highest level and is considered an expert level. An ANSA-EAP Champion comes from the ranks of Advocate members only

To become a Champion, a member should write a formal letter to the ANSA-EAP Executive Committee requesting for approval of change in membership to "Champion" status. Another way for an Advocate to become a Champion is for him or her to be invited to become one by the Executive Committee upon endorsement of the Operations Team.

An ANSA-EAP Champion is expected to --

  • Work directly with the ANSA-EAP Operations Team in building the network through aggressive recruitment of credible organizations, and by campaigning for and popularizing SA advocacy;
  • Commit organizational or institutional representation in ANSA-EAP's official functions;
  • Attend regular meetings to get updates on network operations and provides inputs to network plans; and,
  • Contribute personal or organizational expertise in the service of active network members who need technical assistance.

In return, an ANSA-EAP Champion -

  • Receives a special citation as social accountability champion;
  • Serves as an advisers to ANSA-EAP projects and activities; and,
  • Is eligible for nomination to the ANSA-EAP Executive Committee.