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Knowledge sharing on social accountability: Ethiopia workshop
05 September 2007
Social acountability in Ethiopia is on the move! Over 200 representatives of the Ethiopian government and civil society debated key social accountability themes during the launch of the Protection of Basic Services (PBS) Grant Initiative in Addis Ababa in July 2007. ANSA-Africa and the World Bank supported the two day event, securing the participation of keynote speakers from Senegal, Uganda and South Africa. They briefed delegates on their experiences in conducting community score cards and in budget monitoring. The case studies covered local government service delivery and the health and education sectors. Representatives of the Ethiopian government and civil society also addressed participants.
The Social Accountability Programme is a component of the overall PBS project. The PBS is an Ethiopian Government project intended to give voice to the needs and concerns of Ethiopia's poor. Social accountability processes implemented by civil society organisations in cooperation with government institutions and public service providers aims to make service delivery more effective, efficient, responsive and accountable. It also seeks to enhance the transparency of budget processes and the capacity of citizens to engage in budget monitoring processes.
GTZ manages the programme. It is financed by a World Bank managed multi-donor trust fund.
Papers:
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A pilot citizen report card in Ethiopia
Eshetu Bekele
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Citizen report card survey - Tshwane, South Africa
Craig Schwabe
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Enhancing community empowerment and social accountability in Uganda's health sector
Zerubabel Ogom Ojoo
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Community score card in NDiass - a rural community in Senegal
Marguerite Monnet
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Critical policy and agency dimensions in citizen participation in national budgeting processes
BT Costantinos
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