Governance Coalition is established in 2004 with the motto of “Promoting Responsive Governance and Human Rights”. Since 1997, WAVE Foundation and its partner organizations have been working with special emphasis on local governance & civil society empowerment to address issues related with good governance, human rights, gender equality, violence against women, women rights and quality primary education. From this logical sequence of program learning, WAVE facilitated the formation of South Western Advocacy Network (SWAN), a network of 17 partner organizations of four south-west districts in 2001. In later, self initiative of WAVE and logical sequence of learning of implemented programs by SWAN partners has facilitated the formation of Governance Coalition. From SWAN to Governance Coalition, WAVE facilitated a gradual process of creating a national level NGO coalition working on Good Governance issues.