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

TAP Hosts Peer Learning Workshop in Dar es Salaam

Selections for Newest Grant Round

Launch of New Phase of TAP

Demanding Good Governance- Inside and Out

Civil Society- The Missing Link in Health Systems?

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Posted by Courtney Heck

Feb 15 2012

TAP Hosts Peer Learning Workshop in Dar es Salaam

The Transparency and Accountability Program team recently returned from Dar es Salaam, where we hosted a peer learning workshop as the launch event for our newest grant round. This grant round is supporting TAP’s five longer term grantees as well as ten newly selected organizations to design and implement a Citizen Report Card (CRC), a tool for systematically gathering user feedback on experiences with public services and advocating for improvements.

Posted by Caroline Poirrier

Feb 13 2012

Improving Governance Through Budget Transparency

On the Huffington Post, Demos Senior Fellow Michael Lipsky discusses the increasing focus on public budgets by both civil society and governments and references the Dar Declaration on Budget Transparency, Accountability and Participation, which R4D is a signatory to:

Posted by Caroline Poirrier

Nov 23 2011

First Global Assembly for Budget Transparency, Accountability and Participation

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.

Featured Grantee

African Network for the Prevention and Protection against Child Abuse and Neglect (ANPPCAN)

The African Network for the Prevention and Protection against Child Abuse and Neglect (ANPPCAN) Uganda Chapter is a national membership non-governmental organization in Uganda. ANPPCAN Uganda's mission is the prevention of and protection against child abuse and neglect through strengthening the organization and implementation of activities in the areas of research, advocacy and service delivery, and working with children and communities for sustained impact.