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The Tanzania Human Rights Defenders Coalition (THRD- Coalition) under the coordination of the Legal and Human Rights Centre (LHRC) and the Policy Forum network of Civil Society Organisations would like to call upon the government to release its 16 human rights activists who at the time of going to press, were arrested at the Muhimbili National Hospital (MNH) in Dar es Salaam at around noon on February 9th, 2012.   The move came a day after activists in Tanzania blocked the road to press the government to reconcile with striking doctors who for the past one month have refused to work, freezin

Policy Forum in collaboration with Kanumba the Great Films proudly wish to present to you Kijiji cha Tambua Haki Film.

On 8th February 2012 there was a promotional session of the film at the Regency Park Hotel, Mr Hebron Mwakagenda the Convenor of Policy Forum LGWG said,Kijiji cha Tambua Haki Film aims at educating the society on good governance and social accountability at local and national level.

PRESENTED BY AUDAX RUKONGE, CHAIRPERSON OF POLICY FORUM, ON BEHALF OF CSOs

Your Excellency the guest of honour, Honourable Peter Mizengo Pinda – The Prime Minister of the United Republic of Tanzania,

Distinguished guests at the high table,

Your Excellency representatives of diplomatic missions,

Representatives from government, private sector and civil society organizations,

Members of the press,

Alex Ruchyahinduru, Manager-Communication and Advocacy of Policy Forum, Presenting at the seminar

Forum Syd, Mwanza Policy Initiative and Policy Forum organized a seminar on capital flight which was held at the Victoria Palace Hotel in Mwanza on 29th November 2011

Who we are: We are citizens and civil society organizations from around the globe, united by the shared conviction that inclusive and open public budgets are critical to achieving a world in which all human beings enjoy their full human rights – civil, political, social, economic, cultural and environmental.

Policy Forum has produced an advert on Mining and Energy Sectors in Tanzania which is lately being aired on two Tanzanian Television Stations which are ITV and Star TV. The advert is aimed at making ordinary citizens of Tanzania question their leaders about their mining resource which should be used to benefit the Tanzanians and not otherwise. See the advert below

In 2010, civil society leaders worked with Parliament to improve Tanzania's mining legislation. This short film for Revenue Watch International depicts a remarkable band of advocates whose collaboration, political savvy and skilled engagement shows how local leaders can draw on outside allies to make change possible.

We, the Inter-faith Standing Committee on Economic Justice and Integrity of Creation and members of Policy Forum, having gathered at the alternative Mining Conference in Arusha from the 19th and 20th October 2011 have deliberated for two days on the negative impacts of mining on communities and the environment, we issue a call to the Tanzania government and parliament to live up