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

Resources

  • Open Window 1: English Program Background Documents and Application Instructions

    In this grant round, TAP will support up to ten (10) organizations for 12 months to design and implement a Citizen Report Card project 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(s) in their countries.

  • Créneau d’opportunité 1 : Informations générales et instructions

    Dans la nouvelle phase de notre programme de subventions, le Programme pour la transparence et la responsabilisation (TAP) parrainera dix (10) organisations au maximum pour concevoir et mettre en œuvre des Fiches d’évaluation par les citoyens (aussi appelées “Rapports d’évaluation citoyenne”; “Bulletin de rapport des citoyens”; “Bulletins de notes des citoyens”; “Fiches de rendement des citoyens”; “Bulletins de rendement pour citoyens;” etc.) et des activités de plaidoyers connexes qui amélioreront la manière dont l’argent est dépensé et les prestations de services assurées dans les secteur

  • 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. 

  • Introduction to TAP3 and Johannesburg Workshop

    Nicholas Burnett, Managing Director of the Transparency and Accountability Program, gives an introduction to TAP3, the newest phase of TAP, as well as the workshop and participants.

  • Social Accountability Tool Overview

    According to the World Bank, Social Accountability is "an approach towards building accountability that relies on civic engagement, i.e. in which it is ordinary citizens and/or civil society organizations who participate directly or indirectly in exacting accountability."  In this series of presentations Russell Wildeman of IDASA and Blanche Sonon of Social Watch Benin, describe various social accountability tools, or mechanisms that citizens and civil society organizations can use to increase accountability.

  • Resources for Quantitative Service Delivery Survey Implementation

    In this series of presentations Delius Asiimwe of the Kabano Research And Development Centre, Dr.Harouna Wassongma of Consortium pour la recherche économique et sociale (CRES), and Dr. Seni Kouanda of Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé (IRSS), discuss the steps involved in implementing a QSDS, including planning data collection, desiging surveys, and managing and analyzing both qualitative and quantitative data.

  • Evidence-Based Advocacy

    Advocacy is essential in getting the results and recommendations of any study into the right hands and implemented.  In this series of presentations Pat Made, of CommsConsult, and Caroline Poirrier of Results for Development, discuss different types of advocacy, focusing on evidence-based advocacy, a specific type of advocacy focused based on data and information. They detail what makes evidence-based advocacy different, and present strategies for building an advocacy plan and how to use it to inform decision making.

  • Where to Collect Data: Sampling Strategies

    A critical component of conducting a survey is sampling.  In this series of presentations Dr. Khangelani Zuma, Research Director and Head of Biostatistics at the Human Sciences Research Council, and Dr. Seni Kouanda of Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé (IRSS), discuss various sampling strategies and methods for designing a valid sample for small scale research studies.

  • Resources for Public Expenditure Tracking Survey Implementation

    In this series of presentations Zerubabel Ojoo, of Management Systems and Economic Consultants, Ltd, and Lineth Oyugi, of the Federation of Kenya Employers, discuss technical steps and considerations for implementing a Public Expenditure Tracking Survey, including translating research questions to survey questions, deciding who to survey, mapping resource flows, and cleaning and analyzing data.

  • Refining and Strengthening Objectives

    Clear, well defined objectives are critical to the success of any study.  This presentation details the importance of objectives and presents steps and guidelines for designing them. 

  • Connecting Long-Term Objectives and Social Accountability Tools

    In this presentation Courtney Tolmie discusses the importance of keeping long term objectives in mind when selecting tools and methodologies for any study, and making sure that they connect before starting research. She brings in examples from past TAP grantees and emphasizes that it is imperative to know what you want to accomplish before deciding how to accomplish it.

  • Introduction to PETS and QSDS

    Public Expenditure Tracking Surveys (PETS) and Quantitative Service Delivery Surveys (QSDS) are two diagnostic tools used to identify inefficiencies in public service delivery.  PETS trace the flow of public resources (funds, human and in-kind) from original to the destination and determine the location and scale of anomaly, and QSDS survey the efficiency of service provision.  In this presentation Delius Asiimwe, of the Kabano Research and Development Centre, discusses both methodologies, including similarities and differences between the two, the types of questions each can answ

  • Monitoring with Technology: The Stop Stock-outs Campaign in Uganda

    In 2009 a coalition of Civil Society Organizations in 5 African countries, including Uganda, joined in a campaign to stop stock-outs of essential medicines in public health facilities.   Through a variety of activities, including strategic partnerships, monitoring of medicines, press conferences, public rallies, radio talk shows, and using SMS messaging to conduct pill checks, they have already made significant strides in getting the issue on public agendas and creating monitoring systems.  In this presentation Denis Kibira, of the Coalition for Health Promotion and Social De

  • 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.

  • Assessment of the Effect of Health Sector Resources on Access to Medicines in Uganda

    In Uganda, where 31% of the population lives below the poverty line and less than half the population obtains their medicine in the public sector, the National Government has recently prioritized increase in access to medicines and other health supplies and has pledged to strengthen National Medical Stores.  However, glaring infrastructural and human resource constraints exist, hampering monitoring and supervision, record management, communications, and access to basic utilities.  Due to this, UNHCO and HEPS will be working in partnership to undertake a QSDS to assess the extent t

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