Middle East & North Africa Middle East & North Africa E stablished in 2006 in Tunis, the Applied Social Science Forum (ASFF) promotes public policy research, conducts public opinion polling, trains young researchers, and encourages public policy debate on crical issues facing Tunisia. ASSF has built a reputaon for serving leaders and scholars with high-quality research on social science and public policy, linking scholars, legislators, and praconers in a discussion of public policy and the policy making process. In 2012, aﬅer having been in the works for a couple of years, NED support enabled ASSF to launch its popular Local Governance Barometer, a research tool designed to measure the performance of local government instuons. This tool was modeled on the Local Governance Barometer formulated by the South Africa-based Instute for Democracy in Africa (IDASA), a past NED grantee. The goal of these Barometers is to build public accountability, good governance, and increased public parcipaon for improved public service delivery. ASSF’s Local Governance Barometer has become widely followed by policymakers and advocates. NED support also allowed ASSF to train 24 young researchers on opinion research techniques and analysis, including polling, surveys, data analysis, report wring, electoral mapping analysis, and models of public opinion research, with a focus on how research findings are used to inform the policy process. NED support also allowed ASFF to publish the first issue of its Arabic language newsleer, Public Opinion, which featured arcles on youth and polics, and Salafism and demorac transion. The newsleer, poll results, and research studies are disseminated widely to civil society organizaons, academics, policy makers, and advocates. They are also available to the public on ASSF’s website, www.ASSForum.org. Through its work, ASSF highlights the benefits of opinion research by translang public opinion into detailed guidance on how to design, modify, and improve policy making in Tunisia. Applied Social Science Forum, Tunisia GRANTS IN FOCUS Image courtesy of Flickr user Gwenael Piaser under the Creative Commons license. 82 | Naonal Endowment for Democracy 2012 Annual Report | 83

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Established in 2006 in Tunis, the Applied Social Science Forum (ASFF) promotes public policy

research, conducts public opinion polling, trains young researchers, and encourages public policy debate on critical issues facing Tunisia. ASSF has built a reputation for serving leaders and scholars with high-quality research on social science and public policy, linking scholars, legislators, and practitioners in a discussion of public policy and the policy making process. In 2012, after having been in the works for a couple of years, NED support enabled ASSF to launch its popular Local Governance Barometer, a research tool designed to measure the performance of local government institutions. This tool was modeled on the Local Governance Barometer formulated by the South Africa-based Institute for Democracy in Africa (IDASA), a past NED grantee.

The goal of these Barometers is to build public accountability, good governance, and increased public participation for improved public service delivery. ASSF’s Local Governance Barometer has

become widely followed by policymakers and advocates. NED support also allowed ASSF to train 24 young researchers on opinion research techniques and analysis, including polling, surveys, data analysis, report writing, electoral mapping analysis, and models of public opinion research, with a focus on how research findings are used to inform the policy process.

NED support also allowed ASFF to publish the first issue of its Arabic language newsletter, Public Opinion, which featured articles on youth and politics, and Salafism and demoratic transition. The newsletter, poll results, and research studies are disseminated widely to civil society organizations, academics, policy makers, and advocates. They are also available to the public on ASSF’s website, www.ASSForum.org.

Through its work, ASSF highlights the benefits of opinion research by translating public opinion into detailed guidance on how to design, modify, and improve policy making in Tunisia.

Applied Social Science Forum, Tunisia GRANTS IN FOCUS

Image courtesy of Flickr user Gwenael Piaser under the Creative Commons license.

82 | National Endowment for Democracy 2012 Annual Report | 83