Transparency and Accountability Program

TAP's mission is to increase the capacity of civil society organizations to reduce corruption and better hold government accountable for efficiency in social sector public spending

Bandung Institute of Governance Studies (BIGS)

Website:

http://www.bigs.or.id

Grant Program:

TAP PETS Window

Grantee Location:

Indonesia

Location

Indonesia

The Bandung Institute of Governance Studies (BIGS) was founded in 1999 with the mission of building and strengthening civil society and developing good, clean, and efficient government institutions. Some of the activities BIGS specializes in include conducting applied research regarding government, civil society and democracy, developing media communication on government, civil society, and democracy discourses, and developing social autonomy and improving local social institution capacity.

Information about BIGS' Study

Analytical Report and Presentation of Results

Grant News

Selections for Newest Grant Round

The Transparency and Accountability Program (TAP) is excited to announce selection of its newest grantees in Burkina Faso, Ghana, Kenya, Rwanda, Senegal, Tanzania and Uganda. The selected organizations are:
UPDATE - Revised deadline for TAP New Grant Round

TAP is pleased to announce the opening of our latest request for proposals. In the newest phase of our Grants Program, TAP will sponsor up to ten (10) organizations to design and implement a citizen report card (CRC) project and related advocacy that focuses on improving how money is being spent and how services are being delivered in the health, water, and education sectors at the national, sub-national, and/or local level in their countries. Application to the Grants Program is open to any non-government organization from target countries in sub-Saharan African (Bur

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Grantee Research

Tracking Instructional Materials Distribution in Public Primary Schools In Ghana: A Study by CDD

Recognizing that there are large discrepancies in the level of access to textbooks and other instructional materials in Ghana, the Ghana Center for Democratic Development will be carrying out a PETS to track the dispursement of instructional materials from the National Government down to public primary schools, identify any leakages and their impacts, and develop recommendations to make the system more efficient.
Tracking Rwanda's Nine Year Basic Education Program

Following the introduction in 2009 of the Nine Year Basic Education Program (9YBE), which offers nine years of education to all Rwandan children free of charge, the Government of Rwanda has recently made available a capitation grant to the country’s schools for their operations. To ensure the transparent and accountable management of the capitation grant, independent monitoring is essential.

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Featured Grantee

UNHCO and HEPS

For this study, UNHCO and HEPS, two organizations dedicated to health consumer rights, have joined in a coalition to assess the extent to which resources allocated to the health sector affect access to medicines in Uganda.

Transparency and Accountability Program

Bandung Institute of Governance Studies (BIGS)

Location

Selections for Newest Grant Round

UPDATE - Revised deadline for TAP New Grant Round

Tracking Instructional Materials Distribution in Public Primary Schools In Ghana: A Study by CDD

Tracking Rwanda's Nine Year Basic Education Program

UNHCO and HEPS

Transparency and Accountability Program