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

Public Service Accountability Monitor (PSAM)

Website:

http://www.psam.org.za

Grant Program:

TAP PETS Window

Grantee Location:

South Africa

Location

South Africa

The Public Service Accountability Monitor (PSAM) is a Program of the Centre for Social Accountability (CSA) and has been engaged in social accountability monitoring since 1999. The Program aims to improve public service delivery and the progressive realization of constitutional rights to healthcare, education, social security and housing by using various social accountability monitoring tools (which relate to resource allocation, strategic planning, performance monitoring, expenditure management, integrity and oversight processes). These tools have been developed in order to systematically monitor the public resource management cycle and will enable citizens to hold government officials accountable for the delivery of services and the performance of their duties. The CSA is a voluntary association, and is an affiliated institute of Rhodes University.

Information about PSAM's 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

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

Ace-recit (Laboratoire Citoyennetés)

Créé en 2003, le Laboratoire Citoyennetés (LC) est une association de droit burkinabè à vocation régionale (Afrique de l’Ouest) qui travaille sur la gouvernance et la citoyenneté en associant la recherche en sciences sociales à la facilitation et à l’influence du dialogue entre citoyens et gouvernants.
Le LC a ainsi pour visée de contribuer à mettre en place une gouvernance réconciliée avec ses citoyens, à partir du local. C'est-à-dire une gouvernance dans laquelle, d’une part, les citoyens sont en mesure d’exprimer leurs besoins et de demander des comptes à leurs gouvernants, et d’autre part, les gouvernants sont informés de la nature des besoins réels de leurs administrés et établissent un dialogue constructif avec eux.

Le LC travaille sur les enjeux de gouvernance qui se posent en matière de délivrance des services publics, de gestion foncière et de fonctionnement politique de la décentralisation.

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