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Budget Advocacy

Monitoring earthquake budgets in NWFP is the focus of the first 18-month pilot phase of the Foundation’s five-year programme: “Putting Money Where the Needs Are: Matching Money with People’s Priorities.” Initiated in January 2007, this programme supports “demand side” budget work and enables citizens (a) to identify their needs and express them in village-based, union council and district action plans, (b) to engage with decision-makers and examine the extent to which these needs are catered for in standard government budgets and budgets for earthquake relief, (c) to monitor the implementation of the provided budgets and associated activities, and (d) to negotiate for better inclusion of identified needs in future budgets as well as for changes in policy and implementation of related budgets so that they more adequately meet identified needs. The programme is supported by International Budget Project, the Open Society Institute, and the Civil Society Budget Initiative. This includes technical assistance from Ms. Debbie Budlender who has extensive experience in budget advocacy.

In its 18-month pilot phase beginning in January 2007, the following are key programme updates:

Village Rehabilitation Action Plans (V-RAPs):

In 22 villages of District Abbottabad, local activists trained and supported by the Foundation have facilitated analysis, dialogue and prepared a V-RAP for their village. It provides an analyzed list of priority needs and wants of local women and men living in the village. Special focus has been given to including the marginalized in this process. The same process has been initiated in Districts Mansehra and Battagram.

 

Citizen Report Cards:

In 51 Union Councils across District Abbottabad data on public perceptions on devastation and budget priority has been collected in the form of Citizen Report Cards. The data has been compiled and analysed .It forms an integral part of the budget advocacy work.

Analyzing Government Priorities:

Government rehabilitation plans and allocations have been analyzed. Dr. Kaiser Bengali has worked with the Foundation on this aspect of the project. It gives a comparison of government allocations and compares them with citizen priorities expressed through the V-RAPs and the Citizen Report Cards. The work has also compared the devastation caused in the district and the union council wise allocations in the Annual Work Plan.

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