The First Global Assembly for Budget Transparency, Accountability and Participation took place in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, on November 18-19th. This event brought together nearly 100 civil society groups from 56 countries and 12 international organizations working on public finance and budget accountability issues to launch a global effort to make public budgets transparent, participatory, and accountable. The effort centers 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. R4D is a founding member of the Global Movement for Budget Transparency, Participation and Accountability. To read more about the Movement, the Assembly and the Declaration on Accountable, Participatory and Transparent Public Budgets, please visit: http://www.makebudgetspublic.org/