Forum for Social Studies

The Forum for Social Studies (FSS) is a non-governmental, non-profit institution engaged in conducting and sponsoring policy-oriented research and promoting public debate on a wide range of development issues. When established in 1998, it had its genesis in the deeply felt concern of a group of academics and CSO activists to help deepen and broaden a democratic tradition of public debates. It is a membership-based organization largely drawn from academicians, researchers, representatives from civil society and government organizations. Its work is guided by the conviction that enhancing the public-government decision-makers interface on key social and economic issues can promote a transparent, participatory and all-inclusive policy-making and implementation process.