DAR ES SALAAM –18th and 19th November 2011 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, nearly 100 civil society groups from as many countries and 12 international organizations, including the International Budget Partnership, Greenpeace, and the ONE Campaign, launched a global effort to make public budgets transparent, participatory, and accountable. The efforts centred on building an integrated and vibrant movement of organizations that will work at the local, national, and international level to promote government budgeting that is open and accountable to the public.
Budgets are the most critical tool that governments have to address problems like poverty, provide critical services like education and healthcare, and invest in their country’s future. When the political speeches end, it’s how governments actually manage funds to meet their promises and priorities that matters.
The global Civil Society Movement for Budget Transparency, Accountability, and Participation envisions public finance systems that make all budget information easily accessible, provide meaningful opportunities for citizens and civil society to participate in budget decisions and oversight throughout the process, and include strong institutions to hold governments accountable for how they raise and spend the public’s money. At the end of the two day global assembly, civil society groups adopted the Dar es Salam Declaration
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STATEMENT ON EQUITY, EFFICEINCY AND TRANSPARENCY OF PROPOSALS MADE IN THE 2012BUDGET STATEMENT FOR FOUR KEY SECTORS
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| The 2012 Budget Statement is a reflection of desired objectives and initiatives put in place by Ghana's Health Sector, Education Sector, Agricultural Sector, and finally the Oil and Gas Sector. The coalitions in these sectors are pleased that the government has shown continued commitment towards making health, education, agriculture and Oil and Gas priority sectors in its previous and current budget. The coalitions are particularly satisfied that government has increased allocations to all the key interventions that target the poor. For instance, establishment of 276 functional CHPS compounds, eradication of guinea worm and increase in supervised delivery by mid-year 2011 from 21.9% to 27.1 % in the same period in 2010. The 2012 budget indicates an expansion of the school feeding program, increases in the allocations of free school uniforms, exercise books, the construction of more schools under trees, the continuous efforts to bring food to our table by investing in the agriculture sectors as detailed in the budget, among others.
The following will discuss issues identified by the above sectors as being critical to the success of their various thematic areas of focus.
Last Updated on Wednesday, 30 November 2011 11:03
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GHANA AID EFFECTIVENESS FORUM (GAEF) DECLARATION ON THE ROAD TO FOURTH HIGH LEVEL FORUM ON DEVELOPMENT EFFECTIVENESS, BUSAN-SOUTH KOREA
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Introduction
We, representatives of 40 civil society organisations (CSOs) under the auspices of the Ghana Aid Effectiveness forum (GAEF) and Ghana Anti Corruption Coalition (GACC) met at a workshop in Accra from the 26th -27th October 2011 on the theme: Accelerating Ghanaian Civil Society participation for Development Effectiveness; looking to and beyond HLF4 in Busan and do hereby adopt this declaration as our contribution to the global CSO messages to HLF4 in Busan, South Korea, 29th November to 1st December 2011. Reality of Aid is the main external sponsor of the workshop.
GAEF is an umbrella body that brings together national networks working on aid and development effectiveness issues. The Forum was established in May 2007 to mobilize Ghanaian civil society to engage with and influence the 2008 High Level Forum (HLF3) held in Accra. Currently there are 10 Regional Focal Organisations and 14 platforms or networks focusing on: gender, poverty reduction, governance, monitoring and evaluation, water and sanitation, education, oil and gas, Right to Information, health, agriculture, local production and labour, environment, CSO accountability and the MDGs. The forum is supported by IBIS Ghana, CIDA, SEND Ghana and the International Budget Partnership.
Last Updated on Tuesday, 01 November 2011 14:06
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SPENDING WISELY CAMPAIGN UPDATE - Budget Ana
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Beginning with the Ministry of Women and Children's Affairs, the analysis indicated that government allocation to the ministry constituted less than half of the ministry's total budget. The greater share of the Ministry's budget came from donors. However, further analysis indicated that donor funding to the Ministry has been inconsistent and cannot be relied on. Also, the greater portion of Government allocation to MoWAC was used for salaries, wages and other administrative items. All expenditure on investment came from donor sources. Data on expenditure items were lumped up and therefore it was difficult to tell how allocations to investment and indeed other expenditure items were actually utilized.
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Right to Information Campaign -What we need to know about the WASH sector in GHANA
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According to Government of Ghana, the country has already met the target for water coverage set by the Millennium Development Goals. However, there are some doubts about whether the figures used to demonstrate this are accurate. It is not clear whether the 92% coverage for urban water stated in the National Development Planning Committee [NPDC] report 2008 is a true representation of water on the ground as many of our citizens still cry for access to potable water. Both COMMUNITY WATER AND SANITATION AGENCY CWSA] and GHANA WATER COMPANY LIMITED [GWCL annual reports for 2009 provide an average of about 61% for urban and rural water coverage.
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