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

Institute for Policy Analysis and Research

Website:

http://www.ipar.or.ke

Grant Program:

TAP Phase 1 Round 2

Grantee Location:

Kenya

Location

Kenya

Kenya’s Secondary Education Bursary Scheme is a scholarship program designed to help economically vulnerable groups cope with the rising cost of secondary education. In evaluating the scheme, the Institute for Policy Analysis and Research (IPAR) surveyed 48 school principals, representing all eight constituencies (districts) in Nairobi: Makadara, Embakasi, Kamukunji, Starehe, Westlands, Lang’ata, Dagoretti and Kasarani. It also surveyed the eight CBFCs, and held focus-group discussions with student beneficiaries in 32 of the 48 schools. IPAR concluded that the scheme does not help all those who need help, and even beneficiaries do not receive enough help to cover their school fees. Researchers also found that funding often arrives late, and there are often substantial discrepancies in amounts allocated and amounts received—discrepancies that may illustrate either poor record-keeping or leakage.

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

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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Independent Advocacy Project (IAP)

The Independent Advocacy Project is a non-partisan research and advocacy NGO formed in 2004 to promote open and transparent governments at the federal, state, and local level. IAP works to strengthen democratic structures impacting on corruption and governance through competence building, networking, training, research, advocacy, campaigns, and lobbying.

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