55 CSO representatives were invited to a two-day Working Session by the Ministry of Finance, from 22nd to 23rd, June 2010 in Kibaha to work out how they can participation in the Joint Assistance Strategy for Tanzania (JAST) framework. At the end of the workshop, the CSO representatives agreed in principle to participate though they felt more time was required to reflect on the structure, the criteria and ToRs for engagement as well as the division of labour.
Our dear guest, the Permanent Secretary Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs, Mr Ramadhan Kija, Deputy Permanent Secretary Ministry of Finance, Dr Likwelile, Ambassadors and Members of the Diplomatic Corps, Permanent Secretaries, Members of Parliament as representatives, Distinguished guests,Ladies and Gentlemen.
The Centre for Social Accountability are once again facilitating a Social Accountability Monitoring course for Policy Forum members. The 11-day Rhodes University accredited course runs from 19 - 30 July 2010 at Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa.
The training course provides an introduction to a rights-based approach to social accountability monitoring, the social accountability system and a complete set of tools for public resource management monitoring (budget analysis, expenditure tracking, performance monitoring, integrity monitoring, oversight tracking).
