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

  • Resources for Community Score Card Implementation

    In this series of presentations Dr. Sita Sekhar of the Public Affairs Foundation provides a comprehensive overview of the Community Score Card (CSC).  While Citizen Report Cards and Community Score Cards are both designed to solicit user feedback on public services, Community Score Cards emphasize participation and interface meetings between community members and service providers, allowing for immediate feedback and designated action items for community-level improvements to the efficiency and quality of services.

  • Créneau d’opportunité 2 : 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 la communauté et des activités de plaidoyers connexes qui amélioreront la manière dont l’argent est dépensé et les prestations de services assurées dans les secteurs de la santé ou de l’éducation dans leurs pays.

  • Open Window 2: Program Background Documents and Application Instructions

    In this grant round, TAP will support up to ten (10) organizations to design and implement a Community Score Card (CSC) project that focuses on improving how money is being spent and how services are being delivered in the health and education sectors in their countries. The overall goal of each supported project will be to improve the effectiveness of public spending and service delivery in a health or education sub-sector or program so that government resources are reaching and improving the lives of those who need them most.

  • Where Have They Gone? Absenteeism in Primary Health Care Centers in Karnataka

    Despite serious efforts made by Indian national and state governments to improve the quality of human resources and infrastructure facilities in health care facilities, large scale dissatisfaction is frequently expressed about absenteeism among doctors and support staff, and poor quality of delivery of primary health care services.

  • Resources for Citizen Report Card Implementation

    In this series of presentations Dr. Sita Sekhar of the Public Affairs Foundation provides a comprehensive overview of the Citizen Report Card (CRC), a social accountability tool for systematically gathering user feedback on experiences with public services and advocating for improvements.  She provides in-depth instruction on assessing the applicability of a CRC, designing and implementing a CRC, and using a CRC for advocacy and policy reform.

    Materials are available in both French and English.

  • 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. 

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