Aims

The Access Initiative is a network to ensure that citizens have the right and ability to influence the policy making process about the natural resources that sustain their communities.

Why

An informed and empowered public, monitors government and corporate performance, is alert to problems, challenges the conventional wisdom of government or corporate decision-makers, discusses the issues, organizes social and political change, and demands improvements. Where independent courts supply remedy and redress without political interference, the public can better hold decision makers accountable.

Where

Worldwide

How

The Access Initiative ensures that citizens have the right and ability to influence decisions about their natural resources by promoting the rights of access to information, access to public participation, and access to justice (the three “access rights”).