The breakfast debate organized by Policy Forum at the Four Points By Sheraton Hotel took a critical turn as education stakeholders gathered to discuss the proposed National Education Budget for the fiscal year 2023/2024 in Tanzania. The presentation, delivered by Makumba Mwemezi from HakiElimu, shed light on the budget's allocations, but it also exposed significant shortcomings and raised concerns among the attendees.

The global debate on the energy transition is also heating up in African countries. It relates to the urgent need for climate change adaptation, resilience, and mitigation as highlighted by the Paris Agreement of 2015. This agreement committed member countries to limit global temperature increase to 1.5 degrees Celsius.

It is our pleasure to present to you the analysis of the FY 2023/24 national budget. Policy Forum commends the government’s economic reforms aimed at promoting private sector-led growth and enhancing the business environment and emphasizes the importance of budget credibility in achieving sustainable development goals.

How can rural youth voices be better heard in transnational education policy spaces?

The Kuyenda Collective is a group of civil society organisations working with young people in marginalised rural communities to amplify their voices so that they may be better able to contribute to national and transnational education services and outcomes in Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Tanzania and Malawi.

The measures taken by the Government of Tanzania after the release of the report of the Controller and Auditor General for the year 2021/2022, which showed that there has been a large amount of misuse of public funds have been stated to be ineffective because the concept of accountability has not been fully implemented.

Stakeholders have demanded that the government and mining companies expand on more ways to build the capacity of Tanzanians located near mining areas for them to access opportunities in their areas.

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The policy debate revolved around the complaints of petty traders, such as the establishment of business stalls by the council and government officials, which benefit the owners of these establishments. It also focused on

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Policy Forum (PF) is a network of 60 Non- Government Organizations (NGOs) founded in 2003. Registered as a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) under the Non-Governmental Organizations Act, 2002 with registration number NGO/R2/00015. PF has diverse members that are drawn together by a specific interest in influencing policy processes to enhance poverty reduction, equity, and democratization focusing on public money accountability at both central and local levels. Its desired change is to improve service delivery through enhanced governance and accountable use of public resources.