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

The Research Center of the University of the Pacific

Website:

http://www.up.edu.pe/ciup

Grant Program:

TAP Phase 1 Round 1

Grantee Location:

Peru

Location

Peru

The Research Center of the University of the Pacific (CIUP) analyzed the recent move by the Peruvian government towards Results-Based Budgeting (PPR). Because PPR is only in the pilot stage, much of CIUP’s analysis of it was therefore theoretical. But CIUP researchers also examined current spending patterns in two of the five areas in which PPR is being piloted: primary education and maternal and neonatal care. In both of the programs CIUP studied, researchers found evidence of the ineffectiveness of current spending patterns. In maternal care, they found that poorer mothers are far less likely to have access to medical care during child birth, putting them at much more serious risk of complications or even death due to easily preventable complications. In education, they found a weak connection between per-student spending and test scores.

To view CIUP's final report and presentation of results please click here

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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IBIS

IBIS is an independent Danish development organization with the mission to secure equal access to education, influence and resources for the poor and marginalized in Africa and Latin America. IBIS Ghana focuses on education and governance through capacity building.

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