Bedari has started a comprehensive project ‘Supporting Transparency, Accountability and Electoral Process’ (STAEP) in Pakistan. The project is aimed at building capacity of citizens’ groups to hold the duty bearers accountable. Bedari is implementing this project in 5 constituencies (NA 131, 132, 133, 135 and 137) of districts Sheikhupura and Nankana Sahab with financial and technical support from Free and Fair Elections Network (FAFEN). This project would be completed in two years.

Under this project, Bedari would be establishing Constituency Relations Groups (CRGs) in the 5 selected constituencies. CRGs are groups of active citizens who would be playing their due role in monitoring the working of government offices at district level. They would identify the problems being faced by citizens, and would plan awareness raising and advocacy initiatives to resolve these problems. Bedari would be providing them basic training in monitoring and reporting the gaps/wrong doings of the government officials to the relevant authorities. Following activities would be undertaken to monitor the governance issues in the target districts