About Ciudadanos al Día

Since its founding in 2002, Ciudadanos al Día (CAD) has sought to revolutionize the relationship between citizens and their government in Peru. CAD, a Peruvian activist NGO, works to improve the citizen-state relationship at all levels of government office by introducing interventions which lead to a state that is more transparent, efficient and equitable, and to a citizenry that is more informed, demanding and engaged.

CAD’s innovation is having an impact and gaining national and international recognition. In a 2007 survey of Peruvian policy makers, CAD ranked among the top six most influential NGOs in Peru. CAD is implementing its innovative project model with funding from such diverse development organizations as L'Agence Canadienne de Développement International (ACDI), Ford Foundation, National Endowment for Democracy, Open Society Institute, Tinker Foundation, and the World Justice Project of the American Bar Association.

For CAD, information is a tool that can be leveraged to generate citizen demand and give public officials incentives to improve. CAD generates high quality, credible research about government performance, then translates its findings into citizen-accessible language and recommendations. They support the media to embrace its role as a government watchdog and agent of social change, and feed their messaging – from their research, to competition to best practices - through journalists to citizens to stimulate their desire for change.

CAD’s innovation is having an impact and gaining national and international recognition. In a 2007 survey of Peruvian policy makers, CAD ranked among the top six most influential NGOs in Peru. CAD is implementing its innovative project model with funding from such diverse development organizations as L'Agence Canadienne de Développement International (ACDI), World Justice Project of the American Bar Association, Tinker Foundation, Open Society Institute, the Ford Foundation, and the National Endowment for Democracy.

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